Main entry:

Morrison, William (William Alan), author

Title & Author:

Broadway theatres : history & architecture / William Morrison.

Publication:

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, [1999]
©1999

Description:

166 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Series:

Dover books on architecture

Notes:
Includes index.
Fifth Avenue Theatre, 1873: demolished, 1939 -- The Casino, 1882: demolished, 1930 -- Standard Theatre, 1884: Manhattan Theatre, 1887: demolished, 1909 -- Broadway Theatre, 1888: demolished, 1929 -- Garden Theatre, 1890: demolished, 1925 -- Harrigan's Theatre, 1890: Garrick Theatre, 1895; demolished, 1932 -- Empire Theatre, 1893: demolished, 1953 -- American Theatre, 1893: demolished, 1930 -- Abbey's Theatre, 1893: Knickerbocker Theatre, 1896; demolished, 1930 -- Herald Square Theatre, 1894: demolisedh, 1915 -- Hammerstein's Olympia, 1895: Olympia Music Hall reopened as New York Theatre, 1899; Lyric Theatre reopened as Criterion Theatre, 1899; demolished, 1935 -- Hammerstein's Victoria, 1899; demolished, 1915 -- Theatre Republic, 1900: Belasco Theatre, 1902; Republic Theatre, 1910; Victory Theatre, 1942; New Victory Theatre, 1997 -- Schley Music Hall, 1900: Savoy Theatre, 1900; demolished, 1952 -- Majestic Theatre, 1903: Park Theatre, 1911; Cosmopolitan Theatre, 1923; demolished, 1954 -- Lyric Theatre, 1903: demolished, 1996; 43rd Street facade and other artifacts saved to become part of Ford Center for the Performing Arts -- Hudson Theatre, 1903: closed, 1968, then intermittently reopened under various names; became part of Hotel Macklowe Conference Center, 1997 -- New Amsterdam Theatre, 1903: restored and reopened, 1997 -- Lyceum Theatre, 1903 -- Lew Fields Theatre, 1904: Hackett Theatre, 1906; Harris Theatre, 1911; Frazee Theatre, 1920; Wallack's Theatre, 1924; Anco Cinema, 1924; demolished, 1947 -- The Hippodrome, 1905: demolished, 1939 -- Stuyvesant Theatre, 1907: Belasco Theatre, 1910 -- Manhattan Opera House, 1906: Operated under various names from 1920; parts survive as Manhattan Center -- Gaiety Theatre, 1908: Victoria Cinema, 1942; Embassy Cinema, 1980; demolished, 1982 -- Maxine Elliott's Theatre, 1908: operated as broadcast studio from 1941; demolished, 1956 -- New Theatre, 1909: Century Theatre, 1911; demolished, 1930 -- Globe Theatre, 1910: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1958 -- George M. Cohan's Theatre, 1911: demolished, 1938 -- The Winter Garden, 1911 -- Folies Bergere, 1911: Fulton Theatre, 1913; Helen Hayes Theatre, 1955; demolished, 1982 -- The Playhouse, 1911: demolished, 1969 -- Little Theatre, 1912: New York Times Hall, 1941; broadcast studios, 1959; Helen Hayes Theatre, 1983 -- Eltinge Theatre, 1912: Laffmovie, 1941; Empire, 1954; closed, 1986.
Weber & Fields' Music Hall, 1912: 44th Street Theatre, 1913; demolished, 1945 -- Cort Theatre, 1912 -- Princess Theatre, 1913: Labor Stage, 1937; operated under various names as movie house, 1947; demolished, 1955 -- Sam S. Shubert Theatre, 1913 -- Booth Theatre, 1913 -- Palace Theatre, 1913 -- Longacre Theatre, 1913 -- Candler Theatre, 1914: Cohan and Harris Theatre, 1916; Sam H. Harris Theatre, 1920: demolished, 1996 -- Punch & Judy Theatre, 1914: Charles Hopkins Theatre, 1926; World Theatre, 1935; demolished, 1987 -- Morosco Theatre, 1917: demolished, 1982 -- Broadhurst Theatre, 1917 -- Plymouth Theatre, 1917 -- Henry Miller's Theatre, 1918 -- Selwyn Theatre, 1918: demolished, 1997 -- Times Square Theatre, 1920: closed, 1997 -- Apollo Theatre, 1920: demolished, 1996; some artifacts survive in Ford Center for the Performing Arts -- Ambassador Theatre, 1921 -- Ritz Theatre, 1921: Walter Kerr Theatre, 1990 -- National Theatre, 1921: Billy Rose Theatre, 1959; Nederlander Theatre, 1990 -- Jolson's 59th Street Theatre, 1921: New Century Theatre, 1944; demolished, 1962 -- Music Box Theatre, 1921 -- Earl Carroll Theatre, 1923: closed, 1940; demolished, 1990 -- Imperial Theatre, 1923 -- Martin Beck Theatre, 1924 -- B.S. Moss' Colony Theatre, 1924: Broadway Theatre, 1930 -- Chanin's 46th Street Theatre, 1925: 46th Street Theatre, 1931; Richard Rodgers Theatre, 1990 -- Guild Theatre, 1925: ANTA Playhouse, 1950; Virginia Theatre, 1982 -- Forrest Theatre, 1925: Coronet Theatre, 1945; Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1959 -- Biltmore Theatre, 1925: closed, 1986 -- Mansfield Theatre, 1926: Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1960 -- Ziegfeld Theatre, 1927: demolished, 1960 -- Royale Theatre, 1927 -- Theatre Masque, 1927: John Golden Theatre, 1937 -- Majestic Theatre, 1927 -- Erlanger's Theatre, 1927: St. James Theatre, 1952 -- Alvin Theatre, 1927: Neil Simon Theatre, 1983 -- Hammerstein's Theatre, 1927: Manhattan Theatre, 1931; Ed Sullivan Theatre, 1967 -- Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1928 -- Craig Theatre, 1928: Adelphi Theatre, 1934; 54th Street Theatre, 1958; George Abbott Theatre, 1965; demolished, 1970 -- Hollywood Theatre, 1930: 51st Street Theatre, 1940; Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1948; Time Square Church, 1989 -- RKO Roxy Theatre, 1932: Center Theatre, 1934; demolished, 1955.

Summary:

Traces the history of seventy-four Broadway theaters and lists for each the location, architect, opening date, memorable shows, and number of seats.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0486402444 (pbk.)
9780486402444 (pbk.)

Subject:

Theaters New York (State) New York History.
Performing arts New York (State) New York History 20th century.
Performing arts New York (State) New York History 19th century.
Theater architecture New York (State) New York.
Théâtres New York (État) New York Histoire.
Arts du spectacle New York (État) New York Histoire 20e siècle.
Arts du spectacle New York (État) New York Histoire 19e siècle.
Théâtres Architecture New York (État) New York.
Architecture des théâtres New York (État) New York.
Performing arts
Theater architecture
Theaters
Theaterbau
Theater
Theaters New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
New York (State) New York
New York, NY
New York <NY> Broadway.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Dover books on architecture.

Broadway theatres, history and architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 209000
Call No.: PN2277.N5 M58 1999
Status: Available