The Broadway Theatre

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The Broadway Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 1681 Broadway in midtown-Manhattan.

Designed by architect Eugene DeRosa for Benjamin S. Moss, it opened as B.S. Moss's Colony Theatre on Christmas Day 1924 as a venue for vaudeville shows and motion pictures. It was re-named Universal's Colony Theatre, B.S. Moss' Broadway Theatre, and Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre before becoming a legitimate house simply called Broadway Theatre on December 8, 1930 . (In 1937, known as Ciné Roma, it showed Italian films). The Shuberts bought it in 1939. It was renovated extensively in 1956 and 1986. The large stage (nearly sixty feet deep) and seating capacity (1761) have made it a popular theatre for musicals throughout the years.

[edit] Notable productions

• 1930: The New Yorkers
• 1932: Troilus and Cressida
• 1939: Walt Disney's Fantasia
• 1940: Too Many Girls
• 1942: My Sister Eileen
• 1943: Lady in the Dark, Carmen Jones
• 1946: Beggar's Holiday
• 1948: The Cradle Will Rock, High Button Shoes
• 1951: Where's Charley?, Oklahoma!
• 1952: Kiss Me, Kate
• 1953: South Pacific
• 1956: Mr. Wonderful
• 1957: The Most Happy Fella; Shinbone Alley
• 1958: The Body Beautiful
• 1959: West Side Story, Gypsy
• 1960: The Music Man
• 1961: Fiorello!, Kean
• 1962: My Fair Lady, I Can Get It for You Wholesale
• 1965: Baker Street
• 1966: Funny Girl
• 1968: Cabaret
• 1969: Mame
• 1970: Fiddler on the Roof
• 1972: Dude
• 1974: Candide
• 1976: Guys and Dolls
• 1977: The Wiz
• 1978: Evita
• 1983: Zorba
• 1984: The Three Musketeers
• 1985: The King and I
• 1987: Les Misérables
• 1991: Miss Saigon
• 2004: Bombay Dreams
• 2005: The Color Purple

[edit] External links

• The Broadway Theatre at the Internet Broadway Database
• Broadway Theatre Venue Information at nytheatre.com, an information resource guide to theatre in New York City published by the nonprofit New York Theatre Experience, Inc.

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