Broadway Theatres Part Four

The Palace Theatre opened in 1913 and
was the largest Vaudeville Theatre on
Broadway. Vaudeville played up until the
1930’s and then the Palace became a
movie theatre.

Multiple Choice

3.  The Palace Theatre opened in 1913 as a theatre that played what type of entertainment?

• Orchestra concerts

• Opera

• Dramatic Plays

• Vaudeville

The Palace
became a
legitimate
Broadway

Theatre in 1965
with the show

SWEET
CHARITY

directed by Bob

Fosse and

starring Gwen

Verdon.

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4.  After being a movie palace for many years, what year did the Palace reopen as a Broadway theatre with the show SWEET CHARITY?

• 1932

• 1965

• 1980

• 1997

Opened in
1935 as
Chanin’s 46th
Street Theatre,
the theatre
was renamed
The Richard
Rodgers
Theatre in
1990.

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5.  Before it was named after the legendary composer in 1990, the Richard Rodgers Theatre was originally named what?

• The Oscar Hammerstein, II Theatre

• The Chanin's 46th Street Theatre

• The Stadium Theatre

• The Larry Hart Theatre

The Tony
Award Winning
Musical
HAMILTON is
currently
running at The
Richard
Rodgers
Theatre since
2015, and is
it’s longest
running show.

Multiple Choice

6.  What hit show is currently at the Rodgers Theatre?

• How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

• In The Heights

• Hamilton

• Romeo And Juliet

The Samuel J.

Friedman
Theatre
opened in
1925 as the

Biltmore
Theatre.

The musical
HAIR is the

longest

running show
at this theatre.

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7.  The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre opened in 1925 as the Biltmore Theatre.

• True

• False

In 2003 the Manhattan Theatre
Club re-opened the Samuel J.
Friedman Theatre as their
permanent Broadway home.
Each year they present a
season of three plays for the subscribers to the non-profit
theatre. They have been very successful in producing award
winning plays each season.

Multiple Choice

8.  The Samuel J. Friedman is now owned by what theatre company with the initials MTC?

• The Manhattan Theatre Club

• The Modern Theatre Company

• The Monster Theatre Crypt

• The Musical Theatre Club

The

Sam S.
Shubert
Theatre
opened
In 1913.

Many great
Broadway
shows have

played
here,

including

A CHORUS
LINE, which

ran for 15

years.

Multiple Choice

9.  What ground-breaking, long running musical opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in 1975 after its initial run at the Off-Broadway Public Theatre?

• Fiddler On The Roof

• Cats

• The Phantom Of The Opera

• A Chorus Line

Mr. & Mrs. Carter have seen two shows at The Shubert Theatre:
MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT in 2008 and HELLO, DOLLY!

with Bernadette Peters in 2018.

Multiple Choice

10.  What two shows did Mr. & Mrs. Carter see at the Shubert Theatre?

• Cats and Dogs

• Newsies and Oldies

• Spamalot and Hello, Dolly!

• Sister Act and Brother John

The St. James
Theatre,
originally the
Erlanger
Theatre, was
named after
the famed St.
James Theatre
in London.

Multiple Choice

11.  The St. James Theatre, originally the Erlanger theatre, was named after the famed St. James's Theatre in London.

• True

• False

Disney’s FROZEN was playing at the St. James Theatre before the COVID

Pandemic closed theatre down in March of 2020.

Multiple Choice

12. What Disney Show was playing at the St. James before theatres were closed in March 2020?

• Aladdin

• The Lion King

• Mary Poppins

• Frozen

The Stephen Sondheim Theatre, was originally the Henry Miller Theatre

built in 1918. In 2004, the original theatre was torn down and a new

theatre was built. The only thing left of the original theatre is its

neo-Georgian facade.

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13. The Stephen Sondheim theatre, named after the ground breaking composer in 2010, started as the Henry Miller Theatre in 1918.  In 2004, the original theatre was torn down and a new theatre was built underground of the new Bank of America building.  The only thing left of the original theatre is its neo-Georgian façade.

• True

• False

The

longest

running show to
play

at

The

Stephen
Sondheim
Theatre

is

BEAUTIFUL
THE

CAROLE

KING
MUSICAL. It
ran from 2014
until 2019. Mr.
and Mrs. Carter
saw this show in
2018.

Multiple Choice

14.  What long running show did Mr. & Mrs. Carter see at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in 2018?

• Cabaret

• Bye Bye Birdie

• Anything Goes

• Beautiful The Carole KIng Musical

Opened in 1927 as the Gallo Opera
House, Studio 54 became a CBS
radio and television studio and then
became a very famous and infamous
disco nightclub in the 1970’s.

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15.  Opened in 1927 as the Gallo Opera House, Studio 54 became a CBS radio and television studio and then became a very famous and infamous disco nightclub in the 1970's.

• True

• False

The newly renamed Todd Haimes Theatre, formerly The
American
Airlines Theatre,
opened in 1918
and was
originally
the Selwyn
Theatre. The
theatre is the
home of The
Roundabout
Theatre
Company.

Multiple Choice

 The Todd Haimes Theatre, formerly The American Airlines Theatre, was originally the Selwyn Theatre and was opened in 1918.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Todd Haimes Theatre became the home to what famous not-for-profit troupe when it opened in 2000 as The American Airlines Theatre?

• Playwrights' Horizon

• The Roundabout Theatre Company

• The Not Ready For Primetime Players

• Second City

The Vivian Beaumont Theatre,
part of the Lincoln Center for
the Performing Arts, opened in
1965. The theatre is designed
as a thrust stage which brings

the actors closer to the

audience.

Multiple Choice

16. What type of stage is the Vivian Beaumont Theatre?

• Thrust Stage

• Theatre-in-the-Round

• Traditional Proscenium

• A very small stage

The Walter Kerr
Theatre opened
in 1921 as the
Ritz Theatre.

The theatre was

renamed the
Walter Kerr in
1990, after the
Broadway critic
and writer. Kerr
was also a writer,

lyricist, and
director of

several shows

that ran on
Broadway.

Multiple Choice

17.  What was the original name of the Walter Kerr Theatre when it opened in 1921?

• The New York Theatre

• The Ritz

• The Razzmatazz

• The Regal

The Tony Award
winning musical
HadesTown
opened in 2019
and is still playing
at the Walter Kerr
Theatre, making it
the longest
running show at
this theatre.

Multiple Choice

18.  What Tony Award winning musical, which opened in 2019, is the longest running show at the Walter? 

• Dear Evan Hansen

• Jagged Little Pill

• Hadestown

• Caroline Or Change

The Winter Garden
Theatre opened in
1911 in a building
that was originally
The American Horse
Exchange built in
1896. The theatre
was remodeled by
Herbert J. Krapp in
1922. It has a large
stage and is a
favored venue for
big musicals, like the
recent revival of
THE MUSIC MAN.

Multiple Choice

19.  When it opened in 1911, the Winter Garden was name the Winter Wonderland Theatre.

• True

• False

The Andrew Lloyd-Webber

musical CATS opened in 1982
at the Winter Garden Theatre
and played there for the next
18 years, making it the longest
running musical at the time. In

April of 2000, Mr. & Mrs.

Carter saw this musical, just
months before in closed in

September of that year.

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20.  What long running, record breaking show did Mr. & Mrs. Carter see at the Winter Garden in 2000?

• West Side Story

• Funny Girl

• Cats

• Mama Mia