Neil Simon Theatre

The Neil Simon Theatre, originally the Alvin Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 250 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1927, the theater was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was built for Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley. The original name was an amalgamation of Aarons's and Freedley's first names; the theater was renamed for playwright Neil Simon in 1983. The Neil Simon has 1,467 seats^{[lower-alpha 1]} across two levels and is operated by the Nederlander Organization. Both the facade and the auditorium interior are New York City landmarks.

Neil Simon Theatre

Alvin Theatre (1927–1983)
Showing The Cher Show, 2019
Address	250 West 52nd Street Manhattan, New York City United States
Coordinates	40°45′47″N 73°59′04″W
Owner	Nederlander Organization
Type	Broadway
Capacity	1,467[1][lower-alpha 1]
Production	MJ the Musical
Construction
Opened	November 22, 1927 (96 years ago) (1927-11-22)
Years active	1927–present
Architect	Herbert J. Krapp
Website
broadwaydirect.com/theatre/neil-simon-theatre/
New York City Landmark
Designated	August 6, 1985[2]
Reference no.	1305[2]
Designated entity	Facade
New York City Landmark
Designated	August 6, 1985[3]
Reference no.	1306[3]
Designated entity	Auditorium interior

The facade is divided into two sections: the six-story stage house to the west and the five-story auditorium to the east. The ground floor is clad with terracotta blocks and contains an entrance with a marquee. The upper stories of both sections are made of brick and terracotta; the auditorium facade has arched windows, niches, and a central pediment, while the stage house has a more plain design. The interior is designed in the Adam style and includes two lobbies and a mezzanine-level lounge. The auditorium consists of a ground-level orchestra and one balcony with boxes. The theater interiors are decorated with paneling and plasterwork, and the auditorium has a domed ceiling. Above the auditorium were three stories of offices.

Alexander Pincus and M. L. Goldstone developed the Alvin Theatre, which opened on November 22, 1927, with Funny Face. Aarons and Freedley initially operated the theater and owned it from 1930 to 1932. In the theater's early years, it hosted musicals such as Anything Goes, Lady in the Dark, and Something for the Boys, as well as plays. CBS took over in 1946 and continued to operate the theater until 1959, when Max and Stanley Stahl bought it. The Alvin was further sold in 1967 to Rock-Time Inc. and in 1975 to the Nederlanders. Through the 1960s and 1970s, the Alvin hosted long runs of shows such as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, High Spirits, The Great White Hope, Company, Shenandoah, and Annie. After the theater was renamed for Neil Simon, it hosted several of his plays during the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the musical Hairspray during much of the 2000s.

Site

The Neil Simon Theatre is on 250 West 52nd Street, on the south sidewalk between Eighth Avenue and Broadway, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.^[5][6] The rectangular land lot covers 12,350 sq ft (1,147 m²), with a frontage of 123.50 ft (37.64 m) on 52nd Street and a depth of 100 ft (30 m).^[6][7] The Neil Simon shares the block with the Mark Hellinger Theatre and Gallagher's Steakhouse to the east. Other nearby buildings include the August Wilson Theatre to the north; the Broadway Theatre and 810 Seventh Avenue to the northeast; Axa Equitable Center to the east; the Winter Garden Theatre to the southeast; and Paramount Plaza (including Circle in the Square Theatre and the Gershwin Theatre) to the south.^[6]

Design

The Neil Simon Theatre, originally the Alvin Theatre, was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was constructed in 1927. The exterior is designed in the neo-Georgian style,^[5][8] while the interior is designed in the Adam style typical of most of Krapp's designs.^[9]

Facade

Main entrance doors

The facade consists of two sections, which are connected to each other. The five-story-tall eastern section is wider and is symmetrical, containing the auditorium entrance. The western section, which contains the stage house, is six stories high.^[10][11] On the upper stories, the facade is made of red brick in English bond, with terracotta trim.^[12][13] The Neil Simon is one of a few Broadway theaters with a neo-Georgian facade, along with the Belasco Theatre, Hayes Theater, and Stephen Sondheim Theatre. This was done to create the impression that theater-goers were "entering the producer's home".^[8] When the Alvin was built, one critic said the exterior design had "an appearance in keeping with the dignity of its neighbor" across the street, now the Wilson.^[14]

