Shubert Theatre (Boston)
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The Shubert Theatre is a theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, at 263–265 Tremont Street in the Boston Theater District.[1] The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.
History
Architect Thomas M. James (Hill, James, & Whitaker) designed the building,[2] which seats approximately 1,600 people. Originally conceived as The Lyric Theatre by developer Charles H. Bond, it was taken over by The Shubert Organization in 1908 after Bond's death.[3] The theater was named in honor of Sam S. Shubert,[4] middle brother of the Shubert family, who had died in 1905.
The theater opened on January 24, 1910, with a production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew,[5] starring E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Sam S. Shubert Theatre in 1980. In February 1996, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts signed a 40-year lease agreement to operate the theatre with the Shubert Organization, which continues to own the building and property.[6]
The theatre reopened after renovation in November 1996, as the first stop on the first national tour of the musical Rent.[6][7] The Boch family became the namesake of the center in 2016, making the full name of the theatre the Shubert Theatre at the Boch Center.[8]
Pre-Broadway engagements
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See also
References
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External links
- Boston Public Library, Special Collections. William B. Jackson Theater Collection Template:Webarchive. Includes materials related to the Shubert Theatre, 1910-1989
- Library of Congress. Drawing of New Shubert Theatre, Tremont St. opposite Hollis St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1929.
- New York Public Library:
- Flyer promoting the pre-Broadway booking (2 weeks beginning Monday November 7, 1938) of The Boys From Syracuse at the Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.)
- Flyer advertising Too Many Girls opening at the Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.) (1939)
- Program (May 11-23, 1942) for All's Fair, the pre-Broadway title for By Jupiter, at the Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.)
- Bostonian Society:
- Photo of 263-265 Tremont Street, c. 1943
- Photo of interior of Shubert Theater, c. 1935-50
- Photo of interior of Shubert Theater, 20th century
- Photo of 263-265 Tremont Street, c. 1957
- Photo of 255-275 Tremont Street, c. 1959
- Boston Athenæum Theater History Template:Webarchive. Shubert Theatre (1910- ), 265 Tremont Street
Template:Boston theatres Template:National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts