The Herald Square Theatre was a short-lived Broadway theatre in New York City, built in 1894 and closed in 1914.
It stood at 1331 Broadway, designed by architects Rose & Stone with about 1150 seats, and with its interior furnished by the interior of the nearby Booth's Theatre, which was being demolished. Partially destroyed by fire and rebuilt, in 1911 it became "the first New York theatre to be converted into a silent movie house". [1]
The theatre saw the first-ever performance of the George M. Cohan song "You're a Grand Old Flag" in 1906, and it was also where William Randolph Hearst first saw and met his wife Millicent Willson during her appearance as a "bicycle girl" in 1897.
Productions included the American premiere of Shaw's Arms and the Man in 1894.
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