page_title: George Keister
section_title: Belasco Theatre
hierarchical_section_title: George Keister / Works / Belasco Theatre
caption_attribution_description: Photo of en:Belasco Theatre, New York City, by Mademoiselle Sabina, c. 2002.
context_page_description: George Keister was an American architect. His work includes the Hotel Gerard, Astor Theatre, Belasco Theatre, the Apollo Theater, the Bronx Opera House, the Selwyn Theatre, now known as American Airlines Theatre, and the First Baptist Church in the City of New York. He also designed Woodbridge Hall at 431 Riverside Drive, which faced demolition in 1996, and the Sigma Chi Fraternity at 565 W. 113th St.
context_section_description: The Belasco Theatre is a Broadway theatre opened in 1907 at 111 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan. The theatre opened as the Stuyvesant Theatre on October 16, 1907 with the musical A Grand Army Man with Antoinette Perry. Built for impresario David Belasco, the interior featured Tiffany lighting and ceiling panels, rich woodwork and expansive murals by American artist Everett Shinn, and a ten-room duplex penthouse apartment that Belasco utilized as combination living quarters/office space.
caption: Belasco Theatre
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