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James Earl Jones Theatre

The James Earl Jones Theatre, originally the Cort Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 138 West 48th Street, between Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. It was built in 1912 and designed by architect Thomas W. Lamb for impresario John Cort. An annex to the west of the theater, built between 2021 and 2022, was designed by Kostow Greenwood Architects. The Jones has 1,092 seats across three levels and is operated by the Shubert Organization. Both the facade and interior of the theater are New York City designated landmarks.

James Earl Jones Theatre
Former namesCort Theatre
Address138 West 48th Street
Manhattan, New York
United States
Coordinates40°45′33″N 73°58′59″W / 40.75917°N 73.98306°W / 40.75917; -73.98306
OwnerThe Shubert Organization
TypeBroadway theatre
Capacity1,092
Construction
OpenedDecember 20, 1912
Rebuilt2021–2022
Years active1912–1969, 1972–present
ArchitectThomas W. Lamb
Website
shubert.nyc/theatres/james-earl-jones/
DesignatedNovember 17, 1987[1]
Reference no.1328[1]
Designated entityFacade
DesignatedNovember 17, 1987[2]
Reference no.1329[2]
Designated entityLobby and auditorium interior

The theater maintains much of its original neoclassical design. Its 48th Street facade has a glass-and-metal marquee shielding the entrances, as well as a colonnade with an additional story above. The lobby has marble paneling and a coved ceiling. The auditorium contains a ground-level orchestra and two overhanging balconies with boxes. The auditorium's proscenium arch is designed with "art glass" that can illuminate during performances, and its ceiling is coved. The western annex contains lounges, restrooms, and backstage areas.

John Cort received the rights to operate the theater in January 1912, and the Cort Theatre opened on December 20, 1912. Despite being regarded by the theatrical community as being on the "wrong side" of Broadway, the Cort hosted numerous hit productions during its early years. The Shubert Organization purchased the theater in 1927, two years before Cort's death. Though the theater was used as a television studio for The Merv Griffin Show from 1969 to 1972, it has mostly remained in theatrical use through the years. The Cort closed temporarily in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and was renovated during that time. In 2022, it was renamed after actor James Earl Jones, becoming the second Broadway venue named after a Black theatrical personality.

Site

The James Earl Jones Theatre is a Broadway theater on 138 West 48th Street, on the south sidewalk between Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue (near Times Square), in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.[3][4] The rectangular land lot covers 12,010 square feet (1,116 m2), with a frontage of 120 feet (37 m) on 48th Street and a depth of 100.42 feet (31 m).[4] Nearby buildings include 1221 Avenue of the Americas to the northeast, 1211 Avenue of the Americas to the east, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin to the south, the Palace Theatre and TSX Broadway to the southwest, and 20 Times Square to the west.[4]

Design

The James Earl Jones Theatre, designed by Thomas W. Lamb in the neoclassical style for impresario John Cort, was constructed in 1912.[5] The venue is one of Lamb's few remaining theater buildings.[6] Although Edward B. Corey was frequently credited as the architect,[7][8] Lamb was the architect of record.[9] and William Crawford was the general contractor for the project.[10] An annex directly to the west was designed by Kostow Greenwood Architects and is being built between 2021 and 2022.[11][12]

Facade

Original theater

 
Facade seen in November 2011, with the old marquee in place
 
Same view in September 2022

The main elevation of the Jones's facade faces north on 48th Street and is made of marble,[13][8] with a layer of stone underlying it.[14] The original two-story theater facade is split into a central pavilion with a colonnade of three bays; the central colonnade is flanked by one additional bay to either side. The facade was modeled on the Petit Trianon, an 18th-century neoclassical chateau at Versailles.[15][16][17] A contemporary New-York Tribune article characterized the main facade elevation as being designed in the Louis XVI-era style.[13]

The central pavilion contains four fluted engaged columns with Corinthian-style capitals.[15][13] At ground level, each of the three center bays contains a set of double doors made of glass and aluminum, above which is a marquee.[15] The original marquee had three Art Nouveau arches,[14] but it was replaced in the 20th century with a boxy structure with signs on either side.[15] A new marquee, similar in design to the original, was installed in 2021;[11] it contains three arches framed by metal shield decorations, as well as four spherical lamps hanging from the marquee.[14] Above the marquee are arches topped by bracket-shaped keystones. A transom bar runs horizontally above the keystones, above which are slightly recessed pairs of windows, flanked by bellflowers.[15]

The outer bays contain aluminum double doors, with display boxes on either side of and above the doors. The doorways contain eared architraves and are topped by cornices. Above the cornices are round-arched panels, with keystones flanked by laurel leaves. The outer bays contain carved panels, rather than windows, on the upper story. The northwest and northeast corners of the theater's facade are curved. Each end of the north elevation contains a Corinthian pilaster, and the northern ends of the west and east elevations also contain a pilaster.[18] An entablature runs above the upper story of the facade, wrapping around the curved corners to the northwest and northeast. Atop the central columns, the entablature has an inscription with the theater's name.[18] A neon sign with the "Cort" name had been installed in front of the frieze in 1937;[19][20] it was removed during the 2021 renovation.[20] Above the entablature is a parapet with modillions and a blind balustrade.[19]

Annex

 
Annex facade

The western annex, measuring 35 feet (11 m) wide, was built between 2021 and 2022.[11][12] The annex is about 74 feet (23 m) tall, with five stories; the elevator shaft in the annex rises to 80 feet (24 m). A recessed brown-granite bay at the end of the alley connects the annex and original theater.[21] The annex's elevator shaft is about 30 feet above the roof of the original theater.[22] Unlike the original facade, it has a modern design with cream-colored terracotta facade panels interspersed with polished brownstone pieces.[14][23] There are glass display boxes at ground level, as well as a glazed window at the eastern corner of the annex's upper stories.[24] There is also an LED sign on the exterior of the annex's upper stories.[22][25]

Interior

The Jones's interior design is credited to Arthur Brunet, according to a promotional booklet from the theater's opening. While the interior was not similar to that of the Petit Trianon, the design features are from the same era, the 17th century.[26] The interior color scheme was described in the booklet as having "a blending of old rose and gold" and plaster decoration "in complimentary [sic] colors of champagne and sienna".[27]

Lobby

The entrance lobby is a rectangular space accessed from 48th Street.[28] The lobby is laid in white Pavanozza marble with plasterwork panels.[13][28] Tiffany Studios was credited with the design of the lobby.[13] The walls of the lobby contain a dado of Pavanozza marble, which surrounds the entire room. The north doors lead to the street, while three doors on the south wall connect to the auditorium. The south doors are surrounded by plaster frames, above which are entablatures and pediments with cartouches. There is a niche on the east wall, which contains a pedestal with a bust of Marie Antoinette. The west wall has box-office windows with marble frames.[28][29] The box office's metalwork originally was made of bronze with gold and enamel reliefs.[13] The lobby has a coved ceiling with raised-plaster motifs and a central medallion with a chandelier made of bronze and crystal.[28] There is no accessible restroom in the original lobby.[30][31]

