Shubert Theatre (Broadway) - Theater Information

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HISTORY: The Shubert Theatre had its genesis in the New Theatre, an "art" playhouse located on Central Park West that was devoted to serious repertory drama. Although the project was a critical and commercial flop, the New Theatre Group, which included Lee Shubert, leased a plot of land between 44th and 45th street to construct a new venue. The plan was abandoned, but Lee Shubert and Winthrop Ames, a former New Theatre partner, acquired a lease for the site, and built two adjoining playhouses there. Lee and J.J. operated the larger of the two auditoriums, which they named the Sam S. Shubert Memorial Theatre to commemorate their brother, who had died in May 1905. Ames managed the smaller Booth Theatre. The Shubert and Booth theatres utilized an unusual design scheme, sharing an architecturally unified exterior (in the style of the "Venetian Renaissance"), but completely distinct interiors. The sgraffito (plaster frescoes created by etching plaster while it is still wet) that decorates the exterior was architect Henry B. Herts’s unusual decorative solution to a statute in the city's building code dictating that no part of the edifice project beyond the building line. Another distinctive feature is the private roadway connecting 44th and 45th Streets, which runs between the two new theatres and the rear of the adjacent building--formerly the Astor Hotel, now the Minskoff. This thoroughfare, which came to be called Shubert Alley, allowed each theatre to occupy a corner lot. The Shubert's elegant interior is marked by elaborate plasterwork, and a series of theatrically-themed painted panels that adorn the boxes, the area above the proscenium arch, and the ceiling. Lee chose to build an office/apartment above the theatre, which is now the location of the Shubert Organization's executive offices. Learn More in Theatre Stories
Address: 225 West 44th St. New York, NY BUILT: 1913 SEATING CAPACITY: 1460 View Seating Chart	View Larger Map

Theatre History
DATES			PRODUCTION
?	-	?	To Kill A Mockingbird (2021)
3/15/2017	-	?	Hello, Dolly! (2017)
3/4/2013	-	1/1/2017	Matilda the Musical (2013)
9/23/2009	-	8/5/2012	Memphis: A New Musical (2009)
2/26/2009	-	7/19/2009	Blithe Spirit (2009)
12/12/2005	-	12/12/2005	A Wonderful Life (2005)
8/25/2005	-	9/11/2005	Abyssinia (2005)
2/14/2005	-	1/11/2009	Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)
7/20/2004	-	11/28/2004	Forever Tango (2004)
3/31/2003	-	5/30/2004	Gypsy (2003)
2/11/1997	-	1/26/2003	Chicago (2021)
4/8/1996	-	10/13/1996	Big (1996)
1/31/1992	-	1/7/1996	Crazy for You (1992)
10/23/1990	-	5/19/1991	Buddy (1990)
4/23/1989	-	4/23/1989	The Players Club Centennial Salute (1989)
10/30/1988	-	10/30/1988	A Celebration of Paul Robeson (1988)
4/22/1979	-	4/22/1979	V.I.P. Night on Broadway (1979)
12/3/1978	-	12/3/1978	The Neighborhood Playhouse at 50 (1978)
5/2/1976	-	5/2/1976	George Abbott...A Celebration (1976)
7/25/1975	-	4/28/1990	A Chorus Line (1975)
