Palace Theatre [New York City]
type: Item
label: Palace Theatre
description: Theatre building in New York, USA
description: theater in New York, Verenigde Staten van Amerika @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5841
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: USA
City: New York City
opening date: 1913-03-24T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q3360756
GPS: Point(-73.9847 40.7588)
Capacity: 1743
Address: 1564 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
Web: palace-theatre
architect: Kirchoff & Rose
Wikidata instance: Q8719053
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Les Archives du Spectacle ID: /o/50302-Palace-Theatre
Carthalia ID: 1547
theatricalia id: 6wq/palace-theatre-new-york-new-york
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1913 by Kirchoff & Rose for Martin Beck's Orpheum circuit. Opened 24 Mar 1913. Later operated by the Keith-Albee circuit. Used for vaudeville shows. 1930-1957 also used as a cinema, 1957-1965 exclusively used as a cinema. 1965 purchased by the Nederlanders Organization. Rebuiling and re-conversion to a theatre proper by Ralph Alswang. Ca. 1988 major exterior rebuilding, incorporating the theatre in the new skyscraper Embassy Suites Hotel; auditorium rebuilding by Fox & Fowle. Used for musical performances, e. g. J. Herman's La Cage aux Folles (1761 performances), Cy Coleman's The Will Rogers Follies (981 performances), or Elton John's Aida. 1736 seats.