Base

In both sections, the base is made of rusticated blocks of terracotta, designed to resemble marble. On the eastern side of the ground-floor facade is a pair of recessed metal doors. The center of the auditorium facade contains two sets of metal-and-glass doors. Six doors to the east connect with the inner lobby, while eight doors to the west connect with the box office lobby; there is a modern marquee above these doors. In the stage-house section of the facade, there are several recessed doorways, including a stage door. A horizontal frieze with panels and vertical grooves runs above the base.^[11][10]

Upper stories

Upper stories (east to west)

Eastern (left) pavilion of auditorium

Central section of auditorium

Stage house

Above the base, vertical terracotta bands and quoins divide the auditorium facade into three sections. The central section has three vertical bays of windows. Each bay contains a double-height arched window at the second story, with terracotta imposts and keystones near the top of each arch. On the fourth story, each of the three central bays has a rectangular window with a terracotta frame, above which is a broken pediment with scrolls flanking an urn. The fifth-story windows also have rectangular terracotta frames; their sills are connected by a terracotta band course. A triangular gable rises above these windows; there is a terracotta oculus at the center of the gable, surrounded by wreaths and floral decorations.^[11][15]

The outer sections of the auditorium facade are designed as pavilions, which are almost identical to each other except at the top. Both pavilions are flanked by fluted terracotta pilasters, which rest on the frieze that runs above the base. Between these pilasters are double-height niches at the second story, each surrounded by terracotta imposts and keystones. The niches contain terracotta urns, placed above seashell motifs. Above each niche, the fourth story contains two windows with rectangular terracotta frames. Each pair of pilasters supports a terracotta entablature and pediment on the fifth floor, as well as a cornice above that story. Whereas the eastern (left) pavilion is capped by a parapet, the western (right) pavilion rises for another story, the same height as the stage house.^[15][16]

The stage house is to the right of the auditorium. Vertical terracotta bands and quoins split the stage house into sections with one, three, and one bays from left to right. The windows of the stage house are rectangular, with terracotta lintels above each window. The center bays of the stage house also have terracotta panels above the third and fourth floors. There is a cornice and paneling above the fifth floor, as well as a parapet with a balustrade above the sixth floor. The leftmost bay of the stage house, nearest the auditorium, rises to a seventh story. The stage house's rightmost bay has a vertical sign with the theater's name.^[15][16]

Interior

Lobbies

The rectangular ticket lobby is directly inside the main entrance^[17] and has dark marble walls.^[14][18][19] The western (right) wall has ticket windows, while the eastern (left) wall has a recessed niche to the inner lobby, containing a glass-and-bronze double door flanked by small sconces. The eight glass-and-bronze doors on the north wall lead from the street, with panels above them, while the south wall contains paneled wooden doors to the auditorium's orchestra level. A cornice surrounds the ceiling. which is decorated with plasterwork in the Adam style. The middle of the ceiling has a pair of crystal lamps.^[17]

Decorative detail of the inner lobby

The inner lobby is rectangular in plan. It is accessed by the niche on its western wall, which leads from the ticket lobby, as well as from the six glass-and-bronze doors on the north wall, which lead from the street. The south wall contains paneled wooden doors to the auditorium, while the east wall contains a staircase to the mezzanine lounge. The inner lobby's ceiling is decorated with plasterwork in the Adam style and contains a pair of crystal chandeliers.^[17]

When the Alvin was built, the mezzanine lounge was designed as an English lounge measuring 100 by 35 ft (30 by 11 m).^[14][18] The mezzanine lounge's walls are wainscoted and contain lighting sconces.^[20] The space also originally contained a fireplace. Four "retiring rooms" led off the lounge, which included men's and women's smoking rooms.^[18] The lounge's ceiling has an oval dome with plasterwork decorations; a central chandelier; and a cornice, which intersects with the dome. From the mezzanine lounge, staircases lead down to the north, connecting with the inner lobby, and south, connecting with the orchestra. There are rectangular coffers above either staircase, with crystal chandeliers and surrounding cornices. The southern staircase has a metal railing.^[20] These staircases were placed in the lounge, rather than within the auditorium itself, to minimize disruption from latecomers.^[21]

Auditorium

The auditorium has an orchestra level, one balcony, boxes, and a stage behind the proscenium arch.^[17] The auditorium space is designed with plaster decorations and is nearly square in plan.^[13][17] According to the Nederlander Organization, the auditorium has 1,445 seats;^[22] meanwhile, The Broadway League cites a capacity of 1,467 seats^[1] and Playbill cites 1,380 seats.^[23] The theater originally had a capacity of 1,400 seats, with 702 in the orchestra, 674 in the balcony, and 24 in the boxes.^[14][18] An article from 1967 described the theater as having 1,363 seats for musicals and 1.334 seats for plays.^[24] The auditorium initially had a color scheme of ivory, blue, gray, and gold,^[14][18][21] with lavender or mulberry draperies.^[13][18] White paint covers many of the original interior decorations.^[13] Above the auditorium were three stories of offices.^[21]

