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Belmont Theatre

125 W. 48th St., New York, NY
Seats (approximate): 500

Eugene De Rosa, architect. Built by Jack Norworth, lyricist of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." He managed it only through the run of its first show. New management renamed it the Belmont and suffered two flops before booking a season of French drama and changing the name to Theatre Parisien. By 1920, it was once again the Belmont and remained so until 1933, when it shuttered, staying dark until 1937, when (after a four performance return to legit use) it became a movie house. Razed in 1951.

Built: 1918 Demolished: 1951 Closed: 1937

Theatre NamesNamed 
Belmont Theatre1920
Theatre Parisien1919
Belmont Theatre1918 (2)
Norworth Theatre1918 (1)Named for Jack Norworth, Opened January 28, 1918

Belmont TheatreOpening Date
Mum's the Word
Special, Original,
Verbal annotations by Hiram Sherman
12/05/1940
Please, Mrs. Garibaldi
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Mary McCarthy
03/16/1939
In the Bag
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Don Carle Gillette
12/17/1936
To My Husband
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by William H. Fulham
06/01/1936
The Puritan
Play, Original, Tragedy
01/23/1936
John Ferguson
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by St. John Ervine
07/10/1933
Fly By Night
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Richard F. Flournoy
06/02/1933
The Surgeon
Play, Original,
Written by Anthony Young
10/27/1932
Belmont Varieties
Musical, Original, Revue, Vaudeville
Music by Robert Burke, Alvin Kaufman, Mildred Kaufman, Charles Kenny, Henry Lloyd, Serge Walter; Book by Helen Leary, Nolan Leary, Sam Bernard, II; Lyrics by Robert Burke, Alvin Kaufman, Mildred Kaufman, Charles Kenny, Henry Lloyd, Serge Walter, Sam Bernard, II
09/28/1932
Angels Don't Kiss
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by R. B. Lackey
04/05/1932
East of Broadway
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Charles Wagenheim, T. Reginald Arkell
01/26/1932
Puppet Show
Play, Original, Drama
10/28/1930
Oh, Professor!
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Edward W. Harris
05/01/1930
Stepping Sisters
Play, Original, Comedy, Farce
Written by Howard Warren Comstock
04/22/1930
Broadway Shadows
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Willard Earl Simmons
03/31/1930
Mayfair
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Laurence Eyre
03/17/1930
Queen Bee
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Louise Fox Connell, Ruth Hawthorne
11/12/1929
Town Boy
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Marie Baumer
10/04/1929
Chippies
Play, Original, Comedy, Drama
Written by Luther Yantis
05/29/1929
Pansy
Musical, Original, All Black Cast, Comedy
Music by Maceo Pinkard; Book by Alex Belledna; Lyrics by Maceo Pinkard
05/14/1929
Be Your Age
Play, Original,
Written by Esther Willard Bates, Thomas P. Robinson
02/04/1929
The Parson's Bride
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Anonymous
01/21/1929
Sakura
Play, Original,
Written by Atherton Brownell
12/25/1928
The Royal Box
Play, Revival, Comedy, Romance
Written by Charles Coghlan
11/20/1928
Girl Trouble
Play, Original,
Written by Barry Conners
10/25/1928
He Understood Women
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Frances Lynch, Michael Kallesser
08/15/1928
The Lawyer's Dilemma
Play, Original, Farce, Comedy
Written by Seaman Lewis
07/09/1928
The Father
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by August Strindberg
05/11/1928
Take My Advice
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Elliott Nugent, J. C. Nugent
11/01/1927
The Uninvited Guest
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Bernard J. McOwen
09/27/1927
Fog-Bound
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Hugh Stanislaus Stange
04/01/1927
Off-Key
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Arthur Caesar
02/08/1927
Americana
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Con Conrad, Henry Souvaine; Book by J. P. McEvoy
07/26/1926
Lovely Lady
Play, Original,
Written by Jesse Lynch Williams
10/14/1925
Harvest
Play, Original,
Written by Kate Horton
09/19/1925
Mrs. Partridge Presents
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Mary Kennedy, Ruth Hawthorne
01/05/1925
Conscience
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Don Mullally
09/11/1924
Catskill Dutch
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Roscoe W. Brink
05/06/1924
Dumb-bell
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Elliott Nugent, J. C. Nugent
11/26/1923
Tarnish
Play, Original,
Written by Gilbert Emery
10/01/1923
You and I
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Philip Barry
02/19/1923
Kempy
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Elliott Nugent, J. C. Nugent
05/15/1922
Montmartre
Play, Original, Drama
02/13/1922
The S. S. Tenacity
Play, Original, Comedy
01/02/1922
The Title
Play, Original, Satire
Written by Arnold Bennett
11/14/1921
The Hero
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Gilbert Emery
09/05/1921
The Skylark
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Thomas P. Robinson
07/25/1921
Miss Lulu Bett
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Zona Gale
12/27/1920
French Leave
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Reginald Berkeley
11/08/1920
Little Miss Charity
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by S. R. Henry, M. Savin; Book by Edward Clark; Lyrics by Edward Clark
09/02/1920
His Chinese Wife
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Clara Beranger, Forrest Halsey
05/17/1920
Belmont TheatreOpening Date
Boys Will Be Boys
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Charles O'Brien Kennedy
10/13/1919
Our Pleasant Sins
Play, Original,
04/21/1919
A Burgomaster of Belgium
Play, Original,
Written by Maurice Maeterlinck
03/24/1919
Penny Wise
Play, Original,
Written by Leslie Vyner, Mary Stafford Smith
03/10/1919
The Little Brother
Play, Original,
Written by Benedict James, Milton Goldsmith
11/25/1918
I. O. U.
Play, Original,
Written by Hector Turnbull, Willard Mack
10/05/1918
Crops and Croppers
Play, Original,
Written by Theresa Helburn
09/12/1918
Norworth TheatreOpening Date
Under Pressure
Play, Original,
Written by Sydney Rosenfeld
02/21/1918
Odds and Ends of 1917
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by James Byrnes, Bide Dudley, John Godfrey; Book by Bide Dudley, John Godfrey; Lyrics by James Byrnes, Bide Dudley, John Godfrey
01/28/1918