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Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

February 16, 2024

"Royale Theatre" redirects here. For similarly named theaters, see Royal Theatre (disambiguation).

The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (formerly the Royale Theatre and the John Golden Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 242 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1927, the theater was designed by Herbert J. Krapp in a Spanish style and was built for real-estate developer Irwin S. Chanin. It has 1,100 seats across two levels and is operated by The Shubert Organization. Both the facade and the auditorium interior are New York City landmarks.

Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Royale Theatre
Showing The Ferryman, 2019
Address242 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way)
Manhattan, New York City
United States
Coordinates40°45′31″N 73°59′16″W / 40.75861°N 73.98778°W / 40.75861; -73.98778
Public transitSubway: Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal
OwnerJacobs Theatre LLC
OperatorThe Shubert Organization
TypeBroadway
Capacity1,092[1]
Construction
OpenedJanuary 11, 1927
ArchitectHerbert J. Krapp
Website
shubert.nyc/theatres/bernard-b-jacobs
DesignatedDecember 15, 1987[2]
Reference no.1372[2]
Designated entityFacade
DesignatedDecember 15, 1987[3]
Reference no.1373[3]
Designated entityAuditorium interior

The facade is designed in a Spanish style with golden brick, terracotta, and stone and is divided into two sections. The western portion of the facade contains the theater's entrance, with five double-height arched windows and a curved pediment above. The eastern portion is the stage house and is topped by a loggia. The auditorium contains Spanish-style detailing, a large balcony, and an expansive vaulted ceiling. The auditorium's interior features murals by Willy Pogany as well as several box seats.

The Royale, Majestic, and Masque (now John Golden) theaters, along with the Lincoln Hotel, were all developed by the Chanin brothers and designed by Krapp as part of a theater/hotel complex. The Royale was the first of the three theaters to be completed, opening on January 11, 1927. The Shubert family took over the Royale in 1930 but subsequently went into receivership, and producer John Golden leased the theater in 1932. Golden renamed the theater after himself in 1934, but the Shuberts took over in 1936 and leased the theater to CBS Radio. The Royale was restored as a legitimate theater under its original name in 1940. The theater was renamed for longtime Shubert Organization president Bernard B. Jacobs in 2005.

Site edit

The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre is at 242 West 45th Street, on the south side between Eighth Avenue and Broadway, near Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.[4][5] The nearly rectangular land lot covers 9,275 sq ft (861.7 m2), with a frontage of 88.17 ft (26.87 m) on 44th Street and a depth of 100.42 ft (31 m).[5] The Golden Theatre shares the city block with the Row NYC Hotel to the west. It adjoins six other theaters: the Gerald Schoenfeld and Booth to the east, the Broadhurst and Shubert to the southeast, the Majestic to the south, and the Golden to the west. Other nearby structures include the Music Box Theatre and Imperial Theatre to the north; the New York Marriott Marquis to the northeast; One Astor Plaza to the east; and Sardi's restaurant, the Hayes Theater, and the St. James Theatre one block south.[5]

The Jacobs is part of the largest concentration of Broadway theaters on a single block.[6] The adjoining block of 45th Street is also known as George Abbott Way,[7] and foot traffic on the street increases box-office totals for the theaters there.[8] The Majestic, Masque (Golden), and Royale (Jacobs) theaters and the Lincoln Hotel (Row NYC Hotel) had all been developed concurrently.[9] The site of all four buildings had previously occupied by twenty brownstone residences.[10] The site was part of the Astor family estate from 1803[11] to 1922, when it was sold to Henry Claman.[12][13] The plots collectively measured 200 feet (61 m) wide along Eighth Avenue, 240 feet (73 m) along 44th Street, and 250 feet (76 m) along 45th Street.[13][14]

Design edit

The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, originally the Royale Theatre, was designed by Herbert J. Krapp in a Spanish style and was constructed from 1926 to 1927 for the Chanin brothers.[4][15][16] It was part of an entertainment complex along with the Lincoln Hotel and the Majestic and Masque theaters, which were also designed by Krapp in a Spanish style.[9][16][17] The Royale was designed to be the medium-sized theater of the complex, with about 1,200 seats initially.[17][18][19] The Chanin Realty and Construction Company constructed all four structures.[11][20] The Jacobs is operated by the Shubert Organization.[21][1]

Facade edit

 
archway detail above the auditorium entrance

The facade contains two sections. The western section is wider and is symmetrical, containing the auditorium entrance. The eastern section, which contains the stage house, is narrower and taller than the western section. In both sections, the ground floor is clad in rusticated blocks of terracotta above a granite water table.[22] At ground level, the auditorium entrance includes five pairs of glass and aluminum doors, which lead to the ticket office and auditorium. There are also rectangular aluminum-framed sign boards beside the openings. The entrance is topped by a marquee. Four sets of aluminum doors lead from the stage house portion of the facade. A terracotta cornice runs above the base.[23] The stage door is at 270 West 45th Street (next to the Golden Theatre) and is shared with the Majestic and Golden theaters.[21]

The upper stories contain gold-colored, bonded Roman brick.[17][22] The brick facade was designed to relate to the adjacent theaters and hotel.[17] On the upper stories, the auditorium section has a set of five arches on the second and third stories. The arches rise above terracotta piers that contain Corinthian-style capitals. Each arch contains iron-framed sash windows with multiple panes, separated by horizontal transom bars.[24] A similar, narrower arcade exists on the neighboring Golden Theatre.[25] A sign with the theater's name is placed between the auditorium and stage sections. The parapet of the auditorium facade contains a terracotta coping.[24] Above the center portion of the facade, there is a rounded pediment with finials and an ornamental lunette.[17][24]

 
Stage house

The stage house has five sash windows on each of the second through fifth stories. These windows contain sills made of terracotta. At the fifth story, the three center windows are placed within a loggia, which in turn is placed on brackets. The loggia has paired columns with decorative capitals, which support a Spanish tile roof.[24] There is a pyramidal tile roof above the stage house.[17][24] The Jacobs's loggia complements a similar one on the Golden Theatre.[25]

Auditorium edit

The Jacobs's interior was designed with a red, orange, and gold color scheme.[26][27][28] The layout was part of an effort by Irwin Chanin, one of the developers, to "democratize" the seating arrangement of the theater. The Jacobs was designed with a single balcony rather than the typical two, since Chanin had perceived the second balcony to be distant.[29] The Chanin brothers wanted the three theaters' interior designs to be distinct while still adhering to a Spanish motif, in the belief that beautiful and comfortable theaters would be able to compete against other performing-arts venues.[25] Roman Melzer was credited for the overall design, while Willy Pogany painted murals and Joseph Dujat created plasterwork.[30] By the 2010s, the Jacobs was designed with a red and gray color palette.[31]

The auditorium has an orchestra level, one balcony, boxes, and a stage behind the proscenium arch. The auditorium's width is greater than its depth, and the space is designed with plaster decorations in high relief.[32] According to the Shubert Organization, the auditorium has 1,092 seats,[1] while according to The Broadway League, there are 1,078 seats.[33][28] The physical seats are divided into 636 seats in the orchestra, 168 at the front of the balcony, 252 at the rear of the balcony, and 16 in the boxes. There are 20 standing-only spots.[1] Below the orchestra are restrooms and drinking fountains.[21] The Jacobs and the neighboring Schoenfeld are two of the most desired theaters among producers because of their good sightlines from the seating areas.[31]

Seating areas edit

The rear of the orchestra contains a promenade with two columns supporting the balcony level. The orchestra floor is raked. The orchestra and its promenade contain walls with paneled baseboards, above which are rough stucco blocks. The side walls contain doors, above which are exit signs within bracketed panels.[34] The rearmost row has a standing rail behind it.[35] Two staircases lead between the orchestra and the balcony. These staircases have metal railings and elaborate balustrades.[36] In front of the orchestra level is an orchestra pit, which is placed below the stage.[37] The orchestra level is wheelchair-accessible but there are no elevators to the balcony.[1]

 
Interior of the auditorium, looking sideways toward the north wall. The boxes are at left, while the balcony is at right. Half of the mural sequence Lovers of Spain is in the arch section above the balcony.

