Nederlander Theatre (New York) The 1,200‐seat playhouse on West 41st Street has gone by many names during its history, and has changed ownership several times. It was built as the National Theatre in 1921 when there were still a handful of Broadway playhouses south of 42nd Street. But as the others disappeared, the National found itself outside of the Times Square district and it became a problematic house. William Neil Smith designed the theatre with a dark Italian walnut interior and a festive facade of galleries. The National was renamed the Billy Rose Theatre in 1958 when producer Rose bought it and renovated it, only to be rechristened the Trafalgar Theatre when the Nederlanders purchased it in 1979. The next year it was renamed the Nederlander after the organizations's founder, the late David Nederlander. Although the playhouse has had its hit plays and musicals over the decades, none ran as long as Rent (1996).
Nederlander Theatre
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David T. Nederlander Theatre (formerly "Billy Rose Theatre" or "National Theatre") is a 1,232-seat Broadway theatre located at 208 West 41st Street, in New York City (commonly the "Nederlander Theatre"). One of the Nederlander Organization's nine Broadway theatres, the legacy of the theatre began with David Tobias Nederlander, for whom the theatre is named.
Built by Walter C. Jordan in 1921, the theatre was originally named the National Theatre. It was renamed the Billy Rose Theatre in 1959, and in 1979 was very briefly renamed the Trafalgar Theatre; it became the David T. Nederlander Theatre in 1980. It housed Times Square Church before The Nederlander Organization sold the Mark Hellinger Theatre to the church's pastor, David Wilkerson.
A wide variety of shows have played the Nederlander, including Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and King Lear, Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, Noel Coward's Private Lives, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the Tony award winning Rent. Lena Horne won a 1981 Tony Award for her performance at the Nederlander in her eponymous Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music.
Located in the Times Square Theatre District, the Nederlander had recently held the title of the only Broadway theatre located south of 42nd Street to currently host a performance—until Rent closed on September 7, 2008, after twelve years. Set in the Alphabet City neighborhood of Manhattan's East Village, the Rent production occasioned the remodelling of the façade and interior of the theatre to resemble a downtown nightclub. When Rent closed in 2008, refurbisihing quickly went underway for their new show, a revival of Guys and Dolls starring Oliver Platt and Lauren Graham. The show played only 147 performances and was a box office failure when it closed on June 14, 2009. Recently the Neil Simon plays, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound were to premiere at the theatre in the fall, and perform alternating shows. However, due to extremely weak ticket sales for Brighton Beach Memoirs, the show will close on November 1, 2009 and the other planned production of Broadway Bound will not be shown and has been canceled.
In November 2009 It was announced that the musical Million Dollar Quartet will make its Broadway debut at the theatre in spring 2010.[1]
Notable productions
- 1948: Lend an Ear
- 1955: Inherit the Wind
- 1962: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- 1996: Rent
- 2009: Guys and Dolls
- 2009: Brighton Beach Memoirs/Broadway Bound (billed as "The Neil Simon Plays")
- 2010: Million Dollar Quartet
See also
External links
- Official site
- Broadway Theatre Guide
- Nederlander Detroit
- Nederlander Theatre at the Internet Broadway Database
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- Merle Dandridge
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