Cinema Verdi

Official Broadway League sites:

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

Seats (approximate): 300

William A. Swasey, architect. Built by producer F. Ray Comstock, actor-director Holbrook Blinn, and the Shuberts to present short plays, inspired by Paris' Grand Guignol. When this proved unpopular, the policy was changed. It was renamed for actress Lucille La Verne when she appeared in "Sun-Up" in 1928--only to revert back to the Princess six months later. Later, it was the recreation center for the Ladies Garment Worker's Union, then a movie house. Finally, in June of 1955, it was torn down.

Built: 1913 Closed: 1926 Demolished: 1955

Theatre Names	Named
Cinema Verdi	1952 Showed foreign films
Little Met	1948
Cinema Dante	1947 Movie house
Princess Theatre	1944
Labor Stage Theatre	1937 Reopened November 27, 1937
Reo Cinema	1930 Movie house
Assembly Theatre	1929 (2) Reopened October 16, 1929
Princess Theatre	1929 (1) Reopened April 4, 1929
Lucille La Verne Theatre	1928 Named for Lucille La Verne, Reopened October 22, 1928
Princess Theatre	1913 Opened March 14, 1913

Productions

Productions	Production Dates

Princess Theatre
Virginia Reel Play, Original, Comedy Written by Harriett Weaver, John Weaver	Apr 13, 1947 - Apr 20, 1947
The Great Campaign Play, Original, Drama Written by Arnold Sundgaard	Mar 30, 1947 - Apr 07, 1947
As We Forgive Our Debtors Play, Original, Drama Written by Tillman Breiseth	Mar 09, 1947 - Mar 16, 1947
O'Daniel Play, Original, Drama Written by Glendon Swarthout, John Savacool	Feb 23, 1947 - Mar 02, 1947
The Wanhope Building Play, Original, Fantasy Written by John Finch	Feb 09, 1947 - Feb 16, 1947

Labor Stage Theatre
Once Upon A Time Play, Original, Fantasy Written by Lawrence Joseph Dugan	Dec 20, 1939 - Dec 21, 1939
Pins and Needles Musical, Original, Revue Music mostly by Harold J. Rome; Book by Arnold B. Horwitt, Arthur Arent, Charles Friedman, David Gregory, Emmanuel Eisenberg, Harold J. Rome, Joseph Schrank, Marc Blitzstein; Lyrics mostly by Harold J. Rome	Nov 27, 1937 - Closing date unknown

Assembly Theatre
Everything's Jake Play, Original, Comedy Written by Don Marquis	Jan 16, 1930 - Mar 1930
The Novice and the Duke Play, Original, Comedy Written by Olga Katzin	Dec 09, 1929 - Jan 1930
A Ledge Play, Original, Drama Written by Paul Osborn	Nov 18, 1929 - Dec 1929
Lolly Play, Original, Comedy Written by Fanny Heaslip Lea	Oct 16, 1929 - Nov 1929

Lucille La Verne Theatre
Hot Water Play, Original Written by Helena Dayton, Louise Bascom Baratt	Jan 21, 1929 - Feb 1929
Sun-Up Play, Revival, Drama Written by Lula Vollmer	Oct 22, 1928 - Jan 1929

