Vanderbilt Theatre

Official Broadway League sites:

148 W. 48th St., New York, NY

Seats (approximate): 780

Eugene De Rosa, achitect. Producer Lyle Andrews built it to house his own productions but lost theatre during the Depression. From 1939 to 1952, it was used as a radio studio (NBC then ABC). Irving Maidman bought the theatre and reopened it as a legit venue, but it only lasted a year before being razed to build a parking facility designed by reknowned theatre designer Herbert J. Krapp.

Built: 1918 Closed: 1954 Demolished: 1954

Theatre Names	Named
Vanderbilt Theatre	1918

Productions

Productions	Production Dates
Ruth Draper Special, Original, Sketches Written by Ruth Draper	Jan 25, 1954 - Mar 13, 1954
Dead Pigeon Play, Original Written by Lenard Kantor	Dec 23, 1953 - Jan 09, 1954
End as a Man Play, Original Written by Calder Willingham	Oct 14, 1953 - Dec 12, 1953
Anna Russell's Little Show Musical, Original, Revue Music by Anna Russell; Lyrics by Anna Russell	Sep 07, 1953 - Sep 19, 1953
Mid-Summer Play, Original, Comedy Written by Vina Delmar	Jan 21, 1953 - Apr 25, 1953
The Happiest Days Play, Original, Drama Written by Charlotte Armstrong	Apr 11, 1939 - Apr 1939
Stop Press Play, Original, Drama Written by John Stradley	Mar 19, 1939 - Mar 19, 1939
The Importance of Being Earnest Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Oscar Wilde	Jan 12, 1939 - Mar 1939
Don't Throw Glass Houses Play, Original, Comedy Written by Doris Frankel	Dec 27, 1938 - Jan 1939
Where Do We Go From Here? Play, Original, Comedy Written by William Bowers	Nov 15, 1938 - Nov 1938
Cecilia Loftus Special, Original, Impersonations	Oct 30, 1938 - Closing date unknown
Eye On the Sparrow Play, Original, Comedy Written by Maxwell Selser	May 03, 1938 - May 1938
The Bridal Crown Play, Original, Drama Music by Michael von Zadora; Written by August Strindberg	Feb 05, 1938 - Feb 05, 1938
In Clover Play, Original, Comedy Written by Allan Scott	Oct 13, 1937 - Oct 1937
Excursion Play, Original, Comedy Written by Victor Wolfson	Apr 09, 1937 - Jul 1937
Ghosts Play, Revival Written by Henrik Ibsen	Mar 21, 1937 - Closing date unknown
London Assurance Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Dion Boucicault; Lyrics by Ethel Barrymore Colt	Feb 18, 1937 - Feb 1937
A House in the Country Play, Original, Comedy Written by Melvin Levy	Jan 11, 1937 - Jan 1937
Days to Come Play, Original Written by Lillian Hellman	Dec 15, 1936 - Closing date unknown
New Faces of 1936 Musical, Original, Revue Music by Alexander Fogarty, Irvin Graham, Joseph Meyer; Sketches by Edwin Gilbert, Everett Marcy, Mindret Lord; Lyrics by Edward Heyman, Bickley Reichner, Edwin Gilbert	May 19, 1936 - Nov 07, 1936
Hallowe'en Play, Original, Comedy Written by Henry Myers	Feb 20, 1936 - Mar 1936
Granite Play, Revival, Drama Written by Clemence Dane	Jan 13, 1936 - Jan 1936
Feudalism or the Lowland Play, Original Written by Angel Guimera	1936 - Closing date unknown
Sansone Play, Original Written by Henri Bernstein	1936 - Closing date unknown
La Morte Civile Play, Original Written by "Giacometti"	1936 - Closing date unknown
La Sera del Sabato Play, Original Written by Personaggi	1936 - Closing date unknown
L'ora di Diana Play, Original Written by Boggia	1936 - Closing date unknown
Play Written by Adolphe D'Ennery	1936 - Closing date unknown
