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August Wilson Theatre

January 01, 1970

"Virginia Theatre" redirects here. For the theater in Champaign, Illinois, see Virginia Theatre (Champaign).

The August Wilson Theatre (formerly the Guild Theatre, ANTA Theatre, and Virginia Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 245 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1925, the theater was designed by C. Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim and was built for the Theatre Guild. It is named for Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson (1945–2005). The August Wilson has approximately 1,225 seats across two levels and is operated by Jujamcyn Theaters. The facade is a New York City designated landmark.

August Wilson Theatre
Guild Theatre, ANTA Theatre, Virginia Theatre
Showing Slave Play, 2021
Address245 West 52nd Street
Manhattan, New York City
United States
Coordinates40°45′48″N 73°59′03″W / 40.76333°N 73.98417°W / 40.76333; -73.98417
OwnerJujamcyn Theaters
TypeBroadway
Capacity1,222
ProductionCabaret
Construction
Opened1925
ArchitectC. Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim
Website
www.jujamcyn.com/theatres/august-wilson/

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

 
A portion of the stage house facade. The entrance arch with rusticated limestone voussoirs is at ground level. Above these are casement windows with shutters on the second story, as well as a French window with a small balcony on the third story.

The facade of the August Wilson Theatre was designed to resemble a 15th-century Tuscan villa,[7][11] with a stucco surface and a heavy use of quoins around openings.[7][12][13] On 52nd Street, the theater's height is shorter than its width. The extreme west and east ends of the facade contain vertical bands of quoins, while the rest of the facade includes stone-trimmed windows and doors.[14][15] The placement of window openings reflected the theater's original interior arrangement.[7][16] Architectural Forum described the openings as "picturesquely grouped in an informal manner to give quaintness and charm to the exterior design".[17]

The western part of the ground story contains three doorways for the stage house. The rightmost doorway is an arch with rusticated limestone voussoirs; the arch's keystone is a cartouche with motifs signifying the arts, music, and tragedy. Within the archway are two steps leading up to a wood-and-glass double door, topped by a lunette window. To the east are wide metal doors that serve as emergency exits followed by narrow wood-and-glass doors that connect with the lobby. The lobby doors are flanked by sign boards, surrounded by large molded frames with console brackets below and cornices above. A single, modern marquee spans the emergency exits and the lobby doors.[14] Originally, there were two marquees, one each above the emergency exits and the lobby doors.[15][18]

Most of the second-story windows are casement windows flanked by shutters,[14] originally painted blue-green.[11] The exceptions are the westernmost two openings, which are slightly above the rest of the second story and do not contain shutters.[15] On the third story, the westernmost windows are also simple in design, and a sign hangs next to the westernmost window.[14] The center of the third story contains five French windows, each with a wrought-iron balcony in front of it. Each French window is surrounded by stone blocks and topped by a stone pediment.[14][15][17] To the east is an arcade with three arches and an iron railing,[14][15][19] which screen a fire-escape balcony.[14][16] On the fourth story are windows with shutters, extending the width of the theater.[14][15] Above the fourth story, brackets support a pitched tile roof that slightly overhangs the facade.[14][20] The stage house rises above the western part of the roof, with a facade of plain brick.[14][16] This was in keeping with many theaters of the time, which contained plain stage houses above their ornate primary facades,[16] but Architectural Record characterized the stage house as a missed opportunity for decoration.[21]

Interior edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit
 
View of original auditorium decorations

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Times Square became the epicenter for large-scale theater productions between 1900 and the Great Depression.[40] The Theatre Guild became a major producer on Broadway during the latter half of this era.[41][42] The Guild had been founded in 1919 by Lawrence Langner, Philip Moeller, Helen Westley, and Theresa Helburn as an outgrowth of the Washington Square Players.[41][43] The Guild's first home was the Garrick Theatre on 35th Street,[8][44] which had 537 seats.[41] The theatre company supported itself through a subscription business model, wherein subscribers could pay in advance for a season's worth of productions.[41][44] Though it started with 150 subscribers,[44] the Guild had grown to 6,000 subscribers by 1923.[41][45]

Development and early years edit

Planning and construction edit

 
Theresa Helburn at the Guild Theatre's groundbreaking in 1924

At a dinner at the Waldorf–Astoria in March 1923, the Theatre Guild launched a fundraiser for the construction of a dedicated theater, which was estimated to cost $500,000.[45][46] The proposed theater was to have double that capacity. A New York Times writer said the Theatre Guild "must be given room for healthy expansion or risk being permanently crippled".[47] The next month, the Guild started selling bonds to pay for the construction cost.[48] The bonds were sold exclusively to Guild subscribers for one week, during which subscribers bought $273,000 worth of bonds. Afterward, the Theatre Guild made the bond issue available to the general public.[49][50]

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 edit

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]

 
Alfred Lunt in The Doctor's Dilemma

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 edit

During the Great Depression, the Theatre Guild scaled back its alternating-repertory program.[70] The Guild Theatre's productions during 1930 included Ivan Turgenev's play A Month in the Country with Digges, Alla Nazimova, Henry Travers, and Katharine Hepburn;[71] the revue The Garrick Gaieties;[72][73] and Maxwell Anderson's play Elizabeth the Queen with Lunt and Fontanne.[74][75] The next year, the theater hosted Lynn Riggs's play Green Grow the Lilacs[76][77] (subsequently the inspiration for the musical Oklahoma![78][79]) and Eugene O'Neill's play Mourning Becomes Electra.[78][80][81] In 1932, the Guild Theatre hosted Shaw's play Too True to Be Good with Beatrice Lillie and Hope Williams;[82][83][84] a theatrical version of Pearl S. Buck's novel The Good Earth with Nazimova, Rains, Travers, Sydney Greenstreet, and Jessie Ralph;[82][85][86] and S. N. Behrman's comedy Biography with Ina Claire.[82][87][88] W. Somerset Maugham's translation of the Italian play The Mask and the Face opened in 1933 with Judith Anderson, Humphrey Bogart, Shirley Booth, and Leo G. Carroll.[89][90] It was followed that year by O'Neill's comedy Ah, Wilderness! with George M. Cohan and Gene Lockhart.[90][91][92]

