Lunt-Fontanne Theatre [New York City]
type: Item
label: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
description: Theatre building in New York, USA
description: theater in Manhattan @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5015
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: USA
City: New York City
opening date: 1910-10-10T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q7634840
GPS: Point(-73.9861 40.7592)
Capacity: 1509
Address: 205 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036
Web: luntfontannetheatre.com
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1534
theatricalia id: 5b3/lunt-fontanne-theatre-new-york
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1910 as Globe Theatre by Carrer & Hastings for Charles Dillingham. Opened 10 Jan 1910 with George Ade and Gustave Luders's The Old Town. 1416 seats. Used for musical performances. 1932 converted into a cinema. 1957-1958 rebuilt by Roche & Roche for Robert Dowling and the City Playhouses Group. Re-opened 5 May 1958 as Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with Dürrenmatt's Besuch der Alten Dame (The Visit), featuring Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne in their Broadway farewell appearance. 1973 purchased by the Nederlander Organization.