Al Hirschfeld Theatre

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The Al Hirschfeld Theatre, , showing the musical The Wedding Singer, 2006.
The Al Hirschfeld Theatre, , showing the musical The Wedding Singer, 2006.
The Al Hirschfeld Theatre, showing the musical Curtains, 2007.
The Al Hirschfeld Theatre, showing the musical Curtains, 2007.
Ticket booth.
Ticket booth.
View to the stage.
View to the stage.
Auditorium ceiling.
Auditorium ceiling.

The Al Hirschfeld Theatre is a legitimate 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 theatre of its time, and has dressing rooms for 200 actors.

Famous appearances include Basil Rathbone as Romeo to the Juliet of Katharine Cornell in December 1934.

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.

  • Who's Who in the Theatre, edited by John Parker, tenth edition, revised, London, 1947, p.1184.

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