Richard Rodgers Theatre
Coordinates: 40°45′33″N 73°59′13″W / 40.75917°N 73.9869°W
| Richard Rodgers Theatre | |
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 Tarzan in 2006 |
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| Address | 226 West 46th Street |
| City | New York City |
| Country | USA |
| Architect | Irwin Chanin |
| Owned by | Nederlander Organization |
| Capacity | 1,319 |
| Opened | 1928 |
| Previous names | Chanin's 46th Street Theatre, 46th Street Theatre |
| Production | Porgy & Bess |
| www.richardrodgerstheatre.com/ | |
The Richard Rodgers Theatre, is a Broadway theater in New York City, built by Irwin Chanin in 1925. When it was first opened, it was called Chanin's 46th Street Theatre. Chanin almost immediately leased it to the Shuberts, who bought the building outright in 1931 and renamed it the 46th Street Theatre. In 1982, it was purchased and renovated by the Nederlander Organization, who in 1990 changed the name to the Richard Rodgers Theatre in memory of the composer Richard Rodgers. The building is located at 226 W 46th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue.
It currently holds the distinction of housing the most number, ten, of Tony Award-winning Best Plays and Best Musicals.[1]
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[edit] Chanin's seating plan
The Richard Rodgers Theatre is notable in that it was the first to feature Chanin's 'democratic' seating plan. In most earlier Broadway theatres, patrons seated in the cheaper balcony and mezzanine sections utilized separate entrances from patrons who had purchased the more expensive orchestra section seats. Instead, all patrons entered the new theatre through the same doors, and a series of steps inside the house led to the upper seating areas.
[edit] Notable productions
- The Greenwich Village Follies (December 24, 1925)
- Good News (September 6, 1927)
- Sweet and Low (November 17, 1930)
- Of Thee I Sing (October 10, 1932)
- Knickerbocker Holiday (February 13, 1939)
- DuBarry Was a Lady (December 1939)
- Finian's Rainbow (January 10, 1947)
- Guys and Dolls (November 24, 1950)
- The Bad Seed (December 8, 1954)
- Damn Yankees (May 5, 1955)
- Donnybrook! (May 18, 1961)
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (October 14, 1961)
- 1776 (March 13, 1969)
- Chicago (June 3, 1975)
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (June 19, 1978)
- Nine (May 9, 1982)
- Fences (March 26, 1987)
- Lost in Yonkers (February 21, 1991)
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying revival (1995)
- Chicago (revival) (November 14, 1996)[2]
- Steel Pier (April 24, 1997)
- Side Show (October 16, 1997)
- Footloose (October 22, 1998)
- Seussical (November 30, 2000)
- Movin' Out (October 24, 2002)
- Tarzan (May 10, 2006 - July 8, 2007)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (October 12, 2007 - January 6, 2008)
- In The Heights (March 2008 - January 9, 2011)[3]
- Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Previews began March 11, 2011 and Opened March 31, 2011)
- Porgy and Bess (Previews began December 17, 2011 and opened January 12, 2012)
[edit] References
- ^ "Tony Awards Facts & Trivia"
- ^ The Broadway League. Chicago 1996 revival | IBDB. Internet Broadway Database.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth. "In the Heights". Playbill.
[edit] External links
- Broadway Theatre Guide with full show details for the Richard Rodgers Theatre
- The Richard Rodgers at the Internet Broadway Database
- New York City Landmark Guide