Auditorium

 
Auditorium interior

The auditorium has an orchestra level, two balconies, boxes, and a stage behind the proscenium arch. The auditorium is square in layout and is designed with plaster decorations in high relief.[32] The Jones's operator The Shubert Organization cites the auditorium as having 1,092 seats;[31] meanwhile, The Broadway League cites a figure of 1,084 seats[8][33] and Playbill gives a figure of 1,049.[30] These are divided into 502 seats in the orchestra, 264 on the first balcony, and 263 on the second balcony, as well as 24 box seats and 19 standing-only spots.[31] The Cort was originally a 999-seat venue when it opened in 1912.[13][34]

Seating areas

The rear (north) end of the orchestra contains a promenade, which has doorways with eared architraves on the rear wall, as well as plain doorways on the side walls. The orchestra has a raked floor and wainscoted walls, with paneling above the wainscoting.[32] Staircases with iron railings lead from the orchestra to the balconies.[35] The orchestra level is wheelchair-accessible via the main doors, but the balcony levels could only be accessed by steps prior to the annex's construction.[31] The rears of the balconies have promenades with standing rails.[36] The balcony levels have doorways with eared architraves on the side walls. The second balcony's walls are topped by friezes with swags and cameo panels. The balconies have floral moldings on the fronts of their undersides, with crystal light fixtures underneath. Air conditioning grilles are placed below the balconies.[35]

On either side of the stage is a wall section with two boxes each at the first and second balcony level.[32] Each wall section is flanked by Adam-style panels. The boxes themselves are curved and contain latticework and cameo decorations on the front railings. Under each box is a molding and a medallion holding a chandelier. Above each pair of second-balcony boxes, there is an eared architrave, as well as a latticework panel that depicts female figures flanking swags and a cartouche.[35] Originally, the auditorium had twelve boxes (four on each level),[13] but the boxes at orchestra level were removed.[32] Instead of an orchestra pit, there was a Wurlitzer organ that a single musician could operate.[13][8] The organ was an Opus 20 model with three manuals and thirteen ranks.[37]

Other design features

The proscenium arch measures 29 feet 0 inches (8.84 m) high and 37 feet 5 inches (11.40 m) wide.[31] It consists of latticed plasterwork with art glass beneath it.[11][32] The art glass was capable of illumination,[13][8] but the illumination was then turned off until the theater was renovated in 2021.[11][12] The sides of the arch have swags and medallions. Above the center of the arch, and within the spandrels, there are depictions of putti and muses entangled in vines. There is a cornice with modillions and dentils above the arch.[32] The sounding board curves onto the ceiling above the proscenium arch and is divided into three sections.[36] The sounding board depicts a minuet that, according to the New-York Tribune, had been made "during the period made famous in [Antoine] Watteau's drawings of French court life at Versailles".[8][13] The depth of the auditorium to the proscenium is 28 feet 10 inches (8.79 m), while the depth to the front of the stage is 33 feet 5 inches (10.19 m).[31]

The ceiling is divided into three rectangular sections, which are recessed coves. The ribs of the ceiling, which separate the coves, are decorated with swags and wreaths. The center section contains a circular dome, which has a frieze extending outward, as well as an overhanging bronze and crystal chandelier at the center. Three additional panels, similar in design, hang over the second balcony.[36]

Annex

The Jones's annex contains a superstructure of concrete and covers 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2).[38] The annex has accessible bathrooms, concession areas, lounge, dressing rooms, and rehearsal space. A grand staircase connects the lounges on three stories of the annex, with views of 48th Street. An elevator is being placed in the annex to allow wheelchair access into the auditorium's balconies.[23] The annex is connected to the existing theater via new door openings.[25][39] With the construction of the annex, the stage-left wing was also expanded into the annex.[25][40]

History

Times Square became the epicenter for large-scale theater productions between 1900 and the Great Depression.[41] Manhattan's theater district had begun to shift from Union Square and Madison Square during the first decade of the 20th century.[42][43] From 1901 to 1920, forty-three theaters were built around Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, including the Cort Theatre.[44] John Cort was a theatrical operator who had become highly successful on the West Coast of the United States, with 150 theaters at his peak, and came to New York City in 1905.[45][46] Cort had, in 1910, become president of the National Theatre Owners' Association, a group of circuits that tried to break away from the New York-based syndicates like the Klaw and Erlanger circuit.[5][46] It was in this capacity that Cort decided to build new theaters in New York City.[5]

Cort operation

Development and early years

 
The Cort Theatre marquee prior to the 2021 renovation

Edward B. Corey acquired the lots on 138–146 West 48th Street and leased them to Cort for 21 years starting in January 1912.[47] Thomas Lamb was hired to design a theater there.[48][49] That March, Cort announced that he would erect two theaters in New York City: the Cort Theatre on 48th Street and the Illington Theatre on 46th Street.[50][51] The design of the Cort was so important that the specifications for the theater's design were encoded in the lease agreement.[9] Namely, the design features could not be "inferior" to those in the now-demolished Playhouse Theatre across the street.[9] By that June, the production Peg o' My Heart featuring Laurette Taylor had been scheduled for the Cort.[52][53] The opening of the theater was originally scheduled for November 1912.[16][17]

The Cort opened on December 20, 1912, with Peg o' My Heart.[54][55] Theatrical critics of the time considered the Cort to be physically on the "wrong side" of Broadway; whereas most contemporary theaters were west of that street, the Cort was to the east.[56] Nonetheless, the theater was described in a contemporary media source as "one of the most exquisitely beautiful playhouses in Manhattan".[9] Theatre magazine wrote of the Cort's "sweeping, commanding lines, comfortable seats and admirable acoustic properties. If any exception is to be taken, it is that pink is too delicate a shade for such an expanse of decoration."[57]

Peg o' My Heart had over 600 performances,[58][59] a major accomplishment for the time, when 100 performances constituted a hit.[56] In 1913, Cort gave Oliver Morosco the exclusive rights to show plays at his namesake theater for five years.[60] After Peg o' My Heart ended, the Mutual Film Corporation temporarily used the Cort as a cinema in mid-1914.[61] The venue then hosted two hit productions: Under Cover, which opened in 1914,[34][62] and The Princess Pat, which opened in 1915.[58][63] Due to the large number of early hits at the Cort, it was quickly perceived among the theatrical community as a "lucky" venue.[56]

Late 1910s and early 1920s

 
Detail of cornice and attic

The theater presented John Cort's productions, as well as those of other producers such as Morosco, the Shubert family, the Selwyn family, and Arthur Hammerstein, in its early years.[64] Molly O' and Upstairs and Down,[65] as well as the hit The Yellow Jacket, performed at the Cort during 1916.[8][66] The following year, the venue hosted Mother Carey's Chickens[65] and Flo-Flo,[58] the latter of which had 220 performances.[67] The Cort then hosted several of Shakespeare's plays in early 1918.[68][69] The theater's final hit of the 1910s was Abraham Lincoln,[34] which opened in 1919.[70] The Cort continued to host hits through the following decade.[71] These included Jim Jam Jems (1920),[72] with Joe E. Brown;[73] Captain Applejack (1921);[74] Merton of the Movies (1922);[75] and The Swan (1923),[76] with Basil Rathbone and Eva Le Gallienne.[77] Other events of the early 1920s included a seance performed by John Armstrong Chaloner in 1921,[78] as well as benefit performances such as Mu Lan (1921)[79] and Book of Job (1922).[80]

