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Krapp, Herbert J.

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Krapp, Herbert J. (1887–1973), architect. The most productive of all American theatre designers, he was born in New York and studied at the Cooper Union Institute. At the height of his career, Krapp was the principal designer of playhouses for the Shuberts as well as for other theatre owners. In New York alone he drew up the plans for the Alvin (now the Neil Simon) the Ambassador, the Bijou, the Biltmore, the Central, the Century, the Ethel Barrymore, the Forrest (now the Eugene O'Neill), the 49th Street Theatre, the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rodgers), Hammerstein's, the Imperial, the Majestic, the Mansfield (now the Brooks Atkinson), the Masque (now the John Golden), the Morosco, the Plymouth, the Ritz (now the Walter Kerr), the Royale, and the Waldorf.

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