Playhouse Theatre (New York City)

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Playhouse Theatre

Address	137 West 48th Street New York, New York United States
Coordinates	40°45′34″N 73°58′57″W / 40.75944°N 73.98250°W / 40.75944; -73.98250Coordinates: 40°45′34″N 73°58′57″W / 40.75944°N 73.98250°W / 40.75944; -73.98250
Owner	Brady Enterprises, Inc.
Operator	William A. Brady
Type	Broadway
Capacity	865
Construction
Opened	1911
Demolished	1969
Years active	1911–1967
Architect	Charles A. Rich

The Playhouse Theatre was a Broadway theater at 137 West 48th Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Charles A. Rich was the architect. It was built in 1911 for producer William A. Brady who also owned the nearby 48th Street Theatre. After Brady died in 1944, it was sold to the Shubert Organization. From 1949 to 1952, it was an ABC Radio studio.

Sauce for the Goose was the opening production on April 15, 1911, closing after 2 performances that day.

The Playhouse Theatre was also used for interiors and exteriors in the Mel Brooks film, The Producers (1967) for staging their musical, Springtime for Hitler.

In 1969, the Playhouse Theatre was razed to accommodate the Rockefeller Center expansion and the construction of 1221 Avenue of the Americas.^[1]

Another theatre, located at 359 W. 48th St., was called Playhouse Theatre from 1970–83.

Notable productions[]

• The Family Cupboard (1913)
• Major Barbara (1915)
• The Man Who Came Back (1916)
• The Little Teacher (1918)
• Forever After (1918)
• The Wonderful Thing (1920)
• Romance (1921)
• On the Stairs (1922)
• Up She Goes (1922)
• Chains (1923)
• The Show Off (1924)
• Twelve Miles Out (1925)
• Kitty's Kisses (1926)
• The Road to Rome (1927) and revival (1928)
• The Queen's Husband (1928)
• Street Scene (1929)
• The First Mrs. Fraser (1929)
• The Vinegar Tree (1930)
• A Church Mouse (1931)
• Mademoiselle (1932)
• Three Men on a Horse (1935)
• Yes, My Darling Daughter (1937)
• Outward Bound (1938)
• Spring Again (1942)
• The Damask Cheek (1942)
• The Duke in Darkness (1944)
• The Glass Menagerie (1945)
• Edith Piaf (1947)
• The Innocents (1950)
• Bernardine (1952)
• Fallen Angels (1956)
• Night of the Auk (1956)
• Blue Denim (1958)
• Make a Million (1958)
• The Miracle Worker (1959)
• Never Too Late (1962)
• The Impossible Years (1965)

References[]

• Playhouse Theatre at the Internet Broadway Database

External links[]

• performingartsarchive Playhouse Theatre
• Museum of the City of New York - Playhouse Theatre
• CBS Radio Playhouse No. 2, not to be confused with Playhouse Theatre at the Internet Broadway Database