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The '''48th Street Theatre''' was a [[Broadway theatre]] at 157 West [[48th Street (Manhattan)|48th Street]] in [[Manhattan]]. It was built by longtime Broadway producer [[William A. Brady]] and designed by architect [[William A. Swasey]].<ref name="Bloom2007">{{cite book|author=Ken Bloom|title=The Routledge Guide To Broadway|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zd15GW0ruWUC&pg=PA76|accessdate=18 January 2013|year=2007|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-415-97380-9|page=76}}</ref> The venue was also called the '''Equity 48th Street Theatre''' (1922–25) and the '''Windsor Theatre''' (1937–43).
The '''48th Street Theatre''' was a [[Broadway theatre]] at 157 West 48th Street in [[Manhattan]]. It was built by longtime Broadway producer [[William A. Brady]] and designed by architect [[William Albert Swasey]].<ref name="Bloom2007">{{cite book|author=Ken Bloom|title=The Routledge Guide To Broadway| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zd15GW0ruWUC&pg=PA76|access-date=18 January 2013|year=2007|publisher=CRC Press| isbn=978-0-415-97380-9|page=76}}</ref> The venue was also called the '''Equity 48th Street Theatre''' (1922–25) and the '''Windsor Theatre''' (1937–43).


==History==
==History==
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[[File:48th-Street-Theatre-Seating-Diagram-1921.jpg|thumb|260px|right|48th Street Theatre seating plan from the [[playbill]] for ''The Broken Wing'' (1920–21)]]
The 48th Street Theatre opened on August 12, 1912 with the play ''[[Just Like John]]'' by [[George Broadhurst]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/><ref name="WW">{{cite book | title=The Biographical Encyclopedia & Who's Who of the American Theatre | publisher=James H. Heineman, Inc. | year=1966 | pages=957 | editor=Walter Rigdon}}</ref> Early successes at the theatre included ''[[Never Say Die (play)|Never Say Die]]'' (1912), ''[[Today (play)|Today]]'' (1913), ''[[The Midnight Girl]]'' (1914), ''[[Just a Woman]]'' (1916), ''[[The Man Who Stayed Home]]'' (1918), ''[[The Storm (1919 play)|The Storm]]'' (1919), and ''[[Opportunity (play)|Opportunity]]'' (1920) starring [[Nita Naldi]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/> The Theatre was briefly named the [[Actors' Equity Association|Equity]] 48th Street Theatre from the premiere of ''[[Malvaloca (play)|Malvaloca]]'' on October 2, 1922, until the premiere of ''[[Spooks]]'' on June 1, 1925.<ref name="Bloom2007"/> During this period they had a successful revival of [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s ''[[The Wild Duck]]''.<ref name="Bloom2007"/>
The 48th Street Theatre opened on August 12, 1912, with the play ''[[Just Like John]]'' by [[George Broadhurst]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/><ref name="WW">{{cite book | title=The Biographical Encyclopedia & Who's Who of the American Theatre | publisher=James H. Heineman, Inc. | year=1966 | pages=957 | editor=Walter Rigdon}}</ref> Early successes at the theatre included ''[[Never Say Die (play)|Never Say Die]]'' (1912), ''[[Today (play)|Today]]'' (1913), ''[[The Midnight Girl]]'' (1914), ''[[Eugene Walter (playwright)|Just a Woman]]'' (1916), ''[[The Man Who Stayed at Home (play)|The Man Who Stayed at Home]]'' (1918), ''[[The Storm (1919 play)|The Storm]]'' (1919), and ''[[Opportunity (play)|Opportunity]]'' (1920) starring [[Nita Naldi]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/> The Theatre was briefly named the [[Actors' Equity Association|Equity]] 48th Street Theatre from the premiere of ''[[Malvaloca (play)|Malvaloca]]'' on October 2, 1922, until the premiere of ''[[Spooks (play)|Spooks]]'' on June 1, 1925.<ref name="Bloom2007"/> During this period they had a successful revival of [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s ''[[The Wild Duck]]''.<ref name="Bloom2007"/>