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 edit

 
View of loggia

In March 1943, the Theatre Guild leased the auditorium to Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS)'s radio station WOR for three years.[122] WOR relocated from the New Amsterdam Roof, and the Guild Theatre's auditorium was converted into a studio called the WOR Mutual Theatre.[122][123] The Theatre Guild continued to occupy the offices, dressing rooms, and rehearsal rooms next to the auditorium.[123][124] Over the next month, MBS added loudspeakers and made acoustic modifications to the theater's interior, which The New York Times said had long suffered from "tonal defects".[125] The Theatre Guild finally relocated its offices from the theater in 1944.[126][127] The Bowery Savings Bank sold the $557,500 mortgage on the theater in 1946 to the Dorsar Enterprises Inc.,[128] which was owned by the Shubert family.[129] The West 52nd Street Theatre Company retained ownership of the theater.[126][130] Malin Studios subsequently also occupied space in the building, and WOR continued to lease the auditorium on a monthly basis.[130]

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 edit

1950s edit

 
Stage house

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 edit

James Thurber's revue A Thurber Carnival opened at the ANTA Theatre in 1960.[174][175][176] This was followed in 1961 by Hugh Wheeler's play Big Fish, Little Fish,[174][177][178] as well as Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons,[174][179] the latter of which ran 637 performances over the next year.[69][180] In 1963, the ANTA Theatre hosted The Advocate, the first Broadway production whose run was simultaneously broadcast on Westinghouse Broadcasting.[109][181] The ANTA Theatre staged two hits in 1964: James Baldwin's play Blues for Mister Charlie[174][182][183] and the two-person comedy The Owl and the Pussycat with Diana Sands and Alan Alda.[184][185][186] That year, Harris Masterson and Norman Twain leased the theater from ANTA for five years.[187][188] The ANTA Theatre hosted Peter Shaffer's play The Royal Hunt of the Sun in 1965,[189][190][191] which was the last successful production of the decade.[192] Also in 1965, the ANTA Theatre installed an alcoholic bar, being the third Broadway theater to do so after New York state approved liquor sales at theaters.[193]

During the mid-1960s, ANTA operated the ANTA Washington Square Theatre in Greenwich Village as a temporary home for the Lincoln Center Theater. The proceeds from the Washington Square Theatre were used to lower the mortgage on the ANTA Theatre on 52nd Street.[194] The National Repertory Theatre performed at ANTA's 52nd Street theater in 1967,[165][195] and the American Conservatory Theater performed in 1969.[196][197] The American Shakespeare Festival's production of Henry V[198][199] and the Wilder play Our Town also appeared at the ANTA Theatre in 1969.[200][201] ANTA and the Phoenix Theatre collaborated for the play Harvey with Helen Hayes, James Stewart, and Jesse White,[202] which opened in 1970.[203][204] Several dance companies performed in 1971, including those of Alvin Ailey, the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Louis Falco, Pearl Lang, Alwin Nikolais, and Paul Taylor.[205] The same year, the hit musical Purlie relocated to the ANTA Theatre from the Broadway Theatre.[206][207][208]

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 edit

1980s edit

 
The Virginia Theatre as seen in 2002

James H. Binger and his wife Virginia McKnight Binger of Jujamcyn Theaters acquired the ANTA Theatre in August 1981.[202][229] At the end of the year, Jujamcyn announced that the theater would be renamed the Virginia Theatre, after Mrs. Binger.[229] The Pilobolus Dance Company was the first act at the renamed theater, performing in December 1981.[205][230] At the end of the next year, a revival of the play Alice in Wonderland opened,[205][231] running for less than a month.[232][233] The Rodgers and Hart musical On Your Toes opened in March 1983,[205][234] staying for 505 performances.[235]

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 edit

The musical Jelly's Last Jam, with Gregory Hines and Tonya Pinkins, opened in April 1992[258][259] and ran for over a year.[260] The Virginia Theatre's lobby and second-story restrooms were then renovated in the Art Deco style.[24] A revival of the Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady opened in December 1993,[261][262] but it shuttered after 165 performances.[263][264] Subsequently, Jujamcyn hired Campagna & Russo Architects to design a $2.2 million renovation of the theater's interior, except the lobby and restrooms.[6][24] Since the interior was not protected as a landmark, restoration architect Francesca Russo had greater latitude to redesign the interior. Russo took inspiration not only from the Palazzo Davanzati, which had influenced the original design, but also from other Italian buildings and Atlanta's Fox Theatre. The auditorium's color scheme was changed to a "palette of autumnal colors", as Russo felt the original color scheme was suboptimal with modern lighting.[6] The Virginia reopened in March 1995 with a production of Smokey Joe's Cafe,[265][266] which had 2,036 performances through 2000.[267]

In early 2000, the Public Theater produced Michael John LaChiusa's musical The Wild Party,[268][269][270] one of two musicals performed that season to be inspired by the poem "The Wild Party".[271][272][b] It was followed by Gore Vidal's The Best Man during late 2000[273][274] and by August Wilson's King Hedley II during mid-2001.[275][276] Next, in 2002, the theater hosted revivals of the Arthur Miller play The Crucible[277][278] and the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song.[279][280] Comedian Bill Maher performed a limited run of his solo show Victory Begins at Home in May 2003.[281][282] The musical Little Shop of Horrors opened that October[283] after almost canceling its Broadway appearance altogether;[284][285] it lasted for 372 performances through 2004.[286] Subsequently, the musical Little Women ran at the Virginia in early 2005.[287][288]

 
August Wilson Theatre at night

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 edit

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 Ambassador Theatre Group agreed to merge in early 2023; the combined company would operate seven Broadway theaters, including the August Wilson.[327][328] A revival of the musical Cabaret opened at the August Wilson in April 2024.[329][330]

Notable productions edit

Productions are listed by the year of their first performance.[30][31]

