August Wilson Theatre
Guild Theatre, ANTA Theatre, Virginia Theatre | |
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Address | 245 West 52nd Street Manhattan, New York City United States |
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Coordinates | 40°45′48″N 73°59′03″W / 40.76333°N 73.98417°W |
Owner | ATG Entertainment |
Operator | ATG Entertainment |
Type | Broadway |
Capacity | 1,222 |
Production | Cabaret |
Construction | |
Opened | 1925 |
Architect | C. Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim |
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The August Wilson Theatre (formerly the Guild Theatre, ANTA Theatre, and Virginia Theatre) is a
The facade is designed as a variation of a 15th-century Tuscan villa, with a stage house to the west and an auditorium to the east. The facade has a stucco surface and openings with quoins, as well as a loggia. The placement of window openings reflected the theater's original interior arrangement. The front of the theater had facilities for the Theatre Guild, including classrooms, studios, a club room, a library, and a book store. The rear of the theater contains the auditorium, which was placed one story above ground to make room for a lounge below. The auditorium originally had elaborate decorations, including loggias and a frieze with depictions of scenes from the Theatre Guild's plays.
The Theatre Guild announced plans for its own theater in 1923, and the Guild Theatre opened on April 13, 1925. The theater's initial productions generally lasted only for several weeks, and the Theatre Guild started leasing the venue to other producers in 1938. Radio station WOR (AM) took over the auditorium as a broadcast studio in 1943, with the Theatre Guild moving out the next year. The American National Theater and Academy (ANTA) purchased the theater in 1950 and renamed it the ANTA Playhouse. The theater reopened as the ANTA Theatre in 1954 after a renovation that eliminated most of the interior detail. Jujamcyn purchased the ANTA Theatre in 1981 and renamed it for Virginia McKnight Binger, a co-owner. The Virginia was renovated again in the 1990s, and it was renamed for Wilson in 2005. Under Jujamcyn's ownership, productions such as City of Angels, Smokey Joe's Cafe, and Jersey Boys have had hundreds of performances at the theater.
Site
The August Wilson Theatre is on 245 West 52nd Street, on the north sidewalk between Eighth Avenue and Broadway, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.[1][2] The rectangular land lot covers 13,125 sq ft (1,219.4 m2), with a frontage of 130.75 ft (39.85 m) on 52nd Street and a depth of 100 ft (30 m).[2][3][4] The August Wilson shares the block with the Roseland Ballroom to the northwest and the Broadway Theatre to the northeast. Other nearby buildings include Studio 54 to the north, the New York Jazz Museum and the Ed Sullivan Theater to the northeast, 810 Seventh Avenue to the east, the Mark Hellinger Theatre and Gallagher's Steakhouse to the southeast, and the Neil Simon Theatre to the south.[2] The theater replaced nine old residential buildings.[5]
Design
The August Wilson Theatre (previously the Guild Theatre, ANTA Theatre, and Virginia Theatre[1]) was designed by C. Howard Crane, Kenneth Franzheim, and Charles H. Bettis.[6] It was constructed in 1924 for the Theatre Guild, a theatrical society.[1][7] Set designer Norman Bel Geddes was also involved in the August Wilson's interior design.[8][9] The theater was erected by the O'Day Construction Company, and numerous other contractors participated in the theater's construction.[10]
Facade
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The
The western part of the ground story contains three doorways for the stage house. The rightmost doorway is an arch with
Most of the second-story windows are
Interior
The front of the theater had facilities for the Theatre Guild, including classrooms, studios, a club room, a library, and a book store. The rear of the theater contains the auditorium.[7][12][22] The auditorium was built one story above ground, as contrasted with comparable theaters, where the auditorium was at ground level.[18][9] This enabled the installation of a large entrance lounge directly beneath the auditorium.[22]
Lobby and lounge
The main lobby is accessed from 52nd Street and originally was a groin-vaulted space with Italian-style doors, ticket booths, and grilles.[19][23] During 1993, the lobby was redecorated in the Art Deco style.[24] From the lobby, there were either three or five steps leading down to the upper tier of a two-tiered lounge.[12][23] The steps were made of travertine and were covered by a carpet.[19]
The lounge, nearly as large as the auditorium directly above it, eliminated the need for patrons to go outside during intermissions.[12][25] Its tiers differed only slightly in height due to the sloped floor of the auditorium.[21] The lounge's lower tier was to the west of its upper tier.[23][26] The two sections of the lounge were connected by a flight of three steps, spanned by three arches. There were two arched openings between the lounge's tiers, blocked off by iron railings.[23][27] Both tiers originally had an ornate multicolored carpet, as well as wall fixtures that are made from the frames of antique Italian altar cards. The upper lounge had a barrel-vaulted ceiling covered in rough plaster.[28] The lower lounge had Italian-style furniture arranged around a fireplace.[23][27] The south wall of the lower tier had three arches leading to a small refreshment booth.[23]
The lower lounge's north wall had an Italian-style doorway to a women's retiring room.[26][29] This room had blue walls, frescos, and furniture in an Italian style, with paneled walnut doors leading to the adjacent women's bathroom.[29] The upper lounge's north wall similarly had a large doorway leading to a men's smoking room.[26][28] This space had red, green, and blue wall decorations with ornate carpets and furnishings. Next to the upper lounge was a coat room with blue walls and a Spanish doorway.[28] A bookstore was also placed in one corner of the upper lounge.[26][28]
