The Shubert Organization

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The Shubert Organization is a theatrical producing organization and a major owner of theatres based in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by the three Shubert brothers — Lee, Sam, and Jacob J. Shubert — in the late 19th century. They steadily expanded, owning many theaters in New York and across the United States. Since then it has gone through changes of ownership, but it is still a major theater chain.

HistoryEdit

The Shubert Organization was founded by the Shubert brothers, Sam S. Shubert, Lee Shubert, and Jacob J. Shubert of Syracuse, New York – colloquially and collectively known as "The Shuberts" – in the late 19th century in upstate New York, entering into New York City productions in 1900. The organization produced a large number of shows and began acquiring theaters. Sam Shubert died in 1905; by 1916 the two remaining brothers had become powerful theater moguls with a nationwide presence.

In 1907, the Shuberts tried to enter vaudeville with the United States Amusement Co. In the spring of 1920 they made another attempt, establishing the Shubert Advanced Vaudeville with Lee Shubert as President and playing two shows per day in Boston, Dayton, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia and in September 1921 opening in New York.

In April 1922, the Shuberts teamed with Isidore Herk and E. Thomas Beatty formed the Affiliated Theatres Corporation, which would book shows for the chain. Faced with fierce competition from the B. F. Keith Circuit, the Shuberts closed their vaudeville operation in February 1923.<ref name=slide>Template:Cite book</ref>

By 1929, the Shubert Theatre chain included Broadway's most important venues, the Winter Garden, the Sam S. Shubert, and the Imperial theaters, and owned, managed, operated, or booked nearly a thousand theaters nationwide. The company continued to produce stage productions in New York until the 1940s, returning to producing Broadway productions in the 1970s after a hiatus.

The company was reorganized in 1973, and as of 2016 owned or operated seventeen Broadway theaters in New York City, two off-Broadway theaters — Stage 42 and New World Stages — and the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia.<ref name="shubert">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It leases Boston's Shubert Theatre to the Citi Performing Arts Center.<ref name="wang">Template:Cite news</ref>

Template:AnchorThe organization's Shubert Ticketing division, which includes the Telecharge service, handles tickets for 70 theaters.

Several former Shubert-owned theaters across the United States are still referred to by the Shubert name. One of the most famous is the New Haven Shubert, the second theater ever built by the Shubert Organization. Until the 1970s, major Broadway producers often premiered shows there before opening in New York. It was immortalized in many mid-20th century films, such as All About Eve.

Another important regional theater was the Shubert in Chicago, Illinois, located within the Majestic Building at 22 West Monroe Street. Originally known as the Majestic Theatre, the Shubert Organization purchased it in 1945 and rechristened it the "Sam Shubert Theatre". The Shuberts sold the theatre to the Nederlander Organization in 1991 and is now known as the CIBC Theatre.

In 2016, it sold its longtime headquarters at 1700 Broadway to Ruben Cos for $280 million.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

TheatresEdit

BroadwayEdit

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Off-BroadwayEdit

RegionalEdit

Forrest Theatre (Philadelphia)
Shubert Theatre (Boston)

Former theatresEdit

BroadwayEdit

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Avon Theatre<ref name="who owns"/><ref name="klaw">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Adelphi Theatre (1944–1970)
Bijou Theatre<ref name="who owns"/>
Casino Theatre (from 1903)<ref name="who owns"/>
Central Theatre (1918–1988)
Century Theatre<ref name="who owns"/>
- Century Theatre Roof
Comedy Theatre (1909–1931)<ref name="who owns"/>
Cosmopolitan Theatre<ref name="who owns"/>
Maxine Elliott Theatre (1906–1956)<ref name="who owns"/>
Forrest Theatre (1925–1945)<ref name="forrest">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
44th Street Theatre (1912–1945)
- Nora Bayes Theatre (on roof)
49th Street Theatre<ref name="who owns"/><ref name="49th">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
46th Street Theatre (1935–1945)
Sam H. Harris Theatre<ref name="who owns"/>
Herald Square Theatre (1900–?)<ref name="hirsch">Template:Cite book</ref>
Hippodrome Theatre (1906-1915)<ref name="hirsch"/><ref name="fletcher00"/>
Jolson's 59th Street Theatre<ref name="who owns"/>
Lyric Theatre (1903–?)<ref name="hirsch"/>
Madison Square Theatre<ref name="fletcher00">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Majestic Theatre (Columbus Circle)<ref name="who owns"/>
Manhattan Center (1911–1922)
Morosco Theatre
National Theatre (?-1956)
New Century Theatre
Princess Theatre (29th St) (1902–1907)<ref name="hirsch"/>
Ritz Theatre (1921–1956)
St. James Theatre (1941–1957)
Template:AnchorWaldorf Theatre<ref name="who owns"/> (Fiftieth Street, East of Broadway<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Subway CircuitEdit

