Lyceum Theatre on Broadway

The Lyceum is Broadway's oldest continually operating legitimate theatre. Built by producer-manager David Frohman in 1903, it was purchased in 1940 by a conglomerate of producers which included George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. In 1950, the Shuberts took ownership of the theatre, and have operated it ever since. Designed in the Beaux Arts style by architects Herts and Tallant, the building boasts a handsome gray limestone facade with six ornate Corinthian columns. The foyer features two grand staircases leading to the mezzanine, and marble finished to approximate "the marble of Athens." When it opened, the theatre featured a state-of-the-art ventilation system: the auditorium was kept cool in the summer and warm in the winter as air was passed over either ice chambers or steam coils on its way into the theatre. Above the theatre, Frohman built an apartment for himself which included a small door that offers a bird's eye view of the stage below. Legend has it that Frohman waved a white handkerchief out the open door to tell his wife, the actress Margaret Illington, that she was overacting. This apartment is currently home to the Shubert Archive.

The Shubert Archive is home to more than six million documents related to The Shuberts' theatrical activities, and includes over a century's worth of scripts, music, pictures, publicity materials and more. The organization of the Archive began in 1976, and in 1986 it was made available to researchers.

Liza Minnelli's iconic concert film, Liza with a Z; I Am My Own Wife starring Jefferson Mays; [title of show] starring Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, Heidi Blickenstaff and Susan Blackwell; reasons to be pretty starring Thomas Sadoski, Piper Perabo, Marin Ireland and Steven Pasquale; In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) starring Michael Cerveris, Laura Benanti and Maria Dizzia; Oh, Hello starring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney and more have graced the Lyceum stage.