 The 49th Street Theatre in December 1921 | |
| Former names | Cinema 49 (1938–1940) |
|---|---|
| Address | 235 West 49th Street Manhattan, New York City United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′42″N 73°59′08″W / 40.761577°N 73.985577°W |
| Type | Broadway theatre |
| Capacity | 750 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | December 26, 1921 |
| Closed | 1940 |
| Demolished | December 1940 |
| Architect | Herbert J. Krapp |
The 49th Street Theatre (later renamed Cinema 49) was a Broadway theater at 235 West 49th Street in the Theater District of Manhattan in New York City. The 750-seat neo-Renaissance style theater was designed by the architect Herbert J. Krapp for the Shubert Organization.[1] It opened on December 26, 1921, with a performance of Face Value, a comedy by Laurence Grass. Although it had some popular productions, such as the revue La Chauve-Souris and the Aaron Hoffman play Give and Take, the venue was one of the Shuberts' less successful locations.[2] They lost control of the property during the Great Depression. It continued to operate as a playhouse until April 1938. The final theatrical performance at the venue was a production of Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck. The venue was then converted to show movies and reopened as Cinema 49. The cinema was also unsuccessful and closed in 1940; the building was demolished that December.[3]