To the east of the upper lounge was an archway,[23] where a double stair ascended to the rear of the auditorium's orchestra and balcony.[18][26][25] Similar to the stairs between the lobby and lounge, these steps were made of travertine and covered with a carpet.[27] The stair hall was described as Italian in style, with a recessed window and seats on the orchestra-level landing. Doors from the landing led to both ends of the orchestra's rear wall.[27][28] There was another landing at the balcony level. Both of these had intersecting vaulted ceilings with lanterns hanging from them.[27] The stairs were infilled in the 1950s to create extra space for seats, and new stairs were added in the corners.[6][24]
Auditorium
The auditorium has an orchestra level, a balcony, and a stage. Playbill cites the August Wilson Theatre as having 1,225 seats,[30] while The Broadway League cites 1,228 seats.[31] When the Guild Theatre opened, it was variously cited as containing 914[22][25] or 934 seats.[18][a] The orchestra level is wheelchair-accessible via a stair lift; the balcony can only be reached by steps.[32] The main restrooms are placed on the orchestra level.[30][32] The original decorative scheme continued the exterior's Tuscan design.[12][13] The decorations were completely removed when the seating capacity was expanded in the 1950s,[13][24] although the auditorium's layout was not changed during these renovations.[33] Barbara Campagna and Francesca Russo restored much of the interior detail in a 1995 renovation.[6][24]
Seating areas
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The auditorium floor is raked, sloping downward toward the stage to the west.[34] Unlike typical theaters of the time, the Guild Theatre lacked box seats, a design feature intended to give the appearance of coziness. It also did not have a traditional proscenium arch; the auditorium's side walls ended at the stage rather than curving in front of it, thereby creating an unusually wide opening.[18][22][35] In addition to the former main staircase at the rear of the auditorium, emergency exits are placed to the north and south. Three arches on the south side lead down to an enclosed staircase to 52nd Street, while a door on the north side leads to a rear court behind the theater.[21][34] At the rear of the auditorium, wrought-iron railings enclosed the stairways to the balcony.[17] In the 1995 renovation, round columns near the rear of the orchestra were relocated, and the side walls were shortened.[6]
The floors of the auditorium were covered with red and brown carpets, while the seats were upholstered in a brown and gold tapestry with red highlights.[36] The decorative elements included rough-plaster walls with tapestries, loggias, and cartouches.[13][18] The theater's tapestries and furniture included a combination of genuine antiques and reproductions.[18] The wainscoting on the walls, as well as the entrance and exit doors, were decorated to resemble wood.[34] At the orchestra level, the walls were wainscoted with octagonal panels that extended to the height of the balcony.[27] A frieze, depicting scenes from the Theatre Guild's plays and important figures in the theater's construction, ran atop the auditorium walls.[18][34] The frieze was designed by Victor White, Margaret White, and Stanley Rowland.[25][34] The frieze ran above a band of modillions and was separated at regular intervals by massive plaster corbels, painted to imitate walnut.[34] Since 1995, the modern auditorium's design has contained false balconies, exit doors, and a restored frieze. There is also green-and-gold carpeting and seats with orange upholstery.[6]
Other design features
The main ceiling had large beams and smaller transverse beams made of metal, decorated to resemble heavy wooden beams.[27][34] The coffers between the beams were decorated in red, gold, green, and blue. Two metal chandeliers were hung from the ceiling; one critic described the chandeliers as containing "tulip shaped lights".[27] The ceiling over the balcony had a different design, partially overhanging the orchestra. The balcony ceiling was made of milky green plaster with gilded stars and was lit indirectly by golden glazed discs.[27] After the 1950s renovations, the ceiling decorations were totally removed and plain chandeliers were suspended there.[6][24] After 1995, the balcony ceiling was painted blue, and gilded stars and white glass globes were added.[6]
The stage is lower than in typical theaters of its time, extending over where the orchestra pit would normally be.[22][35] This not only gave the impression of coziness but also allowed audience members in their first row to see a production without craning their necks.[34] The stage opening is 38 ft (12 m) wide, and the stage itself measures 49 ft (15 m) deep and 77 ft (23 m) wide, making it New York City's fourth-largest stage when it opened. Traps were placed throughout the stage.[18][25] The theater's large stage turned out to be a detriment, according to Lawrence Langner, a Guild cofounder. Langner reflected: "We made the ghastly mistake of providing a theater with all the stage space necessary for a repertory of plays without enough seating capacity to provide the income necessary to support the repertory".[37] The modern stage can be extended by up to 8 ft (2.4 m) using a curved stage apron.[6]