4/10/1975	-	5/10/1975	The Constant Wife (1975)
1/21/1975	-	3/22/1975	Seascape (1975)
2/21/1974	-	1/4/1975	Over Here! (1974)
10/30/1973	-	2/9/1974	The Sunshine Boys (1972)
3/11/1973	-	3/11/1973	Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (1973)
2/15/1973	-	9/15/1973	A Little Night Music (1973)
11/14/1972	-	12/16/1972	The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972)
7/22/1972	-	10/1/1972	Follies (1972)
4/18/1972	-	5/13/1972	An Evening With Richard Nixon and... (1972)
3/22/1972	-	3/25/1972	The Selling of the President (1972)
3/16/1972	-	3/25/1972	The Selling of the President (1972)
12/1/1968	-	1/1/1972	Promises, Promises (1968)
12/27/1967	-	11/17/1968	Golden Rainbow (1968)
10/5/1966	-	11/25/1967	The Apple Tree (1966)
7/11/1966	-	10/1/1966	Wait Until Dark (1966)
4/25/1966	-	6/11/1966	Ivanov (1966)
2/7/1966	-	4/23/1966	Inadmissible Evidence (1965)
12/17/1965	-	1/15/1966	Malcolm (1966)
5/11/1965	-	12/4/1965	The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd (1965)
11/18/1964	-	5/8/1964	Bajour (1964)
9/14/1964	-	11/14/1964	Oliver! (1963)
10/3/1963	-	7/25/1964	Here's Love (1963)
10/2/1962	-	9/7/1963	Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (1962)
3/21/1962	-	9/29/1962	I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962)
11/16/1961	-	2/24/1962	The Gay Life (1961)
1/16/1961	-	10/7/1961	Bye Bye Birdie (1960)
10/22/1959	-	12/17/1960	Take Me Along (1959)
2/12/1959	-	10/17/1959	A Majority of One (1959)
12/22/1958	-	2/7/1959	Whoop-Up (1958)
?	-	1/5/1957	The Boy Friend (1955)
11/29/1956	-	12/13/1958	Bells Are Ringing (1956)
11/12/1956	-	11/24/1956	The Pajama Game (1954)
7/9/1956	-	11/10/1956	Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter (1955)
11/30/1955	-	6/30/1956	Pipe Dream (1955)
11/28/1955	-	?	The Boy Friend (1955)
10/24/1955	-	11/26/1955	Iolanthe (1955)
10/20/1955	-	11/16/1955	Ruddigore (1955)
10/13/1955	-	11/9/1955	Princess Ida (1955)
10/10/1955	-	11/19/1955	The Mikado (1955)
10/6/1955	-	10/29/1955	The Pirates of Penzance (1955)
10/3/1955	-	11/5/1955	The Yeomen of the Guard (1955)
9/27/1955	-	11/26/1955	Iolanthe (1955)
4/25/1955	-	?	Kismet (1955)
1/29/1955	-	?	The Pajama Game (1955)
5/7/1953	-	6/25/1955	Can-Can (1953)
1/15/1953	-	4/18/1953	The Love of Four Colonels (1953)
10/17/1952	-	12/28/1952	The Millionairess (1952)
11/12/1951	-	7/19/1952	Paint Your Wagon (1951)
10/1/1951	-	10/27/1951	Jose Greco Ballet (1951)
11/14/1950	-	?	South Pacific (1950)
7/31/1950	-	7/28/1951	Kiss Me, Kate (1948)
11/2/1949	-	6/3/1950	I Know My Love (1949)
10/10/1949	-	10/29/1949	Lend an Ear (1948)
12/8/1948	-	10/8/1949	Anne Of The Thousand Days (1948)
10/19/1948	-	12/6/1948	My Romance (1948)
12/22/1947	-	10/18/1948	High Button Shoes (1947)
11/5/1947	-	12/9/1947	The First Mrs. Fraser (1947)
10/3/1947	-	10/25/1947	Under the Counter (1947)
1/21/1947	-	9/27/1947	Sweethearts (1947)
1/6/1947	-	1/18/1947	The Red Mill (1945)
11/4/1946	-	1/4/1947	Park Avenue (1946)
9/5/1946	-	10/5/1946	Yours is My Heart (1946)
4/30/1946	-	6/29/1946	Are You With It? (1945)
