CBS Studio No. 51

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109 W. 39th St., New York, NY

Seats (approximate): 935

Marshall & Fox, architects. Lee Shubert sold actress Maxine Elliott the land for this theatre in exchange for fifty-percent interest in it--making Elliott one of the only female managers. Leased to the Federal Theatre in 1936. In 1941, it became a radio station and, later, a television studio. In 1956, Elliott's heirs sold her share to the Shuberts, who then sold the property. When it was demolished in 1960, the theatre, built in a thriving theatre district, was the only Broadway house below 41st St.

Built: 1908 Closed: 1941 Demolished: 1960

Theatre Names	Named
CBS Studio No. 51	1949 CBS television studio
CBS Radio Playhouse No. 5	1944 CBS radio studio
WOR Mutual Radio	1941 radio studio
Maxine Elliott's Theatre	1908 Named for Maxine Elliott, actress. Opened December 30, 1908

Productions

Productions	Production Dates

Maxine Elliott's Theatre
Susanna and the Elders Special, Revival Music by Jerome Moross; Lyrics by John La Touche	May 09, 1948 - May 17, 1948
The Eccentricities of Davey Crockett Special, Original Music by Jerome Moross; Lyrics by John La Touche	May 09, 1948 - May 17, 1948
Willie the Weeper Special, Original Music by Jerome Moross; Lyrics by John La Touche	May 09, 1948 - May 17, 1948
Afternoon Storm Play, Original, One Act Written by Ellsworth Prouty Conkle, Richard Harrity, Horton Foote	Apr 11, 1948 - Apr 18, 1948
Celebration Play, Original, One Act Written by Ellsworth Prouty Conkle, Richard Harrity, Horton Foote	Apr 11, 1948 - Apr 18, 1948
Hope Is the Thing With Feathers Play, Original, One Act Written by Ellsworth Prouty Conkle, Richard Harrity, Horton Foote	Apr 11, 1948 - Apr 18, 1948
A Temporary Island Play, Original Calliope music by: Lehman Engel; Music by Lorenzo Fuller; Written by Halstead Welles	Mar 14, 1948 - Mar 19, 1948
Martha Graham Special, Original, Dance	Feb 17, 1948 - Feb 29, 1948
A Long Way From Home Play, Original Written by Randolph Goodman, Walter Carroll	Feb 08, 1948 - Feb 1948
Skipper Next to God Play, Original Written by Jan De Hartog	Jan 04, 1948 - Jan 30, 1948
Galileo Play, Original Music by Hanns Eisler; Written by Bertolt Brecht; Lyrics by Albert Brush	Dec 07, 1947 - Dec 14, 1947
You'll See Stars Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Leo Edwards; Book by Herman Timberg; Lyrics by Herman Timberg	Dec 29, 1942 - Jan 02, 1943
The Jooss Ballet Musical, Revival, Ballet	Sep 22, 1941 - Closing date unknown
Gabrielle Play, Original Written by Leonardo Bercovici	Mar 25, 1941 - Mar 26, 1941
The Lady Who Came to Stay Play, Original Written by Kenneth White	Jan 02, 1941 - Jan 04, 1941
Tis of Thee Musical, Original, Revue Music by Al Moss, Alex North; Book by Sam Locke; Lyrics by Alfred Hayes	Oct 26, 1940 - Oct 26, 1940
Separate Rooms Play, Original, Comedy Written by Alan Dinehart, Joseph Carole	Mar 23, 1940 - Apr 15, 1940
The Burning Deck Play, Original, Comedy Written by Andrew Rosenthal	Mar 01, 1940 - Mar 02, 1940
Young Couple Wanted Play, Original, Comedy Written by Arthur Wilmurt	Jan 24, 1940 - Feb 03, 1940
Kindred Play, Original, Drama Written by Paul Vincent Carroll	Dec 26, 1939 - Jan 06, 1940
Sea Dogs Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Wilson Starbuck	Nov 06, 1939 - Nov 18, 1939
Life and Death of an American Play, Original, Sketches, Drama Music by Alex North, Earl Robinson; Written by George Sklar	May 19, 1939 - Jun 1939
The Big Blow Play, Original, Drama Music by Hans Bruno Meyer; Written by Theodore Pratt	Oct 01, 1938 - Feb 1939