The Guild Theatre's cyclorama, the concave curtain at the back of the stage, measured 65 ft (20 m) high and could be retracted into the gridiron when not in use.[17][18][26] A switchboard to the left of the stage controlled the lighting. A master switch controlled 156 dimmer plates and 200 switches, and the switchboard also controlled twelve spotlights in the ceiling.[17][18][25] Scenery was controlled by a counterweight system on the stage itself, rather than from a fly gallery.[17][18][38] The area above the stage's ceiling is 94 ft (29 m) tall, with the gridiron being 74 ft (23 m) above the stage.[18] The height of the stage house and the gridiron allowed scenery for several productions to be stored at the same time.[17]
Other interior spaces
On the upper stories, the front section of the theater building contained other rooms for the Guild. The executive offices were on the second story, while other offices were in the fourth story. The fifth story was above the auditorium and contained offices, rehearsal rooms for the Guild School of Acting, and a make-up room.[18][25] These rooms were used for rehearsals, scenery painting, costume designing, sewing and repair work, and wardrobe storage.[17] There is also an attic story underneath the tiled roof, which covers 1,800 ft (550 m). The attic's ceiling ranges from 4 to 14 ft (1.2 to 4.3 m) high, requiring some bookcases and other furniture to be installed at a slant, parallel to the sloping roof.[39]
The club room, also known as the library, was behind the five large arches on the third story.[7][17][18] It was accessed by its own elevator from the street.[22] The club room had either green[27] or blue walls and a red carpet.[18] This room also had an Italian fireplace with a painted hood.[18][27] On one wall was a niche with space for a writing table.[27] The club room also had sofas, tables, lamps, and antique cabinets. A kitchenette and serving pantry, next to the club room, were used when the members hosted events.[17]
The classrooms, dressing rooms, and studios were in the western side of the theater, with the dressing rooms at the front of the building.[7][18] The dressing rooms were arranged in several tiers because of limited space and because New York City building regulations forbade the construction of dressing facilities below the stage. The main performers typically were assigned dressing rooms nearest the stage, while supporting performers had to ascend several flights of stairs to reach their rooms. One architectural publication wrote that "the number of such flights the actor has to climb to reach his room accurately [indicates] his position in the company, for the higher he ascends the farther he is from stardom."[38]
History
Development and early years
Planning and construction
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At a dinner at the
Early in the theater's planning, Geddes had proposed a quarter-circular auditorium, with the stage at the middle of the quarter-circle's curve. This arrangement would not have allowed a proper backstage area, so the stage would have been able to descend to the basement.[8] This design was discarded because it did not comply with New York City fire codes.[12][26] In addition, the Guild's varied membership were unable to agree on a unified design.[12] By February 1924, the theatre company held an option to buy a site on 243–259 West 52nd Street.[51] Plans for the theater were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings two months later at a projected cost of $350,000.[3][4] Helburn hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Guild Theatre on December 2, 1924, with New York governor Al Smith and four hundred theatrical personalities in attendance.[52][53][54]
1920s
The Guild Theatre opened on April 13, 1925, when U.S. president Calvin Coolidge pressed a button in the White House to turn on the lights.[55][56] The first production was a revival of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, with Lionel Atwill and Helen Hayes,[55][56][57] which ran for 128 performances.[58][59] There was much commentary about the design of the theater. Louis Kalonyme wrote that, "though the Guild Theatre is a refreshing structure, one is not exactly prostrate with admiration before it. One wonders a little, and speculates."[11][12] Claude Bragdon called the facade "well composed" and "truthful".[7][16]
Most of the Guild Theatre's productions lasted long enough that the theatre company's 15,000 subscribers had a chance to see each show.[37] A production would typically run several weeks at the theater, relocating to a larger venue if it was favorably received.[60] The Theatre Guild also implemented a program of "alternating repertory" at the Guild Theatre and its other theaters in the 1920s.[61][62] Actors appeared in multiple plays at the Theatre Guild's venues, switching at regular intervals (often a week).[62] The Guild Theatre largely featured non-Americans' works during the 1920s.[9] In addition to the plays, the Guild Theatre sometimes hosted musical recitals.[63]
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Shaw's play Arms and the Man with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne opened at the Guild Theatre in September 1925,[58][64][65] followed by Ferenc Molnár's play The Glass Slipper.[58][66][67] Lunt and Fontanne starred in many of the Guild Theatre's early plays, mostly performing together.[68][69] The couple's appearances included Goat Song, At Mrs. Beam's, and Juarez and Maximilian in 1926; The Brothers Karamazov, The Second Man, and The Doctor's Dilemma in 1927; Caprice in 1928; and Meteor in 1929. Sometimes, only one spouse appeared, such as Fontanne in Pygmalion (1926) and Lunt in Marco Millions (1928). Other plays during the 1920s included Right You Are if You Think You Are with Edward G. Robinson in 1927, as well as Faust with Helen Chandler, Dudley Digges, and George Gaul in 1928. Alice Brady, Otto Kruger, and Claude Rains performed in Karl and Anna and The Game of Love and Death in 1929, and Gale Sondergaard also appeared in Karl and Anna.[68]
1930s
During the Great Depression, the Theatre Guild scaled back its alternating-repertory program.