The theater had a series of short-lived productions in 1924.[77] More successful was the play The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1924),[81] with Ethel Barrymore and Henry Daniell,[82] and the comedy White Collars (1925).[77][83] These were followed by another set of productions with short runs.[84] A dispute arose in October 1925 when three producers sued each other, alleging that Cort had granted each of them the right to use the theater during the same time period. Judge Thomas D. Thacher, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, issued two injunctions: one granting production rights to Jane, Our Stranger,[85] and another that canceled that production after four performances.[86] Other hits of the mid-1920s included The Jazz Singer, which was transferred to the Cort in late 1925,[84][87] as well as The Little Spitfire, which opened in 1926.[88][89] The 1926 play Beyond Evil, which discussed interracial marriage, nearly prompted a riot when it was performed at the Cort.[90][91]

Shubert operation

1920s to 1960s

 
Lillian Gish in the Cort's 1930 production of Uncle Vanya

In May 1927, the Shubert Organization purchased the theater from Edward B. Corey, subject to a mortgage of $210,000.[92][93] The Shuberts took over the operation from Cort, who retired afterward.[94] Joseph Leblang and his representatives then operated the venue from August 1928 to December 1932.[30] The 1928 drama These Days, which had eight performances at the Cort, was Katharine Hepburn's first Broadway appearance.[95][96] Subsequently, the theater hosted A Most Immoral Lady in 1928 with Alice Brady, as well as Your Uncle Dudley in 1929 with Walter Connolly.[97] The Cort hosted Jed Harris's revival of the play Uncle Vanya in 1930,[98][99] along with the hit production Five Star Final the same year.[100][101] In addition to theatrical performances, the Cort hosted events like an opera in 1927[102] and a folk-song recital in 1930.[103]

Richard Aldrich and Alfred De Liagre made their production debut in 1933 with Three-Cornered Moon.[104] Two hits followed: The Green Bay Tree in 1933[98][105] and The Bishop Misbehaves in 1935.[106][107] Two plays by George Abbott took up the Cort during most of the next three years: Boy Meets Girl (1935)[98][108] and Room Service (1937),[98][109] both of which had hundreds of performances.[110] Several major productions followed, including The White Steed (1939),[111][112] The Male Animal (1940),[110][113] Charley's Aunt (1940),[114][115] Cafe Crown (1942),[114][116] The Eve of St. Mark (1942),[117][118] and A Bell for Adano (1944).[110][119] During 1946, the Theatre Guild's Shakespearean Repertory Company appeared in The Winter's Tale;[117][120] Katharine Cornell produced and starred in Antigone and Candida;[117][121] and Estelle Winwood and Cornelia Otis Skinner starred in Lady Windermere's Fan.[122][123] This was followed in 1948 by the hits The Respectful Prostitute[124][125] and Two Blind Mice.[126][127] The 1949 production of The Father featured Grace Kelly's Broadway debut.[56]

Even in the 1950s, the Cort continued to present long-running productions.[128] The Theatre Guild returned in 1950,[106] presenting As You Like It.[110][129] This was followed by several hits such as Saint Joan (1951),[130][131] The Shrike (1952),[132][133] The Fifth Season (1953),[130][134] and The Rainmaker (1954).[135][136] Another major production was The Diary of Anne Frank, which opened in 1955 and played the Cort for over a year before relocating.[137][138] Another major productions of the late 1950s was The Rope Dancers in 1957.[139][140] The play Sunrise at Campobello opened in 1958 with Henry Jones, Mary Fickett, and Anne Seymour,[141] as well as James Earl Jones in his Broadway debut;[142] it had well over 500 performances.[143][144]

The Cort hosted several productions in the early 1960s, including The Hostage and Advise and Consent in 1960,[145] as well as Purlie Victorious and Sunday in New York in 1961.[146] For the rest of the decade, the Cort had many productions, few of which were hits.[147] In May 1962, the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden had a brief engagement with The Father, Long Day's Journey into Night, and Miss Julie in repertory.[148][149] The next year saw a relatively unsuccessful adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; this was followed in 1965 by The Zulu and the Zayda.[148]

1970s to 1990s

 
Viewed from the east

CBS leased the theater as a television studio for The Merv Griffin Show, which started broadcasting from there in August 1969.[90][150] The network spent $1 million on renovating the theater to convert it to a television studio.[150] By late 1970, Merv Griffin had moved his show to California. Griffin said he had been "ashamed" of leaving the Cort, since CBS had renovated it exclusively for his show, but the ratings for The Merv Griffin Show had increased following its relocation to California.[151] Meanwhile, CBS continued to lease the theater at a high price.[152] Two years into CBS's lease, the construction of the neighboring 1211 Avenue of the Americas caused structural damage to the theater's interior, and two girders were placed on the eastern wall. Because the interior was no longer suitable for television productions, CBS decided to let the lease lapse.[153] The CBS lease from 1969 to 1972 was the only period in which the Cort was used as a television studio rather than as a theater.[7]

The theater hosted the short-lived All the Girls Came Out to Play in 1972 and Jockey Club Stakes in 1973.[154] The Magic Show opened in 1974 and played 1,920 performances over the next five years.[155][156] The last production of that decade was King Richard III, which opened in 1979 and ran only 33 performances.[155][157] In 1980, the Cort hosted the flop Clothes for a Summer Hotel,[158][159] as well as the more successful Home the same year, with over 200 performances.[158][160] The Cort then hosted Rose in 1981;[161][162] Medea[163][164] and Twice Around the Park in 1982;[165][166] and A Moon for the Misbegotten[167][168] and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom in 1984.[169][170] Theatrical historian Ken Bloom, observing several of the Cort's short performances, said: "The Cort's luck seems to have run out."[56] The 1980s ended with the South African play Sarafina!, which played for over a year.[147][171] During the 1980s, the Shuberts renovated the Cort as part of a restoration program for their Broadway theaters.[172]

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) had started considering protecting the Cort as an official city landmark in 1982,[173] with discussions continuing over the next several years.[174] The LPC designated both the facade and the interior as landmarks on November 17, 1987.[175] This was part of the LPC's wide-ranging effort in 1987 to grant landmark status to Broadway theaters.[176] The New York City Board of Estimate ratified the designations in March 1988.[177] The Shuberts, the Nederlanders, and Jujamcyn collectively sued the LPC in June 1988 to overturn the landmark designations of 22 theaters, including the Cort, on the merit that the designations severely limited the extent to which the theaters could be modified.[178] 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.[179]

