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Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)



The Lyceum Theatre (/laɪˈsiːəm/ ly-SEE-əm) is a Broadway theatre located at 149 West 45th Street near Times Square between Seventh and Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Overview
Opened in 1903, the Lyceum Theatre is one of the three oldest surviving Broadway venues (along with the Hudson and New Amsterdam Theatres).[1] It is the oldest continuously operating legitimate theatre in New York City, and the first Broadway theatre ever to be granted landmark status (1974).[2] It is one of the few theatres in New York which continues to operate under its original name.
Designed by architects Herts & Tallant in the Beaux-Arts style, the Lyceum was built by impresario Daniel Frohman.  It opened on November 2, 1903, with the play The Proud Prince. Frohman's brother Charles served as the theater's manager until his death in 1915.[3]
Two previous New York playhouses had also been called "Lyceum Theatre". The Fourteenth Street Theatre used the name from 1871 to 1879. Frohman's own earlier Lyceum on Fourth Avenue, was built in 1885 and closed in April 1902. It was replaced by the new Lyceum on 45th Street.
Among the prominent performers who appeared on the Lyceum's stage in its early years were Ethel Barrymore, Fanny Brice, Billie Burke, Ina Claire, Miriam Hopkins, Walter Huston, Basil Rathbone, and Cornelia Otis Skinner. It has been owned by the Shubert Organization since 1952.[4]
The theatre maintains most of its original Beaux-Arts design, including its elaborate marble staircases and undulating marquee. Although it has three levels, it is one of the smaller Broadway theatres in terms of capacity, seating only 922. An apartment located above the orchestra, originally used by Frohman, is now the headquarters of the Shubert Archives.
Notable productions

1903: The Admirable Crichton
1910: The Importance of Being Earnest
1910: The Assumption of Hannele
1912: The Loves of Queen Elizabeth – silent film with Sarah Bernhardt, U.S. premiere
1919: The Gold Diggers
1935: Three Men on a Horse
1936: The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946: Born Yesterday
1950: The Country Girl
1952: Time Out For Ginger
1955: A Hatful of Rain
1957: Look Back in Anger
1960: A Taste of Honey
1965: Entertaining Mr Sloane
1972: Liza with a Z
1973: Out Cry
1975: The Lieutenant
1976: Something's Afoot
1980: Morning's at Seven
1982: "Master Harold"...and the Boys
1985: As Is
1995: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1997: The Sunshine Boys
1999: Night Must Fall
2003: I Am My Own Wife
2005: Steel Magnolias
2006: The Lieutenant of Inishmore
2007: Inherit the Wind; Is He Dead?
2008: Macbeth; [title of show]
2009: reasons to be pretty; In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
2010: Looped; The Scottsboro Boys
2011: Ghetto Klown
2012: Venus in Fur
2013: The Nance; A Night with Janis Joplin
2014: The Realistic Joneses; Disgraced
2015: The Visit; A View from the Bridge
2016: Fully Committed; Oh, Hello
2017: The Play That Goes Wrong
2019: Be More Chill

See also
List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets





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, New York City Theatre
, Playbill

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