By the mid-1930s, the Guild Theatre and the neighboring Alvin (now Neil Simon) Theatre were the northernmost venues in the Theater District that still hosted legitimate shows.[93] The Guild Theatre hosted A Sleeping Clergyman[94][95][96] and Anderson's play Valley Forge in 1934.[90][97][98] The revue Parade opened the next year,[90][99][100] along with the play The Taming of the Shrew with Lunt, Fontanne, Greenstreet, and Richard Whorf.[90][101][102] Other 1930s plays at the Guild Theatre included Behrman's play End of Summer in 1936[103][104] and Ben Hecht's play To Quito and Back in 1937.[103][105] The interior was renovated and repainted prior to the opening of To Quito and Back.[106] The Theatre Guild was having trouble booking long-lasting productions by the late 1930s.[107] Many successful plays left after 50 performances, with flops having even shorter runs.[108] Other issues concerned the theater's small capacity and the Guild's focus on experimental productions that could not be staged elsewhere.[109]
In 1938, the Theatre Guild started leasing the theater to outside producers.[107] First among them was Gilbert Miller, who opened a production of the J. B. Priestley play I Have Been Here Before in October 1938,[108][110] which had only 20 performances.[111][112] The Thornton Wilder play The Merchant of Yonkers opened that December with Jane Cowl, June Walker, and Percy Waram,[113] though this play also closed after a short run.[111][114] William Saroyan's play My Heart's in the Highlands, his first on Broadway,[107] opened at the Guild Theatre in 1939.[115][116][117] Another Saroyan play followed the next year, The Time of Your Life.[118][119] The United Booking Office leased the Guild Theatre for one year starting in April 1940, sharing the theater's profits and losses.[120] Numerous plays were staged at the Guild Theatre during the early 1940s, none of which were particularly successful. A revival of Ah, Wilderness! and Sophie Treadwell's Hope for a Harvest appeared in 1941, while Papa Is All, Yesterday's Magic; Mr. Sycamore, and The Russian People all appeared in 1942.[121] By then, the Guild Theatre was too small for the Theatre Guild, which was more commonly using the much larger Shubert and St. James theaters.[122]
Radio studio and ANTA purchase
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In March 1943, the Theatre Guild leased the auditorium to
By early 1949, the Shubert brothers had expressed interest in taking over the Guild Theatre as part of a reorganization of the West 52nd Street Theatre Company.[127] The proposed sale faced resistance, in part because the Shuberts already operated 98 percent of all legitimate theaters in the United States, but there were no other bidders[131] and federal judge Henry W. Goddard approved the plan that March.[132] The plan was placed on hold pending the outcome of two judicial appeals.[133] Goddard placed the theater for auction in January 1950,[130] and the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA) submitted the highest bid.[129][134] ANTA had beat out the only other bidder, developer Irving Maidman.[129] The WOR studios moved out that month.[130][129] The former Guild Theatre was ANTA's first permanent home since the company was founded fifteen years prior.[134] ANTA took title to the theater building that April.[135][126] Under ANTA ownership, the theater was renamed the ANTA Playhouse and hosted a memorial to actress Jane Cowl in July 1950, before its reopening.[136]
ANTA operation
1950s
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ANTA's first play at the theater was Robinson Jeffers's The Tower Beyond Tragedy with Judith Anderson in November 1950.[137][138] This was followed the next month by a revival of the comedy Twentieth Century with Gloria Swanson and José Ferrer.[137][139][140] U.S. president Harry S. Truman dedicated the ANTA Playhouse in April 1951,[141] and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts leased space in the building the same year.[142] Revivals continued for a short time,[137] with productions of Mary Rose[143][144] and The School for Wives in 1951,[145][146] as well as Desire Under the Elms[147][148] and Golden Boy in 1952.[149][150] The ANTA Playhouse also briefly hosted Mary Chase's play Mrs. McThing in 1952.[151] The ANTA Playhouse was closed for the next two years for a major renovation.[69][152] The theater's capacity was increased to 1,215 seats,[152] but all of the interior decorations were removed.[13][24] One publication described the new decorative scheme as "an almost fascist Americana style", enhanced only by blue and gray paint and eagle motifs.[6] The renovations were funded by Robert W. Dowling of the City Investing Company, as well as ANTA treasurer Roger L. Stevens, who held the theater's second mortgage.[142]
The ANTA Theatre was rededicated on December 18, 1954,[109][153] hosting the William Archibald play Portrait of a Lady.[154] The next year, the theater hosted the play The Dark Is Light Enough,[155][156][157] a musical rendition of the play Seventh Heaven,[158][159] and a revival of The Skin of Our Teeth.[158][160][161] Lunt and Fontanne starred in the Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay comedy The Great Sebastians in early 1956.[158][162] This was followed by ANTA's first long-running show at its theater, Paddy Chayefsky's play Middle of the Night with Edward G. Robinson,[155][163] which ran for 477 performances.[158][164] The ANTA Theatre then hosted two dance engagements in 1957: the Dancers of India[165][166] and the Dancers of Bali.[165][167] Two long-running shows followed in 1958.[168] The comedy Say, Darling with Robert Morse, Vivian Blaine, and Johnny Desmond ran for 332 performances,[169][170] and the play J.B. with Pat Hingle, Raymond Massey, and Christopher Plummer lasted 364 performances.[171][172] By contrast, Jean Anouilh's The Fighting Cock only had 87 performances in 1959.[171][173]
