Shubert Theatre (Boston)
History
Architect Thomas M. James (Hill, James, & Whitaker) designed the building, 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. The theater was named in honor of Sam S. Shubert, 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, starring E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places—as the Sam S. Shubert Theatre—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.
The theatre reopened after renovation in November 1996, as the first stop on the first national tour of the musical Rent. 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.
Pre-Broadway engagements
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- 1928: Here’s Howe
- 1949: South Pacific
- 1950: Arms and the Girl, Call Me Madam, Out of This World
- 1951: The King and I, Paint Your Wagon, A Month of Sundays
- 1952: Three Wishes for Jamie
- 1953: Me and Juliet, John Murray Anderson's Almanac
- 1954: By the Beautiful Sea, The Pajama Game, Fanny, Hit the Trail
- 1955: Ankles Aweigh, Damn Yankees, Reuben, Reuben, Pipe Dream
- 1956: The Amazing Adele, The Most Happy Fella, Ziegfeld Follies of 1956, Shangri-La, Bells Are Ringing, Happy Hunting
- 1957: New Girl in Town, Jamaica
- 1958: Flower Drum Song
- 1959: Juno, Destry Rides Again, Take Me Along, The Sound of Music, Fiorello!, The Pink Jungle
- 1960: Lock Up Your Daughters!, Tenderloin, Camelot
- 1961: Kean
- 1963: 110 in the Shade
- 1964: Funny Girl, Golden Boy, Ben Franklin in Paris, Bajour, Baker Street
- 1965: Kelly, Do I Hear a Waltz?, The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd, Hot September
- 1966: Mame, The Apple Tree, Cabaret, Breakfast at Tiffany's
- 1967: Darling of the Day
- 1968: Her First Roman, Zorba
- 1970: Company, Two By Two, No, No, Nanette
- 1971: Prettybelle, Lolita, My Love, On the Town
- 1972: Sugar
- 1973: Molly
- 1974: Gypsy
- 1975: Pacific Overtures
- 1976: Rex, The Baker's Wife
- 1978: The Prince of Grand Street
- 1981: Dreamgirls
- 1983: Private Lives
See also
Notes
- ^ Not to be confused with the liked-name Broadway theatre, which is a designated New York City Landmark.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Boston register and business directory. 1921". HathiTrust. April 13, 2020. hdl:2027/hvd.hb0l8l. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
- ^ Susan Wilson. Boston sites & insights: an essential guide to historic landmarks in and around Boston. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004
- ^ "Beautiful New Theatre to be Named the Shubert". The Boston Daily Globe. December 12, 1909.
- ^ "Shubert Theatre". The Boston Globe. January 28, 1988. p. 18 (Calendar supplement). Retrieved October 29, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Theatre History". bochcenter.org. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ Center, Boch. "Theatre History | Boch Center". www.bochcenter.org. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ Gans, Andrew (September 7, 2008). ""Seasons of Love": A Rent Timeline". Playbill.
- ^ Leung, Shirley (2016-09-15). "The Boch name spreads to the Theater District". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- ^ "Musical Comedy: "Here's Howe" for Boston". Billboard. Vol. 40, no. 15. April 14, 1928. p. 8.
External links
- Boston Public Library, Special Collections. William B. Jackson Theater Collection Archived 2013-07-05 at the Wayback Machine. Includes materials related to the Shubert Theatre, 1910-1989
- Library of Congress. Drawing of New Shubert Theatre, Tremont St. opposite Hollis St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1929.
- New York Public Library:
- Flyer promoting the pre-Broadway booking (2 weeks beginning Monday November 7, 1938) of The Boys From Syracuse at the Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.)
- Flyer advertising Too Many Girls opening at the Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.) (1939)
- Program (May 11-23, 1942) for All's Fair, the pre-Broadway title for By Jupiter, at the Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.)
- Bostonian Society:
- Photo of 263-265 Tremont Street, c. 1943
- Photo of interior of Shubert Theater, c. 1935-50
- Photo of interior of Shubert Theater, 20th century
- Photo of 263-265 Tremont Street, c. 1957
- Photo of 255-275 Tremont Street, c. 1959
- Boston Athenæum Theater History Archived 2021-04-14 at the Wayback Machine. Shubert Theatre (1910- ), 265 Tremont Street
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