Samuel J. Friedman Theater
The Samuel J. Friedman Theater (formerly Biltmore Theater ) is a theater in Manhattan , New York City .
The theater is located at 261 West 47th Street. It was built by the architect Herbert J. Krapp and opened on December 7, 1925. There are 950 seats in the theater. In the 1930s the theater was used by the Federal Theater's Living Newspaper Project . From 1952 to 1961, the US television station CBS leased the building as a radio and television studio. In 1968 the premiere of the musical Hair took place in the theater . In 1987 the building was damaged by a major fire that destroyed the interior. In the following years the theater building was empty. Several changes of ownership took place between 1987 and 2001. The building was eventually added to the New York City Landmark list and in 2001 was taken over by the Manhattan Theater Club and renovated. In 2008 the Biltmore Theater was renamed. The new name honors Broadway publicist Samuel J. Friedman .
Productions (selection)
- 1928 Pleasure Man
- 1940: My Sister Eileen
- 1946: No Exit
- 1947: The Heiress
- 1951: Billy Budd (with Lee Marvin's stage debut)
- 1961: Take Her, She's Mine
- 1963: Barefoot in the Park
- 1968: Loot ; Staircase ; Hair
- 1976: The Robber Bridegroom
- 1977: Hair (musical revival)
- 1978: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
- 1980: Nuts
- 1982: Deathtrap
- 1983: Doonesbury
- 2003: The Violet Hour
- 2005: After the Night and the Music
- 2006: Rabbit Hole
- 2007: LoveMusik , Mauritius
- 2008: Come Back, Little Sheba ; Top Girls , To Be or Not To Be
- 2009: The American Plan ; Accent On Youth ; The Royal Family
- 2010: Time Stands Still ; Collected Stories ; The Pitmen Painters
- 2011: Good People ; Master class ; Venus in Fur
- 2012: Wit ; The columnist ; To Enemy of the People
- 2013: The Other Place
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Playbill.com: Broadways Biltmore becomes the Friedman
- ^ Raid Mae West Play, Seize 56 At Opening. Police Arrest Entire Cast of "Pleasure Man" After Last Act at Biltmore Theater. Indecency Is Charged. Law Hits Actress-Author a Second Time. Playhouse Is Surrounded After Show. No Theater Attaches Hero. Police Guard Exits. Arrest Order Treated Lightly. Author Freed on Bail. 21 Seized in Raid on "Sex" . In: New York Times , October 2, 1928. Retrieved May 2, 2011. "The entire cast of" Pleasure Man ", fifty-five actors, actresses and musicians, was arrested on the stage of the Biltmore Theater, Forty-seventh Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, last night immediately after the curtain fell on the first performance. "
Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 36.8 ″ N , 73 ° 59 ′ 12.6 ″ W.