Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Globe Theatre (1910–1957)
Seen in 2019
Address	205 West 46th Street Manhattan, New York City United States
Coordinates	40°45′33″N 73°59′9″W / 40.75917°N 73.98583°W / 40.75917; -73.98583
Owner	Stahl Organization and Nederlander Organization
Operator	Nederlander Organization
Type	Broadway
Capacity	1,505[a]
Production	Death Becomes Her
Construction
Opened	January 10, 1910 (115 years ago) (1910-01-10)
Closed	1931
Reopened	May 5, 1958
Rebuilt	1957
Years active	1910–1931 1958–present
Architect	Carrère and Hastings
Website
broadwaydirect.com/venue/lunt-fontanne-theatre/
New York City Landmark
Designated	December 8, 1987[1]
Reference no.	1350[1]
Designated entity	Facade

The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, originally the Globe Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 205 West 46th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1910, the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was designed by Carrère and Hastings in the Beaux-Arts style for Charles Dillingham. The theater is named after theatrical couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; its original name was inspired by that of the Globe Theatre, London's Shakespearean playhouse. The current configuration of the interior, dating to 1958, has about 1,505 seats^[a] across two levels and is operated by the Nederlander Organization. The facade is a New York City designated landmark.

The theater's only surviving facade is on 46th Street and was once the carriage entrance. The ground level contains the theater's entrance on the east, as well as exits from the auditorium and stage house. On the upper stories, the facade contains a five-bay-wide central pavilion with arches, flanked by simpler pavilions on either side. Another entrance on Broadway, with an ornate lobby, was demolished in 1958. The auditorium originally contained three levels and box seating prior to its reconfiguration. The tiled roof and the auditorium's ceiling were designed with retractable sections, which are no longer in use.

The Globe Theatre opened on January 10, 1910. Most of the Globe's early shows were revues and musicals, including several productions by Dillingham. The Globe was converted into a movie house operated by the Brandt chain in the 1930s. City Playhouses Inc., a partnership between developers Robert W. Dowling and William Zeckendorf, bought it in 1957. After the firm Roche and Roche completely renovated the interior, the former Globe was renamed and reopened on May 5, 1958. City Playhouses sold the Lunt-Fontanne to producers Cy Feuer and Ernest H. Martin in 1960, and it was then sold to developer Stanley Stahl in 1965. The Nederlanders have operated the theater since 1973.

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