13 Facts About Nederlander Theatre

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Nederlander Theatre is a Broadway theater at 208 West 41st Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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Nederlander Theatre is on 208 West 41st Street, between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue near the southern end of Times Square, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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Nederlander Theatre is the southernmost Broadway theater in the Theater District.

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Nederlander Theatre was constructed in 1920 as a carpenter's shop; plans filed with the New York City government called for a "3 sty [non-fireproof] brick Carpenter's shop and storage, club rooms, shower, [apartments] and tennis court".

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The Mercury Nederlander Theatre company, led by John Houseman and Orson Welles, performed revivals of the plays Julius Caesar and The Shoemaker's Holiday at the National in 1937 and 1938.

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The Playwrights Repertory Nederlander Theatre performed several plays by Albee and Samuel Beckett at the theater in 1968, and the Minnesota Dance Nederlander Theatre performed two plays there later that year.

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7.

James M Nederlander renamed the theater again in 1980 in honor of his father, American theater impresario David T Nederlander, who had died thirteen years prior.

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The first show at the renamed Nederlander Theatre would have been the musical One Night Stand, which closed during previews in October 1980.

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9.

The Broadway Alliance's first show at the Nederlander Theatre was the play Our Country's Good, which lasted from April to June 1991.

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10.

The Nederlander Theatre hosted concerts by Aretha Franklin in April 1993 and by Jackson Browne that November.

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The next year, the Nederlander Theatre hosted another audition, this time for the musical The Capeman.

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The opening of Rent, as well as the renovation of the nearby New Amsterdam Nederlander Theatre, contributed to the revitalization of the surrounding block of 41st Street.

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13.

The Nederlander Theatre then hosted two live appearances in late 2019: Kristin Chenoweth's For The Girls in November and Harry Connick Jr.

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