James Earl Jones Theatre [New York City]
type: Item
label: Cort Theatre @nl
label: James Earl Jones Theatre
description: Theatre building in New York, USA
description: theater in New York, Verenigde Staten van Amerika @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5834
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: USA
City: New York City
opening date: 1912-12-20T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q5173206
GPS: Point(-73.9831 40.7592)
Capacity: 1084
Address: 138 West 48th Street
Web: cort
architect: Thomas W. Lamb
context: On Monday, Sept. 12, The Shubert Organization officially dedicated and revealed the newly renamed James Earl Jones Theatre, formerly the Cort Theatre, in honor of the iconic multi-award-winning American actor. The dedication ceremony follows a $47 million restoration and expansion of the 110-year-old Broadway theater. Jones recalled making his Broadway debut on this very stage in 1958.
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2709
theatricalia id: 85/james-earl-jones-theatre-new-york-new-york
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built by Thomas W. Lamb for the impresario John Cort. Opened 20 Dec 1912 as Cort Theatre with J. Hartley Manners's play Peg o' My Heart. Sold to the Shubert Organization in 1927. 1082 seats. 2023 renamed James Earl Jones Theatre after the American actor, James Earl Jones (1931-).
Manhattan Index Cards ID: 842