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Shubert Theatre (Boston)

Coordinates: 42°21′01″N 71°03′55″W / 42.3504°N 71.0654°W / 42.3504; -71.0654
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Shubert Theatre
Shubert Theatre at the Boch Center, 2018
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Full nameShubert Theatre at the Boch Center
Former namesShubert Theatre at the Wang Center
Address265 Tremont Street
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′01″N 71°03′55″W / 42.3504°N 71.0654°W / 42.3504; -71.0654
Public transitBoylston, Tufts Medical Center
OwnerThe Shubert Organization
OperatorBoch Center
TypeTheatre
Capacity1,600
Construction
Built1908
OpenedJanuary 10, 1910; 114 years ago (1910-01-10)
Renovated1996
ArchitectThomas M. James
Website
www.bochcenter.org
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
Shubert Theatre (Boston) is located in Massachusetts
Shubert Theatre (Boston)
ArchitectHill, James, & Whitaker; Et al.
MPSBoston Theatre MRA
NRHP reference No.80000444[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 9, 1980

The Shubert Theatre is a theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, at 263–265 Tremont Street in the Boston Theater District.[2] The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.

History

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Architect Thomas M. James (Hill, James, & Whitaker) designed the building,[3] which seats approximately 1,600 people. Originally conceived as The Lyric Theatre by developer Charles H. Bond, it was taken over by The Shubert Organization in 1908 after Bond's death.[4] The theater was named in honor of Sam S. Shubert,[5] middle brother of the Shubert family, who had died in 1905.

The theater opened on January 24, 1910, with a production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew,[6] starring E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places—as the Sam S. Shubert Theatre[a]—in 1980. In February 1996, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts signed a 40-year lease agreement to operate the theatre with the Shubert Organization, which continues to own the building and property.[7]

The theatre reopened after renovation in November 1996, as the first stop on the first national tour of the musical Rent.[7][8] The Boch family became the namesake of the center in 2016, making the full name of the theatre the Shubert Theatre at the Boch Center.[9]

Pre-Broadway engagements

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Not to be confused with the liked-name Broadway theatre, which is a designated New York City Landmark.

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Boston register and business directory. 1921". HathiTrust. April 13, 2020. hdl:2027/hvd.hb0l8l. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  3. ^ Susan Wilson. Boston sites & insights: an essential guide to historic landmarks in and around Boston. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004
  4. ^ "Beautiful New Theatre to be Named the Shubert". The Boston Daily Globe. December 12, 1909.
  5. ^ "Shubert Theatre". The Boston Globe. January 28, 1988. p. 18 (Calendar supplement). Retrieved October 29, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Theatre History". bochcenter.org. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Center, Boch. "Theatre History | Boch Center". www.bochcenter.org. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  8. ^ Gans, Andrew (September 7, 2008). ""Seasons of Love": A Rent Timeline". Playbill.
  9. ^ Leung, Shirley (2016-09-15). "The Boch name spreads to the Theater District". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  10. ^ "Musical Comedy: "Here's Howe" for Boston". Billboard. Vol. 40, no. 15. April 14, 1928. p. 8.
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