- Shubert family
The Shubert family of
New York City ,New York was responsible for the establishment of the Broadway district, inNew York City , as the hub of the theater industry in theUnited States . The family's American history began, in 1882, with Duvvid Schubart (transliterate d to "Shubert") and his wife Katrina Helwitz, who left their nativePoland , with their seven children, to settle inSyracuse, New York . Fact|date: September 14, 2008|date=September 2008The three Shubert sons had to forgo much in the way of formal education and go to work when they were very young. Introduced to the world of the theater, the three brothers broke the monopoly on the theater-management industry (represented by the
Theatrical Syndicate underAbe Erlanger ) andMark Klaw in the foundation of rival agencyThe Shubert Organization .Fact|date: September 14, 2008|date=September 2008Among the organization's
Manhattan holdings were the renownedWinter Garden Theatre (at 1634 Broadway), the Sam S. Shubert (at 221 West 44th Street), and theImperial Theater s. The Shuberts owned, managed, operated, or booked nearly a thousand theatres nationwide. Fact|date: September 14, 2008|date=September 2008The Shubert children:
#Lee Shubert (1871-1953), theatre owner/operator, producer
#Fannie Shubert (1872-1928)
#Lisa Shubert (1875-1893)
#Sarah Shubert (1876-1934)
#Sam S. Shubert (1878-1905), producer, writer, director, theatre owner/operator
#Jacob J. Shubert (1879-1963), producer, director, theatre owner/operator
#Dora Shubert (1886-1951) born in Syracuse, New YorkExternal links
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=22884 IBDB website with links to the Shubert family members and companies]
* [http://www.shubertarchive.org/index_flash.htm Shubert Archive website]
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