The balcony level is divided into front and rear sections by an aisle halfway across the depth.[37] The walls consist of paneled stucco blocks. Above the wall is a frieze with rosettes, which forms the wall's cornice.[36] Light fixtures and square panels with arabesques are placed at the front of the balcony's soffit, or underside. Behind this, the center of the soffit is decorated with a medallion containing a light fixture and acanthus-leaf motifs. The outer portions of the soffit are divided into rhombus-shaped panels, which contain latticework and arabesques surrounded by acanthus-leaf and rope moldings. In front of the balcony are moldings of swags and rosettes. The soffit has been modified with the installation of air-conditioning grilles, while lights have been installed in front of the balcony.[35]

On either side of the stage is an elliptically arched wall section with two boxes at the balcony level. The front box on either side is lower than the rear box.[32] Each wall section is surrounded by a rope molding. In front of each box is a railing with shield motifs; the center motif is flanked by griffins. The underside of each box is decorated with a medallion containing a light fixture, as well as acanthus-leaf motifs.[34] The coved ceilings above the boxes contain Spanish-inspired brass chandeliers.[36]

Other design features edit

Next to the boxes is an elliptical proscenium arch. The archway is surrounded by rope moldings, above which is a wide band, consisting of four-part leaves surrounded by a guilloche motif.[32] The proscenium measures about 24 ft (7.3 m) high and 40 ft (12 m) wide.[1] A sounding board curves onto the ceiling above the proscenium arch. The sounding board has a large decorated latticework panel in the center, which is surrounded by a molding that depicts overlapping leaves. The rest of the sounding board was originally decorated with Spanish-style motifs and is surrounded by moldings on all sides.[34] The depth of the auditorium to the proscenium is 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m), while the depth to the front of the stage is 30 ft 1 in (9.17 m).[1]

The ceiling consists of a groin vault that extends over the balcony.[16][38] The vault is surrounded by a molding with laurel leaves. The ceiling is divided into ribs, containing laurel-leaf and talon moldings. The center of the ceiling contains a latticework grille with arabesques, marking the convergence of the ribs.[35] In addition, there are two arches along the walls on either side of the vault; they contain a set of murals by Willy Pogany, entitled Lovers of Spain.[16][38][39] These arches each depict a woman in a procession of musicians.[35] The arches are surrounded by molded acanthus leaves and shells, and there are square panels with rosettes on the arches' outer reveals.[36] According to a contemporary account, the arches measured 45 by 15 ft (13.7 by 4.6 m) across.[26]

History edit

Times Square became the epicenter for large-scale theater productions between 1900 and the Great Depression.[40] During the 1900s and 1910s, many theaters in Midtown Manhattan were developed by the Shubert brothers, one of the major theatrical syndicates of the time.[41] The Chanin brothers developed another grouping of theaters in the mid-1920s.[42][43][44] Though the Chanins largely specialized in real estate rather than theaters, Irwin Chanin had become interested in theater when he was an impoverished student at the Cooper Union. He subsequently recalled that he had been "humiliated" by having to use a separate door whenever he bought cheap seats in an upper balcony level.[42][45] By October 1926, the Chanins had decided to construct and operate a theatrical franchise "in New York and half a dozen other large cities in the United States".[25][46] Herbert Krapp had already designed the 46th Street, Biltmore, and Mansfield theaters for the Chanins in 1925 and 1926.[17][20][47]

Development and early years edit

Chanin operation edit

The Chanin brothers had acquired the Klaman site in May 1925.[48][49][50] The Chanins planned to build a hotel on Eighth Avenue and three theaters on the side streets.[48][50][44] In March 1926, Krapp filed plans with the New York City Department of Buildings for the hotel and theaters, which were projected to cost $4.5 million.[14][13] Local news media reported that there would be a large theater on 44th Street and a medium-sized theater and a small theater on 45th Street.[12][13][6][a] The brownstones on the site were razed starting in May,[10] and the site was cleared by the next month.[52] That July, the Chanin brothers received a $7.5 million loan for the four developments from S. W. Straus & Co.[11][53] Irwin Chanin launched a competition the same month, asking the public to suggest names for the three theaters.[54] The names of the three theaters were announced in December 1926.[55][56] The large theater became the Majestic;[55][57] the mid-sized theater, the Royale;[55][58] and the small theater, the Masque.[56][59] The following month, the Chanins gave A. L. Erlanger exclusive control over bookings at the three new theaters and their five existing houses.[60][61]

The Royale Theatre was the first of the three theaters to open,[b] showing the play Piggy on January 11, 1927.[65][66] The opening of the Majestic, Masque, and Royale signified the westward extension of the traditional Broadway theater district, as well as an expansion of the Chanins' theatrical developments.[67][68] Each of the Chanin theaters was intended for a different purpose: the 1,800-seat Majestic for "revues and light operas", the 1,200-seat Royale for "musical comedies", and the 800-seat Masque for "intimate" plays.[19] By developing a small, medium, and large theater concurrently, the Chanins were able to lower their development costs.[25] Burns Mantle wrote for the New York Daily News that the Royale had "a handsome auditorium with a Willy Pogany interior, well proportioned stage, and the established atmosphere of a hospitable and well-run theatre".[69][70] Piggy (renamed mid-run to I Told You So[71]) had a weak script, but comedian Sam Bernard carried the show for 79 performances.[72]

The Royale next hosted Judy with Queenie Smith.[73][74] This was followed by the short-running Oh, Ernest!,[73][75] though the Chanins unsuccessfully tried to prevent the producers from relocating prematurely.[76] The Black revue Rang Tang also played at the Royale in 1927,[73][77] as did three Gilbert and Sullivan works: The Mikado,[78][79] Iolanthe,[80][81] and The Pirates of Penzance.[82][83] The Royale's productions in 1928 included The Madcap,[84][85] as well as Sh! The Octopus, its first straight play.[86][87] Later that year, the Royale had its first major hit,[88][89] the Mae West play Diamond Lil.[84][90] It was followed in 1929 by the flop Woof, Woof,[91] then by the moderately successful comedy Kibitzer.[92][93] In July 1929, the Shubert brothers bought the Chanin brothers' half-ownership stakes in the Majestic, Masque, and Royale theaters for a combined $1.8 million.[94][95][96] In exchange, the Shuberts sold a parcel of land on the Upper West Side to the Chanins,[94][96] who bought several adjacent lots and developed the Century apartment building there.[97]

Great Depression and ownership changes edit

 
The Booth, Schoenfeld (Plymouth), Jacobs (Royale), and Golden (Masque) theaters from left to right

