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Cort Theatre
Address
138 West 48th Street
City
New York City
Country USA
Designation Broadway theatre
Architect Thomas W. Lamb
Owned by The Shubert Organization
Capacity 1,082
Opened December 20, 1912
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The Cort Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 138 West 48th Street in midtown-Manhattan. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located This article is about Thomas W Lamb American theater designer The Shubert Organization was founded by the Shubert brothers, Sam S Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located This article is about venues for live Theatre performances for information about venues for Film projection see Movie theater. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The Shubert Organization purchased the theatre in 1927, two years before Cort's death. The Shubert Organization was founded by the Shubert brothers, Sam S [1]

John Cort, founder of the Northwestern Theatrical Association,[2] commissioned architect Thomas W. Lamb to design the theater. John Cort (ca 1861 - November 17 1929) was an American Impresario; his Cort Circuit was one of the first national Theater circuits This article is about Thomas W Lamb American theater designer Its whose façade was modeled on the Petit Trianon in Versailles. A facade or façade (fəˈsɑːd is generally one side of the exterior of a Building, especially the front but also sometimes the sides and rear The Petit Trianon is a small Château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. Versailles (vɛʀsaj in French) formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important The resulting 1082-seat Cort Theater is the only Lamb theater still extant and functioning as a legitimate theater. The interior was designed in the style of the era of Louis XVI, with a Pavanozza marble lobby with plasterwork panels. Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre Marble is a nonfoliated Metamorphic rock resulting from the Metamorphism of Limestone, composed mostly of Calcite (a crystalline form of The arch of the proscenium stage consists of perforated plaster treated with art glass, and was designed to be lit during performances. Proscenium theatre is a Theatre space whose primary feature is a large Archway (the proscenium arch) at or near the front of the stage, through The arch still exists as of 2007, although the lighting feature is no longer in operation. The Shubert Organization acquired the theater in 1927. The Shubert Organization was founded by the Shubert brothers, Sam S [1]

It opened on December 20, 1912 with Laurette Taylor starring in the play Peg o' My Heart, which ran for 603 performance, an auspicious start for the new venue. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Laurette Taylor ( April 1, 1884 – December 7, 1946) was an American actress primarily on stage with some forays into silent film [1] Numerous famous British actors have appeared at the Cort: Basil Rathbone played Dr. Basil Rathbone, MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967 was a South African-born English Actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Nicholas Agi in The Swan in October 1923, and in April 1927 appeared as Vladimir Dubriski in Love is Like That. In October 1924 Henry Daniell appeared as Aubrey Tanqueray in The Second Mrs Tanqueray, was there again in August 1943 in Murder Without Crime, and in January 1946 appeared as Leontes in The Winter's Tale. Henry Daniell ( March 5, 1894, London, England – October 31, 1963, Santa Monica

The theatre was used as a television studio housing The Merv Griffin Show from 1969-72. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The Merv Griffin Show was a long-running American Television talk show, starring singer Merv Griffin.

Notable productions

References

  1. ^ a b c Cort Theater Tickets], Reeds Tickets. The Blue Bird ( L'Oiseau bleu) is a 1908 play by Maurice Maeterlinck. Room service is an accommodation available at many Hotels where workers at the hotel bring food and other items to hotel rooms by request of the guest and usually for extra charge The Rainmaker was a play written by N Richard Nash in the early 1950s The Diary of Anne Frank is a stage adaptation of the book The Diary of a Young Girl. Sunrise at Campobello is a 1958 play by American producer and writer Dore Schary based on U Once Upon a Mattress is a musical Comedy that opened Off-Broadway on May 11, 1959, and then moved to Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a play that premiered in 1963, one year after Ken Kesey 's bestselling novel of the same name was published The Magic Show is a musical in one act composed and with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob Randall (who also wrote Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is the title of a song by Ma Rainey referring to the Black Bottom dance, which has been taken as the name of a 1982 play Sarafina! is a South African musical by Mbongeni Ngema depicting students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to Apartheid. Kat and the Kings is a musical with a book and lyrics by David Kramer and music by Taliep Petersen. Hollywood Arms is a play by Carrie Hamilton and Carol Burnett. On Golden Pond is a play by Ernest Thompson. The plot focuses on aging couple Ethel and Norman Thayer who spend each summer at their home on a lake called Golden Barefoot in the Park is a play by Neil Simon. Its focus is on newlywed couple Corie and Paul Bratter who are setting up house in a minuscule fifth-floor walkup The Little Dog Laughed is a play by Douglas Carter Beane. The four characters are an actor Mitchell his acerbic agent Diane a hustler named Alex and Alex's Radio Golf is a play by American Playwright, August Wilson, the final installment in his ten-part series The Pittsburgh Cycle The Homecoming is a two-act award-winning play written in 1964 by Nobel laureate, Harold Pinter. Accessed December 22, 2007. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  2. ^ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9500EFDF1339E433A25750C0A9679D946196D6CF Syndicate Denies a Truce; But Opinion Is That a Sort of Agreement Has Been Made with Cort], New York Times, November 3, 1910, p. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 9. Accessed online December 22, 2007. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

External links

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