Edison Theatre

Edison Theatre

The Edison Theatre was a legitimate Broadway theatre located in the Edison Hotel at 240 West 47th Street in midtown-Manhattan.

It opened as the Arena Theatre on May 31, 1950 with a revival of George Kelly's "The Show Off". The following year it was converted into the hotel's ballroom and remained as such until the early 1970s, when it was re-converted to a theatre. Its most notable production was "Oh! Calcutta!", which opened on September 24, 1976 and ran for thirteen years, with a total of 5959 performances. Other shows staged here included "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope", "Sizwe Banzi is Dead", "The Island", and "Love Letters".

The theatre closed on February 24 1991. Its final production was "Those Were the Days", a musical revue celebrating Klezmer.

External links

[http://www.ibdb.com/venue.asp?ID=1046/ Internet Broadway Database listing]


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