Cinema 49

Official Broadway League sites:

235 W. 49th St., New York, NY

Seats (approximate): 750

Herbert J. Krapp, architect. The Shuberts built it in 1921 but lost it in the Depression, during which it was briefly rented by the Federal Theatre Project for three productions. In 1940, closed and reopened for a brief tenure as a movie house, Cinema 49. Demolished in December of that year.

Built: 1921 Demolished: 1940

Theatre Names	Named
Cinema 49	1938 Movies
49th Street Theatre	1921

Productions

Productions	Production Dates

49th Street Theatre
The Wild Duck Play, Revival, Drama Written by Henrik Ibsen	Apr 16, 1938 - Apr 1938
Power Play, Revival, Sketches Written by Arthur Arent	Mar 23, 1938 - Apr 02, 1938
Power Play, Revival Written by Arthur Arent	Feb 12, 1938 - Feb 26, 1938
How Come, Lawd? Play, Original, Drama Written by Donald Heywood	Sep 30, 1937 - Oct 1937
Money Mad Play, Original, Comedy Written by Fritz Blocki	May 24, 1937 - May 24, 1937
Borderline Play, Original Written by Albert Ganzert	Feb 09, 1937 - Closing date unknown
The Water Carrier Musical, Original Music by Alexander Olshanetsky; Book by Jacob Prager	Dec 24, 1936 - Closing date unknown
Truly Valiant Play, Original, Drama Written by Irving Stone	Jan 09, 1936 - Jan 09, 1936
A Woman of the Soil Play, Original	Mar 25, 1935 - Apr 1935
Birthday Play, Original, Drama Written by Aimee Stuart, Philip Stuart	Dec 26, 1934 - Jan 16, 1935
Tomorrow's Harvest Play, Original, Drama Written by Hans Rastede	Dec 05, 1934 - Dec 1934
When in Rome Play, Original, Comedy, Farce Written by Austin Major	Feb 27, 1934 - Mar 1934
Birthright Play, Original, Drama Written by Richard Maibaum	Nov 21, 1933 - Nov 1933
Peacock Play, Original, Comedy Written by Leonard Ide	Oct 11, 1932 - Oct 1932
Wolves Play, Original, Drama Written by Romain Rolland	Jan 06, 1932 - Jan 1932
Bloody Laughter Play, Original, Drama Written by Ernst Toller	Dec 04, 1931 - Jan 1932
Barbara's Wedding Play, Original, Comedy, One Act Written by August Strindberg, James M. Barrie	Oct 08, 1931 - Oct 1931
The Father Play, Revival, Tragedy Written by August Strindberg, James M. Barrie	Oct 08, 1931 - Oct 1931
The Good Companions Play, Original, Comedy Written by J.B. Priestley	Oct 01, 1931 - Nov 1931
Topaze Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Marcel Pagnol	Feb 16, 1931 - Feb 1931
Bird in Hand Play, Revival, Comedy Written by John Drinkwater	Nov 10, 1930 - Jan 1931
Marigold Play, Original, Comedy Written by F. R. Pryor, L. Allen Harker	Oct 08, 1930 - Oct 1930
Insult Play, Original, Drama Written by Harry Tighe, J. E. Harold Terry	Sep 15, 1930 - Oct 1930
Bird in Hand Play, Original, Comedy Written by John Drinkwater	Mar 11, 1930 - Jun 07, 1930
Mei Lan-fang Play, Original, Solo	Feb 17, 1930 - Closing date unknown
The Challenge of Youth Play, Original, Drama Written by Ashley Miller, Hyman Adler	Jan 20, 1930 - Feb 1930
The Patriarch Play, Original, Drama Written by Boyd Smith	Nov 25, 1929 - Dec 1929
Thunder in the Air Play, Original, Drama Written by Robins Millar	Nov 11, 1929 - Nov 1929
Great Scott Play, Original, Comedy	Sep 02, 1929 - Sep 1929
Decision Play, Original, Comedy Written by Carl Henkle	May 27, 1929 - Jul 1929
The Come-On Man Play, Original	Apr 22, 1929 - May 1929
Hedda Gabler Play, Revival, Drama Written by Henrik Ibsen	Feb 02, 1929 - Feb 1929
The Wild Duck Play, Revival, Drama Written by Henrik Ibsen	Nov 19, 1928 - Jan 1929
