Empire Theatre [New York City]
type: Item
label: Empire Theatre
description: Theatre building in New York, USA
EUTA building identifier: 5870
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: USA
City: New York City
opening date: 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q15032135
GPS: Point(-73.9865 40.7545)
demolished: 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1521
theatricalia id: 487/empire-theatre-new-york-new-york
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1893 by by J. B. McElfatrick & Co for Frank Sanger, Al Hayman, and producer Charles Frohman. Opened 25 Jan 1893 with David Belasco's play The Girl I Left Behind Me. 1903 interior rebuilding and auditorium redecoration by Carrere & Hastings. Mainly used for drama performances, including Lindsay & Crouse's Life with Father (1939-1945). Demolished in 1953 in favour of an office building.