Guild Theatre edit

ANTA Playhouse/ANTA Theatre edit

Virginia Theatre edit

August Wilson Theatre edit

Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre edit

Box office record edit

Mean Girls achieved the box office record for the August Wilson Theatre, grossing $1,994,386 for the week ending December 30, 2018.[391] This was surpassed by Funny Girl, which grossed $2,005,696 over nine performances for the week ending December 18, 2022.[392] Funny Girl broke its own record two weeks later, grossing $2,405,901 over nine performances running through January 1, 2023.[393]

See also edit

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ According to Architecture and Building 1925, p. 49, there were 524 seats in the orchestra and 410 in the balcony, for 934 total seats.
  2. ^ Andrew Lippa's off-Broadway musical of the same name had closed immediately before LaChiusa's musical opened.[271][272]
  3. ^ In 2022, the Shuberts renamed the Cort Theatre for actor James Earl Jones, while the Nederlanders renamed the Brooks Atkinson Theatre for actress Lena Horne.[317]
  4. ^ All three plays were performed in repertory.[364]

Citations edit

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  167. ^ Martin, John (November 3, 1957). "The Dance: Balinese; Troupe From Tabanan Stays Another Week". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
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  181. ^ Gardner, Paul (October 7, 1963). "New Play to Open to a 6-city House; ANTA Premiere This Week to Be Shared Via TV Tape". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
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  219. ^ Eder, Richard (February 15, 1979). "Stage: Whoopee!, Revival of 1928 Musical". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
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  226. ^ "'Annie,' at Last, Finds a Home at Uris; 'Annie' Finds A Home at Uris". The New York Times. November 19, 1981. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  227. ^ The Broadway League (November 10, 1981). "Oh, Brother! – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
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  228. ^ "'Oh, Brother!' Closes". The New York Times. November 12, 1981. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
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  230. ^ Kisselgoff, Anna (December 21, 1981). "Dance: 'Day Two,' a New Creation by Pilobolus". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
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  233. ^ "'Alice' Closes". The New York Times. January 11, 1983. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
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  250. ^ Rothstein, Mervyn (May 17, 1988). "After Seven Years And $7 Million, 'Carrie' Is a Kinetic Memory". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
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  256. ^ O'Haire, Patricia (December 10, 1989). "Look Westward, 'Angels'". Daily News. p. 129. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  257. ^ "Last Chance". The New York Times. January 17, 1992. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  258. ^ Rich, Frank (April 27, 1992). "Review/Theater: Jelly's Last Jam; Energy and Pain of a Man Who Helped Create Jazz". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  259. ^ le Sourd, Jacques (April 27, 1992). "'Jelly' is a 'Jam' for all seasons". The Daily Times. p. 14. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
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  263. ^ "'My Fair Lady' Closes". The New York Times. May 3, 1994. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
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  266. ^ Winer, Linda (March 3, 1995). "'Smokey Joe's Cafe' Serves Up the Songs". Newsday. pp. 83, 97. ISSN 2574-5298. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
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January 01, 1970
august, wilson, theatre, virginia, theatre, redirects, here, theater, champaign, illinois, virginia, theatre, champaign, formerly, guild, theatre, anta, theatre, virginia, theatre, broadway, theater, west, 52nd, street, theater, district, midtown, manhattan, y. Virginia Theatre redirects here For the theater in Champaign Illinois see Virginia Theatre Champaign The August Wilson Theatre formerly the Guild Theatre ANTA Theatre and Virginia Theatre is a Broadway theater at 245 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City Opened in 1925 the theater was designed by C Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim and was built for the Theatre Guild It is named for Pulitzer Prize winning playwright August Wilson 1945 2005 The August Wilson has approximately 1 225 seats across two levels and is operated by Jujamcyn Theaters The facade is a New York City designated landmark August Wilson TheatreGuild Theatre ANTA Theatre Virginia TheatreShowing Slave Play 2021Address245 West 52nd StreetManhattan New York CityUnited StatesCoordinates40 45 48 N 73 59 03 W 40 76333 N 73 98417 W 40 76333 73 98417OwnerJujamcyn TheatersTypeBroadwayCapacity1 222ProductionCabaretConstructionOpened1925ArchitectC Howard Crane and Kenneth FranzheimWebsitewww wbr jujamcyn wbr com wbr theatres wbr august wilson wbr 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 Contents 1 Site 2 Design 2 1 Facade 2 2 Interior 2 2 1 Lobby and lounge 2 2 2 Auditorium 2 2 2 1 Seating areas 2 2 2 2 Other design features 2 2 3 Other interior spaces 3 History 3 1 Development and early years 3 1 1 Planning and construction 3 1 2 1920s 3 1 3 1930s 3 2 Radio studio and ANTA purchase 3 3 ANTA operation 3 3 1 1950s 3 3 2 1960s to early 1980s 3 4 Jujamcyn operation 3 4 1 1980s 3 4 2 1990s to mid 2010s 3 4 3 Late 2010s to present 4 Notable productions 4 1 Guild Theatre 4 2 ANTA Playhouse ANTA Theatre 4 3 Virginia Theatre 4 4 August Wilson Theatre 4 5 Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre 5 Box office record 6 See also 7 References 7 1 Notes 7 2 Citations 7 3 Sources 8 External linksSite editThe 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 editThe 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 edit nbsp A portion of the stage house facade The entrance arch with rusticated limestone voussoirs is at ground level Above these are casement windows with shutters on the second story as well as a French window with a small balcony on the third story The facade of the August Wilson Theatre was designed to resemble a 15th century Tuscan villa 7 11 with a stucco surface and a heavy use of quoins around openings 7 12 13 On 52nd Street the theater s height is shorter than its width The extreme west and east ends of the facade contain vertical bands of quoins while the rest of the facade includes stone trimmed windows and doors 14 15 The placement of window openings reflected the theater s original interior arrangement 7 16 Architectural Forum described the openings as picturesquely grouped in an informal manner to give quaintness and charm to the exterior design 17 The western part of the ground story contains three doorways for the stage house The rightmost doorway is an arch with rusticated limestone voussoirs the arch s keystone is a cartouche with motifs signifying the arts music and tragedy Within the archway are two steps leading up to a wood and glass double door topped by a lunette window To the east are wide metal doors that serve as emergency exits followed by narrow wood and glass doors that connect with the lobby The lobby doors are flanked by sign boards surrounded by large molded frames with console brackets below and cornices above A single modern marquee spans the emergency exits and the lobby doors 14 Originally there were two marquees one each above the emergency