The Cort hosted the hit The Grapes of Wrath in 1990,[180][181] as well as Lincoln Center Theater's short-lived production of Two Shakespearean Actors in 1992.[182][183] This was followed in 1994 by Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.[184] Lincoln Center Theater returned to the Cort in 1995 with its revival of The Heiress,[185][186] which ran for over 300 performances.[187][188] Lincoln Center Theater then booked two additional productions:[189] Sex and Longing in 1996[190][191] and An American Daughter in 1997.[192][193] At the end of the decade, productions at the Cort included Freak (1998),[194][195] The Blue Room (1998),[196][197] and Kat and the Kings (1999).[198][199]

2000s and 2010s

 
No Man's Land and Waiting for Godot

In 2000, the Cort hosted a short production of The Green Bird.[200][201] It then hosted Hollywood Arms in 2002,[202][203] A Year with Frog and Toad in 2003,[204][205] and Laugh Whore in 2004.[206][207] 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 Cort.[208][209] The theater's other productions in the decade included On Golden Pond (2005), Barefoot in the Park and The Little Dog Laughed (2006), Radio Golf and The Homecoming (2007), The 39 Steps (2008), and You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush (2009).[30][33]

Early in the 2010s, the theater hosted Fences and Time Stands Still in 2010; Born Yesterday and Stick Fly in 2011; and The Lyons and Grace in 2012.[30][33] Fences set the box office record for the theater, grossing $1,175,626 over eight performances for the week ending July 11, 2010.[210] The Cort hosted Breakfast at Tiffany's in 2013,[211][212] and No Man's Land and Waiting for Godot played in repertory the same year.[213] Subsequently, The Cripple of Inishmaan[214][215] and This is Our Youth played at the Cort in 2014,[216][217] while Fish in the Dark[218][219] and Sylvia played in 2015.[220][221] The Shuberts acquired an adjacent garage to the west and demolished it in 2016.[23] The Cort then hosted the production of Bright Star that year.[222][223] In 2017, the Shuberts received permission from the LPC to construct a 35-foot-wide annex west of the existing theater, designed by Kostow Greenwood Architects. Francesca Russo would also design a renovation of the existing theater.[23][224] The Shuberts also received permission to transfer 119,268 square feet (11,080.4 m2) of air development rights to a 49-story hotel adjoining the theater;[25] the air rights sale was valued at $50 million.[225] The Cort additionally showed two productions in 2017: Indecent[226][227] and M. Butterfly.[228][229] Mike Birbiglia performed his one-man comedy The New One in 2018,[230][231] and the productions of King Lear[232][233] and Derren Brown's one-man show Secret were housed at the Cort in 2019.[234][235]

2020s to present

The theater closed on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[236] During the shutdown, in March 2021, the Shuberts announced that the Cort would be refurbished and the annex would be built.[11][12][25] JRM Construction was hired as the general contractor for the project.[237] The Minutes, which had only played previews at the Cort before the shutdown,[238] relocated as a result of the renovation.[239] 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.[240] Accordingly, in March 2022, the Shuberts announced that the Cort would be renamed after actor James Earl Jones and would be rededicated upon its reopening in mid-2022.[241][242] The Jones was the second Broadway theater to be named after a Black theatrical personality.[243][a]

In August 2022, it was announced that the Jones would reopen that November with previews of the play Ohio State Murders.[245] The James Earl Jones Theatre's marquee was revealed on September 12, 2022, celebrating the completion of the theater's $47 million renovation and expansion.[246][247] Ohio State Murders officially opened in December 2022 as the renamed theater's first show,[248] running for one month.[249] This was scheduled to be followed in April 2023 by Room,[250][251] which was postponed indefinitely during rehearsals.[252][253] Instead, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window opened at the theater that April.[254][255]

Notable productions

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.[30][33]

1910s to 1990s

2000s to present

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Jujamcyn renamed the August Wilson Theatre for playwright August Wilson in 2005, while the Nederlanders announced that they would rename the Brooks Atkinson Theatre for singer and actress Lena Horne later in 2022.[244]
  2. ^ The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden and The Respectful Prostitute were performed in repertory.[125]
  3. ^ The Father, Long Day's Journey into Night, and Miss Julie were performed in repertory.[148]
  4. ^ Leda Had a Little Swan never officially opened at the Cort Theatre; it only played previews.[296]
  5. ^ Face Value never officially opened at the Cort Theatre; it only played previews.[301]
  6. ^ Bobbi Boland never officially opened at the Cort Theatre; it only played previews.[306]
  7. ^ No Man's Land and Waiting for Godot were performed in repertory.[323]
  8. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Minutes never officially opened at the Cort Theatre; it only played previews.[238]

