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Playhouse Theatre (New York City)

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Operator
  
William A. Brady

Capacity
  
865

Type
  
Broadway

Opened
  
1911

Address
  
137 West 48th Street New York City United States

Owner
  
Brady Enterprises, Inc.

The Playhouse Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 137 West 48th Street in midtown-Manhattan. Charles A. Rich was the architect. It was built in 1911 for producer William A. Brady who also owned the nearby 48th Street Theatre. After Brady died in 1944, it was sold to the Shubert Organization. It housed an ABC radio station from 1949 to 1952. Sauce for the Goose was the opening production on April 15, 1911, closing after 2 performances that day. It was razed to accommodate the Rockefeller Center expansion in 1969.

Another theatre, located at 359 W. 48th St., was called Playhouse Theatre from 1970–83.

Notable productions

  • The Family Cupboard (1913)
  • Major Barbara (1915)
  • The Little Teacher (1918)
  • Forever After (1918)
  • The Wonderful Thing (1920)
  • Romance (1921)
  • On the Stairs (1922)
  • Up She Goes (1922)
  • Chains (1923)
  • The Show Off (1924)
  • Twelve Miles Out (1925)
  • Kitty's Kisses (1926)
  • The Road to Rome (1927) and revival (1928)
  • The Queen's Husband (1928)
  • Street Scene (1929)
  • The First Mrs. Fraser (1929)
  • The Vinegar Tree (1930)
  • A Church Mouse (1931)
  • Mademoiselle (1932)
  • Three Men on a Horse (1935)
  • Yes, My Darling Daughter (1937)
  • Outward Bound (1938)
  • Spring Again (1942)
  • The Damask Cheek (1942)
  • The Duke in Darkness (1944)
  • The Glass Menagerie (1945)
  • The Innocents (1950)
  • Bernardine (1952)
  • Fallen Angels (1956)
  • Night of the Auk (1956)
  • Blue Denim (1958)
  • Make a Million (1958)
  • The Miracle Worker (1959)
  • Never Too Late (1962)
  • The Impossible Years (1965)
  • References

    Playhouse Theatre (New York City) Wikipedia