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 The Shubert Organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By 1929 the Shubert Theatre chain included Broadway's most important venues, the Winter Garden, the Sam S. Shubert, and the Imperial Theaters, and owned, managed, operated, or booked nearly a thousand theatres nationwide.
The company was reorganized in 1973, and as of 2004 owns or operates sixteen Broadway theatres in New York City: the Ambassador, the Barrymore, the Belasco, the Booth, the Broadhurst, the Broadway, the Cort, the Golden Theatre, the Imperial, the Longacre, The Lyceum, the Majestic, the Plymouth, the Royale, the Shubert, and the Winter Garden.
The Shubert Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts is known as Boston's "little princess".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Shubert_Theatre_(Boston)   (318 words)

  
 Broadway: The American Musical . Stars Over Broadway . Shubert Brothers | PBS
David Shubert, an alcoholic, could not support his family in their new home, and the boys were forced to go to work.
The rapid growth of the Shubert Company was a threat to the Syndicate, a group of producers and theater owners who literally controlled American theater in the early 20th century.
While the brothers had essentially formed their own trust and were in constant litigation, the Shuberts did introduce to the stage many of the finest actors of the time, including the Marx Brothers, Will Rogers, Jack Benny, Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Bert Lahr, the Barrymores, Spencer Tracy, and dozens more.
www.pbs.org /wnet/broadway/stars/shubert_bros.html   (1200 words)

  
 News and Press Releases of The Shubert Organization, Broadway Theater Owner and Broadway Producer
Shubert Chairman Gerald Schoenfeld and President Philip J. Smith greeted members of the New York theatre community and members of the press to celebrate the completion of the Little Shubert.
The 499-seat Little Shubert theatre is housed in a new 39-story residential tower named Theatre Row Apartments, located on West 42nd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues.
The Little Shubert Theatre is the first new theatre built by the Shubert Organization in New York City since 1928, when the Ethel Barrymore Theatre opened on West 47th Street.
www.shubert-theaters.com /organization/news/article.asp?id=1   (646 words)

  
 Shubert Theatre
The Shubert Theatre is located on the north side of 44th Street, between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue.
The Sam S. Shubert Theatre was for 15 years the home of A Chorus Line, which transferred there from the Public Theater in 1975 and in 1990 became the longest-running Broadway musical of all time (until Cats beat its record).
As well-known as the Shubert Theatre is Shubert Alley, which runs alongside it and the Booth Theatre, providing a convenient route to 45th Street.
www.nytix.com /Links/Broadway/Theaters/shubert.html   (515 words)

  
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www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_033/TECH_V033_S0489_P002.txt   (590 words)

  
 Broadway in NYC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He along with executives from RCA and theatre genious S.L. "Roxy" Rothafel decided to build a theatre that was as exqusite as some of the top noch theatres of that time, yet affordable for ordinary citizens to enjoy an outstanding performance.
It is the largest indoor theatre in the world with three mezzanine sections plus the orchestra level seating, and to this date more than 300 million people have enjoyed performances in the world renowned theatre.
When walking into the theatre, it's almost as if it you were waking through the past with its rich baroque decor and attendants in 1930's garb.
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 History of The Shubert Theatre
The Theatre was originally conceived as The Lyric Theatre in the early 1900s by developer Charles H. Bond.
The renovated Shubert Theatre was unveiled on October 10, 1996 at the annual meeting to Wang Center Trustees, Corporate Members, arts organizations and the media.
Since then, The Shubert Theatre has evolved into a home for Boston arts organizations such as Boston Lyric Opera and World Music, as well as a venue for touring companies whose productions are more suited to the smaller scale of the theatre.
www.wangcenter.org /history-shubert.html   (647 words)

  
 Shubert Theatre Corporation - Lee Shubert as President
This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company in 1924 and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of two allegorical women, one with a harp and the other with pen and paper.
Certificate Vignette The company was incorporated in 1924 and was engaged in the business of producing legitimate theatrical attractions, booking legitimate attractions in theatres throughout the United States, and operating approximately 40 theatres in eight states for the presentation of legitimate attractions.
They owned 23 theatres and had leases on 25 theatres and owned stock interests in an additional 7 theatres.
www.antiqnet.com /detail,shubert-theatre-corporation,342857.html   (161 words)

  
 The Theatre School History -- History of the Merle Reskin Theatre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The interior of the Merle Reskin Theatre, formerly the Blackstone Theatre.
During the early 1930s theatres that presented live drama were reeling as a result of both the introduction of talkies in 1928 and the stock market crash of 1929.
The Theatre School Awards Gala was established in 1989 to raise support for the purchase and operation of DePaul's Blackstone Theatre as well as scholarship support for students of the The Theatre School.
theatreschool.depaul.edu /history/merlehist.htm   (4869 words)

