The International Theatre was a theatre located at 5 Columbus Circle , the present site of the Deutsche Bank Center in Manhattan , New York City .
8-537: Designed in 1903 by John H. Duncan , the architect of Grant's Tomb , it was built at a time that Columbus Circle was expected to become a theatre district. Initially named the Majestic Theatre , the venue seated about 1,355 and hosted original musicals and operettas, including The Wizard of Oz and Babes in Toyland , and some plays. In 1906 it housed the seminal African-American musical Abyssinia . It
16-419: Is 21 East 84th Street (with its neighbors, 1132 and 1134 Madison Avenue), still intact today with much of the original interior and exterior. "A brick and terra-cotta terrace (English-style grouping of jointly designed townhouses), now sullied by unhappy storefronts on the avenue. But look up at the frieze". In 1899, Duncan designed a five-story limestone mansion for Philip Lehman at 7 West 54th Street , which
24-662: The Cosmopolitan Theatre , and played movies. The name was changed to the International Theatre in 1944. In 1949, NBC leased the theatre, and made it into a television studio rechristened as NBC International Theatre , with the Admiral Broadway Revue being one of the first TV shows aired from this location. In 1953, the venue hosted a portion of the 25th Academy Awards , which was the first Academy Awards to be broadcast, as well as
32-595: The United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a building or structure in Manhattan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John H. Duncan John Hemenway Duncan (January 21, 1854 – October 18, 1929) was an American architect . Duncan was the designer of the Wolcott Hotel . One of the most famous architects in the United States at
40-544: The first to be aired from both New York City and Los Angeles. The theater was demolished in 1954 to allow for wider sidewalks in front of the New York Coliseum , which in turn was torn down to make way for the Time Warner Center in 2000. 40°46′00″N 73°58′54″W / 40.76674°N 73.98155°W / 40.76674; -73.98155 This article about a theater building in
48-759: The turn of the 20th century, his popularity rose after being selected as the architect of what is now Grant's Tomb , another "reconstruction" of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (Greek Ionia). Another of Duncan's most famous works is the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch in Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York, often referred to as Brooklyn's version of the Arc de Triomphe . Duncan also contributed townhouses on Manhattan's Upper East Side . One marvelous example
56-722: Was designated as a New York City landmark in 1981. He also designed Walhall, a "great estate" in Greenwich, Connecticut . Although the main house no longer exists, an outbuilding intended eventually for the superintendent still exists and is a private residence today. Duncan--who had been a resident of Binghamton, NY--also had designed the Daniel S. Dickinson monument in front of the Broome County courthouse, located on Court Street in Binghamton, NY. This article about
64-405: Was renamed Park Theatre in 1911, opening with The Quaker Girl , and it again presented plays, musicals, and operettas. In early 1913 it showed the world's first full-length color drama feature film, The Miracle . The Shuberts , Florenz Ziegfeld , and Billy Minsky, in succession, owned the house but did not find success there. In 1923, it was purchased by William Randolph Hearst , renamed
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