 | The Cort Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 138 West 48th Street in midtown-Manhattan. The Shubert Organization purchased the theatre in 1927, two years before Cort's death. John Cort, founder of the Northwestern Theatrical Association, commissioned architect Thomas W. Lamb to design the theater. Its whose façade was modeled on the Petit Trianon in Versailles. The resulting 1082-seat Cort Theater is the only Lamb theater still extant and functioning as a legitimate theater. The interior was designed in the style of the era of Louis XVI, with a Pavanozza marble lobby with plasterwork panels. The arch of the proscenium stage consists of perforated plaster treated with art glass, and was designed to be lit during performances. The Shubert Organization acquired the theater in 1927. |
| It opened on December 20, 1912 with Laurette Taylor starring in the play Peg o' My Heart, which ran for 603 performance, an auspicious start for the new venue. Numerous famous British actors have appeared at the Cort: Basil Rathbone played Dr. Nicholas Agi in The Swan in October 1923, and in April 1927 appeared as Vladimir Dubriski in Love is Like That. In October 1924 Henry Daniell appeared as Aubrey Tanqueray in The Second Mrs Tanqueray, was there again in August 1943 in Murder Without Crime, and in January 1946 appeared as Leontes in The Winter's Tale. The theatre was used as a television studio housing The Merv Griffin Show from 1969-72. Notable productions since 1960 1960: Once Upon a Mattress | |
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