1960s to early 1980s
During the mid-1960s, ANTA operated the
The ANTA Theatre's later offerings tended to reflect the decrease in the number of hit productions on Broadway.[109] Still, it hosted some successes such as The Last of Mrs. Lincoln with Julie Harris in 1972.[206][209][210] Two years later, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opened with Elizabeth Ashley, Fred Gwynne, Keir Dullea, and Kate Reid.[211][212][213] The musical Bubbling Brown Sugar opened at the ANTA Theatre in 1976,[202][214] running for 766 performances.[215][216] In 1979, the theater hosted the Goodspeed Opera Company's production of Whoopee! with Charles Repole,[217][218][219] as well as Tom Stoppard's play Night and Day with Maggie Smith.[217][220][221] ANTA Theatre hosted the Russian comedy The Suicide with Derek Jacobi in the following year,[217][222] which had a moderate run of 60 performances.[215][223] ANTA's last three productions in 1981 were short-lived. Copperfield lasted for 13 performances,[215][224] and the hit musical Annie stayed at the ANTA Theatre for one month,[225][226] but Oh, Brother! closed after its third performance.[227][228] Afterward, ANTA relocated to Washington, D.C.[14]
Jujamcyn operation
1980s
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The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) had started to consider protecting the Virginia as a landmark in 1982,[236] with discussions continuing over the next several years.[237] The LPC designated the facades of the Virginia, Ambassador, and Simon theaters as landmarks in August 1985, along with the Ambassador's and Simon's interiors,[238][239] over the objections of the three theaters' owners.[240][241] The New York City Board of Estimate ratified the landmark designations in December 1985.[242] When more Broadway theaters were being protected as landmarks in the late 1980s, deputy mayor Robert Esnard cited the removal of the Virginia's interior ornamentation as an "extreme example of what happens" when theater interiors were not preserved.[33] The New York Times later said that "there was literally nothing left inside to preserve".[24]
The theater did not open at all between May 1984 and March 1986.[31] The Virginia then hosted Emily Mann's play Execution of Justice in March 1986[243][244] and Michael Frayn's play Wild Honey in December.[245] A revival of the operetta The Mikado was performed at the Virginia in 1987,[246][247] and the attic was renovated the same year.[39] The musical Carrie then opened the following May.[248][249] Carrie lost about $7 million during its five performances (including $500,000 just on a renovation of the Virginia), and The New York Times called it "the most expensive quick flop in Broadway history".[250] The interior was painted black for Carrie, but the bare color scheme was retained after the musical's closure.[6][24] Two revivals of hit productions had short runs at the Virginia in 1989:[205] the play Run for Your Wife[251][252] and the musical Shenandoah.[253] Afterward, Jujamcyn spent another $500,000 to restore the doors, marquee, and other parts of the theater.[254] The Virginia finally had a hit when the musical City of Angels opened in December 1989,[255][256] running 878 performances over two years.[257]
1990s to mid-2010s
The musical
In early 2000, the
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After James Binger died in 2004,[289] Rocco Landesman bought the Virginia and Jujamcyn's four other theaters in 2005, along with the air rights above them.[290] Landesman announced in September 2005 that he would rename the Virginia for August Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, who had terminal cancer.[291][292] Wilson died the next month, and the theater was renamed in his honor on October 16, two weeks after his death. Wilson was the first Black theatrical personality to have a Broadway theater named after him.[293][294] Jordan Roth joined Jujamcyn as a resident producer the same year,[295] and the musical Jersey Boys opened in November 2005.[296][297] In 2009, Roth acquired a 50 percent stake in Jujamcyn and assumed full operation of the firm when Landesman joined the National Endowments of the Arts.[298][299] Jujamcyn replaced the theater's seats in January 2012.[300] Jersey Boys occupied the August Wilson for over a decade, running for 4,642 performances[301] before closing in January 2017.[302][303]
Late 2010s to present
The musical Groundhog Day opened at the theater in April 2017 and stayed until that September.[304][305] It was followed at the end of the year by a concert, Home for the Holidays with Candice Glover, Josh Kaufman, Bianca Ryan, Peter and Evynne Hollens, and Danny Aiello.[306][307] The musical Mean Girls opened at the August Wilson in April 2018.[308][309] Mean Girls played its final performance on March 11, 2020, the night before the Broadway industry was shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[310] During the August Wilson's closure, its marquee was typically dimmed to memorialize pandemic victims. The marquee was re-lit in November 2020 to commemorate a longtime Jujamcyn stagehand killed in an accident at the Winter Garden Theatre.[311][312] Mean Girls was officially canceled in January 2021, while the theater was still closed.[310][313]
