The Shubert Theatre is a theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, at 263–265 Tremont Street in the Boston Theater District.[2] The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.

History

Architect Thomas M. James (Hill, James, & Whitaker) designed the building,[3] which seats approximately 1,600 people. Originally conceived as The Lyric Theatre by developer Charles H. Bond, it was taken over by The Shubert Organization in 1908 after Bond's death.[4] The theater was named in honor of Sam S. Shubert,[5] middle brother of the Shubert family, who had died in 1905.

The theater opened on January 24, 1910, with a production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew,[6] starring E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places—as the Sam S. Shubert Theatre[a]—in 1980. In February 1996, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts signed a 40-year lease agreement to operate the theatre with the Shubert Organization, which continues to own the building and property.[7]

The theatre reopened after renovation in November 1996, as the first stop on the first national tour of the musical Rent.[7][8] The Boch family became the namesake of the center in 2016, making the full name of the theatre the Shubert Theatre at the Boch Center.[9]

Pre-Broadway engagements

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Not to be confused with the liked-name Broadway theatre, which is a designated New York City Landmark.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Boston register and business directory. 1921". HathiTrust. April 13, 2020. hdl:2027/hvd.hb0l8l. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  3. ^ Susan Wilson. Boston sites & insights: an essential guide to historic landmarks in and around Boston. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004
  4. ^ "Beautiful New Theatre to be Named the Shubert". The Boston Daily Globe. December 12, 1909.
  5. ^ "Shubert Theatre". The Boston Globe. January 28, 1988. p. 18 (Calendar supplement). Retrieved October 29, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Theatre History". bochcenter.org. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Center, Boch. "Theatre History | Boch Center". www.bochcenter.org. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  8. ^ Gans, Andrew (September 7, 2008). ""Seasons of Love": A Rent Timeline". Playbill.
  9. ^ Leung, Shirley (September 15, 2016). "The Boch name spreads to the Theater District". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  10. ^ "Musical Comedy: "Here's Howe" for Boston". Billboard. Vol. 40, no. 15. April 14, 1928. p. 8.
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