exits and the lobby doors 15 18 Most of the second story windows are casement windows flanked by shutters 14 originally painted blue green 11 The exceptions are the westernmost two openings which are slightly above the rest of the second story and do not contain shutters 15 On the third story the westernmost windows are also simple in design and a sign hangs next to the westernmost window 14 The center of the third story contains five French windows each with a wrought iron balcony in front of it Each French window is surrounded by stone blocks and topped by a stone pediment 14 15 17 To the east is an arcade with three arches and an iron railing 14 15 19 which screen a fire escape balcony 14 16 On the fourth story are windows with shutters extending the width of the theater 14 15 Above the fourth story brackets support a pitched tile roof that slightly overhangs the facade 14 20 The stage house rises above the western part of the roof with a facade of plain brick 14 16 This was in keeping with many theaters of the time which contained plain stage houses above their ornate primary facades 16 but Architectural Record characterized the stage house as a missed opportunity for decoration 21 Interior edit 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 edit 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 edit 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 edit nbsp View of original auditorium decorations 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 edit 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 edit 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 editTimes Square became the epicenter for large scale theater productions between 1900 and the Great Depression 40 The Theatre Guild became a major producer on Broadway during the latter half of this era 41 42 The Guild had been founded in 1919 by Lawrence Langner Philip Moeller Helen Westley and Theresa Helburn as an outgrowth of the Washington Square Players 41 43 The Guild s first home was the Garrick Theatre on 35th Street 8 44 which had 537 seats 41 The theatre company supported itself through a subscription business model wherein subscribers could pay in advance for a season s worth of productions 41 44 Though it started with 150 subscribers 44 the Guild had grown to 6 000 subscribers by 1923 41 45 Development and early years edit Planning and construction edit nbsp Theresa Helburn at the Guild Theatre s groundbreaking in 1924 At a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in March 1923 the Theatre Guild launched a fundraiser for the construction of a dedicated theater which was estimated to cost 500 000 45 46 The proposed theater was to have double that capacity A New York Times writer said the Theatre Guild must be given room for healthy expansion or risk being permanently crippled 47 The next month the Guild started selling bonds to pay for the construction cost 48 The bonds were sold exclusively to Guild subscribers for one week during which subscribers bought 273 000 worth of bonds Afterward the Theatre Guild made the bond issue available to the general public 49 50 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 edit 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 nbsp Alfred Lunt in The Doctor s Dilemma 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 Molnar 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 edit During the Great Depression the Theatre Guild scaled back its alternating repertory program 70 The Guild Theatre s productions during 1930 included Ivan Turgenev s play A Month in the Country with Digges Alla Nazimova Henry Travers and Katharine Hepburn 71 the revue The Garrick Gaieties 72 73 and Maxwell Anderson s play Elizabeth the Queen with Lunt and Fontanne 74 75 The next year the theater hosted Lynn Riggs s play Green Grow the Lilacs 76 77 subsequently the inspiration for the musical Oklahoma 78 79 and Eugene O Neill s play Mourning Becomes Electra 78 80 81 In 1932 the Guild Theatre hosted Shaw s play Too True to Be Good with Beatrice Lillie and Hope Williams 82 83 84 a theatrical version of Pearl S Buck s novel The Good Earth with Nazimova Rains Travers Sydney Greenstreet and Jessie Ralph 82 85 86 and S N Behrman s comedy Biography with Ina Claire 82 87 88 W Somerset Maugham s translation of the Italian play The Mask and the Face opened in 1933 with Judith Anderson Humphrey Bogart Shirley Booth and Leo G Carroll 89 90 It was followed that year by O Neill s comedy Ah Wilderness with George M Cohan and Gene Lockhart 90 91 92 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 edit nbsp View of loggia In March 1943 the Theatre Guild leased the auditorium to Mutual Broadcasting System MBS s radio station WOR for three years 122 WOR relocated from the New Amsterdam Roof and the Guild Theatre s auditorium was converted into a studio called the WOR Mutual Theatre 122 123 The Theatre Guild continued to occupy the offices dressing rooms and rehearsal rooms next to the auditorium 123 124 Over the next month MBS added loudspeakers and made acoustic modifications to the theater s interior which The New York Times said had long suffered from tonal defects 125 The Theatre Guild finally relocated its offices from the theater in 1944 126 127 The Bowery Savings Bank sold the 557 500 mortgage on the theater in 1946 to the Dorsar Enterprises Inc 128 which was owned by the Shubert family 129 The West 52nd Street Theatre Company retained ownership of the theater 126 130 Malin Studios subsequently also occupied space in the building and WOR continued to lease the auditorium on a monthly basis 130 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 edit 1950s edit nbsp Stage house 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 Jose 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 edit James Thurber s revue A Thurber Carnival opened at the ANTA Theatre in 1960 174 175 176 This was followed in 1961 by Hugh Wheeler s play Big Fish Little Fish 174 177 178 as well as Robert Bolt s play A Man for All Seasons 174 179 the latter of which ran 637 performances over the next year 69 180 In 1963 the ANTA Theatre hosted The Advocate the first Broadway production whose run was simultaneously broadcast on Westinghouse Broadcasting 109 181 The ANTA Theatre staged two hits in 1964 James Baldwin s play Blues for Mister Charlie 174 182 183 and the two person comedy The Owl and the Pussycat with Diana Sands and Alan Alda 184 185 186 That year Harris Masterson and Norman Twain leased the theater from ANTA for five years 187 188 The ANTA Theatre hosted Peter Shaffer s play The Royal Hunt of the Sun in 1965 189 190 191 which was the last successful production of the decade 192 Also in 1965 the ANTA Theatre installed an alcoholic bar being the third Broadway theater to do so after New York state approved liquor sales at theaters 193 During the mid 1960s ANTA operated the ANTA Washington Square Theatre in Greenwich Village as a temporary home for the Lincoln Center Theater The proceeds from the Washington Square Theatre were used to lower the mortgage on the ANTA Theatre on 52nd Street 194 The National Repertory Theatre performed at ANTA s 52nd Street theater in 1967 165 195 and the American Conservatory Theater performed in 1969 196 197 The American Shakespeare Festival s production of Henry V 198 199 and the Wilder play Our Town also appeared at the ANTA Theatre in 1969 200 201 ANTA and the Phoenix Theatre collaborated for the play Harvey with Helen Hayes James Stewart and Jesse White 202 which opened in 1970 203 204 Several dance companies performed in 1971 including those of Alvin Ailey the Dance Theatre of Harlem Louis Falco Pearl Lang Alwin Nikolais and Paul Taylor 205 The same year the hit musical Purlie relocated to the ANTA Theatre from the Broadway Theatre 206 207 208 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 