42nd Street, the former theatre was razed. In 1997, in the wake of the redevelopment of W.
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For another nearly half century, the box-like theatre served as a movie house, before being shuttered in 1988, when its interior was totally gutted for retail use. 42nd Street former Lyric Theatre facade and nearby buildings Grand Central Terminal at night, as seen from the west on 42nd Street Chrysler Building, with its unique stainless-steel top, is located at Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street. It was further vandalized by the removal of one of its two balconies, and its Beaux-Arts facade hacked off. Grindhouse movie theaters on 42nd Street in 1985 before its renovation the 200 block of W. In 1930, after 25 years of legitimate theatre use, Wallack’s Theatre was converted into a movie house, which meant that its simple-yet-graceful turn-of-the-century decor was mostly torn out, including the boxes, dressing rooms and its stage sealed off.Ī decade later, renamed the Anco Theatre, the theatre was operated by the Cinema Circuit Corp. Frazee ran the theatre from 1920 until 1922 under his name, but in 1924, its newest name, Wallack’s Theatre, was after a long-gone mid-19th century theatre. Harris took over the theatre, and, of course, it was renamed again for him. Hackett, who named the theatre for himself. Fields Theatre opened Decemwith a highly successful musical comedy “It Happened in Nordland” that ran half a year, but afterwards, Fields sold the theatre to actor/producer James K. It was also one of the earliest Broadway theatres which contained a fire-prevention system, complete with a pair of 5,000-gallon water tanks on the roof, in response to the Iroquois Theatre tragedy in Chicago a year earlier, which killed hundreds of theatre-goers.
It could seat about 770 and was best known for its tiered boxes on each side of the proscenium arch, which could seat over 20. Fields Theatre was designed by Philadelphia architect Albert E. 42nd Street, adjacent to the American Theatre of 1893, the new Lew M. Comic acting team Lew Fields and Joe Weber closed their music hall on 26th Street in 1904 after nearly a decade and were given a new theatre by their employer, Oscar Hammerstein, after their enormous success playing the Victoria Theatre.
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