Booth Theatre

Booth Theatre

Infobox Theatre
name = Booth Theatre


caption =
address = 222 West 45th Street
city = New York City
country = USA
designation = Broadway theatre
latitude =
longitude =
architect = Henry B. Herts
owner = The Shubert Organization
capacity = 766
type =
opened = October 16 1913
yearsactive =
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closed =
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website = shubertorganization.com/theatres/booth.aspThe Booth Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 222 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in midtown-Manhattan, New York City.

Architect Henry B. Herts designed the Booth and its companion Shubert Theatre as a back-to-back pair sharing a Venetian Renaissance-style façade. Named in honor of famed 19th-century American actor Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, the theater's 783-seat auditorium was intended to provide an intimate setting for dramatic and comedy plays. It opened on October 16 1913 with Arnold Bennett's play "The Great Adventure".

The venue was the second New York City theatre to bear this name. The first was built by Booth himself in 1869 on the corner of 23rd Street and 6th Avenue.

The Booth Theatre appeared in the "West Wing" episode "Posse Comitatus". It hosted a fictitous charity performance of "War of the Roses" which an equally fictitious President Bartlett attended while pondering the planned assassination of the Quamari Defence Minister.

Notable productions

*1915: "Our American Cousin"
*1936: "You Can't Take It With You"
*1939: "The Time of Your Life"
*1942: "Blithe Spirit"
*1947: "An Inspector Calls"
*1950: "Come Back, Little Sheba"
*1954: "Dial M for Murder"
*1956: "The Matchmaker"
*1958: "Two for the Seesaw"
*1961: "A Taste of Honey"
*1964: "Luv"
*1969: "Butterflies Are Free"
*1972: "That Championship Season"
*1974: "Bad Habits"
*1975: "Very Good Eddie"
*1979: "The Elephant Man"
*1984: "Sunday in the Park with George"
*1985: "I'm Not Rappaport"
*1989: "Shirley Valentine"; "Tru"
*1990: "Once on This Island"
*1999: "Dame Edna: The Royal Tour"
*2002: "Bea Arthur on Broadway"
*2005: "The Pillowman"
*2006: "Butley"
*2007: "The Year of Magical Thinking", "The Seafarer"
*2008: "Thurgood"

External links

* [http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/booth.asp Official website]
* [http://www.newyorkcitytheatre.com/theaters/booththeater/theater.html Booth Theater] Broadway Show Guide
*ibdb venue|id=1071|venue=Booth Theatre.


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