On April 18, 1926, the theatre featured the professional debut of [[Martha Graham]] as an independent dancer and choreographer.<ref name=NYT/> Graham and three of her students performed 18 short pieces accompanied by the music of [[Impressionist music|Impressionist]] composers. Despite poor weather, the evening was a success, which Graham attributed to "curiosity" as people attended to see "a woman who could do her own work".<ref name=NYT>{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/specials/magazine4/articles/graham1.html | title=Martha Graham Dies at 96; A Revolutionary in Dance | work=[[New York Times]] | date=April 2, 1991 | accessdate=January 17, 2013 | author=Kisselgoff, Anna}}</ref><ref name="Freedman1998">{{cite book|author=Russell Freedman|title=Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LauOC7vYx-gC&pg=PA42|accessdate=17 January 2013|year=1998|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-395-74655-4|page=42}}</ref>
On April 18, 1926, the theatre featured the professional debut of [[Martha Graham]] as an independent dancer and choreographer.<ref name=NYT/> Graham and three of her students performed 18 short pieces accompanied by the music of [[Impressionist music|Impressionist]] composers. Despite poor weather, the evening was a success, which Graham attributed to "curiosity" as people attended to see "a woman who could do her own work".<ref name=NYT>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/specials/magazine4/articles/graham1.html | title=Martha Graham Dies at 96; A Revolutionary in Dance | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=April 2, 1991 | access-date=January 17, 2013 | author=Kisselgoff, Anna}}</ref><ref name="Freedman1998">{{cite book|author=Russell Freedman|title=Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LauOC7vYx-gC&pg=PA42|access-date=17 January 2013|year=1998|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-395-74655-4|page=42}}</ref>


On November 11, 1926, the theatre premiered ''[[The Squall]]'' by [[Jean Bart (writer)|Jean Bart]], starring [[Blanche Yurka]], [[Romney Brent]], and [[Dorothy Stickney]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/> During the final act of the performance July 26, 1927, 38-year-old screenwriter and film executive [[June Mathis]] was stricken and died<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=July 27, 1927 |title=June Mathis Dies While at Theatre |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0DE6DA1F3FE733A25754C2A9619C946695D6CF |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2015-11-23 }}</ref> following a heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=July 28, 1927 |title=June Mathis Heart Victim |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=940DE6D91E3BE233A2575BC2A9619C946695D6CF |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2015-11-23 }}</ref>
On November 11, 1926, the theatre premiered ''[[The Squall]]'' by [[Jean Bart (writer)|Jean Bart]], starring [[Blanche Yurka]], [[Romney Brent]], and [[Dorothy Stickney]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/> During the final act of the performance July 26, 1927, 38-year-old screenwriter and film executive [[June Mathis]] was stricken and died<ref>{{cite news |date=July 27, 1927 |title=June Mathis Dies While at Theatre |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/07/27/archives/june-mathis-dies-while-at-theatre-her-scream-mother-im-dying.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2015-11-23 }}</ref> following a heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 28, 1927 |title=June Mathis Heart Victim |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/07/28/archives/june-mathis-heart-victim-report-follows-autopsy-on-scenarist.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2015-11-23 }}</ref>
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[[File:48th-Street-Theatre-Seating-Diagram-1921.jpg|thumb|260px|right|48th Street Theatre seating plan from the [[playbill]] for ''The Broken Wing'' (1920–21)]]
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Notable performances at the theatre during this period included ''[[Puppy Love]]'' (1926) starring [[Spring Byington]], ''[[The Pagan Lady]]'' (1930) starring [[Lenore Ulric]], and ''[[Unexpected Husband]]'' (1931) starring [[Josephine Hull]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/>


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Notable performances at the theatre during this period included ''Puppy Love'' (1926) starring [[Spring Byington]], ''[[The Pagan Lady]]'' (1930) starring [[Lenore Ulric]], and ''[[Unexpected Husband]]'' (1931) starring [[Josephine Hull]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/>
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The theatre was sold and renamed the Windsor Theatre by producer [[Sam H. Grisman]], beginning with the premiere of ''[[Work Is for Horses]]'' on November 20, 1937.<ref name="Bloom2007"/><ref name="WW"/><ref>{{cite news | title=News of the Stage: Victor Wolfson Writes Another Play; John C. Wilson Buys It-48th St. Theatre Renamed the Windsor | work=[[New York Times]] | date=13 July 1937 | pages=22}}</ref> The Windsor, along with the [[Princess Theatre, New York City|Princess Theatre]], was used for [[Labor Stage]], a project of the [[International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union]], which produced plays and held lectures and meetings. Perhaps the most notable play at the Windsor was a January 3, 1938 revival of [[Marc Blitzstein]]'s controversial political musical ''[[The Cradle Will Rock]]'', produced by Grisman and directed by [[Orson Welles]].<ref name="GreenGreen1996">{{cite book|author1=Stanley Green|author2=Kay Green|title=Broadway Musicals: Show by Show|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KDKFHniTy1YC&pg=PA101|accessdate=18 January 2013|year=1996|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-7935-7750-7|page=101}}</ref>