edit 1980s edit nbsp The Virginia Theatre as seen in 2002 James H Binger and his wife Virginia McKnight Binger of Jujamcyn Theaters acquired the ANTA Theatre in August 1981 202 229 At the end of the year Jujamcyn announced that the theater would be renamed the Virginia Theatre after Mrs Binger 229 The Pilobolus Dance Company was the first act at the renamed theater performing in December 1981 205 230 At the end of the next year a revival of the play Alice in Wonderland opened 205 231 running for less than a month 232 233 The Rodgers and Hart musical On Your Toes opened in March 1983 205 234 staying for 505 performances 235 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 edit The musical Jelly s Last Jam with Gregory Hines and Tonya Pinkins opened in April 1992 258 259 and ran for over a year 260 The Virginia Theatre s lobby and second story restrooms were then renovated in the Art Deco style 24 A revival of the Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady opened in December 1993 261 262 but it shuttered after 165 performances 263 264 Subsequently Jujamcyn hired Campagna amp Russo Architects to design a 2 2 million renovation of the theater s interior except the lobby and restrooms 6 24 Since the interior was not protected as a landmark restoration architect Francesca Russo had greater latitude to redesign the interior Russo took inspiration not only from the Palazzo Davanzati which had influenced the original design but also from other Italian buildings and Atlanta s Fox Theatre The auditorium s color scheme was changed to a palette of autumnal colors as Russo felt the original color scheme was suboptimal with modern lighting 6 The Virginia reopened in March 1995 with a production of Smokey Joe s Cafe 265 266 which had 2 036 performances through 2000 267 In early 2000 the Public Theater produced Michael John LaChiusa s musical The Wild Party 268 269 270 one of two musicals performed that season to be inspired by the poem The Wild Party 271 272 b It was followed by Gore Vidal s The Best Man during late 2000 273 274 and by August Wilson s King Hedley II during mid 2001 275 276 Next in 2002 the theater hosted revivals of the Arthur Miller play The Crucible 277 278 and the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song 279 280 Comedian Bill Maher performed a limited run of his solo show Victory Begins at Home in May 2003 281 282 The musical Little Shop of Horrors opened that October 283 after almost canceling its Broadway appearance altogether 284 285 it lasted for 372 performances through 2004 286 Subsequently the musical Little Women ran at the Virginia in early 2005 287 288 nbsp August Wilson Theatre at night 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 edit 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 Ambassador Theatre Group agreed to merge in early 2023 the combined company would operate seven Broadway theaters including the August Wilson 327 328 A revival of the musical Cabaret opened at the August Wilson in April 2024 329 330 Notable productions editProductions are listed by the year of their first performance 30 31 Guild Theatre edit 1925 Caesar and Cleopatra 59 331 1925 Arms and the Man 64 331 1926 Little Eyolf 332 331 1926 Juarez and Maximilian 333 331 1926 Pygmalion 334 335 1927 Porgy 336 335 1927 The Doctor s Dilemma 337 335 1928 Volpone 338 335 1928 Major Barbara 339 335 1930 A Month in the Country 71 1930 The Garrick Gaieties 72 340 1930 Elizabeth the Queen 74 340 1931 Green Grow the Lilacs 76 340 1931 Getting Married 341 340 1931 The Way of the World 342 340 1931 Mourning Becomes Electra 80 340 1932 Too True to Be Good 83 343 1932 The Good Earth 85 343 1932 Biography 87 343 1933 Both Your Houses 344 343 1933 Ah Wilderness 91 343 1934 A Sleeping Clergyman 94 95 1934 Valley Forge 97 343 1935 The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles 345 343 1935 Parade 99 343 1935 The Taming of the Shrew 101 343 1938 I Have Been Here Before 112 346 1938 The Merchant of Yonkers 114 346 1939 Jeremiah 347 346 1939 My Heart s in the Highlands 115 116 1940 The Time of Your Life 118 1941 Ah Wilderness 348 349 1942 Mr Sycamore 350 349 1942 The Russian People 351 349 ANTA Playhouse ANTA Theatre edit 1950 Twentieth Century 139 352 1951 The House of Bernarda Alba 353 352 1951 Peer Gynt 354 352 1951 Mary Rose 143 1951 The School for Wives 145 352 1951 Night Music 355 352 1951 Getting Married 356 352 1952 Desire Under the Elms 147 352 1952 Angna Enters 357 1952 Golden Boy 149 352 1952 Mrs McThing 151 1955 The Dark Is Light Enough 156 358 1955 The Skin of Our Teeth 160 358 1955 A Day by the Sea 359 358 1958 Say Darling 169 170 1958 J B 172 360 1959 The Fighting Cock 173 360 1960 A Thurber Carnival 175 360 1961 The Conquering Hero 361 360 1961 Big Fish Little Fish 177 360 1961 Jerome Robbins Ballet U S A 362 1961 A Man for All Seasons 179 360 1964 Blues for Mister Charlie 182 360 1964 Traveller Without Luggage 363 364 1964 The Owl and the Pussycat 184 185 1965 The Royal Hunt of the Sun 190 364 1966 Manuela Vargas 365 1967 The Imaginary Invalid 366 1967 A Touch of the Poet 367 1967 Tonight at 8 30 368 1967 Song of the Grasshopper 369 364 1967 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald 370 364 1967 Spofford 371 364 1968 Maggie Flynn 372 364 1969 A Teaspoon Every Four Hours 373 364 1969 Tiny Alice A Flea in Her Ear The Three Sisters 364 d 1969 King Henry V 374 375 1969 Our Town 200 1969 No Place to Be Somebody 376 1970 National Theatre of the Deaf 377 1970 Harvey 202 203 1970 The Cherry Orchard 378 1970 Othello 379 375 1970 Amahl and the Night Visitors Help Help the Globolinks 380 1971 Purlie 206 207 1972 Different Times 381 375 1972 The Last of Mrs Lincoln 209 375 1974 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 211 212 1975 A Letter for Queen Victoria 382 375 1975 Summer Brave 383 375 1976 Bubbling Brown Sugar 216 384 1978 First Monday in October 385 1979 Whoopee 218 384 1979 Night and Day 220 384 1980 The Suicide 223 384 1981 Copperfield 224 384 1981 Annie 225 386 Virginia Theatre edit 1982 Alice in Wonderland 232 231 1983 On Your Toes 235 234 1986 Execution of Justice 243 244 1986 Wild Honey 387 245 1987 The Mikado 246 247 1988 Carrie 248 249 1989 Run for Your Wife 251 252 1989 Shenandoah 253 388 1989 City of Angels 389 390 1992 Jelly s Last Jam 260 390 1993 My Fair Lady 264 261 1995 Smokey Joe s Cafe 267 390 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 edit 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 Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre edit 2024 Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 329 330 Box office record editMean Girls achieved the box office record for the August Wilson Theatre grossing 1 994 386 for the week ending December 30 2018 391 This was surpassed by Funny Girl which grossed 2 005 696 over nine performances for the week ending December 18 2022 392 Funny Girl broke its own record two weeks later grossing 2 405 901 over nine performances running through January 1 2023 393 See also editList of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets List of Broadway theatersReferences editNotes edit 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 In 2022 the Shuberts renamed the Cort Theatre for actor James Earl Jones while the Nederlanders renamed the Brooks Atkinson Theatre for actress Lena Horne 317 All three plays were performed in repertory 364 Citations edit a b c White Norval Willensky Elliot Leadon Fran 2010 AIA Guide to New York City 5th ed New York Oxford University Press p 304 ISBN 978 0 19538 386 7 a b c 243 West 52 Street 10019 New York City Department of City Planning Retrieved March 25 2021 a b Residential Buying Active in Brooklyn New York Herald Tribune April 11 1924 p 29 ProQuest 1112955205 a b The Brooklyn Market Third Avenue Blockfront