Citations

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  6. ^ Landmarks Preservation Commission 1987, p. 10.
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  17. ^ a b "The Amusement Week in New York: New Cort Theatre to Open Nov. 25". The Billboard. Vol. 24, no. 46. October 26, 1912. p. 4. ProQuest 1031441478.
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  19. ^ a b Landmarks Preservation Commission 1987, p. 16.
  20. ^ a b AKRF Inc. 2020, pp. 71–72.
  21. ^ AKRF Inc. 2020, p. 88.
  22. ^ a b AKRF Inc. 2020, p. 89.
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james, earl, jones, theatre, originally, cort, theatre, broadway, theater, west, 48th, street, between, seventh, avenue, sixth, avenue, theater, district, midtown, manhattan, york, city, united, states, built, 1912, designed, architect, thomas, lamb, impresari. The James Earl Jones Theatre originally the Cort Theatre is a Broadway theater at 138 West 48th Street between Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City United States It was built in 1912 and designed by architect Thomas W Lamb for impresario John Cort An annex to the west of the theater built between 2021 and 2022 was designed by Kostow Greenwood Architects The Jones has 1 092 seats across three levels and is operated by the Shubert Organization Both the facade and interior of the theater are New York City designated landmarks James Earl Jones TheatreFormer namesCort TheatreAddress138 West 48th StreetManhattan New YorkUnited StatesCoordinates40 45 33 N 73 58 59 W 40 75917 N 73 98306 W 40 75917 73 98306OwnerThe Shubert OrganizationTypeBroadway theatreCapacity1 092ConstructionOpenedDecember 20 1912Rebuilt2021 2022Years active1912 1969 1972 presentArchitectThomas W LambWebsiteshubert wbr nyc wbr theatres wbr james earl jones wbr New York City LandmarkDesignatedNovember 17 1987 1 Reference no 1328 1 Designated entityFacadeNew York City LandmarkDesignatedNovember 17 1987 2 Reference no 1329 2 Designated entityLobby and auditorium interiorThe theater maintains much of its original neoclassical design Its 48th Street facade has a glass and metal marquee shielding the entrances as well as a colonnade with an additional story above The lobby has marble paneling and a coved ceiling The auditorium contains a ground level orchestra and two overhanging balconies with boxes The auditorium s proscenium arch is designed with art glass that can illuminate during performances and its ceiling is coved The western annex contains lounges restrooms and backstage areas John Cort received the rights to operate the theater in January 1912 and the Cort Theatre opened on December 20 1912 Despite being regarded by the theatrical community as being on the wrong side of Broadway the Cort hosted numerous hit productions during its early years The Shubert Organization purchased the theater in 1927 two years before Cort s death Though the theater was used as a television studio for The Merv Griffin Show from 1969 to 1972 it has mostly remained in theatrical use through the years The Cort closed temporarily in 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic and was renovated during that time In 2022 it was renamed after actor James Earl Jones becoming the second Broadway venue named after a Black theatrical personality Contents 1 Site 2 Design 2 1 Facade 2 1 1 Original theater 2 1 2 Annex 2 2 Interior 2 2 1 Lobby 2 2 2 Auditorium 2 2 2 1 Seating areas 2 2 2 2 Other design features 2 2 3 Annex 3 History 3 1 Cort operation 3 1 1 Development and early years 3 1 2 Late 1910s and early 1920s 3 2 Shubert operation 3 2 1 1920s to 1960s 3 2 2 1970s to 1990s 3 2 3 2000s and 2010s 3 2 4 2020s to present 4 Notable productions 4 1 1910s to 1990s 4 2 2000s to present 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Notes 6 2 Citations 6 3 Sources 7 External linksSite EditThe James Earl Jones Theatre is a Broadway theater on 138 West 48th Street on the south sidewalk between Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue near Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City 3 4 The rectangular land lot covers 12 010 square feet 1 116 m2 with a frontage of 120 feet 37 m on 48th Street and a depth of 100 42 feet 31 m 4 Nearby buildings include 1221 Avenue of the Americas to the northeast 1211 Avenue of the Americas to the east the Church of St Mary the Virgin to the south the Palace Theatre and TSX Broadway to the southwest and 20 Times Square to the west 4 Design EditThe James Earl Jones Theatre designed by Thomas W Lamb in the neoclassical style for impresario John Cort was constructed in 1912 5 The venue is one of Lamb s few remaining theater buildings 6 Although Edward B Corey was frequently credited as the architect 7 8 Lamb was the architect of record 9 and William Crawford was the general contractor for the project 10 An annex directly to the west was designed by Kostow Greenwood Architects and is being built between 2021 and 2022 11 12 Facade Edit Original theater Edit Facade seen in November 2011 with the old marquee in place Same view in September 2022 The main elevation of the Jones s facade faces north on 48th Street and is made of marble 13 8 with a layer of stone underlying it 14 The original two story theater facade is split into a central pavilion with a colonnade of three bays the central colonnade is flanked by one additional bay to either side The facade was modeled on the Petit Trianon an 18th century neoclassical chateau at Versailles 15 16 17 A contemporary New York Tribune article characterized the main facade elevation as being designed in the Louis XVI era style 13 The central pavilion contains four fluted engaged columns with Corinthian style capitals 15 13 At ground level each of the three center bays contains a set of double doors made of glass and aluminum above which is a marquee 15 The original marquee had three Art Nouveau arches 14 but it was replaced in the 20th century with a boxy structure with signs on either side 15 A new marquee similar in design to the original was installed in 2021 11 it contains three arches framed by metal shield decorations as well as four spherical lamps hanging from the marquee 14 Above the marquee are arches topped by bracket shaped keystones A transom bar runs horizontally above the keystones above which are slightly recessed pairs of windows flanked by bellflowers 15 The outer bays contain aluminum double doors with display boxes on either side of and above the doors The doorways contain eared architraves and are topped by cornices Above the cornices are round arched panels with keystones flanked by laurel leaves The outer bays contain carved panels rather than windows on the upper story The northwest and northeast corners of the theater s facade are curved Each end of the north elevation contains a Corinthian pilaster and the northern ends of the west and east elevations also contain a pilaster 18 An entablature runs above the upper story of the facade wrapping around the curved corners to the northwest and northeast Atop the central columns the entablature has an inscription with the theater s name 18 A neon sign with the Cort name had been installed in front of the frieze in 1937 19 20 it was removed during the 2021 renovation 20 Above the entablature is a parapet with modillions and a blind balustrade 19 Annex Edit Annex facadeThe western annex measuring 35 feet 11 m wide was built between 2021 and 2022 11 12 The annex is about 74 feet 23 m tall with five stories the elevator shaft in the annex rises to 80 feet 24 m A recessed brown granite bay at the end of the alley connects the annex and original theater 21 The annex s elevator shaft is about 30 feet above the roof of the original theater 22 Unlike the original facade it has a modern design with cream colored terracotta facade panels interspersed with polished brownstone pieces 14 23 There are glass display boxes at ground level as well as a glazed window at the eastern corner of the annex s upper stories 24 There is also an LED sign on the exterior of the annex s upper stories 22 25 Interior Edit The Jones s interior design is credited to Arthur Brunet according to a promotional booklet from the theater s opening While the interior was not similar to that of the Petit Trianon the design features are from the same era