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Morosco Theatre
Morosco Theatre, New York, on West 45th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Built by the Shuberts, with a seating capacity of 1,009, it opened in 1917 with Canary Cottage by Elmer Harris and Oliver Morosco, the latter a well-known West Coast play producer after whom the new theatre was named. In 1920 the success of The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood started a fashion for mystery thrillers. George Kelly's Craig's Wife (1925) won a Pulitzer Prize, and the Theatre Guild's production of Call it a Day by Dodie Smith ran for six months in 1935. Later successes included two plays by John Van Druten, Old Acquaintance (1940) and The Voice of the Turtle (1943), and Coward's Blithe Spirit (1941). Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman (1949) and Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) were also Pulitzer Prize-winners, and Gore Vidal's comedy of American political life The Best Man (1960) did extremely well. In 1963 Peter Shaffer's double bill The Private Ear and The Public Eye was seen. Arthur Miller's The Price (1968) had a long run, and David Storey's Home (1970), with Gielgud and Richardson, repeated its London success. Other plays from London were Simon Gray's Butley (1972) with Alan Bates, David Storey's The Changing Room (1973), Rattigan's In Praise of Love (1974), and Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests (1975). In 1977 Cristofer's The Shadow Box was yet another Pulitzer Prize-winner. The theatre was demolished in 1982, together with the nearby Helen Hayes Theatre.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Morosco Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Morosco Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-MoroscoTheatre.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Morosco Theatre." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-MoroscoTheatre.html |
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Morosco Theatre
Morosco Theatre (New York). The first of many theatres designed by Herbert J. Krapp for the Shuberts, the Morosco was a simple, unadorned playhouse ideal for dramas because of its fine acoustics, clear sightlines, and practical proportions. The West 45th Street playhouse, which opened in 1917, was named after the West Coast producer Oliver Morosco. It has the distinction of housing many Pulitzer Prize plays as well as major works by America's three greatest playwrights: Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller. Despite fervent efforts to save it, the theatre was razed in 1982 (along with two others) to make room for the Marriott Hotel and Marquis Theatre.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Morosco Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Morosco Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-MoroscoTheatre.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Morosco Theatre." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-MoroscoTheatre.html |
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