Broadway Theatre
1681 Broadway | Times Square | built 1924
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- 1947
The banned film The Outlaw has its New York premiere at the Broadway
United Artists rented the Broadway for movies in 1947, but a shortage of films closed it in July. In September it reopened to host the New York premiere of The Outlaw, a banned film with Jane Russell. Later, in 1952, Cinerama Productions installed a wide screen, and the theater reopened on September 30 with This Is Cinerama.
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- 1987
The Landmarks Preservation Commission declines to protect the Broadway, alone among the Shuberts' theaters
When the Landmarks Preservation Commission began its sweeping review of Broadway theaters in 1987, it denied the Broadway either exterior or interior landmark status. It was the only Broadway theater owned by the Shubert Organization that went unprotected. Les Miserables opened there in March 1987, the same year.
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- 1990
The 35-story office tower at 1675 Broadway rises above the theater on its air rights
The Shubert Organization leased the theater's 40,000-square-foot site to the Rudin Organization, which built 1675 Broadway, designed by Fox & Fowle and completed in 1990. Trusses in the seventh and eighth stories cantilever the upper floors 45 feet over the auditorium, and the theater's air rights raised the building's height. The theater's Broadway entrance was refaced in granite as part of the project.
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- 1991
Miss Saigon opens and runs 4,095 performances through January 2001
The musical Miss Saigon was booked for the Broadway in early 1990, forcing Les Miserables to move out. It opened in April 1991 and ran for 4,095 performances until January 2001. A revival returned in 2017 and lasted ten months.
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- 2020
The Broadway closes for the pandemic and its West Side Story revival ends for good
A revival of West Side Story opened in February 2020, but the theater shut on March 12, 2020, because of COVID-19 and the show never reopened. Performances resumed on April 11, 2022, with The Little Prince, a musical that lasted a month. The Great Gatsby opened there in April 2024.
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