39th Street Theatre

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

Seats (approximate): 700

William A. Swasey, architect. Lee and J.J. Shubert named their newest theatre for great actress Alla Nazimova in order to keep her in their management firm. When that failed and she defected to Charles Frohman in 1911, the Shuberts removed her name from the theatre. In 1926, they closed the theatre to focus on their more centrally located ventures, selling it to developer A.E. Lefcourt, who promptly razed the theatre and built a twenty story office building in its place.

Built: 1910 Closed: 1926 Demolished: 1926

Theatre Names	Named
39th Street Theatre	1911
Nazimova's 39th Street Theatre	1910

Productions

Productions	Production Dates
Laff That Off Play, Original, Comedy Written by Don Mullally	Dec 1925 - Jun 1926
Outside Looking In Play, Original, Comedy Written by Maxwell Anderson	Nov 1925 - Dec 1925
Caught Play, Original, Drama Written by Kate McLaurin	Oct 05, 1925 - Nov 1925
Love's Call Play, Original Written by Joseph Byron Totten	Sep 10, 1925 - Sep 1925
The Handy Man Play, Original, Comedy, Drama Written by Fred Wall, Ralph Murphy	Mar 09, 1925 - Mar 1925
Tangletoes Play, Original Written by Gertrude Purcell	Feb 17, 1925 - Mar 1925
Is Zat So? Play, Original, Comedy Written by Richard Taber, James Gleason	Jan 05, 1925 - Mar 1926
Parasites Play, Original, Comedy Written by Cosmo Hamilton	Nov 19, 1924 - Jan 1925
The Easy Mark Play, Original, Comedy	Aug 26, 1924 - Nov 1924
Easy Street Play, Original Written by Ralph Thomas Kettering	Aug 14, 1924 - Aug 1924
The Bride Play, Original, Comedy, Mystery Written by Stuart Olivier	May 05, 1924 - May 1924
Welded Play, Original, Drama Written by Eugene O'Neill	Mar 17, 1924 - Apr 1924
Mr. Pitt Play, Original Written by Zona Gale	Jan 22, 1924 - Apr 1924
The Alarm Clock Play, Original, Comedy Written by Avery Hopwood	Dec 24, 1923 - Jan 1924
The Shadow Play, Original Written by Dario Niccodemi	Dec 18, 1923 - Dec 1923
Time Play, Original, Comedy Written by Arthur Henry	Nov 26, 1923 - Dec 1923
A Lesson in Love Play, Original, Comedy Written by May Eddington	Sep 24, 1923 - Nov 1923
Home Fires Play, Original, Comedy Written by Owen Davis	Aug 20, 1923 - Oct 1923
Mary the 3D Play, Original, Comedy Written by Rachel Crothers	Feb 05, 1923 - Jun 1923
The Egotist Play, Original, Comedy Written by Ben Hecht	Dec 25, 1922 - Feb 1923
The Bootleggers Play, Original, Comedy Written by William A. Page	Nov 27, 1922 - Dec 1922
L'Aventuriere Play, Original, Comedy, Drama Written by Emile Augier	Nov 13, 1922 - Nov 1922
The Monster Play, Original, Drama Written by Crane Wilbur	Aug 09, 1922 - Nov 1922
The Rotters Play, Original, Satire Written by H. F. Maltby	May 22, 1922 - Jun 1922
Broken Branches Play, Original, Comedy, Drama Written by Emil Nyitray, Herbert Hall Winslow	Mar 06, 1922 - Mar 1922
Danger Play, Original, Drama Book by Cosmo Hamilton	Dec 22, 1921 - Feb 1922
Like a King Play, Original, Drama Written by John Hunter Booth	Oct 03, 1921 - Oct 1921
The Nightcap Play, Original, Comedy, Mystery Written by Guy Bolton, Max Marcin	Aug 15, 1921 - Nov 1921
The Ghost Between Play, Original, Comedy Written by Vincent Lawrence	Mar 22, 1921 - Jun 1921
The Young Visitors Play, Original, Burlesque Written by Margaret MacKenzie, Mrs. George Norman	Nov 29, 1920 - Dec 1920
The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer Play, Original, Comedy Written by Harry Wagstaff Gribble	Oct 12, 1920 - Nov 1920
The Checkerboard Play, Original, Comedy Written by Fanny Hatton, Frederic Hatton	Aug 19, 1920 - Sep 1920
The Tragedy of Nan Play, Original, Tragedy Written by John Masefield	Feb 17, 1920 - Feb 1920
