Shubert Theatre (New Haven)

Shubert Theatre

Address	247 College Street New Haven, Connecticut United States
Coordinates	41°18′23.5″N 72°55′44.6″W / 41.306528°N 72.929056°WCoordinates: 41°18′23.5″N 72°55′44.6″W / 41.306528°N 72.929056°W
Owner	City of New Haven
Operator	CAPA
Capacity	1,600
Current use	music venue
Construction
Opened	1914
Architect	Albert Swazey
Website
www.shubert.com

The Shubert Theatre is a 1,600-seat East Coast theatre located at 247 College Street in New Haven, Connecticut. Originally opened in 1914 by the Shubert Organization, it was designed by Albert Swazey, a New York architect and built by the H.E. Murdock Construction Company. It is currently operated as a non-profit organization by CAPA (The Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts) under the aegis of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts.

Notable productions

• Leave It to Me (Sophie Tucker, Mary Martin) 1938
• Oklahoma! (Alfred Drake, Celeste Holm) 1943
• Carousel 1945
• Annie, Get Your Gun (Ethel Merman) 1946
• Born Yesterday (Judy Holliday) 1946
• A Streetcar Named Desire (Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando) 1947
• Mister Roberts (Henry Fonda) 1948
• South Pacific (Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza) 1949
• The King and I (Yul Brynner) 1951
• My Fair Lady (Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews) 1956
• The Sound of Music (Mary Martin) 1959
• Long Day’s Journey into Night (Jason Robards)
• A Raisin in the Sun (Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee) 1959
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Zero Mostel) 1962
• Flora the Red Menace, featured the debut of Liza Minnelli in a Broadway production, April 3, 1965.^[1]
• Book of Mormon 2015

Notes and references

1. Celebrating 90 Years! Shubert Theatre, A Commemorative Supplement Produced by the New Haven Register, 2004

Glenn Griffin was played by a young Paul Newman

External links

• Shubert Theatre - Operated by CAPA (Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts)
• CAPA:History of the Shubert Theatre