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Cort Theatre
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The Cort Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 138 West 48th Street in midtown-Manhattan. The Shuberts purchased the theatre in 1927.
Designed by Thomas W. Lamb, its facade was modeled after the Petit Trianon at Versailles, while architecture from the period of Louis XVI inspired the interior. The building was constructed by and named for former vaudevillean John Cort, general manager of the Northwestern Theatrical Association.
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. Numerous famous British actors have appeared at the Cort: Basil Rathbone played Dr. 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.
The theatre was used as a television studio housing The Merv Griffin Show from 1969-72.
- 1932: The Blue Bird
- 1937: Room Service
- 1954: The Rainmaker
- 1955: The Diary of Anne Frank
- 1958: Sunrise at Campobello
- 1960: Once Upon a Mattress
- 1961: Purlie Victorious
- 1963: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 1974: The Magic Show
- 1985: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- 2002: Hollywood Arms
- 2005: On Golden Pond
- 2006: Barefoot in the Park
- Who's Who in the Theatre, edited by John Parker, tenth edition, revised, London, 1947, pps: 477-478 and 1184.
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