The Shuberts obtained the exclusive rights to operate the Royale in 1930.[98] Under Shubert management, the Royale hosted Second Little Show in 1930,[91][99] which was followed by Lew Leslie's Blackbirds[92][100] and Stepping Sisters.[101][102] Another Mae West play, Constant Sinner, was presented at the Royale in 1931,[103][104] along with numerous unsuccessful productions.[92] After West unsuccessfully tried to show a revival of Macbeth,[105] the Royale hosted the Chicago Shakespeare Theater for two weeks in late 1931.[106] By then, the Shuberts were in receivership and were forced to give up the Royale, though they kept the Majestic and Masque.[30] In July 1932, producer John Golden granted the right to lease the Royale for 21 months,[107][108] despite objections from Lee Shubert.[109] That November, Golden officially signed a 21-month lease with the theater's receiver.[110] At the time, Golden had recently lost the right to operate his eponymous theater on 58th Street.[111]

The Royale hosted Golden's comedy When Ladies Meet in late 1932,[112][113] and the Theatre Guild next hosted two productions:[92] Both Your Houses (1933)[114][115] and They Shall Not Die (1934).[116][117] Otherwise, the Royale's productions during this time were largely flops.[8] After the Royale hosted the comedy Every Thursday,[101] Golden renewed his lease in September 1934 and renamed the Royale for himself.[118][119][c] The first productions at the renamed theater included Small Miracle[121][122] and Rain from Heaven.[114][123] The Irish group Abbey Theatre Players started hosting repertory productions in November 1934,[124][125] changing the shows every week.[126] This was followed in 1935 by The Bishop Misbehaves and A Touch of Brimstone.[127] Afterward, the Golden (Royale) hosted several short-lived productions in 1936, among them Three Wise Fools, Ghosts, and Double Dummy.[128]

The Broadway theater industry declined during the Great Depression,[8] and the Majestic, Masque, and Golden (Royale) were auctioned in November 1936 to satisfy a $2 million mortgage against the theaters.[129] A representative of the Shubert family bought the rights to operate the theaters for $700,000,[130] but the Bankers Securities Corporation retained a half interest.[131] John Golden, undeterred by the auction proceeding, moved his production to the Masque and renamed that theater after himself.[132] The Shuberts leased the former Royale to CBS Radio the following month,[8][133][134] and CBS started operating the studio in January 1937 as CBS Radio Theatre No. 1.[135][136] At the time, CBS had converted several theaters around Times Square into broadcast studios.[134][137] The studio closed in May 1940 due to a lack of programming, and the theater reverted to the Shuberts.[135][138] The Magoro Operating Corporation, on behalf of the Shuberts, took over the Royale in October 1940 after CBS's lease ended,[139] and the theater assumed its previous name.[89][140]

Shubert operation edit

1940s to 1970s edit

 
Seen from the east

The Royale Theatre reopened on October 21, 1940, with Du Barry Was a Lady.[139][141] The Royale subsequently hosted several productions relocated from other theaters,[140] including Flight to the West and The Corn Is Green in 1941.[142] Some of the subsequent productions were hits with several hundred performances, including Counsellor-at-Law in 1942,[143][144] as well as Ramshackle Inn with ZaSu Pitts;[145][146] School for Brides with Roscoe Karns;[147][148] and Catherine Was Great with Mae West in 1944.[145][149] Less successful were the 1945 productions of Good Night, Ladies[142][150] and Strange Fruit, which both ran for less than a hundred performances before ending.[151][152] In addition, the Shubert brothers bought the Majestic, John Golden (Masque), and Royale theaters from the Bankers Securities Corporation in 1945, giving the family full ownership of these theaters.[131]

The productions in 1946 included The Magnificent Yankee, featuring Louis Calhern and Dorothy Gish;[151][153] The Glass Menagerie;[147][154] The Front Page;[147][155] and Fatal Weakness, featuring Ina Claire.[151][156] Subsequently, The Importance of Being Earnest,[151][157] Love for Love,[143][158] and Medea were all produced in 1947.[159][160] The comedy Light Up the Sky ran over 200 performances in 1948,[161][162] and The Madwoman of Chaillot played the Royale the next year.[163][164] The following decade began with productions of The Devil's Disciple[165][166] and The Lady's Not for Burning in 1950,[167][168] as well as a relocated production of Darkness at Noon in 1951.[169][170] Following that was Borscht Capades[169][171] and a series of short-lived productions.[92] The Royale then hosted New Faces of 1952,[172][173] which turned out to be the last popular Broadway revue for several years due to the growing popularity of television.[174]

The Immoralist played at the Royale in 1954,[175][176] as did The Boy Friend,[175][177] the latter of which featured Julie Andrews's Broadway debut.[178] The same year saw the shortest production at the Royale on record: a single performance of The Starcross Story, which had premiered just before The Immortalist.[179] In 1955, the Royale featured The Matchmaker,[180][181] which was adapted from a flop but had 486 performances.[182] Other popular productions during the decade were The Tunnel of Love in 1957[183][184] and The Entertainer in 1958.[180][185] Following a screening of the film Gigi in May 1958,[92][186][187] the Royale again hosted theatrical productions that November with La Plume de Ma Tante, which ran over 800 performances.[180][188]

In the early 1960s, the Royale hosted numerous productions including Becket in 1960,[189][190] From the Second City in 1961,[191][192] The Night of the Iguana in 1961,[183][193] and Lord Pengo in 1962.[183][194] The Royale additionally presented a four-week engagement of the Karmon Israeli Dancers in May 1963.[195] Following were The Rehearsal in 1963[191][196] and The Chinese Prime Minister,[197][198] The Subject Was Roses,[199][200] and Hughie in 1964.[197][201] For much of the rest of the decade, the Royale was taken up by Cactus Flower,[202] which premiered in 1965 and ran for 1,234 performances.[203][204] Man in the Glass Booth, which premiered in 1968, was the Royale's last major production of the 1960s.[203][205] The Royale hosted Child's Play in 1970[203][206] and Moonchildren in 1972.[203][207] From 1972 to 1980, the Royale hosted the musical Grease.[208][209] The production became the longest-running show on Broadway,[210] and the set was peeling by the time Grease stopped playing at the Royale.[174]

1980s and 1990s edit

 
The Royale Theatre, showing Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 2003

In February 1980, Whose Life is it Anyway? opened at the Royale,[211][212] with Mary Tyler Moore playing what had previously been a male starring role.[208] This was followed the same year by A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine, a double bill with 588 performances.[211][213] The Royale then hosted Duet for One with Anne Bancroft and Max von Sydow for a month,[211][214] followed by Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which also ran for over a year.[208][215] Besides Broadway productions, the Royale also held college commencements.[216]

In the mid-1980s, the Royale had some brief runs,[211] including The Human Comedy in 1984[217][218] and Home Front[219][220] and Pack of Lies in 1985.[221] The Royale next presented the two-act show Song and Dance in 1985, which ran for 474 performances.[222][223] This was followed by a four-performance revival of the play Broadway in 1987 to celebrate George Abbott's 100th birthday.[224][225] Other flops included Roza in 1987[226][227] and the New York Shakespeare Festival's off-Broadway production Serious Money in 1988.[228][229] The decade ended with two hits: Speed-the-Plow, which opened in 1988 and played 287 performances,[228][230] and Lend Me a Tenor, which ran for over a year following its opening in 1989.[226][231] During the 1980s, the Shuberts renovated the Royale as part of a restoration program for their Broadway theaters.[232]

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) had started considering protecting the Royale as a landmark in 1982,[233] with discussions continuing over the next several years.[234] The LPC designated the Royale's facade and interior as a landmark in December 1987.[16][38] This was part of the LPC's wide-ranging effort in 1987 to grant landmark status to Broadway theaters.[235] The New York City Board of Estimate ratified the designations in March 1988.[236] The Shuberts, the Nederlanders, and Jujamcyn collectively sued the LPC in June 1988 to overturn the landmark designations of 22 theaters, including the Royale, on the merit that the designations severely limited the extent to which the theaters could be modified.[237] The lawsuit was escalated to the New York Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States, but these designations were ultimately upheld in 1992.[238]

