What is the history of the winter garden theatre?
Madison Dicki
2025-05-11 17:27:43
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The Winter Garden Theatre has been at the center of entertainment in New York City since it opened in 1911. Designed with Italian Renaissance elements in mind, the theater was always intended to be a place for revues and musicals. Originally, the building was considered to be too far north of the established Broadway district at that time. However, the design of the building – which was originally an American horse exchange – attracted Jacob J Shubert, one of the brothers of the notable Shubert family. The Shubert family had success with their established theater houses in upstate New York, but they wanted to expand their operations, which led to the creation of the Winter Garden Theatre. Opening in 1911, the theater was designed by American architect William Albert Swasey, who was known for his work on various theaters in New York City. The design of the theater went through a complete remodel in 1922. In 1922, the Winter Garden Theatre was temporarily closed for a major renovation. During the 50s and 60s, Broadway musicals had a revival, and the Winter Garden Theatre became known for being a particularly premier venue for musicals and major productions in New York City. The first production the theater put on was La Belle Paree. In 1928, the theater was taken over by Warner Bros. This takeover lasted until 1933, when the company ended its lease.
Jalyn Marks
2025-05-11 14:47:02
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The history of the Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres is a long and fascinating one, spanning over 100 years. Built in 1913, the complex was the Canadian flagship of Marcus Loew's legendary theatre chain. Designed by Thomas Lamb as a "double-decker" theatre complex, it contained the Winter Garden Theatre, constructed on top of the Elgin Theatre (originally known as Loew's Yonge Street Theatre). The two theatres were of distinctly different personality: the Elgin was all gold leaf and rich fabrics, a formal theatre of plaster cherubs and ornate opera boxes. The Winter Garden was a botanical fantasy, its walls hand-painted to resemble a garden, its ceiling a mass of real beech boughs and twinkling lanterns. With the decline of vaudeville, the Winter Garden closed in 1928. It remained closed for more than half a century, becoming a time capsule of a bygone era. In 1981, the Ontario Heritage Trust purchased the building. In 1989, the Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres reopened and has once again become one of Canada's finest theatrical stage complexes.
Caleb Hickle
2025-05-11 14:07:14
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Originally on this Drury Lane, Covent Garden site was the Mogul Tavern, which dated from Elizabethan times, and was frequented by Nell Gwynne, who lived nearby. By the end of the 17th Century it was known as the Great Mogul. Rebuilt in December 1847 as the Mogul Saloon which seated 500. By 1851 it was known as the Middlesex Music Hall. It was so successful, it was re-built in 1872 and further improvements and alterations were made in 1875, only to be re-built again in 1891. It was taken over by Oswald Stoll and was re-built to the plans of famed theatre architect Frank Matcham. The old theatre was closed on 11th January 1910, and the New Middlesex Theatre of Varieties opened on 30th October 1911.
Taken over by George Grossmith, it re-decorated in a French style, and re-opened as the Winter Garden Theatre on 20th May 1919 with “Kissing Time”, a musical play by Guy Bolton & P.G. Woodhouse, which ran for 430 performances. The Winter Garden Theatre was taken over by the Rank Organisation from 1st December 1945, but there were not many successful productions at the theatre under their control, apart from Agatha Christie’s "Witness For the Prosecution" from October 1953 and Tyrone Power in George Bernard Shaw’s "The Devil’s Desciple" in 1956. The Rank Organisation sold the theatre to a property developer in 1959, with a covenant forbidding a new theatre could not be built on the site. The Winter Garden Theatre played its final production "Alice In Wonderland" from December 1959 to January 1960. The building was then gutted and left boarded-up for several years. The site was purchased by Charles Forte in September 1961, and it was finally demolished in 1965.
Guy Hyatt
2025-05-11 12:44:11
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The New London Theatre now occupies this site. Opened in 1828 as a hall adjoining the Mogul Tavern. It was rebuilt in 1847 as the Mogul Saloon. In 1851, the hall was renamed Middlesex Music Hall. Renovation followed in 1872 and major rebuilding occurred in 1891. The theatre again closed in 1910 for more rebuilding and reopened the following year as the New Middlesex Theatre of Varieties. Eight years later, the theatre became the Winter Garden.
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