Shubert Theatre (Broadway)
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The Shubert Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 225 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan, New York, United States.
Designed by architect Henry Beaumont Herts, it was named after Sam S. Shubert, the second oldest of the three brothers of the theatrical producing family. It shares a Venetian Renaissance facade with the adjoining Booth Theatre, which was constructed at the same time, although the two have distinctly different interiors. The two theatres are connected by a private road/sidewalk, "Shubert Alley". It opened on 21 October 1913 with a series of Shakespearean plays, including Othello, Hamlet, and The Merchant of Venice, staged by the Forbes-Robertson Repertory Company.
The theatre's longest tenant was A Chorus Line, which ran for 6,137 performances from 25 July 1975 to 28 April 1990 and set the record for longest running show in Broadway history.
The top floor of the building houses the offices of the Shubert Organization. The theatre's auditorium and murals were restored in 1996. It has been designated a New York City landmark.
The screen adaptation of the Broadway musical The Producers features the Shubert as the venue where Funny Boy, Springtime for Hitler, and Prisoners of Love are performed.
Notable productions
- 1914: To-Night's the Night
- 1917: Love o' Mike with Clifton Webb as Alonzo Bird [1].
- 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
- 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
- 1990: Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
- 1992: Crazy for You
- 1996: Big
- 1996: Chicago
- 2003: Gypsy
- 2005: Spamalot
- 2009: Blithe Spirit; Memphis
In popular culture
In the 2005 film version of Mel Brooks's The Producers, the plays "Funny Boy", Springtime for Hitler and Prisoners of Love are all staged at the Shubert theatre by Bialystock and Bloom.
References
- ^ Parker, John (ed), Who's Who in the Theatre, 10th revised edition, London, 1947: 1429