Clothing is an element of the laundry list of items not allowed at the long-lasting Beacon Theatre.
The famed music and comedy venue on Broadway between 74th and seventy fifth Streets on the Upper West Side recently enshrined an inventory of greater than 20 items it now forbids — including cowbells, hoverboards, bats, clubs — and “clothing.”
“Clothing? I hope they’ve plastic covers for the seats,” comedian Chris Distefano, who performed a sold-out show on the Beacon in 2022, told The Post.
“I even have shows this weekend at Radio City Music Hall and the Theater at Madison Square Garden. We’re allowing clothes and cowbells.”
He added: “That appears like an indication that ought to be outside Rikers Island.”
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Upper West Sider Mark Scioscia was also bowled over by the clothing ban on the event spot and — except for headliners like Chelsea Handler and Trevor Noah — its lackluster upcoming acts.
“I used to be surprised to see clothes on the list, but taking a look at the September/October event lineup I could see how they’d have to spice things up,” he said.
A spokesperson for Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp., which owns the Beacon, thanked The Post for bringing it to their attention and said they might be fixing the sign.
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“Well that was clearly a mistake, clothing is certainly permitted,” the rep said.
MSG did note that underneath the word “clothing” — albeit in tiny letters — the sign explains that “garments or signs displaying explicit language, profanity or derogatory characterization towards any person(s)” are those prohibited.
The extensive list — plastered on a red sign displayed at each the back and front entrances — also includes drones, poles and fireworks.
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“Only things I see missing are laser pointers and pretend tickets,” said Long Island resident Jerry McCabe, who has been to dozens of shows there since 1976.
Comedian Elyse DeLucci also found the humor within the Draconian rules at the two,600-seat theater, which was inbuilt 1929 as a movie palace and designated a Big Apple landmark in 1979.
“When clothes are prohibited, you understand times have modified,” she said. “No cowbells, poles and frisbees? Guess I can’t attend. What’s next? No people?”
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Bushwick resident Sebastian Villamizar, who was waiting to go inside British comedian Eddie Izzard’s show on Sept. 21, was unaware of the sign.
“I’m learning about it just now. This may be very detailed and intense,” he said. “I don’t know what happened before in order that that they had to place this outside.”