Imperial Theatre
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The Imperial Theatre is a Broadway theater at 249 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1923, the Imperial Theatre was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was constructed for the Shubert brothers. It has 1,457 seats across two levels and is operated by The Shubert Organization. The auditorium interior is a New York City designated landmark.
The theater is largely situated on 46th Street. A narrow lobby extends to the main entrance on 45th Street, where there is a three-story facade of white terracotta. The 46th Street facade, which is made of buff-colored brick, was intended as the carriage entrance. The lobby, originally decorated in dark and white tiles, leads to the rear of the theater's orchestra level. The auditorium contains Adam-style detailing, a large balcony, and box seats with carved panels above them. The flat proscenium arch above the stage is topped by a curved sounding board.
The Shubert Organization's fiftieth venue in New York City, the Imperial was constructed in 1923 to replace the outdated Lyric Theatre. The Imperial opened on December 25, 1923, with the musical Mary Jane McKane. Since then, it has hosted numerous long-running musicals, including Annie Get Your Gun, Fiddler on the Roof, Dreamgirls, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Les Misérables, and Billy Elliot the Musical. The Imperial has also hosted plays, with Chapter Two being the theater's longest-running play.
Site
The Imperial Theatre is on 249 West 45th Street, on the north sidewalk between Eighth Avenue and Broadway, near Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.<ref name="aia5">Template:Cite aia5</ref><ref name="ZoLa">Template:Cite web</ref> The land lot covers Template:Convert, with a frontage of Template:Convert on 45th Street and a depth of Template:Convert.<ref name="ZoLa" /> The portion of the lot on 45th Street is narrower than the section on 46th Street, where the auditorium is situated.<ref name="NYCL p. 16">Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="Bloom p. 125; BM p. 157">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref> The auditorium section, spanning the lots at 238 to 250 West 46th Street, measures Template:Convert wide by Template:Convert deep.<ref name="p576716769">Template:Cite news</ref>
The adjoining block of 45th Street is also known as George Abbott Way,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and foot traffic on the street increases box-office totals on the theaters there.<ref name="Bloom p. 30">Template:Harvnb</ref> The Imperial shares the block with the Richard Rodgers Theatre and Music Box Theatre to the east, as well as the New York Marriott Marquis to the east. Other nearby buildings include the Paramount Hotel and Lena Horne Theatre to the north; the Hotel Edison and Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to the northeast; One Astor Plaza to the southeast; the Gerald Schoenfeld, Booth, Shubert, and Broadhurst Theatres to the south; and the Majestic, Bernard B. Jacobs, and John Golden Theatres to the southwest.<ref name="ZoLa" /> The site was historically part of the Astor family estate, which acquired the lots in 1803.<ref name="p1112611419">Template:Cite news</ref>
Design
The Imperial Theatre was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was constructed in 1923 for the Shubert brothers.<ref name="aia5" /><ref name="NYCL p. 13">Template:Harvnb</ref> It was the fiftieth theater to be developed by the Shuberts in the New York metropolitan area.<ref name="NYCL p. 16" /><ref name="p1505541986">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="nyt-1923-12-22">Template:Cite news</ref> The O'Day Construction Company built the theater,<ref name="nyt-1923-12-05">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="AB p. 27" /> and several other contractors were involved in the construction process.<ref name="AB p. 27" /> The Imperial is operated by the Shubert Organization.<ref name="The Broadway League Imperial">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Playbill Imperial">Template:Cite web</ref>
Facade
The theater includes a narrow wing extending south to 45th Street, though the auditorium is on 46th Street.<ref name="NYCL p. 16" /><ref name="Bloom p. 125; BM p. 157" /> The main entrance of the theater is through 45th Street, where there is a white terracotta facade.<ref name="Morrison1999">Template:Cite Morrison Broadway</ref> The 45th Street entrance is a three-story building.<ref name="AB p. 20">Template:Harvnb</ref> It is extremely narrow because it was wedged between the now-demolished Klaw Theatre to the west and the Music Box Theatre to the east.<ref name="NYCL p. 16" /><ref name="AB p. 20" /> Aside from signs on the facade, it is designed in a plain style.<ref name="Morrison1999" /> This was characteristic of most post-World War I theaters that Krapp designed for the Shuberts, such as the Ambassador Theatre and the Ritz (now Walter Kerr) Theatre.<ref name="NYCL p. 16" />
The facade of the auditorium is made of buff-colored brick and faces 46th Street.<ref name="Morrison1999" /> This facade, being much wider, was used as a carriage entrance and exit, alleviating congestion on 45th Street.<ref name="NYCL p. 16" /><ref name="AB p. 20" /><ref name="p1505529380">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The design of the 46th Street facade contains diaper-patterned brick, similar to the facades of the Ambassador, the Ritz, and the now-demolished Morosco.<ref name="NYCL p. 13" /> A stage door is placed on the eastern section of the facade, next to the Richard Rodgers Theatre.<ref name="Playbill Imperial" /> According to theatrical historian William Morrison, both of the Imperial's facades "cannot be said to be particularly distinguished".<ref name="Morrison1999" />
Auditorium