The first hit at the Royale in the 1990s was the 1992 play Conversations with My Father, which ran for over a year.[228][239] London's Royal National Theatre presented An Inspector Calls in 1994,[240] which ran 454 performances.[228][241] The National Actors Theatre was the next occupant of the Royale,[226] presenting a revival of Inherit the Wind.[242][243] The Royal National Theatre also produced Skylight at the Royale in 1996,[244][245] and Triumph of Love premiered in 1997.[246][247] The play Art opened in 1998,[248][249] running through the following year with 600 performances.[250][251] The Royale's final production of the 1990s was a revival of The Price in 1999.[252][253]

2000s to present edit

 
The marquee of the Jacobs during the run of Once (2012)

The Royale hosted a revival of the play Copenhagen in 2000, which ran 326 performances.[248][254] The theater then staged One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest[255][256] and John Leguizamo's solo show Sexaholix in 2001,[257][258] as well as The Elephant Man[259][260] and Jackie Mason's solo comedy Prune Danish the next year.[258] As part of a settlement with the United States Department of Justice in 2003, the Shuberts agreed to improve disabled access at their 16 landmarked Broadway theaters, including the Royale.[261][262] Also in 2003, the Royale hosted the short-lived revivals Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and "Master Harold"...and the Boys, as well as the more successful Anna in the Tropics. The next year, the Royale held the productions A Raisin in the Sun and 'night, Mother.[263]

In September 2004, the Shubert Organization's board of directors voted to rename the Royale for its longtime president Bernard B. Jacobs, as well as the neighboring Plymouth for then-current president Gerald Schoenfeld.[264][265] The two theaters were officially renamed with a marquee replacement ceremony on May 9, 2005.[266][267] While Jacobs's family was "thrilled",[266] the renaming was controversial among producers and theatrical fans, despite the longstanding tradition of renaming Broadway houses after their producers.[265][268] The play Glengarry Glen Ross opened just before the renaming[269] and had 137 performances.[270] This was followed in 2006 by the short-running drama Three Days of Rain[271][272] and Martin Short's biographical revue Fame Becomes Me;[273][274] the Jacobs also hosted a memorial for Lloyd Richards the same year.[275] Further productions of the late 2000s included Frost/Nixon and Rock 'n' Roll in 2007; The Country Girl and 13 in 2008; and God of Carnage in 2009.[263]

The Jacobs hosted Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson in 2010, as well as That Championship Season and The Mountaintop in 2011.[263] The musical Once opened at the Jacobs in 2012 and was a hit, running for nearly three years.[276][277] Once was followed by the comedy It's Only a Play in 2015.[278][279] The Jacobs hosted two musicals over the following two years: The Color Purple (2015) and Bandstand (2017). Following were the dramas The Iceman Cometh and The Ferryman in 2018, as well as Betrayal in 2019.[263] The theater closed on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[280] It reopened on November 15, 2021, with previews of Company,[281] which ran until July 2022.[282][283] Following the closure of Company, the theater hosted Almost Famous from November 2022 to January 2023.[284][285] New York City Center's production of Parade opened at the Jacobs in March 2023 and ran until August.[286][287] This is planned to be followed in April 2024 by the musical The Outsiders.[288]

Notable productions edit

Productions are listed by the year of their first performance. This list only includes Broadway shows; it does not include films screened at the theater, nor does it include shows that were taped there.[21][33]

Royale Theatre/John Golden Theatre edit

This section describes plays at the Royale Theatre, including when it was known as the John Golden Theatre from 1934 to 1940. For productions at the current John Golden Theatre (formerly Theatre Masque) during that time, see John Golden Theatre#Notable productions.

Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre edit

Box office record edit

Once previously achieved the box office record for the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, grossing $1,447,598 over nine performances for the week ending December 30, 2012.[363] This record was broken by Parade, which grossed $1,814,013 for the week ending August 6, 2023.[364]

See also edit

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Billboard magazine reported that the large and medium theaters would be on 44th Street, while the small theater would be on 45th Street.[51]
  2. ^ The Masque opened on February 24, 1927,[62] and the Majestic opened on March 28.[63] The Chanin project was completed in January 1928 with the opening of the Lincoln Hotel.[64]
  3. ^ The "John Golden Theatre" name had first been given to a theater on 58th Street, which opened in 1926.[120]
  4. ^ Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and The Merchant of Venice played in repertory.[294]

