Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

The original Globe Theatre was built by producer Charles Dillingham. He lost his fortune in the 1929 Wall Street crash and the Globe was foreclosed and converted into a cinema in 1932. The theatre was bought in 1957 and renamed the Lunt – Fontanne Theatre in 1957 in honour of husband and wife actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. They made their farewell Broadway appearance at the new theatre in it’s first production “The Visit”. Coincidentally they also opened a new theatre in London (the Royalty Theatre, Kingsway) with the same play .

Past productions

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th March – 26^th May 1996.
The Corn is Green 22^nd August – 18^th September 1983.
Private Lives 8^th May – 17^th July 1983.
The Pajama Game 9^th December 1973 – 3^rd February 1974.
Little Me 17^th November 1962 – 29^th June 1963.
The Sound of Music 16^th November 1959 – 3^rd November 1962.
The Visit 5^th May – 5^th July 1958.

203 – 217 W 46^th Street, New York
Opened 10^th January 1910

Also called

Globe Theatre, New York (January 1910 – May 1931)

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