The auditorium has an orchestra level, one balcony, boxes, and a stage behind the proscenium arch. The auditorium is wider than its depth, and the space is designed with plaster decorations in high relief.<ref name="NYCL pp. 20-21">Template:Harvnb</ref> According to the Shubert Organization, the auditorium has 1,457 seats;<ref name="Shubert Organization Imperial">Template:Cite web</ref> meanwhile, The Broadway League cites a capacity of 1,443 seats<ref name="The Broadway League Imperial" /> and Playbill cites 1,424 seats.<ref name="Playbill Imperial" /> The physical seats are divided into 759 seats in the orchestra, 283 in the front balcony, 377 in the rear balcony, and 20 in the boxes. The orchestra seating includes 18 seats in the orchestra pit at the front of the stage.<ref name="Shubert Organization Imperial" /> Originally, the theater was designed with 1,650 seats:<ref name="AB p. 20" /><ref name="BM p. 157">Template:Harvnb</ref> 950 on the balcony and 700 in the orchestra.<ref name="p1505541986" /><ref name="nyt-1923-12-05" /><ref name="AB p. 20" /> It is largely designed in the Adam style.<ref name="NYCL p. 17">Template:Harvnb</ref>
Seating areas
A passageway from the 45th Street entrance, measuring Template:Convert wide,<ref name="AB p. 20" /> leads to a promenade at the rear (west) end of the orchestra.<ref name="Morrison1999" /><ref name="AB pp. 20-27">Template:Harvnb</ref> The entrance passageway was originally designed with a light-and-dark tiled floor, marble wainscoting, and white travertine wall panels;<ref name="AB pp. 20-27" /> the travertine was subsequently replaced with red-brown and gray marble.<ref name="Morrison1999" /> The orchestra promenade has a pair of columns topped by Tuscan-style capitals, as well as a paneled ceiling with bands in the Adam style. Two staircases lead from the promenade to the balcony level above.<ref name="NYCL p. 21">Template:Harvnb</ref> The orchestra floor is raked, while its side walls curve inward toward the proscenium.<ref name="NYCL pp. 20-21" /> The orchestra's side walls contain wainscoting on their lower sections, with paneling above. On the north (left) wall are exit doors leading to 46th Street, above which is a frieze.<ref name="NYCL p. 21" /> The seating was arranged in a shallow, fan-shaped layout to increase acoustics.<ref name="Morrison1999" />
A crossover aisle divides the balcony into front and rear sections.<ref name="NYCL p. 20">Template:Harvnb</ref> The balcony's side walls contain flat pilasters, which split the walls into segmentally arched sections. The wall sections include panels with bas-reliefs of dancing figures, as well as doorways with Adam-style friezes. The balcony's walls are topped by a frieze with foliate ornament and a cornice with modillions, which wraps around the front of the auditorium.<ref name="NYCL p. 21" /> Light boxes are installed on the front rail of the balcony, which has no ornamentation. The underside of the balcony, over the orchestra, has ornate paneling.<ref name="NYCL p. 22">Template:Harvnb</ref>
On either side of the proscenium is a wall section with three boxes on the balcony level, which step down toward the stage.<ref name="NYCL p. 21" /> The theater was originally designed with boxes on orchestra level as well,<ref name="AB p. 20" /> though these have been removed.<ref name="NYCL p. 22" /> The fronts of the boxes are curved outward and contain molded decorations at the top and bottom.<ref name="NYCL pp. 20-21" /> The boxes on each side are set into rectangular openings, which contain a pair of octagonal columns that divide the boxes. Each opening is surrounded by a band of foliate and geometric designs in plasterwork. Above the openings are rectangular plasterwork panels. Within these panels are depictions of winged fairy-like figures, holding theatrical masks that represent comedy and tragedy.<ref name="NYCL p. 21" />
Other design features
Next to the boxes is a flat proscenium arch.<ref name="NYCL p. 20" /> The archway is surrounded by a band of floral designs in plasterwork. In addition, on either side of the archway are flat pilasters, topped by decorative capitals. The frieze and cornice, from above the balcony level, continues above the arch.<ref name="NYCL p. 21" /> The proscenium measures Template:Convert high and Template:Convert wide. The depth of the auditorium to the proscenium is Template:Convert, while the depth to the front of the stage is Template:Convert.<ref name="Shubert Organization Imperial" />
A sounding board is placed on the ceiling above the proscenium arch. The sounding board contains a band with foliate ornamentation, with a latticework panel at the center.<ref name="NYCL pp. 20-21" /> The rest of the ceiling contains a slight curve and shallow coves, which were intended to give the theater an intimate feeling.<ref name="Morrison1999" /><ref name="NYCL p. 20" /> The ceiling is slightly higher than the sounding board, creating a rib near the front of the auditorium, where the ceiling steps down to the sounding board. The front rib contains Adam-style bas-relief plaster decorations, as well as circular bas-relief medallions. The rest of the ceiling contains panels surrounded by decorative bands, with medallions in the center of each panel. The panels are divided by ribs with decorative bands.<ref name="NYCL p. 22" /> Chandeliers were originally suspended from the ceiling panels, and there is low relief decoration throughout.<ref name="NYCL p. 22" /><ref name="AB p. 27">Template:Harvnb</ref> The modern ceiling has replacement chandeliers as well as air-conditioning grates.<ref name="NYCL p. 22" />
History
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Times Square became the epicenter for large-scale theater productions between 1900 and the Great Depression.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="NYCL p. 4-">Template:Harvnb</ref> The Shuberts originated from Syracuse, New York, and expanded downstate into New York City in the first decade of the 20th century.<ref name="NYCL p. 8">Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> The brothers controlled a quarter of all plays and three-quarters of theatrical ticket sales in the U.S. by 1925.<ref name="NYCL p. 8" /><ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> The Shubert brothers had leased the Lyric Theatre for their musical productions in 1903,<ref name="NYCL p. 8" /> but they were looking for a replacement two decades later, as the Lyric was aging.<ref name="Bloom p. 125">Template:Harvnb</ref>
Development and early years