Citations edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre". Shubert Organization. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Landmarks Preservation Commission 1987, p. 1.
  3. ^ a b Landmarks Preservation Commission Interior 1987, p. 1.
  4. ^ a b White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
  5. ^ a b c "242 West 45 Street, 10036". New York City Department of City Planning. from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Landmarks Preservation Commission 1987, p. 14.
  7. ^ Feirstein, Sanna (2001). Naming New York: Manhattan Places and How They Got Their Names. NYU Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8147-2711-9.
  8. ^ a b c d Bloom 2007, p. 30.
  9. ^ a b Bloom 2007, p. 30; Landmarks Preservation Commission 1987, p. 14.
  10. ^ a b "Razing Block Front on Eighth Avenue: Former Homes of Beverly Chew and Judge Leventritt in Housewreckers' Hands". The New York Times. May 18, 1926. p. 43. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 103877709.
  11. ^ a b c "$7,500,000 Lent For Tall Hotel And Theaters: Complete Financial Arrangements for 27-Story Hostelry and 3 Other Buildings on Rear of Astor Block". New York Herald Tribune. July 9, 1926. p. 29. ProQuest 1112611419.
  12. ^ a b "$10,000,000 Development For 8th Avenue: Chanin Syndicate Accepts This Figure as Cost of 20-Story Hotel and Three Theaters It Will Build". The New York Herald, New York Tribune. March 21, 1926. p. B1. ProQuest 1112750800.
  13. ^ a b c d "Plan Hotel, 3 Theatres; Chanin to Improve Blockfront on Eighth Avenue". The New York Times. March 17, 1926. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
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bernard, jacobs, theatre, royale, theatre, redirects, here, similarly, named, theaters, royal, theatre, disambiguation, formerly, royale, theatre, john, golden, theatre, broadway, theater, west, 45th, street, george, abbott, theater, district, midtown, manhatt. Royale Theatre redirects here For similarly named theaters see Royal Theatre disambiguation The Bernard B Jacobs Theatre formerly the Royale Theatre and the John Golden Theatre is a Broadway theater at 242 West 45th Street George Abbott Way in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City Opened in 1927 the theater was designed by Herbert J Krapp in a Spanish style and was built for real estate developer Irwin S Chanin It has 1 100 seats across two levels and is operated by The Shubert Organization Both the facade and the auditorium interior are New York City landmarks Bernard B Jacobs TheatreRoyale TheatreShowing The Ferryman 2019Address242 West 45th Street George Abbott Way Manhattan New York CityUnited StatesCoordinates40 45 31 N 73 59 16 W 40 75861 N 73 98778 W 40 75861 73 98778Public transitSubway Times Square 42nd Street Port Authority Bus TerminalOwnerJacobs Theatre LLCOperatorThe Shubert OrganizationTypeBroadwayCapacity1 092 1 ConstructionOpenedJanuary 11 1927ArchitectHerbert J KrappWebsiteshubert wbr nyc wbr theatres wbr bernard b jacobsNew York City LandmarkDesignatedDecember 15 1987 2 Reference no 1372 2 Designated entityFacadeNew York City LandmarkDesignatedDecember 15 1987 3 Reference no 1373 3 Designated entityAuditorium interiorThe facade is designed in a Spanish style with golden brick terracotta and stone and is divided into two sections The western portion of the facade contains the theater s entrance with five double height arched windows and a curved pediment above The eastern portion is the stage house and is topped by a loggia The auditorium contains Spanish style detailing a large balcony and an expansive vaulted ceiling The auditorium s interior features murals by Willy Pogany as well as several box seats The Royale Majestic and Masque now John Golden theaters along with the Lincoln Hotel were all developed by the Chanin brothers and designed by Krapp as part of a theater hotel complex The Royale was the first of the three theaters to be completed opening on January 11 1927 The Shubert family took over the Royale in 1930 but subsequently went into receivership and producer John Golden leased the theater in 1932 Golden renamed the theater after himself in 1934 but the Shuberts took over in 1936 and leased the theater to CBS Radio The Royale was restored as a legitimate theater under its original name in 1940 The theater was renamed for longtime Shubert Organization president Bernard B Jacobs in 2005 Contents 1 Site 2 Design 2 1 Facade 2 2 Auditorium 2 2 1 Seating areas 2 2 2 Other design features 3 History 3 1 Development and early years 3 1 1 Chanin operation 3 1 2 Great Depression and ownership changes 3 2 Shubert operation 3 2 1 1940s to 1970s 3 2 2 1980s and 1990s 3 2 3 2000s to present 4 Notable productions 4 1 Royale Theatre John Golden Theatre 4 2 Bernard B Jacobs Theatre 5 Box office record 6 See also 7 References 7 1 Notes 7 2 Citations 7 3 Sources 8 External linksSite editThe Bernard B Jacobs Theatre is at 242 West 45th Street on the south side between Eighth Avenue and Broadway near Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City 4 5 The nearly rectangular land lot covers 9 275 sq ft 861 7 m2 with a frontage of 88 17 ft 26 87 m on 44th Street and a depth of 100 42 ft 31 m 5 The Golden Theatre shares the city block with the Row NYC Hotel to the west It adjoins six other theaters the Gerald Schoenfeld and Booth to the east the Broadhurst and Shubert to the southeast the Majestic to the south and the Golden to the west Other nearby structures include the Music Box Theatre and Imperial Theatre to the north the New York Marriott Marquis to the northeast One Astor Plaza to the east and Sardi s restaurant the Hayes Theater and the St James Theatre one block south 5 The Jacobs is part of the largest concentration of Broadway theaters on a single block 6 The adjoining block of 45th Street is also known as George Abbott Way 7 and foot traffic on the street increases box office totals for the theaters there 8 The Majestic Masque Golden and Royale Jacobs theaters and the Lincoln Hotel Row NYC Hotel had all been developed concurrently 9 The site of all four buildings had previously occupied by twenty brownstone residences 10 The site was part of the Astor family estate from 1803 11 to 1922 when it was sold to Henry Claman 12 13 The plots collectively measured 200 feet 61 m wide along Eighth Avenue 240 feet 73 m along 44th Street and 250 feet 76 m along 45th Street 13 14 Design editThe Bernard B Jacobs Theatre originally the Royale Theatre was designed by Herbert J Krapp in a Spanish style and was constructed from 1926 to 1927 for the Chanin brothers 4 15 16 It was part of an entertainment complex along with the Lincoln Hotel and the Majestic and Masque theaters which were also designed by Krapp in a Spanish style 9 16 17 The Royale was designed to be the medium sized theater of the complex with about 1 200 seats initially 17 18 19 The Chanin Realty and Construction Company constructed all four structures 11 20 The Jacobs is operated by the Shubert Organization 21 1 Facade edit nbsp archway detail above the auditorium entranceThe facade contains two sections The western section is wider and is symmetrical containing the auditorium entrance The eastern section which contains the stage house is narrower and taller than the western section In both sections the ground floor is clad in rusticated blocks of terracotta above a granite water table 22 At ground level the auditorium entrance includes five pairs of glass and aluminum doors which lead to the ticket office and auditorium There are also rectangular aluminum framed sign boards beside the openings The entrance is topped by a marquee Four sets of aluminum doors lead from the stage house portion of the facade A terracotta cornice runs above the base 23 The stage door is at 270 West 45th Street next to the Golden Theatre and is shared with the Majestic and Golden theaters 21 The upper stories contain gold colored bonded Roman brick 17 22 The brick facade was designed to relate to the adjacent theaters and hotel 17 On the upper stories the auditorium section has a set of five arches on the second and third stories The arches rise above terracotta piers that contain Corinthian style capitals Each arch contains iron framed sash windows with multiple panes separated by horizontal transom bars 24 A similar narrower arcade exists on the neighboring Golden Theatre 25 A sign with the theater s name is placed between the auditorium and stage sections The parapet of the auditorium facade contains a terracotta coping 24 Above the center portion of the facade there is a rounded pediment with finials and an ornamental lunette 17 24 nbsp Stage houseThe stage house has five sash windows on each of the second through fifth stories These windows contain sills made of terracotta At the fifth story the three center windows are placed within a loggia which in turn is placed on brackets The loggia has paired columns with decorative capitals which