the 17th century 26 The interior color scheme was described in the booklet as having a blending of old rose and gold and plaster decoration in complimentary sic colors of champagne and sienna 27 Lobby Edit The entrance lobby is a rectangular space accessed from 48th Street 28 The lobby is laid in white Pavanozza marble with plasterwork panels 13 28 Tiffany Studios was credited with the design of the lobby 13 The walls of the lobby contain a dado of Pavanozza marble which surrounds the entire room The north doors lead to the street while three doors on the south wall connect to the auditorium The south doors are surrounded by plaster frames above which are entablatures and pediments with cartouches There is a niche on the east wall which contains a pedestal with a bust of Marie Antoinette The west wall has box office windows with marble frames 28 29 The box office s metalwork originally was made of bronze with gold and enamel reliefs 13 The lobby has a coved ceiling with raised plaster motifs and a central medallion with a chandelier made of bronze and crystal 28 There is no accessible restroom in the original lobby 30 31 Auditorium Edit Auditorium interiorThe auditorium has an orchestra level two balconies boxes and a stage behind the proscenium arch The auditorium is square in layout and is designed with plaster decorations in high relief 32 The Jones s operator The Shubert Organization cites the auditorium as having 1 092 seats 31 meanwhile The Broadway League cites a figure of 1 084 seats 8 33 and Playbill gives a figure of 1 049 30 These are divided into 502 seats in the orchestra 264 on the first balcony and 263 on the second balcony as well as 24 box seats and 19 standing only spots 31 The Cort was originally a 999 seat venue when it opened in 1912 13 34 Seating areas Edit The rear north end of the orchestra contains a promenade which has doorways with eared architraves on the rear wall as well as plain doorways on the side walls The orchestra has a raked floor and wainscoted walls with paneling above the wainscoting 32 Staircases with iron railings lead from the orchestra to the balconies 35 The orchestra level is wheelchair accessible via the main doors but the balcony levels could only be accessed by steps prior to the annex s construction 31 The rears of the balconies have promenades with standing rails 36 The balcony levels have doorways with eared architraves on the side walls The second balcony s walls are topped by friezes with swags and cameo panels The balconies have floral moldings on the fronts of their undersides with crystal light fixtures underneath Air conditioning grilles are placed below the balconies 35 On either side of the stage is a wall section with two boxes each at the first and second balcony level 32 Each wall section is flanked by Adam style panels The boxes themselves are curved and contain latticework and cameo decorations on the front railings Under each box is a molding and a medallion holding a chandelier Above each pair of second balcony boxes there is an eared architrave as well as a latticework panel that depicts female figures flanking swags and a cartouche 35 Originally the auditorium had twelve boxes four on each level 13 but the boxes at orchestra level were removed 32 Instead of an orchestra pit there was a Wurlitzer organ that a single musician could operate 13 8 The organ was an Opus 20 model with three manuals and thirteen ranks 37 Other design features Edit The proscenium arch measures 29 feet 0 inches 8 84 m high and 37 feet 5 inches 11 40 m wide 31 It consists of latticed plasterwork with art glass beneath it 11 32 The art glass was capable of illumination 13 8 but the illumination was then turned off until the theater was renovated in 2021 11 12 The sides of the arch have swags and medallions Above the center of the arch and within the spandrels there are depictions of putti and muses entangled in vines There is a cornice with modillions and dentils above the arch 32 The sounding board curves onto the ceiling above the proscenium arch and is divided into three sections 36 The sounding board depicts a minuet that according to the New York Tribune had been made during the period made famous in Antoine Watteau s drawings of French court life at Versailles 8 13 The depth of the auditorium to the proscenium is 28 feet 10 inches 8 79 m while the depth to the front of the stage is 33 feet 5 inches 10 19 m 31 The ceiling is divided into three rectangular sections which are recessed coves The ribs of the ceiling which separate the coves are decorated with swags and wreaths The center section contains a circular dome which has a frieze extending outward as well as an overhanging bronze and crystal chandelier at the center Three additional panels similar in design hang over the second balcony 36 Annex Edit The Jones s annex contains a superstructure of concrete and covers 20 000 square feet 1 900 m2 38 The annex has accessible bathrooms concession areas lounge dressing rooms and rehearsal space A grand staircase connects the lounges on three stories of the annex with views of 48th Street An elevator is being placed in the annex to allow wheelchair access into the auditorium s balconies 23 The annex is connected to the existing theater via new door openings 25 39 With the construction of the annex the stage left wing was also expanded into the annex 25 40 History EditTimes Square became the epicenter for large scale theater productions between 1900 and the Great Depression 41 Manhattan s theater district had begun to shift from Union Square and Madison Square during the first decade of the 20th century 42 43 From 1901 to 1920 forty three theaters were built around Broadway in Midtown Manhattan including the Cort Theatre 44 John Cort was a theatrical operator who had become highly successful on the West Coast of the United States with 150 theaters at his peak and came to New York City in 1905 45 46 Cort had in 1910 become president of the National Theatre Owners Association a group of circuits that tried to break away from the New York based syndicates like the Klaw and Erlanger circuit 5 46 It was in this capacity that Cort decided to build new theaters in New York City 5 Cort operation Edit Development and early years Edit The Cort Theatre marquee prior to the 2021 renovationEdward B Corey acquired the lots on 138 146 West 48th Street and leased them to Cort for 21 years starting in January 1912 47 Thomas Lamb was hired to design a theater there 48 49 That March Cort announced that he would erect two theaters in New York City the Cort Theatre on 48th Street and the Illington Theatre on 46th Street 50 51 The design of the Cort was so important that the specifications for the theater s design were encoded in the lease agreement 9 Namely the design features could not be inferior to those in the now demolished Playhouse Theatre across the street 9 By that June the production Peg o My Heart featuring Laurette Taylor had been scheduled for the Cort 52 53 The opening of the theater was originally scheduled for November 1912 16 17 The Cort opened on December 20 1912 with Peg o My Heart 54 55 Theatrical critics of the time considered the Cort to be physically on the wrong side of Broadway whereas most contemporary theaters were west of that street the Cort was to the east 56 Nonetheless the theater was described in a contemporary media source as one of the most exquisitely beautiful playhouses in Manhattan 9 Theatre magazine wrote of the Cort s sweeping commanding lines comfortable seats and admirable acoustic properties If any exception is to be taken it is that pink is too delicate a shade for such an expanse of decoration 57 Peg o My Heart had over 600 performances 58 59 a major accomplishment for the time when 100 performances constituted a hit 56 In 1913 Cort gave Oliver Morosco the exclusive rights to show plays at his namesake theater for five years 60 After Peg o My Heart ended the Mutual Film Corporation temporarily used the Cort as a cinema in mid 1914 61 The venue then hosted two hit productions Under Cover which opened in 1914 34 62 and The Princess Pat which opened in 1915 58 63 Due to the large number of early hits at the Cort it was quickly perceived among the theatrical community as a lucky venue 56 Late 1910s and early 1920s Edit