Prologue to Glory Play, Original, Drama Written by Ellsworth Prouty Conkle	Mar 17, 1938 - Aug 13, 1938
Diff'rent Play, Revival Written by Eugene O'Neill	Jan 25, 1938 - Feb 12, 1938
Pygmalion Play, Revival, Comedy Written by George Bernard Shaw	Jan 25, 1938 - Feb 12, 1938
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Clyde Fitch	Jan 25, 1938 - Feb 12, 1938
No More Peace Play, Revival Written by Ernst Toller; Lyrics by W. H. Auden	Jan 25, 1938 - Feb 12, 1938
Coriolanus Play, Revival, Tragedy Written by William Shakespeare	Jan 25, 1938 - Feb 12, 1938
Processional Play, Revival Music by Earl Robinson; Written by John Howard Lawson	Oct 13, 1937 - Dec 1937
The Trial of Dr. Beck Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Hughes Allison	Aug 09, 1937 - Aug 1937
Dr. Faustus Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Christopher Marlowe	Jan 08, 1937 - Apr 1937
Horse Eats Hat Play, Original Music by Paul Bowles; Based on "Un Chapeau de Paille D'Italie" by Eugene Labiche	Sep 26, 1936 - Nov 1936
The Children's Hour Play, Original, Drama Written by Lillian Hellman	Nov 20, 1934 - Jul 1936
Hipper's Holiday Play, Original, Comedy Written by John Crump	Oct 18, 1934 - Oct 1934
The Shatter'd Lamp Play, Original, Drama Written by Leslie Reade	Mar 21, 1934 - Apr 1934
Come of Age Play, Original, Drama, Fantasy, Play with music Music by Richard Addinsell; Written by Clemence Dane; Lyrics by Clemence Dane	Jan 12, 1934 - Feb 10, 1934
Thunder on the Left Play, Original, Fantasy Written by Jean Ferguson Black	Oct 31, 1933 - Nov 1933
Big Night Play, Original Written by Dawn Powell	Jan 17, 1933 - Jan 1933
Success Story Play, Original Written by John Howard Lawson	Sep 26, 1932 - Jan 1933
If Booth Had Missed Play, Revival, Drama Written by Arthur Goodman	Feb 04, 1932 - Feb 1932
The Lady with a Lamp Play, Original, Drama Written by Reginald Berkeley	Nov 19, 1931 - Nov 1931
Melo Play, Revival, Drama Written by Henri Bernstein	Oct 19, 1931 - Oct 1931
Washington Heights Play, Original, Drama Written by Vincent Lawrence	Sep 29, 1931 - Oct 1931
As You Desire Me Play, Original, Drama Written by Luigi Pirandello	Jan 28, 1931 - Jun 1931
Art and Mrs. Bottle Play, Original, Comedy Written by Benn W. Levy	Nov 18, 1930 - Dec 1930
Twelfth Night Play, Revival, Comedy Written by William Shakespeare	Oct 15, 1930 - Dec 1930
The Infinite Shoeblack Play, Original, Drama Written by Norman MacOwan	Feb 17, 1930 - Apr 1930
Family Affairs Play, Original, Comedy Written by Earle Crooker, Lowell Brentano	Dec 10, 1929 - Dec 1929
Rope's End Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Patrick Hamilton	Dec 02, 1929 - Dec 07, 1929
Many Waters Play, Original, Drama Written by Monckton Hoffe	Sep 25, 1929 - Dec 1929
Before You're 25 Play, Original, Comedy Written by Kenyon Nicholson	Apr 16, 1929 - May 1929
Security Play, Original Written by Esme Wynne-Tyson	Mar 28, 1929 - Apr 1929
The Octoroon Play, Revival, Melodrama Written by Dion Boucicault	Mar 12, 1929 - Closing date unknown
The Broken Chain Play, Original, Drama Written by William J. Perlman	Feb 19, 1929 - Mar 1929
Jealousy Play, Original From the French by Louis Verneuil; Written by Eugene Walter	Oct 22, 1928 - Feb 1929
This Thing Called Love Play, Original, Comedy Written by Edwin Burke	Sep 17, 1928 - Jan 1929
Coquette Play, Original, Romance, Tragedy Written by Ann Preston, George Abbott	Nov 08, 1927 - Sep 1928
The House of Women Play, Original Written by Louis Bromfield	Oct 03, 1927 - Nov 1927
The Constant Wife Play, Original, Comedy Written by W. Somerset Maugham	Nov 29, 1926 - Aug 13, 1927