The Shubert brothers decided to acquire lots along both 45th and 46th Street. While the 45th Street frontage was more desirable (being close to numerous existing theaters), the 46th Street frontage was cheaper.<ref name="Bloom p. 125" /> The site was acquired by A. H. Pincus and M. L. Goldstone,<ref name="p1505541986" /><ref name="p576716769" /> who in November 1922 began planning for a two-story office and three-story theater.<ref name="p576716769" /> The Shuberts hired Herbert Krapp to design the theater in January 1923.<ref name="p1031702914">Template:Cite magazine</ref> L. & A. Pincus helped finance the construction, along with the Shuberts and the 45th Street Leasing Company Inc.<ref name="NYCL p. 16" /> The Imperial Theatre was not named as such until December 1923, a few weeks before its opening. At that time, Arthur Hammerstein and Vincent Youmans's production Mary Jane McKane was booked for the theater, with a musical score by Oscar Hammerstein II.<ref name="nyt-1923-12-05" /><ref name="p1505529380" /> Arthur had been negotiating with Lee Shubert to name the Imperial Theatre after Arthur's late father Oscar Hammerstein I, but Shubert rejected the proposal.<ref name="NYCL-1381" />
Mary Jane star Mary Hay formally dedicated the Imperial on December 21, 1923,<ref name="nyt-1923-12-22" /> and the Imperial had its first performance when Mary Jane premiered four days later, December 25.<ref name="p1505541986" /><ref name="p1237323994">Template:Cite news</ref> Ultimately, Mary Jane was a hit that ran for 151 performances.<ref name="BM p. 157; NYCL p. 18">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1923" /> The Moscow Art Theatre performed at the Imperial in May 1924.<ref name="p1113047992">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Another Oscar Hammerstein II score was featured in Rudolf Friml's operetta Rose-Marie, which opened that September<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="p1113027580">Template:Cite news</ref> and eventually staged over 500 performances.<ref name="BM p. 157; NYCL p. 18" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1924" /> Rose-Marie grossed enough to fund a dedicated memorial theater for Oscar Hammerstein I,<ref name="NYCL-1381">Template:Cite report</ref><ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> which subsequently became Hammerstein's Theatre.<ref name="NYCL-1381" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn The Shuberts proposed expanding the Imperial in 1925, incorporating it into the base of an 15-story residential building designed by Krapp, but this never occurred.<ref name="NYCL p. 17" />
The Imperial's next production, the 1926 musical Sweetheart Time, was moderately successful.<ref name="BM p. 157; NYCL p. 28">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 19263">Template:Cite web
Template:Cite web</ref> The same year, the Imperial staged Oh, Kay!, featuring Victor Moore and Gertrude Lawrence with music from George and Ira Gershwin.<ref name="Bloom p. 125; BM p. 157; NYCL p. 18">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 19262" /><ref name="p1112647746">Template:Cite news</ref> The Imperial then hosted Sigmund Romberg's operetta The New Moon in 1928, with a Hammerstein score;<ref name="Bloom p. 125; BM p. 157; NYCL p. 18" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1928" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> it was among Broadway's last hit operettas,<ref name="Bloom p. 125" /> as well as the only Broadway production in the 1928 season to have over 500 performances.<ref name="BM p. 157" /> The musical Sons o' Guns opened in November 1929 with Lili Damita;<ref name="Bloom p. 125; BM pp. 157-158; NYCL p. 18">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> it ran 297 performances in spite of the onset of the Great Depression.<ref name="BM p. 158; NYCL p. 29">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1929">Template:Cite web
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1930s to 1950s
The 1930s began with some short runs,<ref name="NYCL p. 18">Template:Harvnb</ref> but the Imperial still hosted several successful shows despite the Shuberts' Depression-era financial troubles.<ref name="Bloom p. 125" /> Ed Wynn staged the vaudeville-style The Laugh Parade in 1931,<ref name="Bloom p. 125; BM p. 158; NYCL p. 19">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1931">Template:Cite web
Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="p1114138472">Template:Cite news</ref> while Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz had a successful score the next year in the musical Flying Colors.<ref name="Bloom p. 125; BM p. 158; NYCL p. 19" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1932" /> Two productions by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind were shown in 1933:<ref name="Bloom p. 125; BM p. 158; NYCL p. 29">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref> Of Thee I Sing<ref name="The Broadway League 19332" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Let 'Em Eat Cake.<ref name="The Broadway League 1933" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Meanwhile, the theater had gone into receivership in March 1933,<ref name="p1114733870">Template:Cite news</ref> though the receiver then deeded the theater to the Imperial Theatre Corporation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="p1032021129">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The Imperial hosted the musicals Say When in 1934<ref name="The Broadway League 1934" /><ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 158; NYCL p. 30">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref> and Jubilee the next year,<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM pp. 158-159; NYCL p. 19">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the latter of which ran 169 performances.<ref name="NYCL p. 19">Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1935" /> These were succeeded in 1936 by the ballet-themed On Your Toes,<ref name="The Broadway League 19363" /><ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 159; NYCL p. 19">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref> as well as Leslie Howard's revival of Shakespeare's Hamlet, which flopped after 39 performances.<ref name="The Broadway League 19362" /><ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 160; NYCL p. 30">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref>