Princess Theatre
Adam's Apple Play, Original, Farce, Comedy Written by Test Dalton	Jun 10, 1929 - Jun 1929
He Walked in Her Sleep Play, Original, Farce, Comedy Written by Norman Cannon	Apr 04, 1929 - Apr 1929
Meek Mose Play, Original, Comedy, Drama	Feb 06, 1928 - Feb 1928
Bottomland Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Clarence Williams; Book by Clarence Williams; Lyrics by Clarence Williams	Jun 27, 1927 - Jul 13, 1927
Goat Alley Play, Revival, Drama Written by Ernest Howard Culbertson	Apr 20, 1927 - Apr 1927
The Virgin Man Play, Original, Comedy Written by William Francis Dugan	Jan 18, 1927 - Mar 1927
The Great Adventure Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Arnold Bennett	Dec 22, 1926 - Jan 1927
Naked Play, Original Written by Luigi Pirandello	Nov 08, 1926 - Dec 1926
Buy, Buy, Baby Play, Original, Farce Written by Norma Mitchell, Russell Medcraft	Oct 07, 1926 - Oct 1926
What's the Use Play, Original, Comedy Written by Pauline Fain	Sep 06, 1926 - Sep 1926
Easter One Day More Play, Original, Drama Written by August Strindberg	Mar 18, 1926 - Apr 1926
The Unchastened Woman Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Louis K. Anspacher	Feb 15, 1926 - Mar 1926
Me Play, Original Written by Henry Myers	Nov 23, 1925 - Dec 1925
Barefoot Play, Original Written by Richard Barry	Oct 19, 1925 - Nov 1925
Brother Elks Play, Original, Comedy Written by Laurence E. Johnson	Sep 14, 1925 - Sep 1925
The Little Poor Man Play, Original Written by Harry Lee	Aug 05, 1925 - Sep 1925
The Family Failing Play, Original, Comedy	Jun 09, 1925 - Jun 09, 1925
Flesh Play, Original, Comedy, Drama	May 07, 1925 - May 1925
Jack in the Pulpit Play, Original, Comedy Written by Gordon Morris	Jan 06, 1925 - Jan 1925
The Steam Roller Play, Original, Comedy Written by Laurence Eyre	Nov 10, 1924 - Dec 1924
Alloy Play, Original Written by Robert Ritz	Oct 27, 1924 - Nov 1924
My Son Play, Original, Drama	Sep 17, 1924 - May 1925
White Desert Play, Original, Drama Written by Maxwell Anderson	Oct 18, 1923 - Oct 1923
Mister Malatesta Play, Original, Comedy, Drama Written by William Ricciardi	Feb 26, 1923 - May 1923
Six Characters in Search of an Author Play, Original, Comedy Written by Luigi Pirandello	Oct 30, 1922 - Feb 1923
The Red Geranium Play, Original, Comedy, Tragedy Written by Ruth M. Woodward	May 08, 1922 - May 1922
The First Fifty Years Play, Original, Drama Written by Henry Myers	Mar 13, 1922 - Apr 1922
Desert Sands Play, Original, Drama Written by Wilson Collison	Feb 13, 1922 - Feb 1922
The Married Woman Play, Revival, Comedy	Dec 24, 1921 - Feb 1922
Suzette Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Arthur Gutman; Libretto by Roy Dixon	Nov 24, 1921 - Nov 26, 1921
The Spring Play, Original, Drama Written by George Cram Cook	Sep 21, 1921 - Oct 1921
The Mask of Hamlet Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Ario Flamma	Aug 22, 1921 - Aug 1921
Diff'rent Play, Original, Drama Written by Eugene O'Neill	Feb 04, 1921 - May 1921
The Emperor Jones Play, Original Written by Eugene O'Neill	Jan 29, 1921 - Closing date unknown
Pagans Play, Original, Tragedy Written by Charles Anthony	Jan 04, 1921 - Jan 1921
The Mandarin Play, Original Written by Herman Bernstein	Nov 09, 1920 - Nov 1920
Blue Bonnet Play, Original, Comedy Written by George Scarborough	Aug 28, 1920 - Oct 1920
Mrs. Jimmie Thompson Play, Original, Comedy Written by Edith Ellis, Norman S. Rose	Mar 29, 1920 - May 1920
Tick-Tack-Toe Musical, Original, Revue Music by Herman Timberg; Book by Herman Timberg; Lyrics by Herman Timberg	Feb 23, 1920 - Mar 20, 1920
Nighty-Night Play, Original, Comedy, Farce Written by Adelaide Matthews, Martha M. Stanley	Sep 09, 1919 - Jan 1920
Toot Sweet Musical, Original, Revue Music by Richard A. Whiting; Book by Will Morrissey; Lyrics by Raymond B. Egan	May 07, 1919 - May 1919
The Grass Widow Musical, Original Music by Louis A. Hirsch; Book by Channing Pollock, Rennold Wolf; Lyrics by Channing Pollock, Rennold Wolf	Dec 24, 1918 - Jan 05, 1918
Oh, My Dear! Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Louis A. Hirsch; Book by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse; Lyrics by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse	Nov 27, 1918 - Apr 1918
Jonathan Makes a Wish Play, Original Written by Stuart Walker	Sep 10, 1918 - Sep 1918
Oh, Lady! Lady! Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Jerome Kern; Book by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse; Lyrics by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse	Feb 01, 1918 - Jun 1918
Six Months' Option Play, Original Written by Ancella Anslee	Nov 29, 1917 - Dec 1917
Oh, Boy Musical, Original Music by Jerome Kern; Book by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse; Lyrics by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse	Feb 20, 1917 - Nov 1917
'Ception Shoals Play, Original Written by H. Austin Adams	Jan 10, 1917 - Closing date unknown
Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil Play, Original Written by Stuart Walker	Dec 11, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Nevertheless Play, Original Written by Stuart Walker	Dec 11, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Gods of the Mountain Play, Original Written by Lord Dunsany	Dec 11, 1916 - Jan 06, 1917
