Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)

This article is about the Broadway theater. For other uses, see Lyceum Theatre (disambiguation).

Lyceum Theatre
Address	149 West 45th Street
City	New York City
Country	United States
Architect	Herts & Tallant
Owned by	The Shubert Organization
Capacity	922
Opened	November 2, 1903
Production	The Nance
Website
www.shubertorganization.com

Lyceum Theatre, 2003

The Lyceum Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 149 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan. Opened in 1903, it is one of the two oldest surviving Broadway venues (along with the New Amsterdam Theatre). The Lyceum is the oldest continuously operating legitimate theatre in New York City, and the first Broadway theatre ever to be granted landmark status (1974). It is one of the few theatres in New York which continues to operate under its original name.

Designed by architects Herts & Tallant, the Lyceum was built by impresario Daniel Frohman, replacing Frohman's earlier Lyceum on Fourth Avenue that closed in April 1902. The new Lyceum opened on November 2, 1903 with the play The Proud Prince. Frohman's brother Charles served as the theater's manager until his death in 1915. Among the prominent performers who appeared on the Lyceum's stage in its early years were Ethel Barrymore, Billie Burke, Basil Rathbone, Fanny Brice, Walter Huston, Miriam Hopkins, and Cornelia Otis Skinner.

The theatre maintains most of its original Beaux-Arts design, including its elaborate marble staircases and undulating marquee. Although it has three levels, it is one of the smallest Broadway theatres in terms of capacity, seating only 950. An apartment located above the orchestra, originally used by Frohman, is now the headquarters of the Shubert Archives.

Notable productions

1903: The Admirable Crichton 1910: The Importance of Being Earnest 1910: The Assumption of Hannele 1935: Three Men on a Horse 1936: The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946: Born Yesterday 1950: The Country Girl 1952: Time Out For Ginger 1955: A Hatful of Rain 1957: Look Back in Anger 1960: A Taste of Honey 1965: Entertaining Mr. Sloane 1972: Liza with a Z 1973: Out Cry 1975: The Lieutenant (musical) 1976: Something's Afoot 1980: Morning's at Seven

1982: Master Harold...and the Boys 1985: As Is 1995: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1997: The Sunshine Boys 1999: Night Must Fall 2003: I Am My Own Wife 2005: Steel Magnolias 2007: Inherit the Wind; Is He Dead? 2008: Macbeth; [title of show] 2009: reasons to be pretty 2009: In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) (Oct 2009-Jan 2010) 2010: Looped (Feb 2010-Apr 2010) 2010: The Scottsboro Boys (Oct 2010 - Dec 2010) 2011: Ghetto Klown (March 2011 - July 2011) 2012: Venus in Fur (February 2012 - June 2012) 2013: The Nance (April 2013 - August 2013)

External links

• Lyceum Theatre at the Internet Broadway Database
• Lyceum Theatre Official Site
• Broadway Theatre Guide
• "At this Theatre" at Playbill.com