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Neil Simon Theatre showing Hairspray, 2003
Neil Simon Theatre showing Hairspray, 2003
Neil Simon Theatre (right) and August Wilson Theatre (left) on 52nd Street
Neil Simon Theatre (right) and August Wilson Theatre (left) on 52nd Street

The Neil Simon Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 250 West 52nd Street in midtown-Manhattan. Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan based The August Wilson Theatre, located at 245 West 52nd Street in New York City, is a legitimate Broadway theatre. 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. 52nd Street is a 19 mile long one-way Street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan. 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

Designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp, the theatre was built by producers Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley, who combined their first names to christen it the Alvin Theatre. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Herbert J Krapp (1887 New York City, - 1973 was a theatre Architect and Designer in the early part of the twentieth century It opened on November 22, 1927 with George and Ira Gershwin's Funny Face starring Fred and Adele Astaire. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Ira Gershwin ( 6 December 1896 &ndash 17 August 1983) was an American Lyricist who collaborated with his younger Funny Face is a 1927 musical composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by Fred Thompson and Paul Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 &ndash June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award Lady Charles Cavendish ( September 10, 1896 &ndash January 25, 1981) better known as Adele Astaire, was an American dancer

Due to the Great Depression, Aarons and Freedley lost control of their venue in 1932. For a period of time it was used as a radio studio by CBS. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network.

In 1977, the building was purchased by the Nederlander Organization, and was renamed in honor of American playwright Simon in 1983 with the opening of Brighton Beach Memoirs. The Nederlander Organization ( Detroit Michigan) founded in 1912 by David T The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. Brighton Beach Memoirs is a play by Neil Simon. Set in Brooklyn New York 's Brighton Beach in 1937 the semi- Autobiographical

The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1985. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. At present it has a seating capacity of approximately 1400.

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