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The Al Hirschfeld Theatre is a legitimate Broadway
theatre located at 302 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan.
Designed by architect G. Albert Lansburgh for vaudeville promoter Martin Beck, the theatre
opened as the Martin Beck Theatre with a
production of Madame Pompadour on November 11, 1924. It
was the only theater in New York that was owned outright without a
mortgage. It was designed
to be the most opulent theater of its time, and has dressing rooms
for 200 actors. The theatre has a seating capacity of 1,292 for
plays and 1,282 for musicals.
Famous appearances include Basil Rathbone as Romeo to the Juliet of
Katharine
Cornell in December 1934; Frank Langella in Dracula; Christina
Applegate as the title role in Sweet Charity; David Hyde
Pierce as Lt. Coffi in the musical Curtains; Will Swenson in
Hair.
On June 21, 2003, it was renamed the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in honor of the
caricaturist famous for his drawings of Broadway celebrities, and
reopened on November 23, 2003, with a revival of the musical Wonderful
Town.
This is one of five theatres that comprise the Jujamcyn Amusement
Corporation.
Notable
productions
References
- Who's Who in the Theatre, edited by John Parker, tenth
edition, revised, London, 1947, p.1184.
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