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Identifier
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1174
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Title
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Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
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Formerly Known As
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The Globe (1910 - 1957)
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Description
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Built for illustrious producer Charles B. Dillingham, The Globe Theatre, named after Shakespeare’s theatre in England opened with a production of the Old Town. It had a large oval panel that could be opened to enable the theatre to stay cool and open during the summer. Because the stock market crash of 1929 caused Dillingham to lose the theatre, The Globe was converted into a movie house in 1932 (https://www.playbill.com/venue/view-more?venue=00000150-aacd-d8be-af71-ffef1887000c). It was operated by the Brant chain as a movie house until 1957 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunt-Fontanne_Theatre).
In 1957, the theatre was purchased by City Playhouses. It was renovated by the firm of Roche and Roche and reopened as a live theatre venue. The only surviving facade is on 46th street, the original carriage entrance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunt-Fontanne_Theatre). It was renamed in honor Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, America's foremost husband-wife acting duo at the time. The couple starred in the first production of the reopened theatre, The Visit (https://broadwaydirect.com/theatre/lunt-fontanne-theatre/). The Lunt-Fontanne has been operated by the Nederlander Organization since 1973 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunt-Fontanne_Theatre).
Notable productions: Ziegfeld Follies, The Visit, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Hello, Dolly!, The Wiz, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunt-Fontanne_Theatre).
Number of seats: 1,443 (https://www.playbill.com/venue/lunt-fontanne-theatre-vault-0000000158).
The facade is a New York City landmark (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunt-Fontanne_Theatre).
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Date Opened
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10 January 1910
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5 May 1958 (reopened)
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Address
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205 West 46th Street, New York, NY, 10036
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Operator
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Nederlander Organization
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Beauty and the Beast
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street