Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, West 45th Street, New York City

The historic Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (formerly the Royale Theatre and the John Golden Theatre) is located at 242 West 45th Street in the Theater District of New York City. It opened in 1927. It has 1,100 seats across two levels and is operated by The Shubert Organization. Both the façade and the auditorium interior were designated New York City landmarks in 1987.

The theater was designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp and was built for the Chanin brothers, Irwin Salmon and Henry, real-estate developers in New York. The Royale was part of a three-theater complex that included the Majestic and the Theatre Masque, now the John Golden.

The façade was designed in a Spanish style with golden brick, terracotta, and stone. The theatre's interior features a groin-vaulted ceiling supported on either side by archways decorated with two murals entitled "Lovers of Spain," by Hungarian illustrator Willy Pogany (1882-1955) and several box seats. The facilities include an adjacent stage house, on the left.

The Royale Theatre opened on January 11, 1927, showing the play Piggy by Daniel Kusell and Alfred Jackson from a play by Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Englander, with Harry McNaughton and Sam Bernard, with 79 performances.

In 1930, the Chanin brothers transferred ownership of all three houses to the Shubert brothers. Few years later, control of the Jacobs passed to John Golden, who renamed the theatre after himself and ran it from 1934 to 1936. The Shuberts regained control in 1936, restored its name to Royale, and leased it to CBS as a radio studio until 1940. It was renamed the Bernard B. Jacobs in 2005 to honor the president of the Shubert Organization from 1972 to 1996.