Straight Thru the Door Play, Original, Comedy, Mystery Written by William Hodge	Oct 04, 1928 - Nov 1928
The Phantom Lover Play, Original	Sep 04, 1928 - Sep 1928
A Lady for a Night Play, Original, Comedy, Mystery Written by Hutcheson Boyd	Apr 16, 1928 - Apr 1928
Killers Play, Original Written by Howard Merling, Louis E. Bisch	Mar 13, 1928 - Apr 1928
Diversion Play, Original Written by John Van Druten	Jan 11, 1928 - Mar 1928
Fallen Angels Play, Original, Comedy Written by Noël Coward	Dec 01, 1927 - Jan 1928
The Fanatics Play, Original Written by Miles Malleson	Nov 07, 1927 - Nov 1927
Synthetic Sin Play, Original Written by Fanny Hatton, Frederic Hatton	Oct 10, 1927 - Oct 1927
The Tightwad Play, Original Written by Robert Keith	Apr 16, 1927 - Apr 1927
Scalawag Play, Original Written by Bennett Musson, David Higgins	Mar 29, 1927 - Apr 1927
Menace Play, Original, Drama Written by Arthur M. Brilant	Mar 14, 1927 - Apr 1927
Ballyhoo Play, Original Written by Kate Horton	Jan 04, 1927 - Jan 1927
The Judge's Husband Play, Original, Comedy Written by William Hodge	Sep 27, 1926 - Jan 1927
The Adorable Liar Play, Original, Comedy Written by Harry Durant, Roy Briant	Aug 30, 1926 - Sep 1926
Hush Money Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Alfred G. Jackson, Mann Page	Mar 15, 1926 - May 1926
The Right Age to Marry Play, Original, Comedy Written by H. F. Maltby	Feb 15, 1926 - Mar 1926
Don Q., Jr. Play, Original Written by Bernard S. Schubert	Jan 27, 1926 - Feb 1926
Magda Play, Revival Written by Hermann Sudermann	Jan 26, 1926 - Feb 1926
One of the Family Play, Original, Comedy Written by Kenneth Webb	Dec 21, 1925 - Jul 1926
Courting Play, Original, Comedy Written by A. Kenward Matthews	Sep 12, 1925 - Oct 1925
Lady of the Rose Play, Original Written by Martin Flavin	May 19, 1925 - May 1925
The Loves of Lulu Play, Original Written by Franz Wedekind	May 11, 1925 - May 1925
O, Nightingale Play, Original, Comedy Written by Sophie Treadwell	Apr 15, 1925 - May 1925
Chauve-Souris [1925] Musical, Original, Revue, Vaudeville Music by Alexei Archangelsky	Jan 14, 1925 - Mar 07, 1925
Badges Play, Original, Comedy, Drama Written by Edward Hammond, Max Marcin	Dec 03, 1924 - Mar 1925
The Werewolf Play, Original, Comedy Written by Gladys Unger	Aug 25, 1924 - Dec 1924
Cheaper to Marry Play, Original Written by Samuel Shipman	Apr 15, 1924 - Jun 1924
Nancy Ann Play, Original, Comedy Written by Dorothy Heyward	Mar 31, 1924 - May 1924
The Outsider Play, Original, Drama Written by Dorothy Brandon	Mar 03, 1924 - Jun 1924
The Strong Play, Original, Drama Written by Karen Bramson	Feb 26, 1924 - Feb 27, 1924
Gypsy Jim Play, Original, Drama Written by Milton Herbert Gropper, Oscar Hammerstein II	Jan 14, 1924 - Feb 1924
For All of Us Play, Original Written by William Hodge	Oct 15, 1923 - Apr 1924
What's Your Wife Doing? Play, Original, Comedy, Farce Written by Emil Nyitray, Herbert Hall Winslow	Oct 01, 1923 - Dec 1923
Connie Goes Home Play, Original, Comedy Written by Edward Childs Carpenter	Sep 06, 1923 - Sep 1923
Thumbs Down Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Myron C. Fagan	Aug 06, 1923 - Aug 1923
Give and Take Play, Original, Comedy, Farce Written by Aaron Hoffman	Jan 15, 1923 - Jun 1923
Whispering Wires Play, Original, Drama Written by Kate McLaurin	Aug 07, 1922 - Jun 1923
Chauve-Souris [1922] Musical, Original, Vaudeville	Feb 04, 1922 - Jun 1922
Face Value Play, Original, Comedy Written by Laurence Grass	Dec 26, 1921 - Jan 1922