&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Ny-lyric-theatre.jpg) Former 43rd St. facade of Lyric Theatre in 2008, now the back of the Foxwoods Theatre | |
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| Address | New York City United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′24″N 73°59′16″W / 40.75667°N 73.98778°W |
| Owner | Shubert Organization |
| Type | Broadway |
| Capacity | 1,256 |
| Opened | October 12, 1903 |
| Closed | 1992 |
| Years active | 1903–1934 |
The Lyric Theatre was a Broadway theatre built in 1903 in the Theater District of Manhattan in New York City. It had two formal entrances: at 213 West 42nd Street and 214-26 West 43rd Street.[1][2] In 1934, it was converted into a movie theatre which it remained until closing in 1992. In 1996, its interior was demolished and the space was combined with that of the former Apollo Theatre to create the Ford Center, now the new Lyric Theatre. Both the 42nd and 43rd Street facades of the original Lyric were preserved and today form the front and back entrances of the modern Lyric Theatre.
- ^ Morrison, William (1999). Broadway Theatres: History and Architecture (trade paperback). Dover Books on Architecture. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-486-40244-4.
- ^ "Lyric Theatre Features". The New York Times. September 13, 1903