The Shuberts' operetta Frederika opened in 1937,<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM pp. 159-160; NYCL p. 30">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> as did Dietz and Schwartz's Between the Devil later the same year;<ref name="The Broadway League 1937" /><ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 160; NYCL p. 30"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> both were coldly received.<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 160">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref> More successful were Cole Porter's Leave It to Me! in 1938, where Mary Martin made her Broadway debut,<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 159; NYCL p. 19" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1938" /> and Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's collaboration for Too Many Girls in 1939.<ref name="The Broadway League 1939" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Alfred J. Callahan bought the Imperial in 1940 after the Imperial Theatre Corporation defaulted on a mortgage,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="p1324141071">Template:Cite news</ref> and Callahan sold the theater the next year to the Dorsar Corporation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="p1266894338">Template:Cite news</ref> The Imperial consistently hosted popular musical productions during the 1940s.<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 160; NYCL p. 30" /> The first was Ryskind and Irving Berlin's Louisiana Purchase in 1940,<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 160; NYCL p. 31">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which had 444 performances.<ref name="The Broadway League 1940" /><ref name="BM p. 159; NYCL p. 31">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref> Next was Herbert and Dorothy Fields's 1941 musical Let's Face It!, with a score by Porter,<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 160; NYCL p. 31" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which ran for 547 performances.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1941" /> A transfer of the long-running Rosalinda from the 44th Street Theatre followed in 1943,<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 160; NYCL p. 31" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1942">Template:Cite web</ref> and the Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash musical One Touch of Venus premiered the same year with Mary Martin.<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 161; NYCL p. 19">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 19432" /> The Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 was also performed at the Imperial.<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 161">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1943" />
The late 1940s saw the premieres of multiple hits, a trend that continued through the 1950s.<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 161; NYCL p. 32">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref> The largest of those was the musical Annie Get Your Gun, featuring Ethel Merman with a score by Berlin, which opened in 1946<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 161; NYCL p. 32" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and ran 1,147 performances.<ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 161; NYCL p. 32" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1946" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The run of Annie Get Your Gun was suspended temporarily in 1946 after the weight of the musical's set caused one of the theater's beams to warp.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="p1284598010">Template:Cite news</ref> The Imperial then hosted two shows in 1949: a transfer of Along Fifth Avenue,<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 161">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> as well as a 308-performance run of Berlin and Robert E. Sherwood's Miss Liberty.<ref name="The Broadway League 1949" /><ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 161; NYCL p. 32">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref> In 1950, the Imperial hosted Peter Pan, featuring Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff with a score by Leonard Bernstein.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM pp. 161-162; NYCL p. 32">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 19502" /> Later that year, Merman appeared in Berlin's Call Me Madam,<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 162; NYCL p. 32">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which had 644 performances.<ref name="BM p. 162; NYCL p. 32">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1950" />
Wish You Were Here premiered in 1952,<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 162; NYCL p. 32" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> running 598 performances,<ref name="BM p. 162; NYCL p. 32" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1952" /> with a set that included a fully functional swimming pool on the Imperial's stage.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> This was followed by John Murray Anderson's Almanac in 1953,<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 162; NYCL p. 32" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1953" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> one of Broadway's last large revues.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 162">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref> The Imperial staged Silk Stockings in 1955,<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 162; NYCL p. 32" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1955" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which was Cole Porter's last Broadway production.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 162" /> Next to be presented was the Frank Loesser musical The Most Happy Fella in 1956, with Robert Weede and Jo Sullivan.