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Shubert Theatre (New Haven)

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Operator
  
CAPA

Architect
  
Albert Swazey

Opened
  
1914

Owner
  
New Haven

Current use
  
music venue

Capacity
  
1,600

Phone
  
+1 203-562-5666

Address
  
247 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

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The Shubert Theatre is a 1,600-seat theatre located at 247 College Street in New Haven, Connecticut. Originally opened in 1914 by The Shubert Organization, it was designed by Albert Swazey, a New York architect and built by the H.E. Murdock Construction Company. It is currently operated as a non-profit organization by CAPA (The Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts) under the aegis of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts.

Notable productions

  • Leave It to Me (Sophie Tucker, Mary Martin) 1938
  • Oklahoma! (Alfred Drake, Celeste Holm) 1943
  • Carousel 1945
  • Annie, Get Your Gun (Ethel Merman) 1946
  • Born Yesterday (Judy Holliday) 1946
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando) 1947
  • Mister Roberts (Henry Fonda) 1948
  • South Pacific (Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza) 1949
  • The King and I (Yul Brynner) 1951
  • My Fair Lady (Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews) 1956
  • The Sound of Music (Mary Martin) 1959
  • Long Day’s Journey into Night (Jason Robards)
  • A Raisin in the Sun (Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee) 1959
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Zero Mostel) 1962
  • Flora the Red Menace, featured the debut of Liza Minnelli in a Broadway production, April 3, 1965.
  • The Book of Mormon 2015

    • References

    Shubert Theatre (New Haven) Wikipedia
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