Imperial Theatre is a Broadway theater at 249 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
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13 Facts About Imperial Theatre
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Shubert Organization's fiftieth venue in New York City, the Imperial was constructed in 1923 to replace the outdated Lyric Theatre.
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The Imperial Theatre has hosted plays, with Chapter Two being the theater's longest-running play.
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Imperial Theatre is on 249 West 45th Street, on the north sidewalk between Eighth Avenue and Broadway, near Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
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Imperial Theatre was designed by Herbert J Krapp and was constructed in 1923 for the Shubert brothers.
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The Imperial Theatre then hosted Sigmund Romberg's operetta The New Moon in 1928, with a Hammerstein score; it was among Broadway's last hit operettas, as well as the only Broadway production in the 1928 season to have over 500 performances.
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The Imperial Theatre hosted the musicals Say When in 1934 and Jubilee the next year, the latter of which ran 169 performances.
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Alfred J Callahan bought the Imperial in 1940 after the Imperial Theatre Corporation defaulted on a mortgage, and Callahan sold the theater the next year to the Dorsar Corporation.
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The Imperial Theatre consistently hosted popular musical productions during the 1940s.
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The Imperial then hosted two shows in 1949: a transfer of Along Fifth Avenue, as well as a 308-performance run of Berlin and Robert E Sherwood's Miss Liberty.
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In 1950, the Imperial Theatre hosted Peter Pan, featuring Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff with a score by Leonard Bernstein.
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The Imperial Theatre staged Silk Stockings in 1955, which was Cole Porter's last Broadway production.
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In 1970, the Imperial Theatre hosted the musical Minnie's Boys, featuring Shelley Winters, and Two By Two, starring Danny Kaye.
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