A Proud Woman Play, Original, Comedy Written by Arthur Richman	Nov 15, 1926 - Nov 1926
God Loves Us Play, Original, Comedy Written by J. P. McEvoy	Oct 18, 1926 - Nov 1926
Red Blinds Play, Original Written by Lord Lathom	Sep 30, 1926 - Oct 1926
Devils Play, Original Written by Daniel N. Rubin	Mar 17, 1926 - Apr 1926
The Virgin Play, Original Written by Arthur Corning White, Louis Bennison	Feb 22, 1926 - Apr 1926
Hello, Lola Musical, Original, Comedy Music by William B. Kernell; Book by Dorothy Donnelly; Lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly	Feb 08, 1926 - Feb 20, 1926
Beware of Widows Play, Original Written by Owen Davis	Dec 01, 1925 - Jan 1926
The Joker Play, Original Written by Arthur Goodrich, W. F. Payson	Nov 16, 1925 - Nov 1925
The Master Builder Play, Revival, Drama Written by Henrik Ibsen	Nov 10, 1925 - Jan 1926
Hay Fever Play, Original, Comedy Written by Noël Coward	Oct 05, 1925 - Nov 1925
Spring Fever Play, Original, Comedy Written by Vincent Lawrence	Aug 03, 1925 - Sep 1925
Havoc Play, Original Written by Harry Wall	Sep 01, 1924 - Oct 1924
Rain Play, Original, Drama Written by Clemence Randolph, John Colton	Nov 07, 1922 - Jun 1923
Fools Errant Play, Original, Drama Written by Louis Evan Shipman	Aug 21, 1922 - Oct 1922
The Goldfish Play, Original, Comedy	Apr 17, 1922 - Jun 1922
The Mountain Man Play, Original, Comedy Written by Clare Kummer	Dec 12, 1921 - Apr 1922
The Silver Fox Play, Original, Drama Written by Cosmo Hamilton	Sep 05, 1921 - Dec 1921
Spanish Love Play, Original, Drama Music by H. Maurice Jacquet; Written by Avery Hopwood, Mary Roberts Rinehart	Aug 17, 1920 - May 1921
All Soul's Eve Play, Original, Drama Written by Anne Crawford Flexner	May 12, 1920 - May 1920
What's in a Name? Musical, Original, Revue Music by Milton Ager; Book by John Murray Anderson; Lyrics by John Murray Anderson	Mar 19, 1920 - Apr 1920
The Cat-Bird Play, Original, Comedy Written by Rupert Hughes	Feb 16, 1920 - Mar 1920
Trimmed in Scarlet Play, Original, Comedy Written by William J. Hurlbut	Feb 02, 1920 - Feb 1920
No More Blondes Play, Original, Farce Written by Otto Harbach	Jan 07, 1920 - Feb 1920
Aglavaine And Selysette Play, Original Written by Maurice Maeterlinck	Jan 03, 1920 - Closing date unknown
The Unknown Woman Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Marjorie Blaine, Willard Mack	Nov 10, 1919 - Jan 1920
First is Last Play, Original, Comedy Written by Percival Wilde, Samuel Shipman	Sep 17, 1919 - Nov 1919
39 East Play, Original Written by Rachel Crothers	Jul 14, 1919 - Closing date unknown
Tea for Three Play, Original Written by Roi Cooper Megrue	Sep 09, 1918 - May 1919
Allegiance Play, Original Written by Prince Troubetzkoy, Princess Troubetzkoy	Aug 01, 1918 - Sep 1918
Eyes of Youth Play, Original, Comedy, Drama Written by Charles Guernon, Max Marcin	Aug 22, 1917 - Closing date unknown
Grasshopper Play, Original Written by Mrs. F.E. Washburn-Freund, Padraic Colum	Apr 07, 1917 - Apr 1917
Love o' Mike Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Jerome Kern; Book by Thomas Sydney; Lyrics by Harry B. Smith	Mar 19, 1917 - Jun 30, 1917
The Little Man Play, Original Written by John Galsworthy	Feb 12, 1917 - Closing date unknown
Magic Play, Original Written by G.K. Chesterton	Feb 12, 1917 - Closing date unknown
The Lodger Play, Original Written by Horace Annesley Vachell	Jan 08, 1917 - Closing date unknown
Gamblers All Play, Original Written by Max Martindale	Jan 01, 1917 - Jan 1917
Great Catherine Play, Original, One Act Written by Lord Dunsany	Dec 18, 1916 - Dec 30, 1916
The Inca of Perusalem Play, Original, One Act Written by Lord Dunsany	Dec 18, 1916 - Dec 30, 1916