to Be Improved The New York Times April 11 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Forum 1925 pp 15 16 a b Bloom 2007 p 15 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 195 a b Bragdon 1924 p 511 a b Louie Elaine March 5 1987 A Grimy Attic Becomes an Office With a Slight Tilt Toward Frivolity The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 5 2022 Swift Christopher 2018 The City Performs An Architectural History of NYC Theater New York City College of Technology City University of New York Archived from the original on March 25 2020 Retrieved March 25 2020 a b c d e Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 7 Bloom 2007 p 15 Theatre Guild records New York Public Library February 22 1999 Retrieved March 2 2022 a b c Zolotow Sam May 12 1958 40 Years Marked by Theatre Guild Memorable Scenes From Its Stage Productions Revived at Anniversary Show The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 2 2022 a b Theatre Guild Now to Own a Theatre Project for 500 000 New Home Launched at a Dinner of 1 500 at the Waldorf The New York Times March 5 1923 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 2 2022 Theater Guild To Build Own Stage Home New York Tribune March 5 1923 p 4 ProQuest 1237256708 Corbin John March 11 1923 The Theatre Guild Expands The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 2 2022 Guild Theater Campaign The Billboard Vol 35 no 14 April 7 1923 p 24 ProQuest 1438295790 Bonds for New Guild Theater Selling Well The Billboard Vol 35 no 15 April 14 1923 p 6 ProQuest 1505507108 Theatre Checks Evils Says Otto H Kahn Affords Opportunity for Society To Let Out Its Emotions Guild Bond Sale 273 000 The New York Times April 9 1923 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 900 000 Building for Guild Theater The Billboard Vol 36 no 5 February 2 1924 p 6 ProQuest 1505550455 Smith Officiates at Cornerstone Laying Of Guild Theater 400 Hear Governor and Otto Kahn Praise Those Whose Zeal Made Building in 52d Street Possible New York Herald Tribune December 3 1924 p 8 ProQuest 1113072276 Gov Smith Lays Stone for Guild Recalls Theatrical Conditions of His Boyhood at New Theatre in West 52d Street The New York Times December 3 1924 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 2 2022 Cornerstone Laid For New Guild Theatre Gov Smith Officiates At Ceremony Marking Culmination Of Seven Seasons For Group Women s Wear Vol 29 no 130 December 3 1924 p 29 ProQuest 1676827072 a b Bloom 2007 pp 15 16 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 195 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 13 a b Davis Charles Belmont April 14 1925 Premiere at Guild s New Theater Hailed As Stage Triumph President Coolidge Signals the Curtain Up on Splendid Production of Shaw s Caesar and Cleopatra Helen Hayes New York Herald Tribune p 14 ProQuest 1112955034 Young Stark April 14 1925 The Play The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b c Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 195 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 17 a b The Broadway League April 13 1925 Caesar and Cleopatra Broadway Play 1925 Revival IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Caesar and Cleopatra Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1925 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 pp 195 196 Theatre Guild to Take Third Playhouse Soon Right You Are and Revival of Mr Pim to Alternate as Regular Attractions The New York Times March 3 1927 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b Bloom 2007 p 13 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 196 See for instance Guild Theatre Recital Frank Gittelson Violinist and Austin Conradi Pianist the Artists The New York Times December 5 1927 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 Elise Steele Returns Australian Violinist Applauded in Recital at Guild Theatre The New York Times December 17 1928 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b The Broadway League September 14 1925 Arms and the Man Broadway Play 1925 Revival IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Arms and the Man Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1925 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 The Play Shaw and the Guild The New York Times September 15 1925 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 The Play Cinderella From Budapest The New York Times October 20 1925 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 The Broadway League October 19 1925 The Glass Slipper Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved March 3 2022 The Glass Slipper Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1925 Playbill Retrieved March 3 2022 a b Bloom 2007 p 16 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 196 a b c Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 13 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 196 a b Bloom 2007 p 16 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 pp 196 197 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 19 a b The Broadway League June 4 1930 Garrick Gaieties Broadway Musical 1930 Revival IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 The Garrick Gaieties Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1930 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Theatrical Notes The New York Times October 16 1930 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b The Broadway League November 3 1930 Elizabeth the Queen Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved March 3 2022 Elizabeth the Queen Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1930 Playbill Retrieved March 3 2022 Atkinson J Brooks November 4 1930 The Play The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b The Broadway League January 26 1931 Green Grow the Lilacs Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Green Grow the Lilacs Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1931 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Riggs Play to Open JAN 26 Green Grow the Lilacs to Be Seen at Guild Theatre The New York Times January 12 1931 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b Bloom 2007 p 16 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 197 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 19 Lynn Riggs Play to Be a Musical Work Will Soon Begin on Green Grow the Lilacs Conversion First Produced in 1931 The New York Times July 23 1942 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b The Broadway League October 26 1931 Mourning Becomes Electra Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Mourning Becomes Electra Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1931 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Four Productions on View Next Week Eugene O Neil s Trilogy East Wind Bush Parole and Here Goes the Bride The New York Times October 20 1931 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b c Bloom 2007 p 16 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 197 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 20 a b The Broadway League April 4 1932 Too True to Be Good Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Too True to Be Good Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1932 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson J Brooks April 5 1932 Over the Coffee Cups With George Bernard Shaw in a Play Entitled Too True to Be Good The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b The Broadway League October 17 1932 The Good Earth Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 The Good Earth Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1932 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks October 23 1932 The Good Earth Qualities of the Novel That Make Dramatic Adaptation Impossible Literary Style Unsuited