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 162; NYCL p. 32" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1956" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> By then, the Shuberts owned the Imperial again, but they operated nearly half of all legitimate theaters in New York City at the time, prompting the U.S. federal government to file an antitrust suit against the firm. As part of a settlement made in February 1956, they chose to sell their St. James Theatre, since they would have otherwise been forced to lease the Imperial or the St. James.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Imperial also hosted the 1957 musical Jamaica, starring Lena Horne and Ricardo Montalbán with a score by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg,<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 162; NYCL p. 33">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1957" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the 1959 musical Destry Rides Again, starring Dolores Gray and Andy Griffith with a score by Harold Rome and Leonard Gershe.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 162; NYCL p. 33" /><ref name="The Broadway League 19592" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1960s to 1980s
The Imperial had more long runs in the 1960s.<ref name="BM p. 162">Template:Harvnb</ref> First among them was Gypsy with Merman, which transferred from the Broadway Theatre in 1960.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 162; NYCL p. 19">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1959" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Next was Carnival!, which opened in 1961 and starred Jerry Orbach and Anna Maria Alberghetti.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 162; NYCL p. 19" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1961" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Carnival! ended to make room for Lionel Bart's Oliver!,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a West End musical that had its Broadway premiere at the Imperial in 1963.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM pp. 162-163; NYCL p. 33">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1963" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Oliver! ran for a year and a half, also transferring to make way for the next production:<ref name="BM p. 163">Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Fiddler on the Roof, which opened in 1964.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 163; NYCL p. 33">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Fiddler, which featured Zero Mostel with a score by Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein, and Sheldon Harnick, stayed for nearly three years before it transferred as well.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 163; NYCL p. 33" /><ref name="NYCL p. 33">Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This was followed in 1967 by Cabaret, which came from the Broadhurst Theatre and ran for a year and a half before transferring.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 164; NYCL p. 33">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1966" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> John Kander and Fred Ebb next collaborated for the musical Zorba, which ran at the Imperial in 1968.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 164; NYCL p. 33" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1968" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1970, the Imperial hosted the musical Minnie's Boys, featuring Shelley Winters,<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 164; NYCL p. 34">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 19702" /> and Two By Two, starring Danny Kaye.<ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 164; NYCL p. 34" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1970" /> Following these were the relatively short revivals of On the Town in 1971<ref name="BM p. 164; NYCL p. 34">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1971" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Lost in the Stars in 1972.<ref name="BM p. 164; NYCL p. 34" /><ref name="The Broadway League 19722" /> By contrast, the musical Pippin opened in 1972 with a score by Stephen Schwartz,<ref name="Bloom pp. 127-128; BM p. 164; NYCL p. 34">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and it ran for over four years before transferring.<ref name="The Broadway League 1972" /> During that time, the Imperial hosted the 27th Tony Awards in 1973.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> By the late 1970s, it was becoming more expensive to produce Broadway musicals, so the Imperial saw fewer musicals.<ref name="Bloom p. 128">Template:Harvnb</ref> The Imperial's productions in 1977 included Eugene O'Neill's play Anna Christie, featuring Liv Ullmann;<ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM p. 164; NYCL p. 34">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 19772" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Victor Borge's play Comedy with Music;<ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM p. 164; NYCL p. 34" /><ref name="The Broadway League 19774">Template:Cite web