Scandal Play, Original, Comedy Written by Cosmo Hamilton	Sep 12, 1919 - Jun 1920
The Red Dawn Play, Original, Drama Written by Thomas Dixon, Jr.	Aug 06, 1919 - Aug 10, 1919
Hamlet Play, Revival, Tragedy Written by William Shakespeare	May 20, 1919 - Jun 1919
Come Along Musical, Original, Comedy Music by John L. Nelson; Book by Bide Dudley; Lyrics by John L. Nelson	May 12, 1919 - May 17, 1919
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	Apr 21, 1919 - May 10, 1919
Keep It to Yourself Play, Original	Dec 30, 1918 - Apr 1919
Blind Youth Play, Original Written by Lou Tellegen, Willard Mack	Dec 24, 1918 - Feb 1918
Betty at Bay Play, Original Written by Jessie Porter	Dec 02, 1918 - Dec 1918
The Long Dash Play, Original Written by Robert Mears Mackay, Victor Mapes	Nov 05, 1918 - Dec 1925
Not with My Money Play, Original Written by Edward Clark	Oct 25, 1918 - Nov 1918
Another Man's Shoes Play, Original Written by Laura Hinkley, Mabel Ferris	Sep 12, 1918 - Sep 1918
Eyes of Youth Play, Original, Comedy, Drama Written by Charles Guernon, Max Marcin	Jul 22, 1918 - Aug 1918
A Cure for Curables Play, Original Written by Earl Derr Biggers, Lawrence Whitman	Feb 25, 1918 - Jun 1918
What's Your Husband Doing? Play, Original Written by George V. Hobart	Nov 12, 1917 - Dec 1917
The Old Country Play, Original	Oct 30, 1917 - Nov 1917
De Luxe Annie Play, Original Written by Edward Clark	Oct 15, 1917 - Closing date unknown
Mary's Ankle Play, Original Written by May Tully	Oct 01, 1917 - Closing date unknown
Lucky O'Shea Play, Original Written by Theodore Burt Sayre	Sep 03, 1917 - Oct 1917
The Fugitive Play, Original Written by John Galsworthy	Mar 19, 1917 - May 1917
Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil Play, Original Written by Stuart Walker	Nov 27, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Nevertheless Play, Original Written by Stuart Walker	Nov 27, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Gods of the Mountain Play, Original Written by Lord Dunsany	Nov 27, 1916 - Jan 06, 1917
The Trimplet Play, Original Written by Stuart Walker	Nov 27, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Golden Doom Play, Original Written by Lord Dunsany	Nov 27, 1916 - Jan 06, 1917
The Lady of the Weeping Willow Tree Play, Original	Nov 27, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Birthday of the Infanta Play, Original	Nov 27, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Voices Play, Original Written by Hortense Flexner	Nov 27, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Gammer Gurton's Needle Play, Original Written by Lord Dunsany	Nov 27, 1916 - Jan 06, 1917
King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior Play, Original Written by Lord Dunsany	Nov 27, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Crier by Night Play, Original Written by Gordon Bottomley	Nov 27, 1916 - Jan 06, 1917
The Very Naked Boy Play, Original Written by Stuart Walker	Nov 27, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Old Lady 31 Play, Original Written by Rachel Crothers	Oct 30, 1916 - Mar 1917
Backfire Play, Original Written by Stuart Fox	Oct 02, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Very Good Eddie Musical, Original Music by Jerome Kern; Book by Guy Bolton, Philip Bartholomae; Lyrics by Schuyler Green	Sep 11, 1916 - Oct 1916
A Little Bit of Fluff Play, Original Written by Walter W. Ellis	Aug 26, 1916 - Sep 1916
Yvette Musical, Original Music by Frederick Herendeen; Book by Benjamin Thorne Gilbert; Lyrics by Frederick Herendeen	Aug 10, 1916 - Aug 12, 1916