The Trimplet Play, Original Written by Stuart Walker	Dec 11, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Golden Doom Play, Original Written by Lord Dunsany	Dec 11, 1916 - Jan 06, 1917
The Birthday of the Infanta Play, Original	Dec 11, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Voices Play, Original Written by Hortense Flexner	Dec 11, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Gammer Gurton's Needle Play, Original Written by Lord Dunsany	Dec 11, 1916 - Jan 06, 1917
King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior Play, Original Written by Lord Dunsany	Dec 11, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Crier by Night Play, Original Written by Gordon Bottomley	Dec 11, 1916 - Jan 06, 1917
The Very Naked Boy Play, Original Written by Stuart Walker	Dec 11, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Lady of the Weeping Willow Tree Play, Original	Dec 11, 1916 - Jan 06, 1917
Margery Daw Play, Original Written by George D. Parker (Playwright)	Dec 04, 1916 - Dec 1916
Such Is Life Play, Original Written by Harold Owen	Nov 25, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Go to It Musical, Original Lyrics by Anne Caldwell, John E. Hazzard	Oct 24, 1916 - Nov 1916
Very Good Eddie Musical, Original Music by Jerome Kern; Book by Guy Bolton, Philip Bartholomae; Lyrics by Schuyler Green	Oct 02, 1916 - Oct 14, 1916
Very Good Eddie Musical, Original Music by Jerome Kern; Book by Guy Bolton, Philip Bartholomae; Lyrics by Schuyler Green	Dec 23, 1915 - May 1916
The Unborn Play, Original Written by Beulah Poynter	Nov 29, 1915 - Dec 1915
Hobson's Choice Play, Original Written by Harold Brighouse	Nov 02, 1915 - Closing date unknown
The Mark of the Beast Play, Original Written by Fanny Cannon, Georgia Earle	Oct 20, 1915 - Oct 1915
Nobody Home Play, Original, Play with music Music by Jerome Kern; Book by Guy Bolton	Apr 20, 1915 - Jun 1915
The Critic Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan	Jan 25, 1915 - Feb 1915
Maternity Play, Original Written by Eugene Brieux	Jan 06, 1915 - Jan 1915
Phipps Play, Revival Written by Stanley Houghton	Oct 17, 1914 - Jan 02, 1915
The Forest of Happy Dreams Play, Original Written by Edgar Wallace	Oct 17, 1914 - Jan 02, 1915
The Cat and the Cherub Play, Revival Written by Chester Bailey Fernald	Oct 17, 1914 - Jan 02, 1915
The Goal Play, Original Written by Henry Arthur Jones	Oct 17, 1914 - Jan 02, 1915
Little Face Play, Original Written by Roland Oliver	Oct 17, 1914 - Jan 02, 1915
The Denial Play, Original Written by J. B. Larric	Oct 17, 1914 - Jan 02, 1915
The Fog Play, Original Written by Frederick Truesdell	Oct 17, 1914 - Jan 02, 1915
Nettie Play, Original Written by George Ade	Oct 17, 1914 - Jan 02, 1915
Across the Border Play, Original Written by Beulah Marie Dix	Oct 17, 1914 - Jan 02, 1915
Marrying Money Play, Original Written by Bertram Marburgh, Washington Pezet	Mar 18, 1914 - Apr 1914
The Eternal Mystery Play, Original Written by George Jean Nathan	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
The Black Mask Play, Original Written by F. Tennyson Jesse, H. M. Harwood	Sep 27, 1913 - Oct 1913
The Bride Play, Original Written by William J. Hurlbut	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
En Deshabille Play, Original Written by Edward Goodman	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
Russia Play, Original Written by Gaston Charles Richard	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
Felice Play, Original Written by M. Harnaiz Becerra	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
The Kiss in the Dark Play, Original Written by Maurice Level	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
The Fountain Play, Original Written by C.M.S. McLellan	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
It Can Be Done Play, Original Written by Lawrence Rising	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
Phipps Play, Original Written by Stanley Houghton	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
Fear Play, Revival Written by H. R. Le Normand, Jean D'Auguzan	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
A Pair of White Gloves Play, Original Written by Andre De Lorde, Pierre Chaine	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
Hari-Kari Play, Original Written by Julian Johnson	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
The Neglected Lady Play, Original Written by Roi Cooper Megrue	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
The Hard Man Play, Original Written by Campbell MacCulloch	Sep 27, 1913 - Closing date unknown
Food Play, Original	Apr 13, 1913 - Closing date unknown
The Switchboard Play, Original Written by Edgar Wallace	Mar 14, 1913 - Jun 1913
Fear Play, Original Written by H. R. Le Normand, Jean D'Auguzan	Mar 14, 1913 - Jun 1913
Fancy Free Play, Original Written by Stanley Houghton	Mar 14, 1913 - Jun 1913
Any Night Play, Original Written by Edward Ellis	Mar 14, 1913 - Jun 1913
A Tragedy of the Future Play, Original	Mar 14, 1913 - Jun 1913