Fourteenth Street Theatre

Coordinates: 40°44′16″N 73°59′50″W / 40.73778°N 73.99722°W

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General information
The Lyceum Theatre c.1871, from a stereoscopic image

Architectural style	Neoclassical architecture
Location	Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°44′16″N 73°59′50″W / 40.73778°N 73.99722°W / 40.73778; -73.99722
Opened	1866
Demolished	1938
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Alexander Saeltzer

The Fourteenth Street Theatre was a New York City theatre located at 107 West 14th Street just west of Sixth Avenue.^[1]

History

It was designed by Alexander Saeltzer and opened in 1866 as the Theatre Francais, as a home for French language dramas and opera.^[2]

The theatre was renamed the Lyceum in 1871. In 1879, it was taken over by producer J.H. Haverly who renamed it Haverly's 14th Street Theatre. By the mid-1880s, it had become simply the Fourteenth Street Theatre.^[3]

By the mid-1910s, it was being used as a movie theatre, until actress Eva Le Gallienne made it the home of her stage company and renamed it to Civic Repertory Theatre in 1926. She mounted 34 successful productions at the theatre,^[4] but the Great Depression ended that venture in 1934.^[5]

The building was demolished in 1938.^[6]^[7]

Selected productions

14th Street Theatre

Sam'l of Posen; or, The Commercial Drummer (1881)^[8]
Evangeline! (1885–1886) (252 perf.)
The Still Alarm (1887)
The Old Homestead (1887, by Denman Thompson) (155 perf.)
A Romance of Athlone (1889, 1890, by Chauncey Olcott)
Blue Jeans (1890)
Mavourneen (1891)
The Errand Boy (1904)

Civic Repertory Theatre

Alice in Wonderland (1932–33, adapted by Eva Le Gallienne) (127 perf.)
Peace on Earth (1933–34, by George Sklar and Albert Maltz) (126 perf.)
Let Freedom Ring (1935–36) (108 perf.)

References

Notes

^ Berg, J.C. (9 January 2011). The Fourteenth Street Theater Archived 2018-05-26 at the Wayback Machine, nycvintageimages.com
^ Fisher, Hames and Londré, Felicia Hardison. "Modernism" in The A to Z of American Theater Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. ISBN 0-8108-6884-9. pp.180-81
^ Steinberg, Mollie B. The history of the Fourteenth street theatre (1931)
^ Brockett, Oscar G. History of the Theatre, Second Edition. Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 1974. p. 553.
^ (30 May 1942). Producer of Play Found Dead in Hotel Archived 2018-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times
^ Cooper, Lee E. (1 April 1938). Old Fourteenth St. Theatre to Pass Into Hands of Wreckers on Monday Archived 2018-05-26 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times
^ (3 September 2011). The Lost 1866 Theatre Francais -- 107 West 14th Street Archived 2011-11-01 at the Wayback Machine, Daytonian In Manhattan
^ Erdman, Harley (Fall 1995). "M. B. Curtis and the Making of the American Stage Jew". Journal of American Ethnic History. 15 (1). University of Illinois Press: 28-45.

Bibliography

Brockett, Oscar G. History of the Theatre, Second Edition. Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 1974.

External links

Listing on the Internet Broadway Database
Civic Repertory Theatre Records. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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List

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The Shubert Organization (17)	Ambassador Theatre Belasco Theatre Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Booth Theatre Broadhurst Theatre Broadway Theatre Ethel Barrymore Theatre Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Imperial Theatre James Earl Jones Theatre John Golden Theatre Longacre Theatre Lyceum Theatre Majestic Theatre Music Box Theatre Shubert Theatre Winter Garden Theatre
Nederlander Organization (9)	Gershwin Theatre Lena Horne Theatre Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Marquis Theatre Minskoff Theatre Nederlander Theatre Neil Simon Theatre Palace Theatre Richard Rodgers Theatre
ATG Entertainment (7)	Al Hirschfeld Theatre August Wilson Theatre Eugene O'Neill Theatre Hudson Theatre Lyric Theatre St. James Theatre Walter Kerr Theatre
Roundabout Theatre Company (3)	Stephen Sondheim Theatre Studio 54 Todd Haimes Theatre
Other (5)	Circle in the Square Theatre (independent) Hayes Theater (Second Stage) New Amsterdam Theatre (Disney) Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (MTC) Vivian Beaumont Theater (Lincoln Center)
Extant former Broadway theatres	Ed Sullivan Theater (CBS) Edison Theatre (Hotel Edison) Empire Theatre (AMC Theatres) Liberty Theatre Mark Hellinger Theatre (Times Square Church) New Victory Theater (New 42nd Street) Sony Hall (Blue Note Entertainment Group) Times Square Theater (New 42nd Street)

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Post-1949	48th Street Theatre Adelphi Theatre Apollo Theatre Bijou Theatre Center Theatre Colonial Theatre Empire Theatre Fulton Theatre International Theatre Latin Quarter Metropolitan Opera House Morosco Theatre New Century Theatre Playhouse Theatre President Theatre Rialto Theatre Vanderbilt Theatre Ziegfeld Theatre
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Pre-musical	American Theatre Anthony Street Theatre Barnum's American Museum Booth's Theatre Broadway Theatre Burton's Chambers Street Theatre John Street Theatre Nassau Street Theatre National Theatre Olympic Theatre Park Theatre Richmond Hill Theatre

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