Template:Cite web</ref> and Neil Simon's play Chapter Two.<ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM pp. 164-165; NYCL p. 34">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> With 857 performances, Chapter Two became the Imperial's longest-running non-musical production.<ref name="BM p. 165; NYCL p. 34">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1977" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Most of the 1980s was dominated by a few musicals. Simon premiered They're Playing Our Song in December 1979;<ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM p. 165; NYCL p. 34">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the production had 1,082 performances over two and a half years.<ref name="BM p. 165; NYCL p. 34" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1979" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The next production was Michael Bennett's musical Dreamgirls, starring Jennifer Holliday with music by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen, which opened at the end of 1981.<ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM p. 165; NYCL p. 35">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Dreamgirls ended up running for 1,522 performances over four years.<ref name="The Broadway League 1981" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During the run of Dreamgirls, the 1982 Tony Awards was hosted at the Imperial.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The subsequent production was The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which opened in 1985<ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM pp. 165-166">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref> and ran for two years.<ref name="The Broadway League 1985" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Imperial's final productions of the 1980s included a revival of Cabaret in 1987,<ref name="The Broadway League 19872" /><ref name="nyt-1987-10-23">Template:Cite news</ref> Chess in 1988,<ref name="The Broadway League 1988" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Jerome Robbins' Broadway in 1989.<ref name="The Broadway League 1989" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During the late 1980s, the Shuberts renovated the Imperial as part of a restoration program for their Broadway theaters, repainting the theater in a red, burgundy, and rose color scheme.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) had started to consider protecting the Imperial as a landmark in 1982,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> with discussions continuing over the next several years.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Though both the exterior and interior were considered,<ref name="nyt-1987-11-22">Template:Cite news</ref> the LPC designated only the interior as a landmark on November 17, 1987.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This was part of the commission's wide-ranging effort in 1987 to grant landmark status to Broadway theaters.<ref name="nyt-1987-11-22" /> The New York City Board of Estimate ratified the designations in March 1988.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Shuberts, the Nederlanders, and Jujamcyn collectively sued the LPC in June 1988 to overturn the landmark designations of 22 theaters, including the Imperial, on the merit that the designations severely limited the extent to which the theaters could be modified.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1990s to present
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Jerome Robbins' Broadway closed in 1990.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Les Misérables relocated to the Imperial in late 1990, playing there for the next decade.<ref name="The Broadway League 1987" /><ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM p. 166">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref> Les Misérables was the second-longest-running Broadway production ever when it closed in 2003;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the closure was partially attributed to reductions in ticket sales caused by the September 11 attacks in 2001.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The next production was The Boy from Oz, which opened in 2003 and ran for nearly one year.<ref name="The Broadway League 2003"/><ref name=nyt-2004-09-05>Template:Cite news</ref> 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 Imperial.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This was followed by a year-long run of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in 2005; a short run of High Fidelity in 2006; and the productions of Coram Boy and August: Osage County in 2007.<ref name="The Broadway League Imperial" /><ref name="Playbill Imperial" />
Billy Elliot the Musical opened in November 2008<ref name="nyt-2008-11-14">Template:Cite news</ref> and ran for slightly over three years.<ref name="The Broadway League 2008" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was followed by Nice Work If You Can Get It in 2012; 700 Sundays in 2013; a revival of Les Misérables in 2014; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 in 2016; and Carousel in 2018.<ref name="The Broadway League Imperial" /><ref name="Playbill Imperial" /> American Idol season 2 competitors Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken performed at the Imperial for a Christmas special in 2018,<ref name="The Broadway League 2018" /><ref name="nyt-2018-12-12">Template:Cite news</ref> and the musical Ain't Too Proud opened in March 2019.<ref name="The Broadway League 2019" /><ref name="nyt-2019-03-14">Template:Cite news</ref> Ain't Too Proud achieved the box office record for the Imperial Theatre, grossing $1,865,016.90 over eight performances for the week ending December 29, 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The theater closed on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2021, the Shuberts sold the air rights above the Imperial to Extell Development Company for $51 million, at the time a record high price for air rights in the area.<ref name="Baird-Remba 2021">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The theater reopened on October 16, 2021, with performances of Ain't Too Proud,<ref name="Gans 2021">Template:Cite web</ref> which ran until January 2022.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Imperial's next production, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Bad Cinderella, opened in March 2023<ref name="The Broadway League 2023a"/><ref name=nyt-2022-10-03/> and closed that June.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This was followed in March 2024 by the musical Water for Elephants,<ref name="The Broadway League 2024 j736"/><ref name="nyt-2024-02-25"/> which closed that December after 301 performances.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Smash, the musical adaptation of the TV series of the same name, opened at the theater in April 2025,<ref name="The Broadway League w117"/><ref name="Huston h510"/> running for 84 performances.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A revival of Chess opened at the Imperial Theatre in November 2025.<ref name="Evans t736">Template:Cite web
