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The Little Shubert Theater is the first Off-Broadway theater owned by The Shubert Organization and the first new
theater built by The Shubert Organization, in New York, since its 1928 opening of the Ethel Barrymore Theater.
The 499-seat theater is located on West 42nd Street and is included in the award winning development known as
“Theater Row”.
The design paid great attention to both the interior acoustics and to exterior noise. The interior design blends exposed
technical infrastructure with rich colors, textures and finishes.
The building’s exterior marquee consisted of an architectural metal and glass entrance with an ornamental canopy and
an illuminated vertical attraction sign.
The front-of-house area includes a fully computerized box office and an inner lobby circulation space containing
generous restroom facilities.
The upper lobby is accessed by an open ornamental stairway, an escalator and an elevator for wheelchair patrons. The
upper lobby features floor to ceiling windows overlooking 42nd Street, a refreshment bar and concession stand.
The back-of-house area includes two chorus-type dressing rooms, two smaller dressing rooms, stage manager’s office,
wardrobe room and a green room/quick change area.
The auditorium features include perimeter catwalks
that connect to the stage house fly floors, a catwalk
bridge spanning the auditorium, a follow spot
platform, an enclosed control booth and multiple
vertical lighting booms at the sides of the auditorium.
The stage house includes a grid iron system that is
48’-0” above a stage that compares to many larger
facilities (71’-0” in width and 26’-1” in depth). The
grid iron is accessed by multiple levels of fly floors
on both sides of the stage. |
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| Architect: Hardy, Holzman,Pfeiffer Associates |
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