Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway

The Winter Garden Theatre at 1634 Broadway from the West 50th Street, in the Midtown Manhattan. It shows the Honeymoon Express starring Al Jolson and Gaby Deslys. The show opened on February 6, 1913, and closed on Jun 14, 1913. Photograph from the Shubert Organization collection.

The Winter Garden opened in 1911. It has 1,600 seats and is operated by the Shubert Organization. The auditorium was designated a New York City landmark in 1988. The building is located near Times Square, in the Theater District. The land lot takes up much of the city block bounded by Broadway to the west, 50th Street to the south, Seventh Avenue to the east, and 51st Street to the north. Continue below...

In 1922, the Winter Garden was renovated, Herbert J. Krapp, Architect. The runway was eliminated, the ceiling was lowered and the theatre became more in line with the traditional Adamesque style used in other Shubert venues. From 1928 to 1933, Warner Brothers leased Winter Garden and it was used as a movie house. The same happened in 1945, when United Artists ran it. In 1948, the structure became a theater again. In 2001 a renovation restored the the theater to its 1920s design.