As part of a settlement with the United States Department of Justice in 2021, Jujamcyn agreed to improve disabled access at its five Broadway theaters, including the August Wilson.[314][315] Also during the COVID-19 shutdown, the Shuberts, Nederlanders, and Jujamcyn had pledged to increase racial and cultural diversity in their theaters, including naming at least one theater for a Black theatrical personality. Jujamcyn was the only theatrical organization that had already named a theater for a Black artist.[316][c] The theater reopened on August 4, 2021, with Antoinette Nwandu's play Pass Over, making it the first Broadway house to resume performances during the COVID-19 pandemic.[318][319] Pass Over had a limited run, closing in October 2021.[320][321] A limited engagement of Slave Play was then announced,[322] running from November 2021 to January 2022.[323] This was followed in April 2022 by a revival of the musical Funny Girl,[324][325] which ran until September 2023.[326]
Jujamcyn and
Notable productions
Productions are listed by the year of their first performance.[30][31]
Guild Theatre
- 1925: Caesar and Cleopatra[59][334]
- 1925: Arms and the Man[64][334]
- 1926: Little Eyolf[335][334]
- 1926: Juarez and Maximilian[336][334]
- 1926: Pygmalion[337][338]
- 1927: Porgy[339][338]
- 1927: The Doctor's Dilemma[340][338]
- 1928: Volpone[341][338]
- 1928: Major Barbara[342][338]
- 1930: A Month in the Country[71]
- 1930: The Garrick Gaieties[72][343]
- 1930: Elizabeth the Queen[74][343]
- 1931: Green Grow the Lilacs[76][343]
- 1931: Getting Married[344][343]
- 1931: The Way of the World[345][343]
- 1931: Mourning Becomes Electra[80][343]
- 1932: Too True to Be Good[83][346]
- 1932: The Good Earth[85][346]
- 1932: Biography[87][346]
- 1933: Both Your Houses[347][346]
- 1933: Ah, Wilderness![91][346]
- 1934: A Sleeping Clergyman[94][95]
- 1934: Valley Forge[97][346]
- 1935: The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles[348][346]
- 1935: Parade[99][346]
- 1935: The Taming of the Shrew[101][346]
- 1938: I Have Been Here Before[112][349]
- 1938: The Merchant of Yonkers[114][349]
- 1939: Jeremiah[350][349]
- 1939: My Heart's in the Highlands[115][116]
- 1940: The Time of Your Life[118]
- 1941: Ah, Wilderness![351][352]
- 1942: Mr. Sycamore[353][352]
- 1942: The Russian People[354][352]
ANTA Playhouse/ANTA Theatre
- 1950: Twentieth Century[139][355]
- 1951: The House of Bernarda Alba[356][355]
- 1951: Peer Gynt[357][355]
- 1951: Mary Rose[143]
- 1951: The School for Wives[145][355]
- 1951: Night Music[358][355]
- 1951: Getting Married[359][355]
- 1952: Desire Under the Elms[147][355]
- 1952: Angna Enters[360]
- 1952: Golden Boy[149][355]
- 1952: Mrs. McThing[151]
- 1955: The Dark Is Light Enough[156][361]
- 1955: The Skin of Our Teeth[160][361]
- 1955: A Day by the Sea[362][361]
- 1958: Say, Darling[169][170]
- 1958: J.B.[172][363]
- 1959: The Fighting Cock[173][363]
- 1960: A Thurber Carnival[175][363]
- 1961: The Conquering Hero[364][363]
- 1961: Big Fish, Little Fish[177][363]
- 1961: Jerome Robbins' Ballet: U.S.A.[365]
- 1961: A Man for All Seasons[179][363]
- 1964: Blues for Mister Charlie[182][363]
- 1964: Traveller Without Luggage[366][367]
- 1964:
- 1965: The Royal Hunt of the Sun[190][367]
- 1966: Manuela Vargas[368]
- 1967: The Imaginary Invalid[369]
- 1967: A Touch of the Poet[370]
- 1967: Tonight at 8.30[371]
- 1967: Song of the Grasshopper[372][367]
- 1967: The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald[373][367]
- 1967: Spofford[374][367]
- 1968: Maggie Flynn[375][367]
- 1969: A Teaspoon Every Four Hours[376][367]
- 1969: Tiny Alice/A Flea in Her Ear/The Three Sisters[367][d]
- 1969: King Henry V[377][378]
- 1969: Our Town[200]
- 1969: No Place to Be Somebody[379]
- 1970: National Theatre of the Deaf[380]
- 1970: Harvey[202][203]
- 1970: The Cherry Orchard[381]
- 1970: Othello[382][378]
- 1970: Amahl and the Night Visitors/Help, Help, the Globolinks![383]
- 1971: Purlie[206][207]
- 1972: Different Times[384][378]
- 1972: The Last of Mrs. Lincoln[209][378]
- 1974: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof[211][212]
- 1975: A Letter for Queen Victoria[385][378]
- 1975: Summer Brave[386][378]
- 1976: Bubbling Brown Sugar[216][387]
- 1978: First Monday in October[388]
- 1979: Whoopee![218][387]
- 1979: Night and Day[220][387]
- 1980: The Suicide[223][387]
- 1981: Copperfield[224][387]
- 1981: Annie[225][389]
Virginia Theatre
- 1982: Alice in Wonderland[232][231]
- 1983: On Your Toes[235][234]
- 1986: Execution of Justice[243][244]
- 1986: Wild Honey[390][245]
- 1987: The Mikado[246][247]
- 1988: Carrie[248][249]
- 1989: Run for Your Wife[251][252]
- 1989: Shenandoah[253][391]
- 1989: City of Angels[392][393]
- 1992: Jelly's Last Jam[260][393]
- 1993: My Fair Lady[264][261]
- 1995: Smokey Joe's Cafe[267][393]
- 2000: The Wild Party[270][268]
- 2000: Gore Vidal's The Best Man[273][274]
- 2001: King Hedley II[275][276]
- 2002: The Crucible[277][278]
- 2002: Flower Drum Song[279][280]
- 2003: Bill Maher: Victory Begins At Home[281][282]
- 2003: Little Shop of Horrors[286][283]
- 2005: Little Women[287][288]
August Wilson Theatre
- 2005: Jersey Boys[301][303]
- 2017: Groundhog Day[304][305]
- 2017: Home for the Holidays[306][307]
- 2018: Mean Girls[308][309]
- 2021: Pass Over[320][321]
- 2021: Slave Play[323][322]
- 2022: Funny Girl[324][325]
- 2024: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club[331][332]
Box office record
Mean Girls achieved the box office record for the August Wilson Theatre, grossing $1,994,386 for the week ending December 30, 2018.[394] This was surpassed by Funny Girl, which grossed $2,005,696 over nine performances for the week ending December 18, 2022.[395] Funny Girl broke its own record two weeks later, grossing $2,405,901 over nine performances running through January 1, 2023.[396]
See also
- List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets
- List of Broadway theaters
References
Notes
- ^ According to Architecture and Building 1925, p. 49, there were 524 seats in the orchestra and 410 in the balcony, for 934 total seats.