  
 University of Delaware: PHILADELPHIA THEATRICAL PAPERS
Even though the Shubert Theatre Corporation in the early 1920s became more powerful than the Syndicate, the development of the film industry and the reduction of touring companies precipitated the demise of these monopolistic agencies.
Philadelphia’s Broad Street Theatre, The Forrest, Chestnut Street Opera House, and the Academy of Music are a few of the theaters that were part of the growth of the popular entertainment industry.
Fred Zimmerman, who had been the treasurer of the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., and the Olympic Theatre in New York, was a well-known advance agent in the business.
www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/findaids/phila.htm   (1677 words)

  
 Shubert Theatre New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Shubert, Nebraska 1: '''Shubert ''' is a village located in Richardson County, N 4: Shubert is located at 40anddeg;14'13" North, 95anddeg;41'1" W
Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US)is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance,sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts.
There is a particularly long tradition of political theatre, intended to educate audiences on contemporary issuesand encourage social change.
www.elusiveeye.com /side34129-shubert-theatre-new-york.html   (1009 words)

  
 Cinema Treasures | Shubert Theatre
The Shubert is scheduled to close for a year beginning in January 2005, while it undergoes a $25 million restoration.
The Shubert has recently announced that after the $25 million restoration is complete about a year after it is set to begin in Janaury 2005, the theatre is going to be renamed the LaSalle Bank Theatre after the bank's large contribution towards the project gave it naming rights.
It was generally expected that when the Shubert reopened in 2006, it would be as the Majestic (which is still the name of the office tower that houses the theatre).
cinematreasures.org /theater/2179_0_2_0_C   (2342 words)

  
 Plymouth Theatre
By the time The Plymouth Theatre went up, The Shubert Family succeeded in having a full block of theatres to their credit; The Plymouth and The Booth on 45th street and The Broadhurst and The Shubert Theaters on 44th street.
One of the simplest Theatres designed by Herbert Krapp, The Plymouth’s exterior is brown, blue and gold and much like its neighboring theatres was built using less costly materials such as terra cotta and brick.
Not typically a theatre used for large or musical acts, some of the more notable shows that played at The Plymouth Theatre include Frederick Knott’s Dial M for Murder in 1952, Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple in 1965 and the 1983 revival of Kaufman and Hart’s You Can’t Take it With You.
www.nytix.com /Links/Broadway/Theaters/plymouth.html   (407 words)

  
 Stubbs Building and House Movers
A view of the Shubert's basement, showing installation of jacking cribs, which was used to push the theater up and "crack" its connection with the old foundation.
Once the turn was completed, the Shubert began its slow approach toward 6th Street, which was closed to traffic and filled with gravel to aid the theater's move.
The finishing touches are put on the Shubert's new foundation on the north side of the Hennepin Center for the Arts and the Shubert is rolled into place on top of its new foundation.
www.stubbsmovers.com /shubert.shtml   (442 words)

  
 2001-2002 Annual Report of the National Theatre Corporation Washington DC a Not for Profit 501.c.3 Institution Managed ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Theatre, in Washington, D.C., is a not-for-profit, 501.c.3 organization, operated by a board of trustees and managed for the board by the Shubert Organization.
The National Theatre was host once again this year to free performances for high school students of the Greater Washington Area, presented by National Players, in their 53rd year of touring.
The National Theatre is a member of the League of Washington Theatres, the United Arts Organization of Greater Washington, The United Way of the National Capital Area, the Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area and the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington.
www.nationaltheatre.org /backstage/annual2001-2002.htm   (2157 words)

  
 Playbill Features: A New and Improved Theatre Row Appears
As theatre lore tells it, when Playwrights Horizons first moved to Theatre Row in 1974, setting up shop in a vacant burlesque house, their neighbors consisted of porn shops and massage parlors.
The 42nd Street Development Corporation recently opened the Theatre Row complex at 410-412 West 42nd Street, consisting of four 99-seat theatres, one 199-seat theatre, and rehearsal and office spaces for rent to theatre groups.
The space he created featured bigger theatres equipped with state-of-the-art production technology, in house rehearsal studios, heating and air-conditioning zoned on each floor, more spacious lobbies, restrooms for the audiences (a novel concept, since previously actors and the audience shared one facility) and an elevator that made all their theatres handicap accessible.
www.playbill.com /features/article/77525.html   (1271 words)

  
 NSMT Shows at The Shubert - StageSource
Due to this short-term relocation, everyone currently holding tickets to Abyssinia and/or Camelot will need to have their current tickets replaced with tickets for comparable seats at The Shubert Theatre.
Current ticket holders will be automatically receiving a letter in the mail explaining how to to exchange tickets for a performance at The Shubert Theatre, or to obtain a credit.
We may have suffered a serious setback, but North Shore Music Theatre's commitment to musical theater, and its patrons, is unstoppable.
www.stagesource.org /pages/670_nsmt_shows_at_the_shubert.cfm   (537 words)

