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"Booth Theater" redirects here. For the theater in Kansas, see Booth Theater (Independence, Kansas).
For the former New York City theater that opened in 1869, see Booth's Theatre.
Booth Theatre
Map
Address222 West 45th Street
New York City
United States
OwnerThe Shubert Organization
DesignationBroadway theatre
Capacity783
Construction
OpenedOctober 16, 1913
ArchitectHenry B. Herts
Website
www.shubertorganization.com
Booth's Theatre, on the southeast corner of 23rd Street and 6th Avenue, was demolished in 1883.
Booth Theatre (right) and Shubert Theatre (left), back-to-back in Shubert Alley

The Booth Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 222 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in midtown-Manhattan, New York City.

Architect Henry B. Herts designed the Booth and its companion Shubert Theatre as a back-to-back pair sharing a Venetian Renaissance-style façade. Named in honor of famed 19th-century American actor Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, the theater's 783-seat auditorium was intended to provide an intimate setting for dramatic and comedy plays. It opened on October 16, 1913, with Arnold Bennett's play The Great Adventure.

The venue was the second New York City theatre to bear this name. The first, Booth's Theatre, was originally owned by Edwin Booth, and built by the architectural partnership Renwick & Sands between 1867-69 on the corner of 23rd Street and 6th Avenue (see picture, below).

The Booth Theatre appeared in The West Wing episode Posse Comitatus as venue for a fictitious charity performance of War of the Roses which President Jed Bartlet attended during the assassination of the Qumari Defence Minister Abdul ibn Shareef.[1]

The box-office record was broken in 2013 by Bette Midler in I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers with a gross of $753,217 in just seven performances. Midler then broke her own record the week following with a gross of $865,144.[2] The revival of The Elephant Man, starring Bradley Cooper, topped Midler's record by grossing $1,058,547 for an eight-performance week ending December 28, 2014.[3]

Notable productions

References

Notes
  1. ^ Lee, Stephen (May 15, 2002). "FootnoteTV&#174: The West Wing: Posse Comitatus". FootnoteTV. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  2. ^ Geier, Thom (May 6, 2013). "Broadway box office: Despite Tony snub, Bette Midler sees a big boost in ticket sales". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  3. ^ Hetrick, Adam; Purcell, Carey (November 17, 2014). "The Elephant Man, With Bradley Cooper, Breaks Box-Office Record". Playbill.
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