Broadhurst Theatre is a Broadway theater at 235 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
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23 Facts About Broadhurst Theatre
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The Broadhurst Theatre is named for British-American theatrical producer George Broadhurst, who leased the theater before its opening.
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The Broadhurst Theatre's facade is made of buff-colored brick and terracotta and is divided into two sections: a stage house to the west and the theater's entrance to the east.
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The Broadhurst Theatre opened on September 27,1917, with Misalliance; its namesake had intended to use the theater for his own productions.
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Broadhurst Theatre is on 235 West 44th Street, on the north sidewalk between Eighth Avenue and Seventh Avenue, near Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
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Broadhurst Theatre is part of the largest concentration of Broadway theaters on a single block.
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Broadhurst Theatre was designed by Herbert J Krapp and constructed in 1917 for the Shubert brothers.
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The Broadhurst Theatre's facade is divided into two sections: the auditorium to the east and a stage house to the west.
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The Broadhurst Theatre was developed by the Shubert brothers of Syracuse, New York, who expanded downstate into New York City in the first decade of the 20th century.
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At the time, Broadhurst Theatre was a busy playwright; he staged nearly 30 Broadway and West End plays from 1907 to 1924.
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Broadhurst Theatre leased the Shubert's new 44th Street venue because he wanted a theater to showcase his own work.
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Broadhurst Theatre opened on September 27,1917, with George Bernard Shaw's comedy Misalliance; the show lasted 52 performances.
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In early 1924, the Broadhurst staged Marc Connelly and George S Kaufman's play Beggar on Horseback with Roland Young, which lasted for 224 performances.
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Broadhurst Theatre next hosted the revue Bunk of 1926, which was forced to close in June 1926 due to an injunction against it.
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In 1931, the Broadhurst Theatre staged Herbert Fields and Rodgers and Hart's musical America's Sweetheart, which continued for 135 performances.
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Broadhurst Theatre hosted Auntie Mame in 1956, starring Rosalind Russell in her last Broadway appearance; it ran for 639 performances.
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The next year, the Broadhurst Theatre briefly hosted the long-running musical My Fair Lady, and Richard Rodgers's musical No Strings finished its 580-performance run there.
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Broadhurst Theatre was increasingly hosting musicals, dramas, and comedies by the 1970s, with the decline of revues.
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Immediately afterward, the Broadhurst Theatre hosted Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, with Ian McKellen, Tim Curry, and Jane Seymour; it ran until October 1983.
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The Broadhurst Theatre was then closed for six months, and the firm of Johansen-Bhavnani renovated the venue as part of a project that cost $2 million.
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Broadhurst Theatre reopened in June 1985 with a gender-swapped version of Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple; it lasted until February 1986.
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Broadhurst Theatre hosted a revival of the August Strindberg play Dance Of Death in late 2001, featuring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren.
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The next shows at the Broadhurst Theatre were the play Misery in 2015, as well as the musicals Tuck Everlasting and The Front Page in 2016.
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