John Golden Theatre

The John Golden Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 252 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in midtown-Manhattan. Designed in a Moorish style along with the adjacent Royale Theatre by architect Herbert J. Krapp for Irwin Chanin, it opened as the Theater Masque on February 24 1927 with the play "Puppets of Passion". Seventy-six years later it housed another production known for its puppets, the award-winning "Avenue Q".

In 1937, impresario John Golden acquired the theatre and renamed it for himself. It operated as a movie house in the 1940s and '50s before it was purchased by the Shuberts, who returned it to legitimate use. The exterior of the theatre was used as the location of the movie version of the film "A Chorus Line".

With a seating capacity of only 800, it is one of the smallest houses on Broadway.

Notable productions

*1933: "Tobacco Road"
*1941: "Angel Street"
*1956: "Waiting for Godot"
*1958: "Look Back in Anger"; "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green"
*1959: "At the Drop of a Hat"
*1960: "An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May"
*1961: "An Evening with Yves Montand"
*1962: "Beyond the Fringe"
*1971: "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"
*1972: "Sticks and Bones"
*1975: "P. S. Your Cat Is Dead!"
*1977: "The Gin Game"
*1980: "A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine"; "Tintypes"
*1981: "Crimes of the Heart"
*1983: "'night, Mother"
*1984: "Glengarry Glen Ross"
*1992: "Falsettos"
*1995: "Master Class"
*1998: "Side Man"
*2002: "The Goat or Who is Sylvia?"
*2003: "Avenue Q"

External links

*ibdb venue|id=1265|venue=John Golden Theatre
* [http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/john_golden.asp The Shubert Organization]
* [http://www.newyorkcitytheatre.com/theaters/johngoldentheater/theater.html New York Theatre Guide]
* [http://www.playbill.com/reference/theatre_info/seating/2178.html Seating chart]