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The theatre was sold and renamed the Windsor Theatre by producer [[Sam H. Grisman]], beginning with the premiere of ''[[Work Is for Horses]]'' on November 20, 1937.<ref name="Bloom2007"/><ref name="WW"/><ref>{{cite news | title=News of the Stage: Victor Wolfson Writes Another Play; John C. Wilson Buys It-48th St. Theatre Renamed the Windsor | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=13 July 1937 | pages=22}}</ref> The Windsor, along with the [[Princess Theatre, New York City|Princess Theatre]], was used for [[Labor Stage]], a project of the [[International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union]], which produced plays and held lectures and meetings. Perhaps the most notable play at the Windsor was a January 3, 1938, revival of [[Marc Blitzstein]]'s controversial political musical ''[[The Cradle Will Rock]]'', produced by Grisman and directed by [[Orson Welles]].<ref name="GreenGreen1996">{{cite book|author1=Stanley Green|author2=Kay Green|title=Broadway Musicals: Show by Show|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDKFHniTy1YC&pg=PA101|access-date=18 January 2013|year=1996|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-7935-7750-7|page=101}}</ref>
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On September 1, 1943, the theatre once again became the 48th Street Theatre. The most successful play in the theatre's history premiered on November 1, 1944: ''[[Harvey (play)|Harvey]]'' by [[Mary Chase (playwright)|Mary Chase]] and starring [[Frank Fay (American actor)|Frank Fay]], which ran for 1775 performances, won Chase the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]], and was adapted into a [[Harvey (film)|1950 film]] starring [[James Stewart]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/><ref name="WW"/> Another success at the theatre was ''[[Stalag 17]]'' (1951), which was also made into a successful [[Stalag 17|1953 film]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/>


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On September 1, 1943, the theatre once again became the 48th Street Theatre. The most successful play in the theatre's history premiered on November 1, 1944: ''[[Harvey (play)|Harvey]]'' by [[Mary Chase (playwright)|Mary Chase]] and starring [[Frank Fay (American actor)|Frank Fay]], which ran for 1775 performances, won Chase the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]], and was adapted into a [[Harvey (1996 film)|1950 film]] starring [[James Stewart]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/><ref name="WW"/> Another success at the theatre was ''[[Stalag 17]]'' (1951), which was also made into a successful [[Stalag 17|1953 film]].<ref name="Bloom2007"/>
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On August 23, 1955, a rooftop water tank feeding the fire sprinkler system fell through the reinforced concrete roof, and 10,000 gallons of water caused extensive damage to the interior. Dark since the end of ''[[Tea and Sympathy (play)|Tea and Sympathy]]'' in June, the theatre was closed and the building was demolished later that year.<ref name="Bloom2007"/><ref name="WW"/><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=August 24, 1955 |title=Water Tank Falls Through Roof of 48th St. Theatre and Into Empty Seats |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C02EED81631E53ABC4C51DFBE66838E649EDE |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2015-11-23 }}</ref> The address is now the site of a parking garage.<ref name="Hoogstraten1991">{{cite book|author=Nicholas Van Hoogstraten|title=Lost Broadway theatres|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mGFQAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=18 January 2013|date=May 1991|publisher=Princeton Architectural Press|isbn=978-0-910413-58-9}}</ref>

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On August 23, 1955, a rooftop water tank feeding the fire sprinkler system fell through the reinforced concrete roof, and 10,000 gallons of water caused extensive damage to the interior. Dark since the end of ''[[Tea and Sympathy (play)|Tea and Sympathy]]'' in June, the theatre was closed and the building was demolished later that year.<ref name="Bloom2007"/><ref name="WW"/><ref>{{cite news |date=August 24, 1955 |title=Water Tank Falls Through Roof of 48th St. Theatre and Into Empty Seats |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/08/24/archives/water-tank-falls-through-roof-of-48th-st-theatre-and-into-empty.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2015-11-23 }}</ref> A parking garage was built on the site, which was later replaced by a [[Hard Rock Hotel]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=48th Street Theatre in New York, NY |url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/56992 |website=Cinema Treasures |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>


