Opened in 2000, the New 42nd Street Studio is a 10-story complex where more than 800 Broadway musicals and plays have begun.

The building, run by a nonprofit established in 1990 to redevelop 42nd Street, has 14 rehearsal studios that are rented on a sliding scale — commercial producers pay more, and nonprofits pay less.

You can read the companion article to the video above on The New York Times