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Notable productions
Productions are listed by the year of their first performance.<ref name="Playbill Imperial"/><ref name="The Broadway League Imperial"/> Template:Div col
| Opening year | Name | Template:Abbr |
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| 1923 | Mary Jane McKane | <ref name="The Broadway League 1923">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 28">Template:Harvnb</ref> |
| 1924 | Rose-Marie | <ref name="The Broadway League 1924">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 28" /> |
| 1926 | Oh, Kay! | <ref name="The Broadway League 19262">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 28" /> |
| 1927 | The Desert Song | <ref name="The Broadway League 1926">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 28" /> |
| 1928 | The New Moon | <ref name="The Broadway League 1928">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 28" /> |
| 1930 | Princess Charming | <ref name="The Broadway League 19302">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 29">Template:Harvnb</ref> |
| 1930 | Babes in Toyland | <ref name="The Broadway League 1930">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 29" /> |
| 1932 | Flying Colors | <ref name="Bloom p. 125; BM p. 158; NYCL p. 19" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1932">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1933 | Of Thee I Sing | <ref name="Bloom p. 125; BM p. 158; NYCL p. 29" /><ref name="The Broadway League 19332">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1933 | Let 'Em Eat Cake | <ref name="Bloom p. 125; BM p. 158; NYCL p. 29" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1933">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1934 | Say When | <ref name="The Broadway League 1934">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 158; NYCL p. 30" /> |
| 1935 | Panic | <ref name="The Broadway League 19352">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 30">Template:Harvnb</ref> |
| 1935 | Jubilee | <ref name="The Broadway League 1935">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM pp. 158-159; NYCL p. 19" /> |
| 1936 | On Your Toes | <ref name="The Broadway League 19363">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 159; NYCL p. 19" /> |
| 1936 | Hamlet | <ref name="The Broadway League 19362">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 160; NYCL p. 30"/> |
| 1937 | Between the Devil | <ref name="The Broadway League 1937">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 160; NYCL p. 30" /> |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | <ref name="The Broadway League 1936">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 30" /> |
| 1938 | Leave It to Me! | <ref name="The Broadway League 1938">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 31">Template:Harvnb</ref> |
| 1939 | Too Many Girls | <ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 160; NYCL p. 30" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1939">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1940 | Louisiana Purchase | <ref name="The Broadway League 1940">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="BM p. 159; NYCL p. 31" /> |
| 1941 | Let's Face It! | <ref name="The Broadway League 1941">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 31" /> |
| 1943 | One Touch of Venus | <ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 161; NYCL p. 19" /><ref name="The Broadway League 19432">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1943 | Ziegfeld Follies | <ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 161" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1943">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1944 | Song of Norway | <ref name="The Broadway League 1944">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 31" /> |
| 1946 | Annie Get Your Gun | <ref name="Bloom p. 126; BM p. 161; NYCL p. 32" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1946">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1949 | Miss Liberty | <ref name="The Broadway League 1949">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 161; NYCL p. 32" /> |
| 1950 | Peter Pan | <ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM pp. 161-162; NYCL p. 32" /><ref name="The Broadway League 19502">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1950 | Call Me Madam | <ref name="BM p. 162; NYCL p. 32" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1950">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1952 | Wish You Were Here | <ref name="BM p. 162; NYCL p. 32" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1952">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1953 | John Murray Anderson's Almanac | <ref name="BM p. 162; NYCL p. 32" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1953">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1954 | By the Beautiful Sea | <ref name="The Broadway League 1954">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1955 | Silk Stockings | <ref name="The Broadway League 1955">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 32">Template:Harvnb</ref> |
| 1956 | The Most Happy Fella | <ref name="BM p. 162; NYCL p. 32" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1956">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1957 | Jamaica | <ref name="BM p. 162; NYCL p. 332">Template:Harvnb; Template:Harvnb</ref><ref name="The Broadway League 1957">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1959 | Destry Rides Again | <ref name="BM p. 162; NYCL p. 332"/><ref name="The Broadway League 19592">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1960 | Gypsy | <ref name="The Broadway League 1959">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 33" /> |
| 1961 | Carnival! | <ref name="The Broadway League 1961">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 33" /> |
