Take the Chance Make the Leap

The Chance is a concert and theater complex located in downtown Poughkeepsie, New York. The complex consists of four rooms: the Chance Theater, which is the primary concert hall; The Loft, a smaller upstairs concert hall; The Platinum Lounge, a downstairs bar-nightclub; and The Nuddy Irishmen, a downstairs cafe-bar.
  • Location: Downtown Poughkeepsie
  • Owner: Chai Developers
  • Capacity: 900
  • Opened: July 23, 1912
  • Former names: Dutchess Theatre (1912–26) · Carroll Players Playhouse (1926–28) · Playhouse Theatre (1928–30) · Community Theater (1930–33) · New Playhouse Theatre (1933–35) · Astor Theater (1935–40) · Starlight Theater (1940–45) · Frivolous Sal's Last Chance Saloon (1970–77) · The Chance (1980–present)
  • Address: 6 Crannell St · Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-3306
  • Closed: 1945–70 · 1977–80
Data from: en.wikipedia.org