The Queen's Enemies Play, Original, One Act Written by Lord Dunsany	Dec 18, 1916 - Dec 30, 1916
How He Lied to Her Husband Play, Revival Written by George Bernard Shaw	Dec 18, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Overruled Play, Original Written by George Bernard Shaw	Dec 18, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Great Catherine Play, Original	Dec 18, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Fixing Sister Play, Original Written by Lawrence Whitman	Oct 04, 1916 - Dec 1916
Broadway and Buttermilk Play, Original, Comedy, Play with music Music by Charles Grant; Written by Willard Mack	Aug 15, 1916 - Sep 02, 1916
A Lady's Name Play, Original Written by Cyril Harcourt	May 15, 1916 - Jul 1916
Come to Bohemia Musical, Original Music by Kenneth M. Murchison; Book by George S. Chappell; Lyrics by George S. Chappell	Apr 27, 1916 - May 13, 1916
See America First Musical, Original, Comedy, Opera Music by Cole Porter; Book by T. Lawrason Riggs; Lyrics by Cole Porter	Mar 28, 1916 - Apr 08, 1916
A King of Nowhere Play, Original Written by L. du Rocher MacPherson, J. duRocher MacPherson	Mar 20, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Pride of Race Play, Original Written by Michael L. Landman	Jan 11, 1916 - Mar 1916
The Ware Case Play, Original Written by George Pleydell	Nov 30, 1915 - Jan 1916
Quinneys' Play, Original Written by Horace Annesley Vachell	Oct 18, 1915 - Nov 1915
Our Children Play, Original Written by Louis K. Anspacher	Sep 10, 1915 - Sep 1915
Nobody Home Play, Original, Play with music Music by Jerome Kern; Book by Guy Bolton	Jun 07, 1915 - Aug 07, 1915
Experience Play, Original, Play with music Songs and cabaret music by Silvio Hein; Written by George V. Hobart	May 03, 1915 - Jun 05, 1915
The Revolt Play, Original Written by Edward Locke	Apr 01, 1915 - May 1915
The Adventure of Lady Ursula Play, Revival Written by Anthony Hope	Mar 01, 1915 - Mar 1915
The Rented Earl Play, Original Written by Salisbury Field	Feb 08, 1915 - Feb 1915
The Hawk Play, Original	Nov 30, 1914 - Closing date unknown
Mr. Wu Play, Original Written by Harold Owen, Harry M. Vernon	Oct 14, 1914 - Nov 1914
What is Love? Play, Original Written by George Scarborough	Sep 19, 1914 - Oct 1914
The Bludgeon Play, Original Written by Paul Armstrong	Sep 07, 1914 - Sep 1914
Apartment 12-K Play, Original Written by Lawrence Rising	Jul 20, 1914 - Aug 1914
The Charm of Isabel Play, Original Written by Sydney Rosenfeld	May 05, 1914 - May 1914
Help Wanted Play, Original Written by Jack Lait	Feb 11, 1914 - May 1914
The Deadlock Play, Original Written by Margaret Turnbull	Jan 20, 1914 - Feb 1914
Don't Weaken Play, Original Written by Walter Hackett	Jan 14, 1914 - Jan 1914
We Are Seven Play, Original Written by Eleanor Gates	Dec 24, 1913 - Jan 1914
The Things That Count Play, Original Written by Laurence Eyre	Dec 08, 1913 - Closing date unknown
The Lure Play, Original Written by George Scarborough	Aug 14, 1913 - Dec 1913
Romance Play, Original Written by Edward Sheldon	Feb 10, 1913 - Jun 1913
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Play, Original Written by Jessie Graham White	Jan 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
Hindle Wakes Play, Original Written by Stanley Houghton	Dec 09, 1912 - Jan 1913
Ready Money Play, Original Written by James Montgomery	Aug 19, 1912 - Dec 1912
The Marriage-not Play, Original Written by Joseph Noel	May 13, 1912 - May 1912
Dear Old Charlie Play, Original	Apr 15, 1912 - May 1912