support a Spanish tile roof 24 There is a pyramidal tile roof above the stage house 17 24 The Jacobs s loggia complements a similar one on the Golden Theatre 25 Auditorium edit The Jacobs s interior was designed with a red orange and gold color scheme 26 27 28 The layout was part of an effort by Irwin Chanin one of the developers to democratize the seating arrangement of the theater The Jacobs was designed with a single balcony rather than the typical two since Chanin had perceived the second balcony to be distant 29 The Chanin brothers wanted the three theaters interior designs to be distinct while still adhering to a Spanish motif in the belief that beautiful and comfortable theaters would be able to compete against other performing arts venues 25 Roman Melzer was credited for the overall design while Willy Pogany painted murals and Joseph Dujat created plasterwork 30 By the 2010s the Jacobs was designed with a red and gray color palette 31 The auditorium has an orchestra level one balcony boxes and a stage behind the proscenium arch The auditorium s width is greater than its depth and the space is designed with plaster decorations in high relief 32 According to the Shubert Organization the auditorium has 1 092 seats 1 while according to The Broadway League there are 1 078 seats 33 28 The physical seats are divided into 636 seats in the orchestra 168 at the front of the balcony 252 at the rear of the balcony and 16 in the boxes There are 20 standing only spots 1 Below the orchestra are restrooms and drinking fountains 21 The Jacobs and the neighboring Schoenfeld are two of the most desired theaters among producers because of their good sightlines from the seating areas 31 Seating areas edit The rear of the orchestra contains a promenade with two columns supporting the balcony level The orchestra floor is raked The orchestra and its promenade contain walls with paneled baseboards above which are rough stucco blocks The side walls contain doors above which are exit signs within bracketed panels 34 The rearmost row has a standing rail behind it 35 Two staircases lead between the orchestra and the balcony These staircases have metal railings and elaborate balustrades 36 In front of the orchestra level is an orchestra pit which is placed below the stage 37 The orchestra level is wheelchair accessible but there are no elevators to the balcony 1 nbsp Interior of the auditorium looking sideways toward the north wall The boxes are at left while the balcony is at right Half of the mural sequence Lovers of Spain is in the arch section above the balcony The balcony level is divided into front and rear sections by an aisle halfway across the depth 37 The walls consist of paneled stucco blocks Above the wall is a frieze with rosettes which forms the wall s cornice 36 Light fixtures and square panels with arabesques are placed at the front of the balcony s soffit or underside Behind this the center of the soffit is decorated with a medallion containing a light fixture and acanthus leaf motifs The outer portions of the soffit are divided into rhombus shaped panels which contain latticework and arabesques surrounded by acanthus leaf and rope moldings In front of the balcony are moldings of swags and rosettes The soffit has been modified with the installation of air conditioning grilles while lights have been installed in front of the balcony 35 On either side of the stage is an elliptically arched wall section with two boxes at the balcony level The front box on either side is lower than the rear box 32 Each wall section is surrounded by a rope molding In front of each box is a railing with shield motifs the center motif is flanked by griffins The underside of each box is decorated with a medallion containing a light fixture as well as acanthus leaf motifs 34 The coved ceilings above the boxes contain Spanish inspired brass chandeliers 36 Other design features edit Next to the boxes is an elliptical proscenium arch The archway is surrounded by rope moldings above which is a wide band consisting of four part leaves surrounded by a guilloche motif 32 The proscenium measures about 24 ft 7 3 m high and 40 ft 12 m wide 1 A sounding board curves onto the ceiling above the proscenium arch The sounding board has a large decorated latticework panel in the center which is surrounded by a molding that depicts overlapping leaves The rest of the sounding board was originally decorated with Spanish style motifs and is surrounded by moldings on all sides 34 The depth of the auditorium to the proscenium is 26 ft 4 in 8 03 m while the depth to the front of the stage is 30 ft 1 in 9 17 m 1 The ceiling consists of a groin vault that extends over the balcony 16 38 The vault is surrounded by a molding with laurel leaves The ceiling is divided into ribs containing laurel leaf and talon moldings The center of the ceiling contains a latticework grille with arabesques marking the convergence of the ribs 35 In addition there are two arches along the walls on either side of the vault they contain a set of murals by Willy Pogany entitled Lovers of Spain 16 38 39 These arches each depict a woman in a procession of musicians 35 The arches are surrounded by molded acanthus leaves and shells and there are square panels with rosettes on the arches outer reveals 36 According to a contemporary account the arches measured 45 by 15 ft 13 7 by 4 6 m across 26 History editTimes Square became the epicenter for large scale theater productions between 1900 and the Great Depression 40 During the 1900s and 1910s many theaters in Midtown Manhattan were developed by the Shubert brothers one of the major theatrical syndicates of the time 41 The Chanin brothers developed another grouping of theaters in the mid 1920s 42 43 44 Though the Chanins largely specialized in real estate rather than theaters Irwin Chanin had become interested in theater when he was an impoverished student at the Cooper Union He subsequently recalled that he had been humiliated by having to use a separate door whenever he bought cheap seats in an upper balcony level 42 45 By October 1926 the Chanins had decided to construct and operate a theatrical franchise in New York and half a dozen other large cities in the United States 25 46 Herbert Krapp had already designed the 46th Street Biltmore and Mansfield theaters for the Chanins in 1925 and 1926 17 20 47 Development and early years edit Chanin operation edit The Chanin brothers had acquired the Klaman site in May 1925 48 49 50 The Chanins planned to build a hotel on Eighth Avenue and three theaters on the side streets 48 50 44 In March 1926 Krapp filed plans with the New York City Department of Buildings for the hotel and theaters which were projected to cost 4 5 million 14 13 Local news media reported that there would be a large theater on 44th Street and a medium sized theater and a small theater on 45th Street 12 13 6 a The brownstones on the site were razed starting in May 10 and the site was cleared by the next month 52 That July the Chanin brothers received a 7 5 million loan for the four developments from S W Straus amp Co 11 53 Irwin Chanin launched a competition the same month asking the public to suggest names for the three theaters 54 The names of the three theaters were announced in December 1926 55 56 The large theater became the Majestic 55 57 the mid sized theater the Royale 55 58 and the small theater the Masque 56 59 The following month the Chanins gave A L Erlanger exclusive control over bookings at the three new theaters and their five existing houses 60 61 The Royale Theatre was the first of the three theaters to open b showing the play Piggy on January 11 1927 65 66 The opening of the Majestic Masque and Royale signified the westward extension of the traditional Broadway theater district as well as an expansion of the Chanins theatrical developments 67 68 Each of the Chanin theaters was intended for a different purpose the 1 800 seat Majestic for revues and light operas the 1 200 seat Royale for musical comedies and the 800 seat Masque for intimate plays 19 By developing a small medium and large theater concurrently the Chanins were able to lower their development costs 25 Burns Mantle wrote for the New York Daily News that the Royale had a handsome auditorium with a Willy Pogany interior well proportioned stage and the established atmosphere of a hospitable and well run theatre 69 70 Piggy renamed mid run to I Told You So 71 had a weak script but comedian Sam Bernard carried the show for 79 performances 72 The Royale next hosted Judy with Queenie Smith 73 74 This was followed by the short running Oh Ernest 73 75 though the Chanins unsuccessfully tried to prevent the producers from relocating prematurely 76 The Black revue Rang Tang also played at the Royale in 1927 73 77 as did three Gilbert and Sullivan works The Mikado 78 79 Iolanthe 80 81 and The Pirates of Penzance 82 83 The Royale s productions in 1928 included The Madcap 84 85 as well as Sh The Octopus its first