Edison Theatre
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The Edison Theatre was a legitimate Broadway theatre located in the Edison Hotel at 240 West 47th Street in midtown-Manhattan.
It opened as the Arena Theatre on May 31, 1950 with a revival of George Kelly's The Show Off. The following year it was converted into the hotel's ballroom and remained as such until the early 1970s, when it was re-converted to a theatre. Its most notable production was Oh! Calcutta!, which opened on September 24, 1976 and ran for thirteen years, with a total of 5959 performances. Other shows staged here included Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, The Island, and Love Letters.
The theatre closed on February 24, 1991. Its final production was Those Were the Days, a musical revue celebrating Klezmer.
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Internet Broadway Database listing
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