Richard Rodgers Theatre


Free Web Hosting with Website Builder
Richard Rodgers Theatre, showing Tarzan, 2006

The Richard Rodgers Theatre, in New York City, was built by Irwin Chanin in 1925. When it was first opened, it was called Chanin's 46th Street Theatre. Chanin almost immediately leased the theatre to the Shuberts, who eventually bought the building outright in 1931 and rechristened it as simply the 46th Street Theatre. In 1982, it was purchased and renovated by the Nederlander Organization, who in 1990 renamed it the Richard Rodgers Theatre, in memory of composer Richard Rodgers. The building is located at 226 W 46th Street, New York City, New York, between Broadway & 8th Avenue. The new Disney musical Tarzan which recently played at the Richard Rodgers closed on July 8, 2007. In The Heights is currently playing at the theatre.

Chanin's Seating Plan

The Richard Rodgers Theatre is notable in that it was the first to feature Chanin's 'democratic' seating plan. In most earlier Broadway theatres, patrons seated in the cheaper balcony and mezzanine sections utilized separate entrances from patrons who had purchased the more expensive orchestra section seats. Instead, all patrons entered the new theatre through the same doors, and a series of steps inside the house led to the upper seating areas.

Notable Broadway Shows Housed

External links

v • d • e
Broadway theatres
 
Active by owner
Other
No longer
on Broadway






Why are we here?
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
This page is cache of Wikipedia. History