Biography: T. Edward Hambleton graduated from Yale in 1934. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married Caroline Hoysradt and then Merrell Hopkins. He had five children. He founded the Phoenix Theater with Norris Houghton in 1953 in a former Yiddish theater at Second Avenue and 12th Street in the East Village.
Trivia: The marquees of Broadway theaters were dimmed in his honor on December 20, 2005.
Commissioned and originally produced by The Phoenix Theatre (T. Edward Hambleton: Co-Founder and Managing Director; Norris Houghton: Co-Founder; Steven Robman: Artistic Director)
Produced by The Phoenix Theatre (T. Edward Hambleton: Co-Founder and Managing Director; Norris Houghton: Co-Founder; John Houseman: Producing Director)
Produced by The Phoenix Theatre (T. Edward Hambleton: Co-Founder and Managing Director; Norris Houghton: Co-Founder)
Produced by The Phoenix Theatre (T. Edward Hambleton: Co-Founder and Managing Director; Norris Houghton: Co-Founder)
Commissioned and originally produced by The Phoenix Theatre (T. Edward Hambleton: Co-Founder and Managing Director; Norris Houghton: Co-Founder; Steven Robman: Artistic Director)
Produced by The Phoenix Theatre (T. Edward Hambleton: Co-Founder and Managing Director; Norris Houghton: Co-Founder; John Houseman: Producing Director)
Produced by The Phoenix Theatre (T. Edward Hambleton: Co-Founder and Managing Director; Norris Houghton: Co-Founder)
Produced by The Phoenix Theatre (T. Edward Hambleton: Co-Founder and Managing Director; Norris Houghton: Co-Founder)
Trivia:
The marquees of Broadway theaters were dimmed in his honor on December 20, 2005.