Shubert Theatre (Broadway)
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The Shubert Theatre, named after Sam S. Shubert, is a Broadway theatre built by Henry B. Herts in 1913 on West 44th Street in New York City between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. The first show to play at the Shubert was Shakespeare's Hamlet. Barbra Streisand starred in I Can Get It for You Wholesale here, Bernadette Peters starred in Gypsy (musical) and Katharine Hepburn starred in The Philadelphia Story here; however, the Shubert is probably best-known as the home of A Chorus Line. With 6,137 performances under the Shubert's roof, A Chorus Line was the longest-running of all Broadway musicals, until it was surpassed by Cats, having staged its final performance on 28 April 1990. The Shubert Theatre is currently the home for the Broadway production of Spamalot.
Other musicals which have premiered at The Shubert include Cole Porter's The Gay Divorcee, Rodgers and Hart's Pal Joey and the Sherman Brothers' Over Here!.
The stage doors of the Shubert Theatre and those of the Booth Theatre both open onto Shubert Alley, which runs behind these theatres and due to its location has long been a favourite haunt for aspiring Broadway actors—who hope that someone connected with one of these hallowed theatres might spot them and offer them a role.
The interior of the Shubert Theatre was restored in 1996.
There is also a Shubert Theatre in Boston, which is part of the Wang Center for the Performing Arts. The Shubert Theatre is featured in the Broadway musical and film adaption of The Producers.
[edit] External links
- Broadway Theatre Guide with full show details for Monty Python's Spamalot
- Shubert Theatre at the Internet Broadway Database
- The Shubert Organization
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