The Shubert Theatre is located in Manhattan, New York. It is a Broadway theatre built by Lee and J.J. Shubert in memory of their brother Sam S. Shubert. Henry B. Herts designed the theatre that was inaugurated in the year 1913.
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The Shubert Theatre was inaugurated with Shakespeare's 'Othello', 'Hamlet' and 'The Merchant of Venice'. The Forbes-Robertson Repertory Company presented the masterpieces. 'A Chorus Line' happened to be the longest running Broadway musical featured by the Shubert Theatre. The musical ran for 6,137 performances during its fifteen years of history at the Shubert Theatre.
The Shubert Theatre has a seating capacity for 1,500 patrons. It has hosted musical productions such as 'Babes in Arms', 'By Jupiter', 'Bloomer Girl', 'High Button Shoes', 'Paint Your Wagon', 'Can-Can', 'Pipe Dream', 'Bells Are Ringing', 'I Can Get It For You Wholesale', 'Stop the World - I Want to Get Off', 'The Apple Tree', 'Promises, Promises', 'A Little Night Music', 'Crazy For You', 'Big' and the revival of 'Chicago'. The theatre also presented the plays, 'The Philadelphia Story' with Katharine Hepburn, 'Othello' with Paul Robeson, Uta Hagen, and Jose Ferrer and Edward Albee's 'Seascape'.
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