Neil Simon Theatre
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The Neil Simon Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 250 West 52nd Street in midtown-Manhattan.
Designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp, the theatre was built by producers Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley, who combined their first names to christen it the Alvin Theatre. It opened on November 22, 1927 with George and Ira Gershwin's Funny Face starring Fred and Adele Astaire.
Due to the Great Depression, Aarons and Freedley lost control of their venue in 1932. For a period of time it was used as a radio studio by CBS.
In 1977, the building was purchased by the Nederlander Organization, and was renamed in honor of American playwright Simon in 1983 with the opening of Brighton Beach Memoirs.
The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1985. At present it has a seating capacity of approximately 1400.
[edit] Notable productions
- 1927: Funny Face
- 1930: Girl Crazy
- 1932: Mourning Becomes Electra
- 1934: Anything Goes
- 1935: Porgy and Bess
- 1936: Red, Hot and Blue
- 1941: Lady in the Dark
- 1946: Joan of Lorraine
- 1947: Life with Father
- 1951: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- 1952: Two's Company
- 1954: House of Flowers
- 1955: No Time for Sergeants
- 1958: Bells Are Ringing
- 1959: Once Upon a Mattress
- 1960: West Side Story; Wildcat
- 1961: Irma La Douce
- 1962: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- 1965: Flora, The Red Menace
- 1967: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; Sherry!
- 1968: The Great White Hope
- 1970: Company
- 1975: Shenandoah
- 1977: Annie
- 1981: Merrily We Roll Along
- 1982: Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
- 1983: "Brighton Beach Memoirs"
- 1985: Biloxi Blues
- 1990-91: Jackie Mason: Brand New
- 1992: Jake's Women
- 1993: Cyrano: The Musical
- 1996: The King and I
- 1999: The Scarlet Pimpernel
- 2002: Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Hairspray
[edit] External links
- Neil Simon Theatre at the Internet Broadway Database
- Article about an expansion of the Neil Simon from Playbill
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