Detail of cornice and atticThe theater presented John Cort s productions as well as those of other producers such as Morosco the Shubert family the Selwyn family and Arthur Hammerstein in its early years 64 Molly O and Upstairs and Down 65 as well as the hit The Yellow Jacket performed at the Cort during 1916 8 66 The following year the venue hosted Mother Carey s Chickens 65 and Flo Flo 58 the latter of which had 220 performances 67 The Cort then hosted several of Shakespeare s plays in early 1918 68 69 The theater s final hit of the 1910s was Abraham Lincoln 34 which opened in 1919 70 The Cort continued to host hits through the following decade 71 These included Jim Jam Jems 1920 72 with Joe E Brown 73 Captain Applejack 1921 74 Merton of the Movies 1922 75 and The Swan 1923 76 with Basil Rathbone and Eva Le Gallienne 77 Other events of the early 1920s included a seance performed by John Armstrong Chaloner in 1921 78 as well as benefit performances such as Mu Lan 1921 79 and Book of Job 1922 80 The theater had a series of short lived productions in 1924 77 More successful was the play The Second Mrs Tanqueray 1924 81 with Ethel Barrymore and Henry Daniell 82 and the comedy White Collars 1925 77 83 These were followed by another set of productions with short runs 84 A dispute arose in October 1925 when three producers sued each other alleging that Cort had granted each of them the right to use the theater during the same time period Judge Thomas D Thacher of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued two injunctions one granting production rights to Jane Our Stranger 85 and another that canceled that production after four performances 86 Other hits of the mid 1920s included The Jazz Singer which was transferred to the Cort in late 1925 84 87 as well as The Little Spitfire which opened in 1926 88 89 The 1926 play Beyond Evil which discussed interracial marriage nearly prompted a riot when it was performed at the Cort 90 91 Shubert operation Edit 1920s to 1960s Edit Lillian Gish in the Cort s 1930 production of Uncle VanyaIn May 1927 the Shubert Organization purchased the theater from Edward B Corey subject to a mortgage of 210 000 92 93 The Shuberts took over the operation from Cort who retired afterward 94 Joseph Leblang and his representatives then operated the venue from August 1928 to December 1932 30 The 1928 drama These Days which had eight performances at the Cort was Katharine Hepburn s first Broadway appearance 95 96 Subsequently the theater hosted A Most Immoral Lady in 1928 with Alice Brady as well as Your Uncle Dudley in 1929 with Walter Connolly 97 The Cort hosted Jed Harris s revival of the play Uncle Vanya in 1930 98 99 along with the hit production Five Star Final the same year 100 101 In addition to theatrical performances the Cort hosted events like an opera in 1927 102 and a folk song recital in 1930 103 Richard Aldrich and Alfred De Liagre made their production debut in 1933 with Three Cornered Moon 104 Two hits followed The Green Bay Tree in 1933 98 105 and The Bishop Misbehaves in 1935 106 107 Two plays by George Abbott took up the Cort during most of the next three years Boy Meets Girl 1935 98 108 and Room Service 1937 98 109 both of which had hundreds of performances 110 Several major productions followed including The White Steed 1939 111 112 The Male Animal 1940 110 113 Charley s Aunt 1940 114 115 Cafe Crown 1942 114 116 The Eve of St Mark 1942 117 118 and A Bell for Adano 1944 110 119 During 1946 the Theatre Guild s Shakespearean Repertory Company appeared in The Winter s Tale 117 120 Katharine Cornell produced and starred in Antigone and Candida 117 121 and Estelle Winwood and Cornelia Otis Skinner starred in Lady Windermere s Fan 122 123 This was followed in 1948 by the hits The Respectful Prostitute 124 125 and Two Blind Mice 126 127 The 1949 production of The Father featured Grace Kelly s Broadway debut 56 Even in the 1950s the Cort continued to present long running productions 128 The Theatre Guild returned in 1950 106 presenting As You Like It 110 129 This was followed by several hits such as Saint Joan 1951 130 131 The Shrike 1952 132 133 The Fifth Season 1953 130 134 and The Rainmaker 1954 135 136 Another major production was The Diary of Anne Frank which opened in 1955 and played the Cort for over a year before relocating 137 138 Another major productions of the late 1950s was The Rope Dancers in 1957 139 140 The play Sunrise at Campobello opened in 1958 with Henry Jones Mary Fickett and Anne Seymour 141 as well as James Earl Jones in his Broadway debut 142 it had well over 500 performances 143 144 The Cort hosted several productions in the early 1960s including The Hostage and Advise and Consent in 1960 145 as well as Purlie Victorious and Sunday in New York in 1961 146 For the rest of the decade the Cort had many productions few of which were hits 147 In May 1962 the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden had a brief engagement with The Father Long Day s Journey into Night and Miss Julie in repertory 148 149 The next year saw a relatively unsuccessful adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest this was followed in 1965 by The Zulu and the Zayda 148 1970s to 1990s Edit Viewed from the eastCBS leased the theater as a television studio for The Merv Griffin Show which started broadcasting from there in August 1969 90 150 The network spent 1 million on renovating the theater to convert it to a television studio 150 By late 1970 Merv Griffin had moved his show to California Griffin said he had been ashamed of leaving the Cort since CBS had renovated it exclusively for his show but the ratings for The Merv Griffin Show had increased following its relocation to California 151 Meanwhile CBS continued to lease the theater at a high price 152 Two years into CBS s lease the construction of the neighboring 1211 Avenue of the Americas caused structural damage to the theater s interior and two girders were placed on the eastern wall Because the interior was no longer suitable for television productions CBS decided to let the lease lapse 153 The CBS lease from 1969 to 1972 was the only period in which the Cort was used as a television studio rather than as a theater 7 The theater hosted the short lived All the Girls Came Out to Play in 1972 and Jockey Club Stakes in 1973 154 The Magic Show opened in 1974 and played 1 920 performances over the next five years 155 156 The last production of that decade was King Richard III which opened in 1979 and ran only 33 performances 155 157 In 1980 the Cort hosted the flop Clothes for a Summer Hotel 158 159 as well as the more successful Home the same year with over 200 performances 158 160 The Cort then hosted Rose in 1981 161 162 Medea 163 164 and Twice Around the Park in 1982 165 166 and A Moon for the Misbegotten 167 168 and Ma Rainey s Black Bottom in 1984 169 170 Theatrical historian Ken Bloom observing several of the Cort s short performances said The Cort s luck seems to have run out 56 The 1980s ended with the South African play Sarafina which played for over a year 147 171 During the 1980s the Shuberts renovated the Cort as part of a restoration program for their Broadway theaters 172 The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission LPC had started considering protecting the Cort as an official city landmark in 1982 173 with discussions continuing over the next several years 174 The LPC designated both the facade and the interior as landmarks on November 17 1987 175 This was part of the LPC s wide ranging effort in 1987 to grant landmark status to Broadway theaters 176 The New York City Board of Estimate ratified the designations in March 1988 177 The Shuberts the Nederlanders and Jujamcyn collectively sued the LPC in June 1988 to overturn the landmark designations of 22 theaters including the Cort on the merit that the designations severely limited the extent to which the theaters could be modified 178 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 179 The Cort hosted the hit The Grapes of Wrath in 1990 180 181 as well as Lincoln Center Theater s short lived production of Two Shakespearean Actors in 1992 182 183 This was followed in 1994 by Twilight Los Angeles 1992 184 Lincoln Center Theater returned to the Cort in 1995 with its revival of The