to the Stage The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b The Broadway League December 12 1932 Biography Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Biography Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1932 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks December 13 1932 S N Behrman s Biography With Ina Claire as a Theatre Guild Actress Revival of The Show Off The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 L n May 9 1933 The Mask and the Face and Some Other Theatrical Events of a Spring Evening The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b c d e Bloom 2007 p 17 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 198 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 20 a b The Broadway League October 2 1933 Ah Wilderness Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Ah Wilderness Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1933 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks October 3 1941 Eugene O Neill s Ah Wilderness Restaged by the Theatre Guild With Harry Carey The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 Legitimate Only 35 Theatres Left for Legit 17 Houses Switched Their Policies During Past Season Once Were 60 Variety Vol 114 no 7 May 1 1934 p 47 ProQuest 1475821537 a b Bloom 2007 p 17 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 20 a b The Broadway League October 8 1934 A Sleeping Clergyman Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 A Sleeping Clergyman Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1934 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 News of the Stage The New York Times October 8 1934 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b The Broadway League December 10 1934 Valley Forge Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Valley Forge Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1934 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks December 11 1934 Philip Merivale in Valley Forge Sailors of Cattaro by the Theatre Union Revival of Cradle Song The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b The Broadway League May 20 1935 Parade Broadway Musical Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Parade Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1935 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks May 21 1935 The Play Jimmy Savo and Parade Introduce the Theatre Guild to Revelry The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b The Broadway League September 30 1935 The Taming of the Shrew Broadway Play 1935 Revival IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 The Taming of the Shrew Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1935 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks October 1 1935 The Play Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne Theatre Guild The Taming of the Shrew All and Sundry The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b Bloom 2007 p 17 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 198 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 21 Atkinson Brooks February 18 1936 The Play S N Behrman and The Theatre Guild Collaborating On End of Summer The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 Atkinson Brooks October 7 1937 The Play Ben Hecht s To Quito and Back Opens the Theatre Guild s Twentieth Season The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 Guild Theatre Refurbished The New York Times September 3 1937 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b c Bloom 2007 p 17 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 198 a b Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 198 a b c d Bloom 2007 p 17 Atkinson Brooks October 14 1938 The Play Time and Mr Priestley in Another Speculation Entitled I Have Been Here Before The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 198 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 21 a b The Broadway League October 13 1938 I Have Been Here Before Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 I Have Been Here Before Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1938 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks December 29 1938 The Play Thornton Wilder Adapts an Old Farce Into a Jest Entitled The Merchant of Yonkers The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b The Broadway League December 28 1938 The Merchant of Yonkers Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 The Merchant of Yonkers Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1938 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 a b Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 198 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 22 a b The Broadway League April 13 1939 My Heart s in the Highlands Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 My Heart s in the Highlands Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1939 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks April 14 1939 The Play William Saroyan s My Heart s in the Highlands Acted by the Group Theatre The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 a b Bloom 2007 p 17 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 198 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 22 Saroyan s Play About to Close The Time of Your Life is Scheduled to End Its Stay Here on Saturday The New York Times April 3 1940 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 News of the Stage Guild Theatre Leased Until April 11 1941 Walk With Music Continues Engagement at Barrymore The New York Times June 15 1940 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2022 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 pp 198 199 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 22 a b c Guild Theater Leased To WOR for 3 Years New York Herald Tribune March 19 1943 p 17 ProQuest 1267784221 a b Guild Theatre to House Mutual Audience Shows Broadcasting Broadcast Advertising Vol 24 no 13 March 29 1943 p 26 ProQuest 1014964287 NEWS OF THE STAGE Show Time Ends Prosperous Career Here April 3 Playboy of Newark Tonight at Provincetown The New York Times March 19 1943 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Kennedy T R Jr April 25 1943 A Legitimate Theatre Gets Ready for the Air The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b c Guild Theater Title Is Taken Over by ANTA Helen Hayes in Ceremony on Stage Says House Will Be Home for Living Arts ANTA Officially Taking Over the Guild Theater New York Herald Tribune April 1 1950 p 8 ProQuest 1327508406 a b Zolotow Sam February 4 1949 Dorsar Makes Bid for Guild Theatre Group in Which Shuberts Have Stake Offers 50 000 More Than 1st Mortgage It Holds The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 557 500 Mortgage Sold Bowery Savings Bank Conveys Loan on the Guild Theatre The New York Times March 6 1946 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b c d Guild Theater Building Sold On ANTA Bid National Non Profit Group Gets Realty for 870 000 Above First Mortgage New York Herald Tribune January 25 1950 p 18 ProQuest 1325825599 a b c d Shuberts Bidding for Guild Theatre 52d Street Playhouse to Be Sold Today Hasn t Housed Stage Offerings for Years Louise Hill Marvin Kahn Wed Mrs Dana George Paine to Wed The New York Times January 19 1950 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Guild Theatre Sale to Shuberts Laggin The New York Times March 1 1949 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Theatre Plan Approved Guild House Is Expected to Be Run by Reorganized Company The New York Times March 17 1949 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Guild Theatre Sale Judge Confirms Plan but Defers Final Action Pending Appeals The New York Times May 26 1949 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b A N T A Purchases the Guild