Garden Theatre
Former theater in Manhattan, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Garden Theatre was a major theater on Madison Avenue and 27th Street in Manhattan, New York City. The theatre opened on September 27, 1890, and closed in 1925.[1] Part of the second Madison Square Garden complex, the theatre presented Broadway plays for two decades and then, as high-end theatres moved uptown to the Times Square area, became a facility for German and Yiddish theatre, motion pictures, lectures, and meetings of trade and political groups.
Gilmore's Garden (~1870) Madison Square Garden (1880) Garden Theatre (1890) | |
Address | 55–61 Madison Avenue. and 22–32 E. 27th Street New York City, New York United States |
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Coordinates | 40.743°N 73.986°W / 40.743; -73.986 |
Owner | Madison Square Garden Company |
Operator | T. Henry French, A.M. Palmer Charles Frohman, Gustav Amberg, William R. Coleman, Emanuel Reicher, Maurice Schwartz, others |
Type | Broadway (until ~1910) |
Capacity | 1,200, +400 standees |
Construction | |
Opened | September 27, 1890 |
Closed | 1925 |
Demolished | 1925 |
Years active | 1890–1925 |
Architect | McKim, Mead & White |
The Garden Theatre has been erroneously referred to as the Madison Square Garden Theatre. It was not related to a theater three blocks south (at Madison Avenue and 24th Street) that was called the Madison Square Theatre from 1879 to 1891 and later called Hoyt's Theatre.