==Notable productions==
==Notable productions==
* 1916–17: ''[[The Thirteenth Chair (play)|The Thirteenth Chair]]''<ref>Lachman, Marvin. ''The Villainous Stage: Crime Plays on Broadway and in the West End''. McFarland, 2014. p.79</ref>
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* 1920–21: ''The Broken Wing''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/351/The-Broken-Wing |title=The Broken Wing |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=Playbill |accessdate=2015-11-23}}</ref>
* 1922: ''The Torch Bearers''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/344/The-Torch-Bearers |title=The Torch Bearers |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=Playbill |accessdate=2015-11-23}}</ref>
* 1920–21: ''The Broken Wing''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/351/The-Broken-Wing |title=The Broken Wing |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=Playbill |access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>
* 1938: ''[[The Cradle Will Rock]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/240/The-Cradle-Will-Rock |title=The Cradle Will Rock |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=[[Playbill]] |accessdate=2015-11-23}}</ref>
* 1922: ''[[The Torch-Bearers]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/344/The-Torch-Bearers |title=The Torch Bearers |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=Playbill |access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>
* 1939–40: ''[[Pins and Needles]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/9734/Pins-and-Needles |title=Pins and Needles |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=Playbill |accessdate=2015-11-23}}</ref>
* 1938: ''[[The Cradle Will Rock]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/240/The-Cradle-Will-Rock |title=The Cradle Will Rock |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>
* 1944–49: ''[[Harvey]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibdb.com/Production/View/1593 |title=Harvey |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |accessdate=2015-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/264/Harvey |title=Harvey |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=Playbill |accessdate=2015-11-23}}</ref>
* 1939–40: ''[[Pins and Needles]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/9734/Pins-and-Needles |title=Pins and Needles |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=Playbill |access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>
* 1951–52: ''[[Stalag 17]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/255/Stalag-17 |title=Stalag 17 |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=Playbill |accessdate=2015-11-23}}</ref>
* 1941: ''Good Neighbor''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Good Neighbor |url=https://playbill.com/production/good-neighbor-windsor-theatre-vault-0000000229 |website=Playbill Vault}}</ref>
* 1942: ''[[Under this Roof]]''
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* 1955: ''[[Tea and Sympathy (play)|Tea and Sympathy]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/4389/Tea-and-Sympathy |title=Tea and Sympathy |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=''Playbill'' |accessdate=2015-11-23}}</ref>
* 1944–49: ''[[Harvey (play)|Harvey]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibdb.com/Production/View/1593 |title=Harvey |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/264/Harvey |title=Harvey |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=Playbill |access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>
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* 1951–52: ''[[Stalag 17]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/255/Stalag-17 |title=Stalag 17 |website=Playbill Vault |publisher=Playbill |access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>
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* 1955: ''[[Tea and Sympathy (play)|Tea and Sympathy]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/4389/Tea-and-Sympathy |title=Tea and Sympathy |magazine=Playbill |access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>


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"Windsor Theatre" redirects here. For other uses, see Windsor Theatre (disambiguation).

48th Street Theatre
Equity 48th Street Theatre (1922–25)
Windsor Theatre (1937–43)
48th Street Theatre in 1912
Map
Address157 West 48th Street
Manhattan, New York City
United States
Coordinates40°45′35″N 73°59′00″W / 40.7597°N 73.9833°W / 40.7597; -73.9833
TypeBroadway
Construction
OpenedAugust 12, 1912
ClosedAugust 23, 1955
Demolished1955
ArchitectWilliam Albert Swasey

The 48th Street Theatre was a Broadway theatre at 157 West 48th Street in Manhattan. It was built by longtime Broadway producer William A. Brady and designed by architect William Albert Swasey.[1] The venue was also called the Equity 48th Street Theatre (1922–25) and the Windsor Theatre (1937–43).