Bronx Opera House, Bronx<ref name="who owns"/>
Grand Opera House, Brooklyn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Riviera Theatre, Manhattan <ref name="rivera">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Shubert Majestic Theatre, Brooklyn<ref name="who owns"/>
Teller's Shubert Theatre, Brooklyn<ref name="who owns"/>

RegionalEdit

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Harmanus Bleecker Hall (Albany)<ref name="hirsch"/>
Capitol Theatre (Albany)<ref name="who owns"/>
Auditorium Theatre (Baltimore)<ref name="who owns"/>
Boston Opera House (Boston)
Colonial Theatre (Boston) (?-1957)<ref name="McKnight"/>
Columbia Theatre (Boston) (1903–1904)<ref name=columbia>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Majestic Theatre (Boston) (1903–1956)<ref name="cutler">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Plymouth Theatre (Boston) (1927–1957)
Wilbur Theatre (Boston)<ref name="ranzal">Template:Cite news</ref>
Teck Theatre (Buffalo)<ref name="hirsch"/>
Blackstone Theatre (Chicago) (1948–1989)
Erlanger Theatre (Chicago)<ref name="ranzal"/>
Garrick Theater (Chicago) (1903–?)<ref name="hirsch"/><ref name=chigarrick>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Great Northern Theatre (Chicago)<ref name="ranzal"/>
Olympic Theatre (Chicago)<ref name="who owns"/>
Princess Theatre (Chicago)<ref name="who owns"/>
Grand Opera House (Chicago)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Shubert Theatre (Chicago) (1945–1991)
Cox Theatre (Cincinnati)<ref name="ranzal"/>
Shubert Theatre (Cincinnati)<ref name="ranzal"/><ref name=zolotow2>Template:Cite news</ref>
Colonial Theatre (Cleveland)<ref name="hirsch"/><ref name=fearing>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Hanna Theatre (Cleveland)<ref name="who owns"/>
Cass Theatre (Detroit) (1926–1962)<ref name="cass">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Garrick Theatre (Detroit)<ref name="who owns"/>
Shubert-Lafayette Theatre (Detroit) (1925–1957)<ref name="cass"/><ref name="kakutani">Template:Cite news</ref>
Parsons Theatre (Hartford)<ref name="who owns"/>
Murat Theatre (Indianapolis)<ref name="who owns"/>
Shubert Theatre (Kansas City)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Shubert's Missouri Theatre (Kansas City)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Shubert Theatre (Los Angeles) (1972–2002)
Shubert Theatre (Newark)<ref name="who owns"/>
Shubert Theatre (New Haven) (1914–1941)<ref name="newhaven">Template:Cite news</ref>
Adelphi Theatre (Philadelphia)<ref name="who owns"/>
Chestnut Street Opera House (Philadelphia)<ref name="who owns"/>
Locust Theatre (Philadelphia) (?-1956)<ref name="locust">Template:Cite news</ref>
Lyric Theatre (Philadelphia)<ref name="who owns"/>
Shubert Theatre (Philadelphia) (1918–1957)<ref name="McKnight">Template:Cite news</ref>
Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia) (1941–1969)
Providence Opera House (Providence)<ref name="who owns"/>
Shubert Theater (Saint Paul) (1910–1933)
Alvin Theatre (Pittsburgh)<ref name="who owns">Template:Cite news</ref>
Duquesne Theatre (Pittsburgh)<ref name="hirsch"/>
Pitt Theatre (Pittsburgh)<ref name="who owns"/>
Baker Theatre (Rochester) (1899–?)<ref name="hirsch"/><ref name=mckelvey>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Cook Opera House (Rochester) (1898–1899)<ref name="hirsch"/>
Curran Theatre (San Francisco)<ref name="who owns"/>
Garrick Theatre (St. Louis)<ref name="hirsch"/><ref name=garrickstl>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Shubert Theatre (St. Louis)<ref name=loewsstl>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Bastable Theatre (Syracuse) (1897–?)<ref name="hirsch"/>
Grand Opera House (Syracuse)<ref name="hirsch"/>
Wieting Opera House (Syracuse)<ref name="who owns"/>
Town Hall Theatre (Toledo) (1945–1953)<ref name="capitol">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="woodbury">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="burlesque">Template:Cite news</ref>
Royal Alexandra Theatre (Toronto)<ref name="who owns"/>
Rand Opera House (Troy, New York)<ref name="hirsch"/>
Majestic Theatre (Utica)<ref name="hirsch"/>
Belasco Theatre (Washington, D.C.)<ref name="who owns"/>
Poli's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)<ref name="who owns"/>
Shubert Theatre (Washington, D.C.)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Shubert-Garrick Theater (Washington, D.C.)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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National Theatre (Washington, D.C.) (1980–2012)<ref name="management">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="variety">Template:Cite news</ref>
Playhouse Theatre (Wilmington, Delaware)<ref name="who owns"/>

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