10/5/1944	-	4/27/1946	Bloomer Girl (1944)
8/2/1944	-	9/30/1944	Catherine Was Great (1944)
4/24/1944	-	4/25/1944	War President (1944)
10/19/1943	-	7/1/1944	Othello (1943)
9/8/1943	-	10/16/1943	Laugh Time (1943)
6/29/1943	-	8/14/1943	The Vagabond King (1943)
7/9/1942	-	7/12/1942	Yours, A. Lincoln (1942)
6/3/1942	-	6/12/1943	By Jupiter (1942)
4/27/1942	-	5/31/1942	Candida (1942)
3/1/1942	-	?	Argentinita (1942)
1/14/1942	-	2/28/1942	The Rivals (1942)
10/22/1941	-	1/10/1942	Candle in the Wind (1941)
9/1/1941	-	10/21/1941	Pal Joey (1940)
3/12/1941	-	3/29/1941	They Walk Alone (1941)
3/11/1941	-	6/21/1941	The Doctor's Dilemma (1941)
2/5/1941	-	2/22/1941	Liberty Jones (1941)
9/11/1940	-	2/1/1941	Hold on to Your Hats (1940)
8/5/1940	-	8/24/1940	Higher and Higher (1940)
4/4/1940	-	6/15/1940	Higher and Higher (1940)
3/28/1939	-	3/30/1940	The Philadelphia Story (1939)
5/11/1938	-	2/25/1939	I Married an Angel (1938)
3/28/1938	-	?	The Seagull (1938)
11/1/1937	-	?	Amphitryon 38 (1937)
4/14/1937	-	10/23/1937	Babes in Arms (1937)
3/24/1936	-	?	Idiot's Delight (1936)
2/24/1936	-	?	Love on the Dole (1936)
2/8/1936	-	?	The Masque of Kings (1936)
12/27/1935	-	?	Tapestry in Gray (1935)
12/4/1935	-	?	Camille (1935)
12/2/1935	-	?	Rosmersholm (1935)
10/11/1935	-	?	Sweet Mystery of Life (1935)
4/16/1935	-	?	A Journey By Night (1935)
1/21/1935	-	?	Escape Me Never (1935)
2/24/1934	-	6/30/1934	Dodsworth (1934)
1/30/1934	-	?	All the King's Horses (1934)
11/24/1933	-	?	The Drums Begin (1933)
10/30/1933	-	11/29/1933	Champagne, Sec (1933)
10/11/1933	-	?	Her Man of Wax (1933)
7/5/1933	-	7/29/1933	Shady Lady (1933)
1/16/1933	-	7/1/1933	Gay Divorce (1932)
10/5/1932	-	?	Americana (1932)
8/30/1932	-	9/24/1932	Smiling Faces (1932)
6/6/1932	-	7/2/1932	Hey Nonny Nonny! (1932)
10/13/1931	-	2/13/1932	Everybody's Welcome (1931)
4/8/1931	-	?	Peter Ibbetson (1931)
12/30/1930	-	?	Meet My Sister (1930)
11/15/1930	-	12/13/1930	Hello, Paris (1930)
10/30/1930	-	?	The Last Enemy (1930)
9/16/1930	-	?	Symphony in Two Flats (1930)
4/14/1930	-	7/19/1930	Three Little Girls (1930)
3/24/1930	-	?	Hamlet (1930)
3/24/1930	-	?	Macbeth (1930)
3/24/1930	-	?	Twelfth Night (1930)
3/24/1930	-	?	The Merchant of Venice (1930)
3/24/1930	-	?	The Taming of the Shrew (1930)
3/24/1930	-	?	King Richard III (1930)
3/24/1930	-	?	King Lear (1930)
3/24/1930	-	?	As You Like It (1930)
3/24/1930	-	?	Julius Caesar (1930)
2/17/1930	-	3/22/1930	Bitter Sweet (1929)
9/17/1929	-	?	The Street Singer (1929)
5/21/1929	-	?	A Night in Venice (1929)
12/25/1928	-	?	The Red Robe (1928)
10/8/1928	-	12/1/1928	Ups-a Daisy (1928)
9/10/1928	-	?	White Lilacs (1928)
4/16/1928	-	6/2/1928	The Five O'Clock Girl (1927)
3/7/1928	-	?	The Furies (1928)
11/28/1927	-	11/28/1927	Harry Delmar's Revels (1927)
11/9/1927	-	?	And So To Bed (1927)
10/6/1927	-	?	My Princess (1927)
10/6/1927	-	10/22/1927	My Princess (1927)
?	-	?	Strike Up the Band (1927) [Pre-Broadway]
7/5/1927	-	9/24/1927	Padlocks of 1927 (1927)
1/25/1927	-	5/14/1927	Yours Truly (1927)
9/18/1926	-	6/25/1927	Countess Maritza (1926)