- ^ Andrew Lippa's off-Broadway musical of the same name had closed immediately before LaChiusa's musical opened.[271][272]
- Brooks Atkinson Theatre for actress Lena Horne.[317]
- ^ All three plays were performed in repertory.[367]
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"The Suicide (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1980)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ a b The Broadway League (April 13, 1981). "Copperfield – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
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- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (March 6, 1983). "On Your Toes – Broadway Musical – 1983 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"On Your Toes (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1983)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
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- from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
- from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
- from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (March 13, 1986). "Execution of Justice – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Execution of Justice (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1986)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (April 2, 1987). "The Mikado – Broadway Musical – 1987 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"The Mikado (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1987)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (May 12, 1988). "Carrie – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Carrie (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1988)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (March 7, 1989). "Run for Your Wife – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Run for Your Wife (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1989)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (August 8, 1989). "Shenandoah – Broadway Musical – 1989 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Shenandoah (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1989)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ O'Haire, Patricia (December 10, 1989). "Look Westward, 'Angels'". Daily News. p. 129. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ le Sourd, Jacques (April 27, 1992). "'Jelly' is a 'Jam' for all seasons". The Daily Times. p. 14. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (April 26, 1992). "Jelly's Last Jam – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Jelly's Last Jam (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1992)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ le Sourd, Jacques (December 10, 1993). "The revival of 'My Fair Lady': it's lovely". The Journal News. p. 30. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (December 9, 1993). "My Fair Lady – Broadway Musical – 1993 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"My Fair Lady (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1993)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ISSN 2574-5298. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (March 2, 1995). "Smokey Joe's Cafe – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Smokey Joe's Cafe (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1995)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ O'Haire, Patricia (June 7, 2000). "Curtains for 'Wild Party'". Daily News. p. 41. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (April 13, 2000). "The Wild Party – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"The Wild Party (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2000)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b Botto & Mitchell 2002, p. 203.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (September 17, 2000). "Gore Vidal's The Best Man – Broadway Play – 2000 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"The Best Man (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2000)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (May 1, 2001). "King Hedley II – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"King Hedley II (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2001)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (October 17, 2002). "Flower Drum Song – Broadway Musical – 2002 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Flower Drum Song (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2002)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (March 7, 2002). "The Crucible – Broadway Play – 2002 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"The Crucible (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2002)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (May 5, 2003). "Bill Maher: Victory Begins At Home – Broadway Special – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2003)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ISSN 2574-5298. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (October 2, 2003). "Little Shop of Horrors – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Little Shop of Horrors (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2003)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ a b The Broadway League (January 23, 2005). "Little Women – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Little Women (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2005)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- from the original on November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ "Broadway's Virginia Theater Will Be Renamed in Honor of August Wilson". Playbill. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Broadway theater renamed for playwright August Wilson". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 17, 2005. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ Franklin, Marc J. (November 6, 2020). "Revisit the Original Broadway Production of Jersey Boys". Playbill. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth (January 22, 2013). "Jordan Roth Is Now Principal Owner of Broadway's Jujamcyn Theaters". Playbill. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (November 6, 2005). "Jersey Boys – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Groundhog Day (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2017)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ Cox, Gordon (September 6, 2016). "Broadway's 'Jersey Boys' Closing in January". Variety. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (April 17, 2017). "Groundhog Day – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Groundhog Day (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2017)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (November 21, 2017). "Home for the Holidays – Broadway Special – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Home for the Holidays (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2017)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (April 8, 2018). "Mean Girls – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Mean Girls (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2018)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ a b Gans, Andrew (January 7, 2021). "Broadway's Mean Girls Musical Has Closed Amid Continued Coronavirus Shutdown". Playbill. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ Evans, Greg (November 16, 2020). "Broadway Stagehand Who Fell To Death Remembered As "Force Of Nature", Theater Marquee Undimmed In Honor". Deadline. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ "Stagehand Dies in Fall at Winter Garden Theatre". Playbill. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ "'Mean Girls' will not return to Broadway when theaters re-open". EW.com. January 7, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Broadway's Jujamcyn Theaters To Improve Accessibility In Settlement". Deadline. July 14, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ^ McHenry, Jackson (July 29, 2021). "Redemption, Now on Broadway". Vulture. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (August 22, 2021). "Pass Over – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Pass Over (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2021)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ a b The Broadway League (December 2, 2021). "Slave Play – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Slave Play (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2021)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ a b The Broadway League. "Funny Girl – Broadway Musical – 2022 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Funny Girl (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2022)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ^ Masserson, Meg; Culwell-Block, Logan (March 2, 2023). "Funny Girl Sets Broadway Closing; Lea Michele, Ramin Karimloo, Jared Grimes, Tovah Feldshuh to Close Out the Run". Playbill. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
- ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (February 14, 2023). "Broadway Theatre Owners Jujamcyn and Ambassador Theatre Group Joining Forces". Playbill. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ Dilakian, Steven (July 20, 2023). "Jordan Roth Sells Majority Stake in Five Jujamcyn Theaters". The Real Deal. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "Ambassador Theater Group, Providence Equity acquire control of Jujamcyn's Broadway theaters in $308.4M deal". PincusCo. July 20, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ a b The Broadway League. "Cabaret – Broadway Musical – 2024 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
"Cabaret (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 2024)". Playbill. October 23, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2024. - ^ a b Greenwood, Douglas (March 27, 2024). "Rebecca Frecknall Is Bringing 'Cabaret' Back to Broadway". The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ a b Tran, Diep (April 26, 2024). "See How Cabaret Renovated the August Wilson Theatre". Playbill. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 17.