The Bird of Paradise Play, Original, Play with music Written by Richard Walton Tully	Jan 22, 1912 - Apr 13, 1912
Just to Get Married Play, Original Written by Cicely Hamilton	Jan 01, 1912 - Jan 1912
The Well of the Saints Play, Original Written by John Millington Synge	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Workhouse Ward Play, Original Written by Lady Augusta Gregory	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Birthright Play, Original Written by T. C. Murray	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Showing-up of Blanco Posnet Play, Original Written by George Bernard Shaw	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Rising of the Moon Play, Revival Written by Lady Augusta Gregory	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Gaol Gate Play, Original Written by Lady Augusta Gregory	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Playboy of the Western World Play, Original, Comedy Written by John Millington Synge	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Building Fund Play, Original Written by William Boyle	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Kathleen ni Houlihan Play, Revival Written by William Butler Yeats	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Riders to the Sea Play, Original Written by John Millington Synge	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Mineral Workers Play, Original Written by William Boyle	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Mixed Marriage Play, Original Written by St. John Ervine	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Hyacinth Halvey Play, Original Written by Lady Augusta Gregory	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Shadow of the Glen Play, Original Written by John Millington Synge	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Jackdaw Play, Original Written by Lady Augusta Gregory	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Harvest Play, Original Written by Lennox Robinson	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Falsely True Play, Original Written by Johanna Redmond	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Image Play, Original Written by Lady Augusta Gregory	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Spreading the News Play, Original Written by Lady Augusta Gregory	Nov 20, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Green Stockings Play, Original Written by A. E. W. Mason	Oct 16, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Rebellion Play, Original Written by Joseph Medill Patterson	Oct 03, 1911 - Oct 1911
The Real Thing Play, Original	Aug 10, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Gamblers Play, Original, Drama Written by Charles Klein	Oct 31, 1910 - Apr 1911
Diplomacy Play, Revival Written by Victorien Sardou	Sep 13, 1910 - Oct 1910
The Upstart Play, Original, Comedy Written by Tom Barry	Sep 01, 1910 - Sep 1910
Lulu's Husbands Play, Original	Apr 14, 1910 - May 1910
The Passing of the Third Floor Back Play, Original Written by Jerome K. Jerome	Oct 04, 1909 - Apr 1910
The Revellers Play, Original, Comedy Written by Charles Richman	Sep 07, 1909 - Sep 1909
The Ringmaster Play, Original, Drama Written by Olive Porter	Aug 09, 1909 - Sep 1909
Going Some Play, Original, Farce Written by Paul Armstrong, Rex Beach	Jun 21, 1909 - Jul 1909
The Blue Mouse Play, Original Written by Clyde Fitch	May 03, 1909 - Jun 1909
The Bachelor Play, Original Written by Clyde Fitch	Mar 15, 1909 - May 1909
This Woman and This Man Play, Original Written by Avery Hopwood	Feb 22, 1909 - Mar 1909
The Chaperon Play, Original Written by Marion Fairfax	Dec 30, 1908 - Feb 1909