straight play 86 87 Later that year the Royale had its first major hit 88 89 the Mae West play Diamond Lil 84 90 It was followed in 1929 by the flop Woof Woof 91 then by the moderately successful comedy Kibitzer 92 93 In July 1929 the Shubert brothers bought the Chanin brothers half ownership stakes in the Majestic Masque and Royale theaters for a combined 1 8 million 94 95 96 In exchange the Shuberts sold a parcel of land on the Upper West Side to the Chanins 94 96 who bought several adjacent lots and developed the Century apartment building there 97 Great Depression and ownership changes edit nbsp The Booth Schoenfeld Plymouth Jacobs Royale and Golden Masque theaters from left to rightThe Shuberts obtained the exclusive rights to operate the Royale in 1930 98 Under Shubert management the Royale hosted Second Little Show in 1930 91 99 which was followed by Lew Leslie s Blackbirds 92 100 and Stepping Sisters 101 102 Another Mae West play Constant Sinner was presented at the Royale in 1931 103 104 along with numerous unsuccessful productions 92 After West unsuccessfully tried to show a revival of Macbeth 105 the Royale hosted the Chicago Shakespeare Theater for two weeks in late 1931 106 By then the Shuberts were in receivership and were forced to give up the Royale though they kept the Majestic and Masque 30 In July 1932 producer John Golden granted the right to lease the Royale for 21 months 107 108 despite objections from Lee Shubert 109 That November Golden officially signed a 21 month lease with the theater s receiver 110 At the time Golden had recently lost the right to operate his eponymous theater on 58th Street 111 The Royale hosted Golden s comedy When Ladies Meet in late 1932 112 113 and the Theatre Guild next hosted two productions 92 Both Your Houses 1933 114 115 and They Shall Not Die 1934 116 117 Otherwise the Royale s productions during this time were largely flops 8 After the Royale hosted the comedy Every Thursday 101 Golden renewed his lease in September 1934 and renamed the Royale for himself 118 119 c The first productions at the renamed theater included Small Miracle 121 122 and Rain from Heaven 114 123 The Irish group Abbey Theatre Players started hosting repertory productions in November 1934 124 125 changing the shows every week 126 This was followed in 1935 by The Bishop Misbehaves and A Touch of Brimstone 127 Afterward the Golden Royale hosted several short lived productions in 1936 among them Three Wise Fools Ghosts and Double Dummy 128 The Broadway theater industry declined during the Great Depression 8 and the Majestic Masque and Golden Royale were auctioned in November 1936 to satisfy a 2 million mortgage against the theaters 129 A representative of the Shubert family bought the rights to operate the theaters for 700 000 130 but the Bankers Securities Corporation retained a half interest 131 John Golden undeterred by the auction proceeding moved his production to the Masque and renamed that theater after himself 132 The Shuberts leased the former Royale to CBS Radio the following month 8 133 134 and CBS started operating the studio in January 1937 as CBS Radio Theatre No 1 135 136 At the time CBS had converted several theaters around Times Square into broadcast studios 134 137 The studio closed in May 1940 due to a lack of programming and the theater reverted to the Shuberts 135 138 The Magoro Operating Corporation on behalf of the Shuberts took over the Royale in October 1940 after CBS s lease ended 139 and the theater assumed its previous name 89 140 Shubert operation edit 1940s to 1970s edit nbsp Seen from the eastThe Royale Theatre reopened on October 21 1940 with Du Barry Was a Lady 139 141 The Royale subsequently hosted several productions relocated from other theaters 140 including Flight to the West and The Corn Is Green in 1941 142 Some of the subsequent productions were hits with several hundred performances including Counsellor at Law in 1942 143 144 as well as Ramshackle Inn with ZaSu Pitts 145 146 School for Brides with Roscoe Karns 147 148 and Catherine Was Great with Mae West in 1944 145 149 Less successful were the 1945 productions of Good Night Ladies 142 150 and Strange Fruit which both ran for less than a hundred performances before ending 151 152 In addition the Shubert brothers bought the Majestic John Golden Masque and Royale theaters from the Bankers Securities Corporation in 1945 giving the family full ownership of these theaters 131 The productions in 1946 included The Magnificent Yankee featuring Louis Calhern and Dorothy Gish 151 153 The Glass Menagerie 147 154 The Front Page 147 155 and Fatal Weakness featuring Ina Claire 151 156 Subsequently The Importance of Being Earnest 151 157 Love for Love 143 158 and Medea were all produced in 1947 159 160 The comedy Light Up the Sky ran over 200 performances in 1948 161 162 and The Madwoman of Chaillot played the Royale the next year 163 164 The following decade began with productions of The Devil s Disciple 165 166 and The Lady s Not for Burning in 1950 167 168 as well as a relocated production of Darkness at Noon in 1951 169 170 Following that was Borscht Capades 169 171 and a series of short lived productions 92 The Royale then hosted New Faces of 1952 172 173 which turned out to be the last popular Broadway revue for several years due to the growing popularity of television 174 The Immoralist played at the Royale in 1954 175 176 as did The Boy Friend 175 177 the latter of which featured Julie Andrews s Broadway debut 178 The same year saw the shortest production at the Royale on record a single performance of The Starcross Story which had premiered just before The Immortalist 179 In 1955 the Royale featured The Matchmaker 180 181 which was adapted from a flop but had 486 performances 182 Other popular productions during the decade were The Tunnel of Love in 1957 183 184 and The Entertainer in 1958 180 185 Following a screening of the film Gigi in May 1958 92 186 187 the Royale again hosted theatrical productions that November with La Plume de Ma Tante which ran over 800 performances 180 188 In the early 1960s the Royale hosted numerous productions including Becket in 1960 189 190 From the Second City in 1961 191 192 The Night of the Iguana in 1961 183 193 and Lord Pengo in 1962 183 194 The Royale additionally presented a four week engagement of the Karmon Israeli Dancers in May 1963 195 Following were The Rehearsal in 1963 191 196 and The Chinese Prime Minister 197 198 The Subject Was Roses 199 200 and Hughie in 1964 197 201 For much of the rest of the decade the Royale was taken up by Cactus Flower 202 which premiered in 1965 and ran for 1 234 performances 203 204 Man in the Glass Booth which premiered in 1968 was the Royale s last major production of the 1960s 203 205 The Royale hosted Child s Play in 1970 203 206 and Moonchildren in 1972 203 207 From 1972 to 1980 the Royale hosted the musical Grease 208 209 The production became the longest running show on Broadway 210 and the set was peeling by the time Grease stopped playing at the Royale 174 1980s and 1990s edit nbsp The Royale Theatre showing Ma Rainey s Black Bottom 2003In February 1980 Whose Life is it Anyway opened at the Royale 211 212 with Mary Tyler Moore playing what had previously been a male starring role 208 This was followed the same year by A Day in Hollywood A Night in the Ukraine a double bill with 588 performances 211 213 The Royale then hosted Duet for One with Anne Bancroft and Max von Sydow for a month 211 214 followed by Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat which also ran for over a year 208 215 Besides Broadway productions the Royale also held college commencements 216 In the mid 1980s the Royale had some brief runs 211 including The Human Comedy in 1984 217 218 and Home Front 219 220 and Pack of Lies in 1985 221 The Royale next presented the two act show Song and Dance in 1985 which ran for 474 performances 222 223 This was followed by a four performance revival of the play Broadway in 1987 to celebrate George Abbott s 100th birthday 224 225 Other flops included Roza in 1987 226 227 and the New York Shakespeare Festival s off Broadway production Serious Money in 1988 228 229 The decade ended with two hits Speed the Plow which opened in 1988 and played 287 performances 228 230 and Lend Me a Tenor which ran for over a year following its opening in 1989 226 231 During the 1980s the Shuberts renovated the Royale as part of a restoration program for their Broadway theaters 232 The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission LPC had started considering protecting the Royale as a landmark in 1982 233 with discussions continuing over the next several years 234 The LPC designated the Royale s facade and interior as a landmark in December 1987 16 38 This was part of the LPC s wide ranging effort in 1987 to grant landmark status to Broadway theaters 235 The New York City Board of Estimate ratified the designations in March 1988 236 The Shuberts the