  
 The Shubert Organization Management of National Theatre Corporation Washington DC
The Shubert Archives, available to theatre scholars, is located in the upper floors of the Lyceum Theatre.
On December 12, 1996, the National Theatre dedicated one of its orchestra seats to the memory of Bernard B. Jacobs, President and co-Chief Executive Officer of the Shubert Organization, who passed away in 1996.
Jacobs was an astute impresario whose love and passion for theatre did much to shape the American professional theatre at the end of the 20th century.
www.nationaltheatre.org /backstage/shubert.htm   (352 words)

  
 Today in Theatre History - Dec - www.ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Minnelli on Minnelli is presented at the Palace Theatre, where her mother, Judy Garland, had triumphed in solo concerts.
- The Shubert Theatre Corporation notes to the New York Stock Exchange that it owns 104 first-class theatres, and by this date 60 percent of all first-class legitimate theatre productions are housed in Shubert theatres.
The Hellinger was the theatre where Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison starred in the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady in 1956.
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 Shubert Theatre Corporation Definition / Shubert Theatre Corporation Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Shubert Theatre Corporation Definition / Shubert Theatre Corporation Research
The Shubert Organization was founded by the Shubert brothers, Sam Shubert, Lee Shubert, and Jacob J. Shubert of Syracuse, New York in the late 19th century in upstate New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U.S. postal abbreviation is NY.
By 1929 the Shuberts owned Broadway's most important theatres, the Winter Garden, the Sam S. Shubert, and the Imperial TheatersThe Imperial Theater was the Schubert brothers' fiftieth theater in New York City.
www.elresearch.com /Shubert_Theatre_Corporation   (237 words)

  
 Lasalle Bank Sponsors Historic Shubert Theatre (ChicagoPride.com)
In a relationship with Broadway In Chicago, Lasalle Bank and the City of Chicago plan to spend millions of dollars to restore the venerable theatre at the Majestic Building, 22 West Monroe, which possesses a long legacy in Chicago.
The theatre, which first opened on New Year’s Day in 1906 as the Majestic Theatre then was re-named the Shubert Theatre in 1945, will now be inaugurated the LaSalle Bank Theatre at the Majestic Building.
The long-term agreement ensures the Shubert Theatre will provide another beautiful venue for live entertainment along with its sister theatres, the Cadillac Palace and the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre.
www.chicagopride.com /news/article.cfm/ArticleID/1670049   (254 words)

  
 Boston Shubert Theatre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
New Haven, Connecticut 121: Theatre, the Long Wharf Theatre, and the Sbubert Performing Arts Center.
Shuberr, Nebraska 1: '''Shubert ''' is a village located in Richardson County, N 4: hubert is located at 40anddeg;14'13" North, 95anddeg;41'1" W
Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among Theatra professionals in the US)is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance,sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts.
www.thesonars.com /web/9978-boston.shubert.theatre.html   (593 words)

  
 Thomas J. Celona, George A. Vecchione, and Lynn Fusco Hughes named directors of Citizens Bank in Rhode Island and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Vecchione lives in Warwick, R.I. Lynn Fusco Hughes is President of Fusco Corporation in New Haven, Conn., a construction company founded 81 years ago by her grandfather.
Fusco Corporation has built many of the region's landmarks; including the Shubert Theatre, the Yale Baseball Stadium, the J.P. Morgan Hotel and Goodwin Square in Hartford, Time Warner Cable in Stamford, the Long Wharf Maritime Center, the Connecticut Tennis Center and the newly renovated Payne Whitney Gymnasium.
Fusco Hughes is a graduate of Windham College in Putney, VT. She serves on the boards of directors of the Mystic Aquarium, Albertus Magnus College, Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, the Neighborhood Music School, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and the Merritt Parkway Conservancy, all in Connecticut.
www.citizensbank.com /aboutus/news/03_02_05_ri_directors.asp   (628 words)

  
 The Shubert Organization
The Shubert Organization was founded by the Shubert brothers, Sam Shubert, Lee Shubert, and Jacob J. Shubert of Syracuse, New York in the late 19th century in upstate New York, entering into New York City productions in 1900.
This page was last modified 16:29, 14 May 2005.
The article about The Shubert Organization contains information related to The Shubert Organization, External links and See also.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Shubert_Theatre_Corporation   (326 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Massachusetts
The Boston Lyric Opera has a fall-spring season and performs in the Shubert Theatre.
They gave the first performance of many of the plays of Eugene O’Neill, and their success was followed by the birth of little theaters throughout the state.
Shakespeare and Company performs a summer series in Lenox, and there are summer theaters in leading resorts, among them the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater; the Cape Playhouse, in Dennis; the Berkshire Theatre Festival, in Stockbridge; and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577045_8/Massachusetts.html   (1467 words)

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