Brooks Atkinson Theatre (New York). Opening in 1926 as the Mansfield Theatre, the wide and practical theatre was built by the enterprising Chanin Brothers on West 47th Street and named after the celebrated actor Richard Mansfield. Herbert J Krapp designed the 1,000‐seat playhouse, which was ideal for nonmusicals. The Mansfield managed to survive the Great Depression years but closed in 1944 and reopened as a television studio in 1950. A decade later it returned to offering legit fare and was renamed after the recently retired journalist Brooks Atkinson, the first time on record a theatre was named after a critic. Today the playhouse is owned by the Nederlanders and is steadily booked.
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
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The Brooks Atkinson Theatre is a Broadway theater located at 256 West 47th Street in Manhattan.
Designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp, it was constructed as the Mansfield Theatre by the Chanin brothers in 1926. After 1933, the theatre fell into relative disuse until 1945, when Michael Myerberg bought it and leased it to CBS for television productions. Known as CBS Studio 59, the theater played host to the long-running game show What's My Line?.[1] In 1960, it was renamed after the former New York Times theater critic, Brooks Atkinson, and returned to legitimate use.
Refurbished in 2000, the theatre once again is illuminated by the original chandelier that had been removed over 40 years ago. It has 1,069 seats and is one of the Nederlander Organization's nine Broadway houses.
The revival of Grease recently played at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The show featured Max Crumm as Danny Zuko and Laura Osnes as Sandy Dumbrowski. who were the winners of the 2006-2007 reality TV show Grease: You're the One that I Want which selected a new Danny and Sandy for the revival through a massive nationwide casting call.
The theatre is currently home to Rock of Ages, starring Constantine Maroulis as Drew Bowie and Kerry Butler as Sherrie Christian. The New York production of Rock of Ages first began performances at the New World Stages in the fall of 2008, officially opening on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson on April 7, 2009. [2]
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Notable productions pre-2000
- Shuffle Along (1932)
- Juno and the Paycock (1940 revival)
- The Cradle Will Rock (1947 revival)
- Come Blow Your Horn (1961)
- Something More! (1964)
- A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1968)
- Lovers and Other Strangers (1968)
- Charley's Aunt (1970 revival)
- Lenny (1971)
- My Fat Friend (1974)
- Same Time, Next Year (1975)
- Tribute (1978)
- Talley's Folly (1980)
- Lolita (1981 Edward Albee adaptation)
- Beyond Therapy (1982)
- Noises Off (original 1983 production)
- Aren't We All? (4/29/1985 - 7/21/1985)
- Benefactors (1985)
- Jackie Mason's The World According to Me! (1988)
- The Cemetery Club (1990)
- Shadowlands (1990)
- Death and the Maiden (1992)
- She Loves Me (1993 revival)
- Wait Until Dark (1998 revival)
- The Iceman Cometh (1999 revival)
Productions since January 1, 2000
| Show | Opening day | Closing day | Notes |
| The Rainmaker | November 11, 1999 | January 23, 2000 | Revival |
| Uncle Vanya | April 30, 2000 | June 11, 2000 | Revival |
| Jane Eyre | December 10, 2000 | June 10, 2001 | 2001 Tony Award Best Musical nominee |
| Noises Off | November 1, 2001 | September 1, 2002 | |
| Medea | December 10, 2002 | February 22, 2003 | Revival |
| The Look of Love | May 4, 2003 | June 15, 2003 | |
| Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only | November 19, 2003 | November 30, 2003 | |
| Jumpers | April 25, 2004 | July 11, 2004 | Revival 2004 Tony Award winner, Best Revival of a Play nominee |
| Democracy | November 18, 2004 | April 17, 2005 | Tony Award 2005 Best Play nominee |
| Mark Twain Tonight | June 9, 2005 | June 26, 2005 | |
| The Blonde in the Thunderbird | July 17, 2005 | July 24, 2005 | |
| The Odd Couple | October 27, 2005 | June 4, 2006 | Revival with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick |
| The Times They Are A-Changin' | October 26, 2006 | November 19, 2006 | |
| A Moon for the Misbegotten | April 9, 2007 | June 10, 2007 | Revival with Kevin Spacey |
| Grease | July 24, 2007 | January 4, 2009 | Revival with reality show winners Max Crumm and Laura Osnes |
| Rock of Ages | April 7, 2009 |
References
- ^ "What's My Line?: EPISODE #477". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/whats-my-line/episode-475/episode/96855/summary.html?tag=episode_tabs;next. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles. "”Big-Hair Rockers Return in a New Arena: Broadway "". ’’New York Times’’. http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/theater/reviews/08rock.html. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
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