Heiress 185 186 which ran for over 300 performances 187 188 Lincoln Center Theater then booked two additional productions 189 Sex and Longing in 1996 190 191 and An American Daughter in 1997 192 193 At the end of the decade productions at the Cort included Freak 1998 194 195 The Blue Room 1998 196 197 and Kat and the Kings 1999 198 199 2000s and 2010s Edit No Man s Land and Waiting for GodotIn 2000 the Cort hosted a short production of The Green Bird 200 201 It then hosted Hollywood Arms in 2002 202 203 A Year with Frog and Toad in 2003 204 205 and Laugh Whore in 2004 206 207 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 Cort 208 209 The theater s other productions in the decade included On Golden Pond 2005 Barefoot in the Park and The Little Dog Laughed 2006 Radio Golf and The Homecoming 2007 The 39 Steps 2008 and You re Welcome America A Final Night with George W Bush 2009 30 33 Early in the 2010s the theater hosted Fences and Time Stands Still in 2010 Born Yesterday and Stick Fly in 2011 and The Lyons and Grace in 2012 30 33 Fences set the box office record for the theater grossing 1 175 626 over eight performances for the week ending July 11 2010 210 The Cort hosted Breakfast at Tiffany s in 2013 211 212 and No Man s Land and Waiting for Godot played in repertory the same year 213 Subsequently The Cripple of Inishmaan 214 215 and This is Our Youth played at the Cort in 2014 216 217 while Fish in the Dark 218 219 and Sylvia played in 2015 220 221 The Shuberts acquired an adjacent garage to the west and demolished it in 2016 23 The Cort then hosted the production of Bright Star that year 222 223 In 2017 the Shuberts received permission from the LPC to construct a 35 foot wide annex west of the existing theater designed by Kostow Greenwood Architects Francesca Russo would also design a renovation of the existing theater 23 224 The Shuberts also received permission to transfer 119 268 square feet 11 080 4 m2 of air development rights to a 49 story hotel adjoining the theater 25 the air rights sale was valued at 50 million 225 The Cort additionally showed two productions in 2017 Indecent 226 227 and M Butterfly 228 229 Mike Birbiglia performed his one man comedy The New One in 2018 230 231 and the productions of King Lear 232 233 and Derren Brown s one man show Secret were housed at the Cort in 2019 234 235 2020s to present Edit The theater closed on March 12 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic 236 During the shutdown in March 2021 the Shuberts announced that the Cort would be refurbished and the annex would be built 11 12 25 JRM Construction was hired as the general contractor for the project 237 The Minutes which had only played previews at the Cort before the shutdown 238 relocated as a result of the renovation 239 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 240 Accordingly in March 2022 the Shuberts announced that the Cort would be renamed after actor James Earl Jones and would be rededicated upon its reopening in mid 2022 241 242 The Jones was the second Broadway theater to be named after a Black theatrical personality 243 a In August 2022 it was announced that the Jones would reopen that November with previews of the play Ohio State Murders 245 The James Earl Jones Theatre s marquee was revealed on September 12 2022 celebrating the completion of the theater s 47 million renovation and expansion 246 247 Ohio State Murders officially opened in December 2022 as the renamed theater s first show 248 running for one month 249 This was scheduled to be followed in April 2023 by Room 250 251 which was postponed indefinitely during rehearsals 252 253 Instead The Sign in Sidney Brustein s Window opened at the theater that April 254 255 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 30 33 1910s to 1990s Edit 1915 The Princess Pat 66 63 1918 Everyman 256 257 1918 The Merchant of Venice 256 258 1918 As You Like It 256 259 1918 Julius Caesar 256 260 1918 The Better Ole 261 262 1919 Abraham Lincoln 261 70 1921 Captain Applejack 261 74 1922 Merton of the Movies 261 75 1924 The Assumption of Hannele 82 263 1924 The Second Mrs Tanqueray 82 81 1925 The Jazz Singer 87 1928 The Wrecker 264 265 1930 Uncle Vanya 266 99 1930 Five Star Final 266 101 1932 The Blue Bird 266 267 1933 The Green Bay Tree 266 105 1935 The Bishop Misbehaves 268 107 1935 Most of the Game 268 269 1935 There s Wisdom in Women 268 270 1937 Room Service 268 109 1939 The White Steed 271 112 1940 The Male Animal 271 113 1940 Charley s Aunt 271 115 1942 Cafe Crown 271 116 1942 I Killed the Count 272 273 1946 The Winter s Tale 274 120 1946 Antigone 274 275 1946 Candida 274 276 1946 Lady Windermere s Fan 274 123 1948 Ghosts 274 277 1948 Hedda Gabler 274 278 1948 The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden and The Respectful Prostitute 274 125 b 1948 Make Way for Lucia 274 279 1949 Two Blind Mice 126 127 1949 The Father 126 280 1950 As You Like It 126 129 1951 Saint Joan 126 131 1952 The Shrike 126 133 1954 The Rainmaker 126 136 1955 The Diary of Anne Frank 281 138 1958 Sunrise at Campobello 281 144 1960 Once Upon a Mattress 281 282 1960 The Hostage 281 283 1960 Advise and Consent 146 284 1961 Purlie Victorious 146 285 1961 Sunday in New York 146 286 1962 The Father 287 Long Day s Journey into Night 288 and Miss Julie 289 c 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest 146 290 1965 Boeing Boeing 291 292 1965 The Zulu and the Zayda 291 293 1967 Johnny No Trump 291 294 1967 Something Different 291 295 1968 Leda Had a Little Swan 296 d 1969 Red White and Maddox 297 1974 The Magic Show 154 156 1979 King Richard III 154 157 1980 Clothes for a Summer Hotel 154 159 1982 Medea 154 163 1984 A Moon for the Misbegotten 298 167 1984 Ma Rainey s Black Bottom 169 299 1988 Sarafina 147 171 1990 The Grapes of Wrath 147 180 1993 Face Value 300 e 1994 Twilight Los Angeles 1992 302 184 1995 The Heiress 187 188 1997 An American Daughter 303 192 1998 Freak 303 194 1998 The Blue Room 304 196 1999 Kat and the Kings 304 198 2000s to present Edit 2000 The Green Bird 304 201 2002 Hollywood Arms 305 202 2003 A Year with Frog and Toad 305 204 2003 Bobbi Boland 306 f 2004 Laugh Whore 206 2005 On Golden Pond 307 2006 Barefoot in the Park 308 2006 The Little Dog Laughed 309 2007 Radio Golf 310 2007 The Homecoming 311 2008 The 39 Steps 312 2009 You re Welcome America A Final Night with George W Bush 313 2010 A View from the Bridge 314 2010 Fences 315 2010 Time Stands Still 316 2011 Born Yesterday 317 2011 Stick Fly 318 2012 The Lyons 319 2012 Grace 320 2013 Breakfast at Tiffany s 211 2013 No Man s Land 321 and Waiting for Godot 322 g 2014 The Cripple of Inishmaan 214 2014 This is Our Youth 216 2015 Fish in the Dark 218 2015 Sylvia 220 2016 Bright Star 222 2017 Indecent 226 2017 M Butterfly 228 2018 Mike Birbiglia s The New One 230 2019 King Lear 232 2019 Derren Brown Secret 234 2020 The Minutes 238 h 2022 Ohio State Murders 324 245 2023 The Sign in Sidney Brustein s Window 254 255 2023 Gutenberg The Musical 325 326 See also Edit Architecture portal New York City portal Theatre portalList of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets List of Broadway theatersReferences EditNotes Edit Jujamcyn renamed the August Wilson Theatre for playwright August Wilson in 2005 while the Nederlanders announced that they would rename the Brooks Atkinson Theatre for singer and actress Lena Horne later in 2022 244 The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden and The Respectful Prostitute were performed in repertory 125 The Father Long Day s Journey into Night and Miss Julie were performed in repertory 148 Leda Had a Little Swan never officially opened at the Cort Theatre it only played previews 296 Face Value never officially opened at the Cort Theatre it only played previews 301 Bobbi Boland never officially opened at the Cort Theatre it only played previews 306 No Man s Land and Waiting for Godot were performed in repertory 323 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic The Minutes never officially opened at the Cort Theatre it only played previews 238 Citations Edit a b Landmarks Preservation Commission 1987 p 1 a b Landmarks Preservation Commission Interior 1987 p 1 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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