A King of Nowhere Play, Original Written by L. du Rocher MacPherson, J. duRocher MacPherson	Mar 27, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Unchastened Woman Play, Original Written by Louis K. Anspacher	Oct 09, 1915 - Mar 1916
The Last Laugh Play, Original Written by Charles W. Goddard, Paul Dickey	Jul 29, 1915 - Sep 1915
Three of Hearts Play, Original Written by Martha Morton	Jun 03, 1915 - Jun 1915
Taking Chances Play, Original Written by Paul Frank, Siegfried Geyer	Mar 17, 1915 - May 1915
A Mix-up Play, Original Written by Parker A. Hord	Dec 28, 1914 - Mar 1915
The High Cost of Loving Play, Original Written by Frank Mandel	Nov 16, 1914 - Closing date unknown
The Only Girl Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Victor Herbert; Book by Henry Blossom; Lyrics by Henry Blossom	Nov 02, 1914 - Closing date unknown
The Third Party Play, Original Written by Frederick Arthur, Jocelyn Brandon	Sep 07, 1914 - Closing date unknown
The Third Party Play, Original Written by Frederick Arthur, Jocelyn Brandon	Aug 03, 1914 - Closing date unknown
Too Many Cooks Play, Original Written by Frank Craven	Feb 24, 1914 - Sep 1914
When Claudia Smiles Play, Original, Farce, Play with music Music by Jean Schwartz; Written by Anne Caldwell; Lyrics by Anne Caldwell	Feb 02, 1914 - Feb 1914
Maria Rosa Play, Original Written by Angel Guimera	Jan 19, 1914 - Closing date unknown
At Bay Play, Original Written by George Scarborough	Oct 07, 1913 - Jan 1914
Believe Me Xantippe Play, Original Written by Frederick Ballard	Aug 19, 1913 - Oct 1913
The Five Frankfurters Play, Original Written by Basil Hood	Mar 03, 1913 - May 1913
The Bridal Path Play, Original Written by Thompson Buchanan	Feb 18, 1913 - Mar 1913
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray Play, Revival	Feb 03, 1913 - Feb 1913
The Rivals Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan	Dec 16, 1912 - Closing date unknown
Much Ado About Nothing Play, Revival, Comedy Written by William Shakespeare	Nov 25, 1912 - Closing date unknown
She Stoops to Conquer Play, Revival Written by Oliver Goldsmith	Nov 11, 1912 - Closing date unknown
The Blindness of Virtue Play, Original Written by Cosmo Hamilton	Oct 28, 1912 - Nov 11, 1912
The Brute Play, Original Written by Frederic Arnold Krummer	Oct 08, 1912 - Oct 1912
The Master of the House Play, Original Written by Edgar James	Aug 22, 1912 - Closing date unknown
The Woman of It Play, Original Written by Frederick Lonsdale	Jan 14, 1912 - Jan 1912
A Butterfly on the Wheel Play, Original Written by Edward G. Hemmerde, Francis Neilson, K.C. Neilson	Jan 09, 1912 - Jun 1912
The Million Play, Original Written by Leo Ditrichstein	Oct 23, 1911 - Closing date unknown
The Great Name Play, Original	Oct 16, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Green Stockings Play, Original Written by A. E. W. Mason	Oct 02, 1911 - Closing date unknown
Nazimova's 39th Street Theatre
As a Man Thinks Play, Original Written by Augustus Thomas	Mar 13, 1911 - Jul 1911
We Can't Be as Bad as All That Play, Original Written by Henry Arthur Jones	Dec 30, 1910 - Jan 1911
Drifting Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Preston Gibson	Dec 21, 1910 - Dec 1910
Madame Troubadour Musical, Original, Operetta Music by Felix Albini	Nov 28, 1910 - Dec 17, 1910
Mr. Preedy and the Countess Play, Original Written by R.C. Carton	Nov 07, 1910 - Nov 1910
The Little Damozel Play, Original, Comedy Written by Monckton Hoffe	Oct 10, 1910 - Closing date unknown
Con & Co. Play, Original Written by Oliver Herford	Sep 20, 1910 - Oct 1910
Miss Patsy Play, Original, Farce Written by Sewell Collins	Aug 29, 1910 - Sep 1910
Little Eyolf Play, Original, Drama Written by Henrik Ibsen	Apr 18, 1910 - May 1910