Lyceum Theatre (New York, N.Y. : 45th Street)

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The Lyceum Theatre is a Broadway theater at 149 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Manhattan in New York City, New York. Opened in 1903, the Lyceum Theatre is one of the oldest surviving Broadway venues, as well as the oldest continuously operating legitimate theater in New York City. The theater was designed by Herts & Tallant in the Beaux-Arts style and was built for impresario Daniel Frohman. The current Lyceum replaced Frohman's earlier theater on Fourth Avenue, which closed in 1902. The Lyceum opened on November 2, 1903, with the play The Proud Prince. Frohman's brother Charles served as the theater's manager until dying in 1915, and Daniel Frohman subsequently partnered with David Belasco to show productions at the theater until 1930. Frohman lost the theater to foreclosure in the Great Depression, and a syndicate composed of George S. Kaufman, Max Gordon, and Moss Hart bought the theater in 1940. The Shubert Organization has operated the theater since 1950.
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creatorOf Lyceum Theatre (New York, N.Y.). Programs, 1893-1900. University of Florida
creatorOf Eastman, Bart, 19th/20th cent.,. Autograph letter signed from [Bart Eastman?] to John Malone [manuscript], 19th or 20th century Saturday. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Theater programs collection Boston College. John J. Burns Library
referencedIn May B. Woodward scrapbook, Bulk, 1886-1887, 1884-1896 Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)
creatorOf Great Southern Theatre (Columbus, Ohio). Columbus, Ohio theatre programs. ca. 1876-1900. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Lyceum Theatre (45th St., New York, N.Y.). [Programs for the Lyceum Theatre]. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Playbill Inc., Playbill, collection, 1924-1985. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Brand, Jay. Columbus and New York theatre and music programs. ca. 1891-1902. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Playbills and programs relating to works of Charles Dickens, 1837-1899. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Photographs featuring 19th-century theatrical groups, companies, productions, and related personalities, 1870-1893. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Photographs of theatrical performers, 1862-1982. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Morris, Clara, 1848-1925,. Autograph letter signed from Clara Morris, Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York, to Mr. Haverly [manuscript], 1879 November 8. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Playbills for dramatic performances presented at the Lyceum Theatre. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn George F. O'Dwyer papers Boston College. John J. Burns Library
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Establishment 1903-11-02

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