Olympia Theatre (New York City)
Former theater complex in Manhattan, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Olympic Theatre (New York City).
The Olympia Theatre (1514–16 Broadway at 44th Street), also known as Hammerstein's Olympia and later the Lyric Theatre and the New York Theatre, was a theater complex built by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I at Longacre Square (later Times Square) in Manhattan, New York City, opening in 1895.
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Hammerstein's Olympia, New York Theatre, Loew's New York, Criterion Theatre, Vitagraph Theatre | |
Address | 1514–16 Broadway New York City United States |
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Type | Broadway |
Current use | restaurant |
Construction | |
Opened | 1895 |
Rebuilt | 1935 |
Years active | 1890–1935 |
Architect | J. B. McElfatrick & Son |
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It consisted of a theater, a music hall, a concert hall, and a roof garden. Later, sections of the structure were substantially remodeled and used for both live theatre and for motion pictures. As a cinema, it was also known at various times as the Vitagraph Theatre and the Criterion Theatre.