Manhattan · NYC landmark
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
242 West 45th Street · Manhattan, New York City
Explore the former Royale, built as part of a three-theater complex that could accommodate different audiences.
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NYFE Summary
The Chanin brothers planned this theater alongside two other playhouses of different sizes. Producers could move a show to a larger or smaller house as ticket sales changed. This middle-sized venue first operated as the Royale.
For several years it served as a CBS radio studio before returning to live theater in 1940. It took Bernard B. Jacobs’s name in 2005 to honor a longtime Shubert Organization president. Three tall arches and decorative pale trim frame the upper street front.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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