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August Wilson Theatre

August Wilson Theatre showing Jersey Boys
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August Wilson Theatre showing Jersey Boys
August Wilson Theatre at night
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August Wilson Theatre at night
Virginia Theatre, 2003
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Virginia Theatre, 2003

The August Wilson Theatre, located at 245 West 52nd Street in New York City, is a legitimate Broadway theatre.

Designed by architects C. Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim and constructed by the Theatre Guild, it opened as the Guild Theatre in 1925 with a revival of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra.

In 1943, the building was leased as a radio station. The American National Theatre and Academy purchased it in 1950 and renamed it the ANTA Theatre. In 1981, the theatre was purchased by Jujamcyn Amusement Corporation and named the Virginia Theatre for owner and Jujamcyn Board member Virginia McKnight Binger.

After her husband James H. Binger's death in 2004, producer and president of Jujamcyn Rocco Landesman announced that he planned to buy Jujamcyn. He told the New York Times he had a long-standing understanding with Binger that he would buy the corporation's five playhouses. The theatres had an estimated net asset value of $30 million.

On October 16, 2005, fourteen days after American playwright August Wilson's untimely death, the theatre was renamed in his honor.

Notable productions

References

  1. ^ Parker, John (ed), Who's Who in the Theatre, 10th revised edition, London, 1947: 1430

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