Mulatto Play, Original, Drama Written by Langston Hughes	Oct 24, 1935 - Sep 1936
Reprise Play, Original, Drama Written by W.D. Bristol	May 01, 1935 - May 01, 1935
Loose Moments Play, Original, Comedy Written by Bertram Hobbs, Courtenay Savage	Feb 04, 1935 - Feb 1935
Creeping Fire Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Marie Baumer	Jan 16, 1935 - Feb 1935
Baby Pompadour Play, Original, Comedy Written by Benjamin Graham	Dec 27, 1934 - Dec 1934
Brittle Heaven Play, Original, Drama Written by Frederick Pohl, Vincent York	Nov 13, 1934 - Dec 1934
Dream Child Play, Original, Comedy Written by J. C. Nugent	Sep 27, 1934 - Oct 1934
Another Love Play, Original, Comedy Written by Jacques Deval	Mar 19, 1934 - Apr 1934
American - Very Early Play, Original, Comedy Written by Florence Johns, Wilton Lackaye, Jr.	Jan 30, 1934 - Feb 1934
A Divine Moment Play, Original Written by Robert Hare Powel	Jan 06, 1934 - Jan 1934
Thoroughbred Play, Original, Comedy Written by Doty Hobart	Nov 06, 1933 - Nov 27, 1933
The Curtain Rises Play, Original, Comedy	Oct 19, 1933 - Dec 1933
The Party's Over Play, Original, Comedy Written by Daniel Kusell	Mar 27, 1933 - May 1933
Jamboree Play, Original Written by Bessie Beatty, Jack Black	Nov 24, 1932 - Dec 1932
Absent Father Play, Original Written by Francis DeWitt	Oct 17, 1932 - Jan 1933
Bidding High Play, Original, Comedy,Drama Written by Lois Howell	Sep 28, 1932 - Oct 1932
Back Fire Play, Original Written by Jerrold Robert	Jun 13, 1932 - Jun 1932
Papavert Play, Original, Comedy Written by Charles K. Gordon	Dec 29, 1931 - Jan 1932
The Honor Code Play, Original, Comedy Written by Mark Linder	May 18, 1931 - Jun 1931
Right of Happiness Play, Original, Drama Written by Roy Davidson	Apr 02, 1931 - Apr 1931
The Venetian Glass Nephew Musical, Original, Operetta Music by Eugene Bonner; Book by Ruth Hale; Lyrics by Eugene Bonner	Feb 23, 1931 - Feb 28, 1931
Sita Play, Original, Drama Written by Homer Valmiki	Jan 12, 1931 - Jan 1931
The Life Line Play, Original, Comedy Written by Gretchen Damrosch	Dec 27, 1930 - Jan 1931
The Vanderbilt Revue Musical, Original, Revue Music by Mario Braggiotti, Jacques Fray, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, E.Y. Harburg; Book by E. North, Ellis O. Jones, Kenyon Nicholson, Lew M. Fields; Lyrics by Mario Braggiotti, Jacques Fray, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, E.Y. Harburg	Nov 05, 1930 - Nov 1930
With Privileges Play, Original, Comedy, Drama Written by Roy Hargrave, Ruth Welty	Sep 15, 1930 - Oct 1930
Spook House Play, Original, Drama, Mystery Written by Joseph Byron Totten	Jun 03, 1930 - Jun 1930
The Plutocrat Play, Original, Comedy Written by Arthur Goodrich	Feb 20, 1930 - May 1930
Nancy's Private Affair Play, Original, Comedy Written by Myron C. Fagan	Jan 13, 1930 - May 1930
How's Your Health Play, Original, Comedy Written by Booth Tarkington, Harry Leon Wilson	Nov 26, 1929 - Jan 1930
White Flame Play, Original, Drama Written by Robert Lillard	Nov 04, 1929 - Nov 1929
See Naples and Die Play, Original, Comedy Written by Elmer Rice	Sep 24, 1929 - Nov 1929
Lady Fingers Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Joseph Meyer; Book by Eddie Buzzell; Lyrics by Edward Eliscu	Jan 31, 1929 - Mar 1929
Revolt Play, Original Written by Harry Wagstaff Gribble	Oct 31, 1928 - Nov 1928
