Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (Broadway)

On May 9, 2005, the former Plymouth Theatre was officially renamed the Gerald Schoenfeld, in honor of the man who has been chairman of the Shubert Organization since 1972. The Shubert Brothers opened this impressive house in 1917 and leased it to producer Arthur Hopkins, who presented much famed productions as John Barrymore in "Redemption;" John and Lionel Barrymore in "The Jest;" "What Price Glory?" by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings; and Philip Barry's "Holiday."

The Plymouth's most recent productions have included "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial;" "Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life;" "Brooklyn;" "Match;" "Taboo;" "Long Day’s Journey Into Night;" "The Graduate;" "Thou Shalt Not;" "Jekyll and Hyde;" "Bells Are Ringing;" "A Delicate Balance;" "Wonderful Tennessee;" "Passion;" "Translations;" "Dancing at Lughnasa" (Tony Award); Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize play "The Heidi Chronicles;" Lanford Wilson's "Burn This;" Peter O'Toole and Amanda Plummer in "Pygmalion;" Lily Tomlin (Tony Award) in her one-woman show, "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe;" Tom Stoppard's Tony Award play "The Real Thing," which also won Tonys for Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Christine Baranski and director Mike Nichols; an all-star revival of "You Can't Take It with You;" David Hare's "Plenty" with Kate Nelligan and Edward Herrmann; Jane Lapotaire (Tony Award) in "Piaf;" and the memorable "Nicholas Nickleby," winner of three Tony Awards.

Highlights of the 1970's included Maureen Stapleton in Neil Simon's "The Gingerbread Lady;" Sada Thompson (Tony Award) in "Twigs;" Peter Shaffer's Tony Award play "Equus" starring Anthony Hopkins, succeeded by Anthony Perkins and Richard Burton; Tom Courtenay in "Otherwise Engaged;" Elizabeth Swados's musical "Runaways"; and the Tony Award winning revue "Ain't Misbehavin'" which moved here from the Longacre.

In the 1960's this theatre housed the delightful musical "Irma La Douce" with Elizabeth Seal (Tony Award); Fredric March in Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon"; Anthony Quinn, Margaret Leighton and Charles Grodin in ^Tchin-Tchin~; Alec Guinness (Tony Award) and Kate Reid in ^Dylan~; the classic Neil Simon comedy "The Odd Couple" with Walter Matthau (Tony Award) and Art Carney; and Simon's "Plaza Suite," starring Maureen Stapleton and George C. Scott.

Productions in the 1950's included a splendid reading of "Don Juan in Hell;" Maurice Evans, Gusti Huber and John Williams (Tony Award) in "Dial 'M' for Murder;" Michael Redgrave in "Tiger at the Gates;" Peter Ustinov in his own play, "Romanoff and Juliet;" Paul Douglas in "A Hole in the Head;" Maurice Evans in "The Apple Cart;" Margaret Sullavan in her last Broadway appearance in "Janus," also starring Charles Boyer and Claude Dauphin; Marge and Gower Champion and Harry Belafonte in a revue, "3 for Tonight;" Henry Fonda, Lloyd Nolan and John Hodiak in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," directed by Charles Laughton; and the huge hit, "The Happy Time," starring Claude Dauphin, Kurt Kaszner and Eva Gabor.

Some memorable hits at this theatre from the past: Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize play "The Skin of Our Teeth," starring Tallulah Bankhead, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Florence Reed and Montgomery Clift; Tallulah Bankhead and Donald Cook in a sparkling revival of "Private Lives;" Tallulah again in two lesser hits, "Dark Victory" and a disaster called "The Eagle Has Two Heads," without Marlon Brando, whom she fired out-of-town; Clifton Webb in Noel Coward's "Present Laughter;" Raymond Massey in Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois;" Gertrude Lawrence and Nancy Kelly in "Susan and God;" Marta Abba and John Halliday in "Tovarich;" Clark Gable in "Machinal."

Theatre Information:
236 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036
US

Box Office: Tele-charge: (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250.

Public Transportation:
SUBWAY: Take the N,Q,R,W or 1,2,3,9 to 42nd Street, walk North on Broadway to 45th Street and walk West on 45th Street to the theatre; Take the A,C,E to 42nd Street, walk North on Eighth Avenue to 45th Street and walk East on 45th Street to the theatre.

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