The Shubert Theatre is a

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, at 263–265

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in the

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. The building has been listed on the

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since 1980.

History

Architect Thomas M. James (Hill, James, & Whitaker) designed the building, which seats approximately 1,600 people. Originally conceived as The Lyric Theatre by developer Charles H. Bond, it was taken over by

The Shubert Organization The Shubert Organization is a theatrical producing organization and a major owner of theatres based in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by the three Shubert brothers — Lee, Sam, and Jacob J. Shubert — in the late 19th century. T ...

in 1908 after Bond's death. The theater was named in honor of Sam S. Shubert, middle brother of the

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, who had died in 1905. The theater opened on January 24, 1910, with a production of Shakespeare's ''

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'', starring E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe. The building was added to the

as the Sam S. Shubert Theatre in 1980. In February 1996, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts signed a 40-year lease agreement to operate the theatre with the Shubert Organization, which continues to own the building and property. The theatre reopened after renovation in November 1996, as the first stop on the first national tour of the musical '' Rent''. The Boch family became the namesake of the center in 2016, making the full name of the theatre the Shubert Theatre at the

Boch Center The Boch Center (formerly Citi Performing Arts Center and Wang Center for the Performing Arts) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit performing arts organization located in Boston, Massachusetts. It manages the historic Wang and Shubert theatres on Tremont ...

Pre-Broadway engagements

References

External links

* Boston Public Library, Special Collections
William B. Jackson Theater Collection
. Includes materials related to the Shubert Theatre, 1910-1989 * Library of Congress
Drawing of New Shubert Theatre
Tremont St. opposite Hollis St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1929. * New York Public Library: *
Flyer
promoting the pre-Broadway booking (2 weeks beginning Monday November 7, 1938) of The Boys From Syracuse at the Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.) *
Flyer advertising Too Many Girls
opening at the Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.) (1939) *
Program (May 11-23, 1942) for All's Fair
the pre-Broadway title for By Jupiter, at the Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.) * Bostonian Society: *
Photo of 263-265 Tremont Street
c. 1943 *
Photo of interior of Shubert Theater
c. 1935-50 *
Photo of interior of Shubert Theater
20th century *
Photo of 263-265 Tremont Street
c. 1957 *
Photo of 255-275 Tremont Street
c. 1959
Boston Athenæum Theater History
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History

Pre-Broadway engagements

See also

References

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