Shubert Theater (Broadway)
The Shubert Theater is a theater in Manhattan , New York City named after the owners, The Shubert Organization . There have been and are several theaters and cinemas in the United States with this name.
The New York building is located at 225 West 44th Street. The building was constructed by the architect Henry Beaumont Herts and opened in 1913. The theater has 1,460 seats for visitors. The longest running production at the Shubert Theater was the musical A Chorus Line , which ran from 1975 to 1990 at the Shubert Theater.
The Tony Awards ceremony took place in 1967 and 1968, 1974 and 1976 to 1979 and 1985 at the Shubert Theater.
Productions (selection)
- 1914: To-Night's the Night
- 1917: Love o 'Mike with Clifton Webb as Alonzo Bird.
- 1917: Maytime
- 1933: Gay Divorce
- 1934: Dodsworth
- 1936: Idiot's Delight
- 1937: Babes in Arms
- 1939: The Philadelphia Story
- 1941: Pal Joey
- 1942: By Jupiter
- 1944: Bloomer Girl
- 1947: High Button Shoes
- 1950: Kiss Me, Kate
- 1951: Paint Your Wagon
- 1953: Can-Can
- 1955: The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (Gilbert & Sullivan repetory)
- 1956: Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? ; The Pajama Game ; Bells Are Ringing
- 1961: Bye Bye Birdie
- 1962: I Can Get It for You Wholesale ; Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
- 1963: Here's Love
- 1964: Oliver!
- 1965: The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd
- 1966: Wait Until Dark ; The Apple Tree
- 1968: Golden Rainbow ; Promises, promises
- 1972: The Creation of the World and Other Business
- 1973: A Little Night Music ; The Sunshine Boys
- 1974: Over Here!
- 1975: Seascape
- 1975: A Chorus Line
- 1988: Into the Woods
- 1990: Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
- 1992: Crazy for You
- 1996: Big
- 1996: Chicago
- 2003: Gypsy
- 2005: Spamalot
- 2009: Blithe Spirit ; Memphis
- 2013: Matilda the Musical
- 2017: Hello, Dolly
Artistic reception
The musical The Producers by Mel Brooks plays partially inside and outside the Shubert Theater .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Parker, John (ed), Who's Who in the Theater , 10th revised edition, London, 1947: 1429
Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 29 " N , 73 ° 59 ′ 14" W.