History

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48th Street Theatre seating plan from the playbill for The Broken Wing (1920–21)

The 48th Street Theatre opened on August 12, 1912, with the play Just Like John by George Broadhurst.[1][2] Early successes at the theatre included Never Say Die (1912), Today (1913), The Midnight Girl (1914), Just a Woman (1916), The Man Who Stayed at Home (1918), The Storm (1919), and Opportunity (1920) starring Nita Naldi.[1] The Theatre was briefly named the Equity 48th Street Theatre from the premiere of Malvaloca on October 2, 1922, until the premiere of Spooks on June 1, 1925.[1] During this period they had a successful revival of Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck.[1]

On April 18, 1926, the theatre featured the professional debut of Martha Graham as an independent dancer and choreographer.[3] Graham and three of her students performed 18 short pieces accompanied by the music of Impressionist composers. Despite poor weather, the evening was a success, which Graham attributed to "curiosity" as people attended to see "a woman who could do her own work".[3][4]

On November 11, 1926, the theatre premiered The Squall by Jean Bart, starring Blanche Yurka, Romney Brent, and Dorothy Stickney.[1] During the final act of the performance July 26, 1927, 38-year-old screenwriter and film executive June Mathis was stricken and died[5] following a heart attack.[6]

Notable performances at the theatre during this period included Puppy Love (1926) starring Spring Byington, The Pagan Lady (1930) starring Lenore Ulric, and Unexpected Husband (1931) starring Josephine Hull.[1]

The theatre was sold and renamed the Windsor Theatre by producer Sam H. Grisman, beginning with the premiere of Work Is for Horses on November 20, 1937.[1][2][7] The Windsor, along with the Princess Theatre, was used for Labor Stage, a project of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, which produced plays and held lectures and meetings. Perhaps the most notable play at the Windsor was a January 3, 1938, revival of Marc Blitzstein's controversial political musical The Cradle Will Rock, produced by Grisman and directed by Orson Welles.[8]

On September 1, 1943, the theatre once again became the 48th Street Theatre. The most successful play in the theatre's history premiered on November 1, 1944: Harvey by Mary Chase and starring Frank Fay, which ran for 1775 performances, won Chase the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and was adapted into a 1950 film starring James Stewart.[1][2] Another success at the theatre was Stalag 17 (1951), which was also made into a successful 1953 film.[1]

On August 23, 1955, a rooftop water tank feeding the fire sprinkler system fell through the reinforced concrete roof, and 10,000 gallons of water caused extensive damage to the interior. Dark since the end of Tea and Sympathy in June, the theatre was closed and the building was demolished later that year.[1][2][9] A parking garage was built on the site, which was later replaced by a Hard Rock Hotel in 2022.[10]

Notable productions

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Ken Bloom (2007). The Routledge Guide To Broadway. CRC Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-415-97380-9. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Walter Rigdon, ed. (1966). The Biographical Encyclopedia & Who's Who of the American Theatre. James H. Heineman, Inc. p. 957.
  3. ^ a b Kisselgoff, Anna (April 2, 1991). "Martha Graham Dies at 96; A Revolutionary in Dance". The New York Times. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  4. ^ Russell Freedman (1998). Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-395-74655-4. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  5. ^ "June Mathis Dies While at Theatre". The New York Times. July 27, 1927. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  6. ^ "June Mathis Heart Victim". The New York Times. July 28, 1927. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  7. ^ "News of the Stage: Victor Wolfson Writes Another Play; John C. Wilson Buys It-48th St. Theatre Renamed the Windsor". The New York Times. July 13, 1937. p. 22.
  8. ^ Stanley Green; Kay Green (1996). Broadway Musicals: Show by Show. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7935-7750-7. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  9. ^ "Water Tank Falls Through Roof of 48th St. Theatre and Into Empty Seats". The New York Times. August 24, 1955. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  10. ^ "48th Street Theatre in New York, NY". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  11. ^ Lachman, Marvin. The Villainous Stage: Crime Plays on Broadway and in the West End. McFarland, 2014. p.79
  12. ^ "The Broken Wing". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  13. ^ "The Torch Bearers". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  14. ^ "The Cradle Will Rock". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  15. ^ "Pins and Needles". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  16. ^ "Good Neighbor". Playbill Vault.
  17. ^ "Harvey". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  18. ^ "Harvey". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  19. ^ "Stalag 17". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  20. ^ "Tea and Sympathy". Playbill. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
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