Music Box Theatre

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

Music Box Theatre (New York). This jewel of a playhouse on West 45th Street is ideal in many ways: a size (975 seats) that is both intimate yet financially practical, a location in the heart of the theatre district, and a timeless decor with a high loggia, Palladian windows, and a limestone facade. It was designed by C. Howard Crane and named by Irving Berlin who built it with his partner Sam Harris in 1921. The theatre opened with the first of a series of clever musical shows called the Music Box Revues and throughout its history the playhouse would find success with both plays and smaller musicals. Hits such as Of Thee I Sing (1931), Dinner at Eight (1932), As Thousands Cheer (1933), and Stage Door (1936) kept the playhouse solvent during the Great Depression, and it continues to be a “lucky” house for most tenants. The Music Box is co‐owned by the Shuberts and the Berlin estate.

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