A Connecticut Yankee Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Herbert Fields; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart	Nov 03, 1927 - Oct 27, 1928
Peggy-Ann Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Herbert Fields; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart	Dec 27, 1926 - Oct 29, 1927
The Girl Friend Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Herbert Fields; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart	Mar 17, 1926 - Dec 04, 1926
Merry, Merry Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Harry Archer; Book by Harlan Thompson; Lyrics by Harlan Thompson	Sep 24, 1925 - Mar 13, 1926
It All Depends Play, Original, Comedy Written by Kate McLaurin	Aug 10, 1925 - Aug 1925
My Girl Musical, Original, Farce Music by Harry Archer; Book by Harlan Thompson; Lyrics by Harlan Thompson	Nov 24, 1924 - Aug 01, 1925
Lazybones Play, Original Written by Owen Davis	Sep 22, 1924 - Nov 1924
Thoroughbreds Play, Original Written by Lewis B. Ely, Sam Forrest	Sep 08, 1924 - Sep 1924
Dr. David's Dad Play, Original, Comedy Written by Armin Friedmann	Aug 13, 1924 - Aug 1924
The Blue Bandanna Play, Original, Comedy, Melodrama Written by Hubert Osborne	Jun 23, 1924 - Jul 1924
Paradise Alley Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Harry Archer; Book by Edward Clark; Lyrics by Howard Johnson	May 10, 1924 - May 24, 1924
The Dust Heap Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Bernard J. McOwen, Paul Dickey	Apr 24, 1924 - May 1924
In the Next Room Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Eleanor Robson, Harriet Ford	Nov 27, 1923 - Apr 1924
The Camel's Back Play, Original, Comedy Written by W. Somerset Maugham	Nov 13, 1923 - Nov 1923
Two Fellows and a Girl Play, Original, Comedy Written by Vincent Lawrence	Jul 19, 1923 - Nov 1923
Elsie Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Alma M. Sanders, Eubie Blake; Lyrics by Monte Carlo, Noble Sissle	Apr 02, 1923 - May 05, 1923
Humoresque Play, Original, Comedy, Drama Written by Fannie Hurst	Feb 27, 1923 - Mar 1923
Glory Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Maurice De Packh, Harry Tierney; Book by James Montgomery; Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, James Dyrenforth	Dec 25, 1922 - Feb 24, 1923
Lights Out Play, Original, Comedy Written by Mann Page, Paul Dickey	Aug 14, 1922 - Aug 1922
Fanny Hawthorn Play, Original, Drama Written by Stanley Houghton	May 11, 1922 - Jun 1922
Letty Pepper Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Werner Janssen; Book by George V. Hobart, Oliver Morosco; Lyrics by Irving Bibo, Leo Wood	Apr 10, 1922 - May 06, 1922
Anna Christie Play, Original, Drama Written by Eugene O'Neill	Nov 02, 1921 - Apr 1922
Irene Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Harry Tierney; Book by James Montgomery	Nov 18, 1919 - Jun 18, 1921
She Would and She Did Play, Original, Comedy Written by Mark Reed	Sep 11, 1919 - Oct 1919
A Little Journey Play, Original Written by Rachel Crothers	Jan 27, 1919 - Closing date unknown
The Gentile Wife Play, Original Written by Rita Weiman	Dec 24, 1918 - Jan 1919
The Matinee Hero Play, Original Written by A. E. Thomas, Leo Ditrichstein	Oct 07, 1918 - Dec 1918
Oh, Look! Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Harry Carroll; Book by James Montgomery; Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy	Mar 07, 1918 - May 04, 1918