Theatre National Group Gets Its First Permanent Home Since It Was Created in 1935 The New York Times January 25 1950 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Shanley J p April 1 1950 A N T A Takes Title to Guild Theatre to Aid Out of town Groups in Buying Theatre Tickets The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Tribute to Jane Cowl 150 Friends Honor Late Actress at ANTA Playhouse Gathering The New York Times July 11 1950 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b c Bloom 2007 p 17 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 199 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 23 Atkinson Brooks November 27 1950 Two First Nights at the Theatre Judith Anderson Opens ANTA s Series in Jeffers Tower Beyond Tragedy The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b The Broadway League December 24 1950 Twentieth Century Broadway Play 1950 Revival IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Twentieth Century Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1950 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Calta Louis December 23 1950 A N T A Presents Comedy Tomorrow Gloria Swanson Jose Ferrer Star in Twentieth Century by Hecht and MacArthur Molly Picon Show Opening News of London s Stages The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Calta Louis April 25 1951 Truman Endorses ANTA Stage Plans at Dedication of Permanent Home for the Theatre The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 7 2022 a b Zolotow Sam August 4 1954 Theatre to Rejoin Legitimate Ranks ANTA s Guild on 52d Street Will Reopen in Autumn 250 Seats to Be Added The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b The Broadway League March 4 1951 Mary Rose Broadway Play 1951 Revival IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Mary Rose Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1951 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks March 11 1951 Mary Rose Revived Struggle on Shipboard The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b The Broadway League March 18 1951 The School for Wives Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 The School for Wives Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1951 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Calta Louis March 17 1951 Jouvet Will Offer Comedy Tomorrow French Stage Veteran to Be Seen in Moliere s School for Wives at Anta Playhouse The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b The Broadway League January 16 1952 Desire Under the Elms Broadway Play 1952 Revival IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Desire Under the Elms Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1952 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Calta Louis January 22 1952 ANTA Extends Run of O neill Classic Desire Under Elms Will Stay Two More Weeks to Feb 9 Unit s Second Due Feb 12 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b The Broadway League March 12 1952 Golden Boy Broadway Play 1952 Revival IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Golden Boy Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1952 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks March 13 1952 AT THE THEATRE The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b Bloom 2007 p 17 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 199 a b Zolotow Sam August 30 1954 ANTA Playhouse to Reopen Dec 9 Portrait of a Lady Starring Jennifer Jones Is Billed for Renovated Theatre s Debut The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 ANTA Rededicates Its New Theatre Wagner Presents Scroll to Group Citing Distinguished Vision of Its Founders The New York Times December 21 1954 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Bracker Milton December 19 1954 Portrait of a Stage struck Lady The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b Bloom 2007 p 17 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 199 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 24 a b The Broadway League February 23 1955 The Dark Is Light Enough Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 The Dark Is Light Enough Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1955 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks February 24 1955 Theatre Miss Cornell in Dark Is Light Enough Christopher Fry Play Opens at the ANTA The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b c d Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 199 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 24 A Musical Seventh Heaven The New York Times May 15 1955 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b The Broadway League August 17 1955 The Skin of Our Teeth Broadway Play 1955 Revival IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 The Skin of Our Teeth Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1955 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Atkinson Brooks August 18 1955 Theatre The Skin of Our Teeth Is Revived Wilder s Play of 1942 Staged at ANTA The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Atkinson Brooks January 5 1956 Theatre The Lunts in Dullish Play Portray Mind Reading Act in Vaudeville Seen at the ANTA in Great Sebastians The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Zolotow Sam February 8 1956 Robinson Back After 25 Years Stars at ANTA Tonight in Chayefsky s First Play Middle of the Night The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 The Broadway League February 8 1956 Middle of the Night Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved March 4 2022 Middle of the Night Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1956 Playbill Retrieved March 4 2022 a b c Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 200 Martin John October 9 1957 The Dance Shanta Rao Second Program of Indian Troupe at the ANTA Theatre Is Vast Improvement The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Martin John November 3 1957 The Dance Balinese Troupe From Tabanan Stays Another Week The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 Bloom 2007 p 17 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 200 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 pp 24 25 a b Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 200 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 24 a b The Broadway League April 3 1958 Say Darling Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 Say Darling Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1958 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 a b Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 200 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 25 a b The Broadway League December 11 1958 J B Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 J B Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1958 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 a b The Broadway League December 8 1959 The Fighting Cock Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 The Fighting Cock Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1959 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 a b c d Bloom 2007 p 17 Botto amp Mitchell 2002 p 200 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985 p 25 a b The Broadway League February 26 1960 A Thurber Carnival Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 28 2022 A Thurber Carnival Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1960 Playbill Retrieved February 28 2022 Theatre Tonight A Thurber Carnival The New York Times February 26 1960 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 4 2022 a b The Broadway League March 15 1961 Big Fish Little Fish Broadway Play Original IBDB Retrieved February 27 2022 Big Fish Little Fish Broadway August Wilson Theatre 1961 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