The Brooks Atkinson Theatre is a Broadway theater located at 256 West 47th Street in Manhattan.
Designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp, it was constructed as the Mansfield Theatre by the Chanin brothers in 1926. After 1933, the theatre fell into relative disuse until 1945, when Michael Myerberg bought it and leased it to CBS for television productions. Known as CBS Studio 59, the theater played host to the long-running game show What's My Line?.[1] In 1960, it was renamed after the former New York Times theater critic, Brooks Atkinson, and returned to legitimate use.
In 2000, the interior was refurbished with restored decorative finishes by EverGreene Architectural Arts, and now the theatre is once again illuminated by the original chandelier that had been removed over 40 years ago. It has 1,069 seats and is one of the Nederlander Organization's nine Broadway houses.
The revival of Grease recently played at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The show featured Max Crumm as Danny Zuko and Laura Osnes as Sandy Dumbrowski. who were the winners of the 2006-2007 reality TV show Grease: You're the One that I Want which selected a new Danny and Sandy for the revival through a massive nationwide casting call.
RAIN - A Tribute to The Beatles played at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre through June 2011, following Rock of Ages, which moved to the Helen Hayes Theatre. Its current tenant is an evening of one-act plays entitled Relatively Speaking.
Contents |
| Show | Opening day | Closing day | Notes |
| The Rainmaker | November 11, 1999 | January 23, 2000 | Revival |
| Uncle Vanya | April 30, 2000 | June 11, 2000 | Revival |
| Jane Eyre | December 10, 2000 | June 10, 2001 | 2001 Tony Award Best Musical nominee |
| Noises Off | November 1, 2001 | September 1, 2002 | |
| Medea | December 10, 2002 | February 22, 2003 | Revival |
| The Look of Love | May 4, 2003 | June 15, 2003 | |
| Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only | November 19, 2003 | November 30, 2003 | |
| Jumpers | April 25, 2004 | July 11, 2004 | Revival 2004 Tony Award winner, Best Revival of a Play nominee |
| Democracy | November 18, 2004 | April 17, 2005 | Tony Award 2005 Best Play nominee |
| Mark Twain Tonight | June 9, 2005 | June 26, 2005 | |
| The Blonde in the Thunderbird | July 17, 2005 | July 24, 2005 | |
| The Odd Couple | October 27, 2005 | June 4, 2006 | Revival with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick |
| The Times They Are A-Changin' | October 26, 2006 | November 19, 2006 | |
| A Moon for the Misbegotten | April 9, 2007 | June 10, 2007 | Revival with Kevin Spacey |
| Grease | July 24, 2007 | January 4, 2009 | Revival with reality show winners Max Crumm and Laura Osnes |
| Rock of Ages | April 7, 2009 | January 9, 2011 | Starring Constantine Maroulis; Nominated for 5 Tony Awards in 2009 - production moved to the Helen Hayes Theatre. |
| RAIN: A Tribute To The Beatles | February 8, 2011 | Reopened for indefinite extension after a 12-week run at the Neil Simon Theatre | |
| Relatively Speaking | October 20, 2011 |
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