- ^ The Broadway League (February 2, 1926). "Little Eyolf – Broadway Play – 1926 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Little Eyolf (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1926)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (October 11, 1926). "Juarez and Maximilian – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Juarez and Maximilian (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1926)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (November 15, 1926). "Pygmalion – Broadway Play – 1926 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Pygmalion (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1926)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ a b c d e Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 18.
- ^ The Broadway League (October 10, 1927). "Porgy – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Porgy (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1927)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (November 21, 1927). "The Doctor's Dilemma – Broadway Play – 1927 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"The Doctor's Dilemma (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1927)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (April 9, 1928). "Volpone – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Volpone (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1928)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (November 19, 1928). "Major Barbara – Broadway Play – 1928 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Major Barbara (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1928)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ a b c d e f Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 19.
- ^ The Broadway League (March 30, 1931). "Getting Married – Broadway Play – 1931 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Getting Married (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1931)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (June 1, 1931). "The Way of the World – Broadway Play – 1931 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"The Way of the World (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1931)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ a b c d e f g h i Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 20.
- ^ The Broadway League (May 21, 1933). "Both Your Houses – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"The Mask and the Face (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1933)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (February 18, 1935). "The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1935)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ a b c Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 21.
- ^ The Broadway League (February 3, 1939). "Jeremiah – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Jeremiah (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1939)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (October 2, 1941). "Ah, Wilderness! – Broadway Play – 1941 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Ah, Wilderness! (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1941)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ a b c Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 22.
- ^ The Broadway League (November 13, 1942). "Mr. Sycamore – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Yesterday's Magic (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1942)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (December 29, 1942). "The Russian People – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"The Russian People (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1942)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ a b c d e f g h Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 23.
- ^ The Broadway League (January 7, 1951). "The House of Bernarda Alba – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"The House of Bernarda Alba (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1951)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (January 28, 1951). "Peer Gynt – Broadway Play – 1951 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Peer Gynt (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1951)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (April 8, 1951). "Night Music – Broadway Play – 1951 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Night Music (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1951)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (May 13, 1951). "Getting Married – Broadway Play – 1951 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Getting Married (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1951)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (March 1, 1952). "Angna Enters – Broadway Special – 1952 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"Angna Enters (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1952)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ a b c Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 24.
- ^ The Broadway League (September 26, 1955). "A Day By The Sea – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
"A Day by the Sea (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1955)". Playbill. Retrieved February 28, 2022. - ^ a b c d e f g Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 25.
- ^ The Broadway League (January 16, 1961). "The Conquering Hero – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"The Conquering Hero (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1961)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (October 8, 1961). "Jerome Robbins' Ballet: U.S.A. – Broadway Special – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Jerome Robbins' Ballet: U.S.A. (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1961)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (September 17, 1964). "Traveller Without Luggage – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Traveller Without Luggage (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1964)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ a b c d e f g h i Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 26.
- ^ The Broadway League (September 26, 1966). "Manuela Vargas – Broadway Special – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Manuela Vargas (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1966)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (May 1, 1967). "The Imaginary Invalid – Broadway Play – 1967 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"The Imaginary Invalid (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1967)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (May 2, 1967). "A Touch of the Poet – Broadway Play – 1967 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"A Touch of the Poet (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1967)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (May 3, 1967). "Tonight at 8:30 – Broadway Play – 1967 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Tonight at 8:30 (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1967)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (September 28, 1967). "Song of the Grasshopper – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Song of the Grasshopper (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1967)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (November 5, 1967). "The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1967)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (December 14, 1967). "Spofford – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Spofford (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1967)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (October 23, 1968). "Maggie Flynn – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Maggie Flynn (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1968)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (June 14, 1969). "A Teaspoon Every Four Hours – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"A Teaspoon Every Four Hours (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1969)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (November 10, 1969). "King Henry V – Broadway Play – 1969 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"King Henry V (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1969)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ a b c d e f Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 27.
- ^ The Broadway League (December 30, 1969). "No Place to Be Somebody – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"No Place to Be Somebody (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1969)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (January 12, 1970). "The National Theater of the Deaf – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"The National Theater of the Deaf (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1970)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (May 6, 1970). "The Cherry Orchard – Broadway Play – 1970 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"The Cherry Orchard (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1970)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (September 14, 1970). "Othello – Broadway Play – 1970 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Othello (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1970)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (December 23, 1970). "Amahl and the Night Visitors/Help, Help, the Globolinks! – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ The Broadway League (May 1, 1972). "Different Times – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Different Times (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1972)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (March 22, 1975). "A Letter for Queen Victoria – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"A Letter for Queen Victoria (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1975)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ The Broadway League (October 26, 1975). "Summer Brave – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Summer Brave (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1975)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ a b c d e Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 28.
- ^ The Broadway League (October 3, 1978). "First Monday in October – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"First Monday in October (Broadway, Majestic Theatre, 1978)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ The Broadway League (December 18, 1986). "Wild Honey – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"Wild Honey (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1986)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ The Broadway League (December 11, 1989). "City of Angels – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
"City of Angels (Broadway, August Wilson Theatre, 1989)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022. - ^ a b c Bloom 2007, p. 18; Botto & Mitchell 2002, p. 203.
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