Nederlanders and Jujamcyn collectively sued the LPC in June 1988 to overturn the landmark designations of 22 theaters including the Royale on the merit that the designations severely limited the extent to which the theaters could be modified 237 The lawsuit was escalated to the New York Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States but these designations were ultimately upheld in 1992 238 The first hit at the Royale in the 1990s was the 1992 play Conversations with My Father which ran for over a year 228 239 London s Royal National Theatre presented An Inspector Calls in 1994 240 which ran 454 performances 228 241 The National Actors Theatre was the next occupant of the Royale 226 presenting a revival of Inherit the Wind 242 243 The Royal National Theatre also produced Skylight at the Royale in 1996 244 245 and Triumph of Love premiered in 1997 246 247 The play Art opened in 1998 248 249 running through the following year with 600 performances 250 251 The Royale s final production of the 1990s was a revival of The Price in 1999 252 253 2000s to present edit nbsp The marquee of the Jacobs during the run of Once 2012 The Royale hosted a revival of the play Copenhagen in 2000 which ran 326 performances 248 254 The theater then staged One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest 255 256 and John Leguizamo s solo show Sexaholix in 2001 257 258 as well as The Elephant Man 259 260 and Jackie Mason s solo comedy Prune Danish the next year 258 As part of a settlement with the United States Department of Justice in 2003 the Shuberts agreed to improve disabled access at their 16 landmarked Broadway theaters including the Royale 261 262 Also in 2003 the Royale hosted the short lived revivals Ma Rainey s Black Bottom and Master Harold and the Boys as well as the more successful Anna in the Tropics The next year the Royale held the productions A Raisin in the Sun and night Mother 263 In September 2004 the Shubert Organization s board of directors voted to rename the Royale for its longtime president Bernard B Jacobs as well as the neighboring Plymouth for then current president Gerald Schoenfeld 264 265 The two theaters were officially renamed with a marquee replacement ceremony on May 9 2005 266 267 While Jacobs s family was thrilled 266 the renaming was controversial among producers and theatrical fans despite the longstanding tradition of renaming Broadway houses after their producers 265 268 The play Glengarry Glen Ross opened just before the renaming 269 and had 137 performances 270 This was followed in 2006 by the short running drama Three Days of Rain 271 272 and Martin Short s biographical revue Fame Becomes Me 273 274 the Jacobs also hosted a memorial for Lloyd Richards the same year 275 Further productions of the late 2000s included Frost Nixon and Rock n Roll in 2007 The Country Girl and 13 in 2008 and God of Carnage in 2009 263 The Jacobs hosted Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson in 2010 as well as That Championship Season and The Mountaintop in 2011 263 The musical Once opened at the Jacobs in 2012 and was a hit running for nearly three years 276 277 Once was followed by the comedy It s Only a Play in 2015 278 279 The Jacobs hosted two musicals over the following two years The Color Purple 2015 and Bandstand 2017 Following were the dramas The Iceman Cometh and The Ferryman in 2018 as well as Betrayal in 2019 263 The theater closed on March 12 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic 280 It reopened on November 15 2021 with previews of Company 281 which ran until July 2022 282 283 Following the closure of Company the theater hosted Almost Famous from November 2022 to January 2023 284 285 New York City Center s production of Parade opened at the Jacobs in March 2023 and ran until August 286 287 This is planned to be followed in April 2024 by the musical The Outsiders 288 Notable productions editProductions are listed by the year of their first performance This list only includes Broadway shows it does not include films screened at the theater nor does it include shows that were taped there 21 33 Royale Theatre John Golden Theatre edit This section describes plays at the Royale Theatre including when it was known as the John Golden Theatre from 1934 to 1940 For productions at the current John Golden Theatre formerly Theatre Masque during that time see John Golden Theatre Notable productions 1927 Rang Tang 289 290 1927 The Mikado 289 78 1927 Iolanthe 289 80 1927 The Pirates of Penzance 289 82 1928 Diamond Lil 289 90 1930 Second Little Show 291 99 1930 Lew Leslie s Blackbirds 291 100 1931 Dracula 291 292 1931 Hamlet 293 Julius Caesar 294 The Merchant of Venice 295 296 d 1933 Both Your Houses 295 115 1934 Small Miracle 295 121 1936 Mulatto 297 298 1936 Star Spangled 297 299 1936 Ghosts 297 300 1940 Du Barry Was a Lady 297 1941 The Corn Is Green 301 302 1942 The Flowers of Virtue 301 303 1943 The World s Full of Girls 301 304 1944 Ramshackle Inn 145 146 1944 Catherine Was Great 301 149 1945 Strange Fruit 305 152 1946 The Glass Menagerie 305 154 1946 The Front Page 305 155 1947 The Importance of Being Earnest 305 157 1947 Love for Love 305 158 1947 Medea 305 160 1949 The Madwoman of Chaillot 306 164 1950 The Devil s Disciple 306 166 1950 Affairs of State 306 307 1950 The Lady s Not for Burning 306 168 1952 One Bright Day 306 308 1952 New Faces of 1952 309 172 1954 The Immoralist 309 176 1954 Sabrina Fair 310 1954 The Boy Friend 309 177 1955 The Matchmaker 309 181 1957 Miss Isobel 311 312 1958 The Entertainer 311 185 1958 La Plume de Ma Tante 311 188 1960 Becket 190 311 1961 The Night of the Iguana 193 311 1964 The Subject Was Roses 311 200 1964 A Severed Head 311 313 1964 Hughie 201 1965 All in Good Time 314 315 1965 And Things That Go Bump in the Night 314 316 1965 The Owl and the Pussycat 317 1965 Cactus Flower 314 204 1970 Child s Play 314 206 1971 How the Other Half Loves 314 318 1971 The Incomparable Max 314 319 1972 Moonchildren 314 207 1972 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris 320 321 1972 Grease 320 209 1980 Whose Life is it Anyway 320 212 1980 A Day in Hollywood A Night in the Ukraine 320 213 1982 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 320 215 1983 You Can t Take It with You 322 1984 The Human Comedy 320 218 1985 Pack of Lies 320 221 1985 Song and Dance 323 223 1987 Sweet Sue 324 1987 Broadway 224 225 1987 Roza 226 227 1988 Serious Money 228 229 1988 Speed the Plow 228 230 1989 Lend Me a Tenor 226 231 1992 Conversations with My Father 268 239 1993 The Kentucky Cycle 325 1994 An Inspector Calls 268 241 1996 Inherit the Wind 226 243 1996 Skylight 245 252 1997 Triumph of Love 247 252 1998 Art 268 251 1999 The Price 253 326 2000 Copenhagen 254 327 2001 One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest 255 256 2002 The Elephant Man 260 328 2003 Ma Rainey s Black Bottom 263 329 2003 Master Harold and the Boys 330 331 2003 Anna in the Tropics 332 333 2004 A Raisin in the Sun 334 335 2004 night Mother 336 337 2005 Glengarry Glen Ross 270 269 Bernard B Jacobs Theatre edit 2006 Three Days of Rain 271 272 2006 Martin Short Fame Becomes Me 273 274 2007 Frost Nixon 338 339 2007 Rock n Roll 340 341 2008 The Country Girl 342 343 2008 13 344 345 2009 God of Carnage 346 347 2010 Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson 348 349 2011 That Championship Season 350 351 2011 The Mountaintop 352 353 2012 Once 276 277 2015 It s Only a Play 278 279 2015 The Color Purple 354 355 2017 Bandstand 356 357 2018 The Iceman Cometh 358 2018 The Ferryman 359 360 2019 Betrayal 361 362 2021 Company 282 283 2022 Almost Famous 284 285 2023 Parade 286 287 Box office record editOnce previously achieved the box office record for the Bernard B Jacobs Theatre grossing 1 447 598 over nine performances for the week ending December 30 2012 363 This record was broken by Parade which grossed 1 814 013 for the week ending August 6 2023 364 See also editPortals nbsp Architecture nbsp New York City nbsp Theatre List of Broadway theatres List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th StreetsReferences editNotes edit Billboard magazine reported that the large and medium theaters would be on 44th Street while the small theater would be on 45th Street 51 The Masque opened on February 24 1927 62 and the Majestic opened on March 28 63 The Chanin project was completed in January 1928 with the opening of the Lincoln Hotel 64 The John Golden Theatre name had first been given to a theater on 58th Street which opened in 1926 120 Hamlet Julius Caesar and The Merchant of Venice played in repertory 294 Citations edit a b c d e f g Bernard B Jacobs Theatre Shubert Organization Retrieved November 18 2021 a b Landmarks Preservation Commission 1987 p 1 a b Landmarks Preservation Commission Interior 1987 p 1 a b White Norval Willensky Elliot Leadon Fran 2010 AIA Guide to New York City 5th ed New York Oxford University Press p 298 ISBN 978 0 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