Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)
| Universal's Colony Theatre B.S. Moss' Broadway Theatre Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre Ciné Roma |
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The Broadway Theatre in 2010, when it played host to Promises, Promises
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| Address | 1681 Broadway New York City United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′49″N 73°59′01″W / 40.763481°N 73.983492°WCoordinates: 40°45′49″N 73°59′01″W / 40.763481°N 73.983492°W |
| Owner | The Shubert Organization |
| Type | Broadway |
| Capacity | 1,761 |
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| Opened | December 25, 1924 |
| Rebuilt | 1956 1986 |
| Architect | Eugene De Rosa |
| Website | |
| www.shubert.nyc/theatres/broadway | |
The Broadway Theatre (formerly Universal's Colony Theatre, B.S. Moss' Broadway Theatre, Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre, and Ciné Roma) is a Broadway theatre located in midtown Manhattan. It has a large seating capacity of 1,761, and unlike most Broadway theaters, it is actually located on Broadway, at number 1681.
Designed by architect Eugene De Rosa for Benjamin S. Moss, it opened as B.S. Moss's Colony Theatre on Christmas Day 1924 as a venue for vaudeville shows and motion pictures. The theater has operated under many names and owners. It was renamed Universal's Colony Theatre, B.S. Moss' Broadway Theatre, and Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre before becoming a legitimate theater house simply called Broadway Theatre on December 8, 1930. In 1937, known as Ciné Roma, it showed Italian films. For a short time during the 1950s it showed Cinerama films.
On November 18, 1928 the first Mickey Mouse cartoon released to the public, Steamboat Willie, debuted at the Colony. Producer Walt Disney returned on November 13, 1940 to debut the feature film Fantasia in Fantasound, an early stereo system.
The legitimate theater opened in 1930 with The New Yorkers by Cole Porter. Stars such as Milton Berle, Alfred Drake, José Ferrer, Eartha Kitt, Vivien Leigh, Zero Mostel, and Mae West have appeared on stage.
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