Landmark Theaters
Ambassador
Theater
A Shubert-built theater, the facade
of the Ambassador is not much to look at, except for the unusual
angled entrance. Krapp made a specialty of making theaters fit
where they shouldn't...
Belasco
Theater
Theaters became smaller after the turn of
the century; many people who were dependent on less expensive,
upper-balcony seats for their weekly entertainment turned to the
new...
Biltmore
Theater
Built by Irwin Chanin during the
heyday of Times Square theater construction in the '20s—the
Chanins alone built six theaters in three years—the Biltmore has
been dark since being hit by...
Booth
Theater
Herts designed the Booth and its
companion Shubert Theater as a back-to-back pair, sharing Venetian
Renaissance exterior decoration. Named in honor of famed
19th-century...
Broadhurst
Theater
Built back-to-back, the Broadhurst
and its companion the Plymouth were meant to evoke the style of
the neighboring Henry B Herts designed Shubert and Booth theaters
using less...
Brooks
Atkinson Theater
This 1920s Irwin Chanin-built theater was
originally named for 19th-century actor Richard Mansfield. The
neo-Spanish...
Cort
Theater
As an actor's ambition was to play in a
legitimate Broadway house, and a vaudeville performer's to 'play the
Palace,' a producer's ambition was to have a hit on the Great White
Way...
Ethel
Barrymore Theater
The Shuberts gave Krapp freer reign
than usual in designing this theater for its namesake, Ethel
Barrymore. Gone are the simplicity of the Broadhurst's and
Plymouth's facades...
Eugene
O'Neill Theater
The Forrest Theater was named to honor
America's first internationally known actor, Edwin Forrest, the
histrionic tragedian...
Helen
Hayes Theater
Producer Winthrop Ames' Little Theater
seated 299 people when it first opened in 1912, part of the movement
to intimate 'drawing room' drama typified by Belasco's Stuyvesant
Theater...
Henry
Miller's Theater
This is one of a number of theaters built
post-World War I for specific impresarios. Henry Miller,
actor-director-producer...
Hudson
Theater
Along with the New Victory, Lyceum and New
Amsterdam Theaters, the Hudson Theater is one of the oldest
surviving legitimate theaters on Broadway. After Oscar Hammerstein
made...
Imperial
Theater
A typical Shubert-built, Krapp-designed
theater, the Imperial has a simple facade, a landmarked Adamesque
interior, and Krapp's extensive plaster- and paint-work. The
Imperial is a large...
John
Golden Theater
Krapp designed this Moorish
by-way-of-Spain facade for Irwin Chanin side-by-side with the
Royale, both theaters back-to-back with the Majestic. The smallest
of the trio, Theater Masque...
Longacre
Theater
Named for the original Longacre
Square, the French neo-classical Longacre Theater was designed for
Broadway impresario Harry Frazee. Frazee is now better remembered...
Lunt-Fontanne
Theater
The last Broadway theater by noted
NYC architects Carrere & Hastings to survive, the Globe was built
as a beaux-arts palace for the musicals of Charles Dillingham...
Lyceum
Theater
Producer Daniel Frohman was one of the first
Broadway impresarios to follow Oscar Hammerstein north of 42nd
Street. As such, his Lyceum Theater is the oldest...
Majestic
Theater
Krapp designed this Moorish
by-way-of-Spain facade for Irwin Chanin back-to-back with the
Royale Theater and Theater Masque. The largest of the three
theaters, the Majestic ...
Martin
Beck Theater
Though literally steps from the
Royale, Plymouth and Booth theaters, West Coast impresario Martin
Beck could understandably have thought of the west of 8th Avenue
location...
Music
Box Theater
The neo-Classical facade is fronted
by four columns supporting a porch. This elegant design hides
within a classic Adamesque interior typified by fine plaster and
paint work...
Neil
Simon Theater
A musical-comedy house built for
producers Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedly, the 'Al' + 'vin' of the
theater's original name. Designer Krapp continued his string of
Adamesque...
New
Amsterdam Theater
Along with the New Victory, Lyceum
and Hudson theaters one of the oldest surviving legitimate
theaters on Broadway. In 1902 impresarios Marc Klaw and Abraham
Erlanger followed...
Palace
Theater
A theater known mainly for its
vaudeville and theatrical history, this is the Palace referred to
in the line, 'We're goin' to New York to play the Palace!' The
theater was built by...
Plymouth
Theater
Built back-to-back, the Plymouth
and its companion the Broadhurst were meant to evoke the style of
the neighboring Henry B Herts designed Shubert and Booth theaters
using less ...
Richard
Rodgers Theater
Irwin Chanin's first foray into
Broadway was the Chanin 46th Street Theater in 1924. The Herbert J
Krapp design incorporated the first version of Chanin's democrat..
Royale
Theater
Krapp designed this Moorish
by-way-of-Spain facade for Irwin Chanin side-by-side with Theater
Masque, both theaters back-to-back with the Majestic. A mid-sized
theater, the Royale was...
Sam
S Shubert Theater
The Sam S Shubert Theater was named
in memory of the oldest of the three Shubert brothers who made
their marks on Broadway. The theater's exterior is, to our eyes...
St
James Theater
The Erlanger Theater was built as a
self-monument (on the site of the original Sardi's restaurant) to
producer-impressario-entrepeneur Abraham Erlanger who's fortunes
waxed then waned...
Virginia
Theater
For years after the concentration of
legitimate theaters moved north of Times Square the Theater Guild,
founded to present high-quality plays, was operating out of its
quarters on 6th Avenue...
Winter
Garden Theater
The American Horse Exchange
building was erected in 1885 when Longacre Square was mostly home
to stables and horse dealers, somewhat like the new and used car
centers...
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