| 1963 | Oliver! | <ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM pp. 162-163; NYCL p. 33" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1963">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1964 | Fiddler on the Roof | <ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 163; NYCL p. 33" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1964">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1967 | Cabaret | <ref name="Bloom p. 127; BM p. 164; NYCL p. 33" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1966">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1968 | Zorba | <ref name="The Broadway League 1968">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 33" /> |
| 1969 | A Patriot for Me | <ref name="The Broadway League 1969">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 34">Template:Harvnb</ref> |
| 1970 | Minnie's Boys | <ref name="The Broadway League 19702">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 34" /> |
| 1970 | Two by Two | <ref name="The Broadway League 1970">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 34" /> |
| 1971 | On the Town | <ref name="BM p. 164; NYCL p. 34" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1971">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1972 | Lost in the Stars | <ref name="BM p. 164; NYCL p. 34" /><ref name="The Broadway League 19722">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1972 | Pippin | <ref name="Bloom pp. 127-128; BM p. 164; NYCL p. 34" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1972">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1977 | Mark Twain Tonight! | <ref name="The Broadway League 19773">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYCL p. 34" /> |
| 1977 | Anna Christie | <ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM p. 164; NYCL p. 34" /><ref name="The Broadway League 19772">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1977 | Chapter Two | <ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM pp. 164-165; NYCL p. 34" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1977">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1979 | They're Playing Our Song | <ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM p. 165; NYCL p. 34" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1979">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1981 | Dreamgirls | <ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM p. 165; NYCL p. 35" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1981">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1985 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | <ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM pp. 165-166" /><ref name="The Broadway League 1985">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1987 | Cabaret | <ref name="The Broadway League 19872">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-1987-10-23" /> |
| 1988 | Chess | <ref name="The Broadway League 1988">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="BM p. 166">Template:Harvnb</ref> |
| 1989 | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | <ref name="The Broadway League 1989">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="BM p. 166" /> |
| 1990 | Les Misérables | <ref name="The Broadway League 1987">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Bloom p. 128; BM p. 166" /> |
| 2003 | The Boy from Oz | <ref name="The Broadway League 2003">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Bloom p. 128" /> |
| 2005 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | <ref name="The Broadway League 2005">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Bloom p. 128" /> |
| 2006 | High Fidelity | <ref name="The Broadway League 2006">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-2006-12-13">Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2007 | Coram Boy | <ref name="The Broadway League 20072">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-2007-05-03">Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2007 | August: Osage County | <ref name="The Broadway League 2007">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-2009-06-17">Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2008 | Billy Elliot the Musical | <ref name="nyt-2008-11-14" /><ref name="The Broadway League 2008">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2012 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | <ref name="The Broadway League 2012">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-2012-04-25">Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2013 | 700 Sundays | <ref name="The Broadway League 2013">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-2013-11-14">Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2014 | Les Misérables | <ref name="The Broadway League 2014">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-2014-03-24">Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2016 | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | <ref name="The Broadway League 2016">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-2016-11-15">Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2018 | Carousel | <ref name="The Broadway League 20182">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-2018-04-13">Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2018 | Ruben & Clay's First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show | <ref name="The Broadway League 2018">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-2018-12-12" /> |
| 2019 | Ain't Too Proud | <ref name="The Broadway League 2019">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-2019-03-14" /> |
| 2023 | Bad Cinderella | <ref name="The Broadway League 2023a">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=nyt-2022-10-03>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2024 | Water for Elephants | <ref name="The Broadway League 2024 j736">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nyt-2024-02-25">Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2025 | Smash | <ref name="The Broadway League w117">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Huston h510">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> |
See also
- List of Broadway theaters
- List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets
References
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