8/2/1926	-	8/21/1926	The Merry World (1926)
2/1/1926	-	3/13/1926	Princess Flavia (1925)
8/18/1925	-	1/30/1926	Gay Paree [1925] (1925)
4/13/1925	-	?	Princess Ida (1925)
3/23/1925	-	?	Beggar on Horseback (1925)
3/2/1925	-	?	Sky High (1925)
1/10/1925	-	?	Othello (1925)
11/25/1924	-	1/3/1925	The Magnolia Lady (1924)
9/16/1924	-	1/3/1925	The Greenwich Village Follies [1924] (1924)
8/11/1924	-	9/14/1924	Marjorie (1924)
3/27/1924	-	7/12/1924	Vogues of 1924 (1924)
8/20/1923	-	3/23/1924	Artists and Models [1923] (1923)
5/23/1923	-	6/9/1923	Blossom Time (1923)
10/10/1922	-	?	Hitchy-Koo of 1922 (1922) [Pre-Broadway]
9/12/1922	-	3/10/1923	The Greenwich Village Follies [1922] (1922)
5/29/1922	-	6/17/1922	Red Pepper (1922)
3/13/1922	-	5/27/1922	The Hotel Mouse (1922)
2/1/1922	-	3/11/1922	Pins and Needles! (1922)
8/31/1921	-	1/21/1922	The Greenwich Village Follies [1921] (1921)
7/15/1921	-	?	The All-Star Idlers of 1921 (1921)
5/9/1921	-	5/21/1921	Phoebe of Quality Street (1921)
4/12/1921	-	?	The Trial of Joan of Arc (1921)
3/21/1921	-	4/10/1921	Blue Eyes (1921)
3/7/1921	-	3/19/1921	Her Family Tree (1920)
9/20/1920	-	3/5/1921	The Greenwich Village Follies of 1920 (1920)
8/27/1920	-	?	Paddy the Next Best Thing (1920)
3/15/1920	-	?	The Blue Flame (1920)
11/11/1919	-	3/17/1920	The Magic Melody (1919)
10/6/1919	-	10/19/1919	Hamlet (1919)
10/6/1919	-	10/19/1919	The Taming of the Shrew (1919)
10/6/1919	-	10/19/1919	Twelfth Night (1919)
7/28/1919	-	?	Oh, What A Girl! (1919)
6/10/1919	-	?	A Lonely Romeo (1919)
2/6/1919	-	6/6/1919	Good Morning, Judge (1919)
11/18/1918	-	?	The Betrothal (1918)
10/4/1918	-	?	Sometime (1918)
6/3/1918	-	8/31/1918	Getting Together (1918)
2/18/1918	-	?	The Copperhead (1918)
8/16/1917	-	2/17/1918	Maytime (1917)
5/14/1917	-	5/26/1917	Her Soldier Boy (1916)
3/19/1917	-	5/12/1917	Eileen (1917)
1/15/1917	-	?	Love o' Mike (1917)
10/23/1916	-	1/13/1917	So Long Letty (1916)
10/23/1916	-	?	Les So Long (1916)
10/9/1916	-	10/21/1916	The Girl from Brazil (1916)
9/5/1916	-	?	Mr. Lazarus (1916)
8/21/1916	-	?	The Happy Ending (1916)
5/29/1916	-	?	Step This Way (1916)
4/29/1916	-	?	If I Were King (1916)
3/22/1916	-	?	The Great Pursuit (1916)
10/19/1915	-	3/18/1916	Alone at Last (1915)
8/30/1915	-	?	The Road to Happiness (1915)
4/3/1915	-	?	Trilby (1915)
12/24/1914	-	3/27/1915	To-Night's the Night (1914)
11/30/1914	-	12/19/1914	Suzi (1914)
9/28/1914	-	?	The Hawk (1914)
9/9/1914	-	?	Miss Daisy (1914)
8/10/1914	-	?	The Third Party (1914)
5/23/1914	-	5/30/1914	Madam Moselle (1914)
3/30/1914	-	5/9/1914	The Belle of Bond Street (1914)
1/6/1914	-	?	A Thousand Years Ago (1914)
9/29/1913	-	12/29/1913	Mice and Men (1913)
9/29/1913	-	12/29/1913	The Light That Failed (1913)
9/29/1913	-	12/29/1913	Caesar and Cleopatra (1913)
9/29/1913	-	12/29/1913	The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1913)
9/29/1913	-	12/29/1913	The Sacrament of Judas (1913)
9/29/1913	-	12/29/1913	Hamlet (1913)
9/29/1913	-	12/29/1913	The Merchant of Venice (1913)
9/29/1913	-	12/29/1913	Othello (1913)