Liberty Theatre (New York City)

Liberty Theatre
Address 234 West 42nd Street
City New York City
Architect Herts & Tallant
Capacity 1055 (est.)
Type Broadway
Opened October 10, 1904
Years active 1904  – 1933
Closed 1933
Current use Theater empty but intact, with entrance used by Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

The Liberty Theatre was a Broadway theater from 1904 to 1933,[1] located at 236 West 42nd Street in New York City.

In 1996 it was used for a staged reading of T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land, with actress Fiona Shaw, directed by Deborah Warner. The New York Times review described the theater as "derelict".[2] The facade of the Liberty theater was later absorbed into Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, which is part of the Forest City Ratner entertainment complex.[3]

Notable productions

References

  1. ^ "Liberty Theatre (Built: 1904 Closed: 1933)" – Internet Broadway Database (Retrieved on February 22, 2008)
  2. ^ Brantley, Ben (1996-11-18). "Memory and Desire: Hearing Eliot's Passion". The New York Times. http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9407E2DC123AF93BA25752C1A960958260. Retrieved 2009-08-13. 
  3. ^ New 42nd Street website information on Liberty Theatre history

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