Seating areas

The orchestra level is raked, sloping down toward an orchestra pit in front of the stage.^[25] The rear of the orchestra contains a promenade with a paneled wall to the east, with sconces. The rear of the orchestra has a standing rail made of marble, separating the promenade from the rear rows of seats. The promenade and the orchestra seating are separated by two columns, designed to resemble marble pillars; they are topped by Doric-style capitals.^[20] The south (left) wall of the orchestra has metal doorways, alternating with paneled wall sections that contain sconces. The north (right) wall has two sets of paneled wooden doors, separated by a panel with a sconce; the doors in the rear lead to the inner lobby, while those in the front lead to the ticket lobby. The exit signs above each door are flanked by friezes that depict lyres and griffins.^[25]

The balcony level is divided into front and rear sections by an aisle halfway across its depth, which in turn is delineated by a metal railing. The crossover aisle connects to exit doors on both of the side walls, which in turn are topped by friezes with lyres and griffins. Exit doors with similar friezes are also placed on the side walls next to the front balcony. The rest of the balcony's side walls are divided into sections by pilasters with Ionic capitals, which support an entablature around the auditorium. Each side-wall section contains crystal-and-brass lighting sconces. The front rail of the balcony contains swags, urns, and cameo patterns, which have been partly covered over with light boxes. The underside of the balcony has Adam-style panels with crystal light fixtures. The balcony's rear wall is divided into panels that contain lighting sconces. There are some air-conditioning vents on the walls.^[20]

On either side of the stage is a wall section with three boxes at the balcony level. The boxes step downward toward the stage; the front box curves forward into the proscenium arch, while the rear box curves backward into the balcony.^[13][17] At the orchestra level, there is an opening on either wall, corresponding to the locations of the boxes above. The undersides of the boxes include crystal lamps and console brackets, while the front railings of the boxes contain swags, urns, and cameo patterns. Paneled piers separate the boxes from each other, supporting a smaller entablature directly above the boxes; each small entablature has a broken pediment with scrolls flanking an urn. Above the pediment, there are colonettes with female grotesques, which extend upward to the entablature that surrounds the auditorium.^[17]

Other design features

Next to the boxes is a flat proscenium arch, which consists of fluted Ionic pilasters on either side of the opening, as well as an entablature above. The entablature contains an Adam-style frieze. Above the arch is a lunette panel with a mural, which shows a pastoral scene with mythological characters.^[17] When the theater was built, the proscenium opening was described as measuring 40 ft (12 m) wide.^[14][18] Behind the opening, the stage was 100 feet wide and 35 feet deep, with a gridiron 68 ft (21 m) tall.^[14] The orchestra pit in front of the stage could fit 48 people.^[18][19] Backstage were 20 dressing rooms capable of accommodating 150 performers, as well as a pair of chorus "rest rooms" and a rehearsal room.^[14][18]

The ceiling contains groin vaults on the side walls, separated by ribs with plasterwork decorations. At the front of the auditorium is a recessed circular dome encircled by ornamental bands, with a crystal chandelier hanging from a central medallion. Behind the dome, the ceiling is divided into panels with Adam-style plasterwork decorations. Above the rear balcony is a half-dome with ornamental bands and technical-booth openings. Air-conditioning vents are placed in the ceiling.^[20]

History

Times Square became the epicenter for large-scale theater productions between 1900 and the Great Depression.^[26][27] The Alvin Theatre was one of the later theaters to be built before the Depression.^[28] The theater's name was an amalgamation of the first names of its original operators:^[8][29] Alex A. Aarons (1891–1943^[30]) and Vinton Freedley (1891–1969^[31]). Both men hailed from Philadelphia.^[28][32] Aarons was a producer of musical comedies, while Freedley was "the only Broadway producer whose name was listed in the social register".^[28] The men had formed a partnership in 1923^[31] or 1924,^[33] but they only worked together until 1933.^[31][33] Since 1983,^[22][34] it has been named for Neil Simon (1927–2018), one of Broadway's most prolific playwrights.^[35] The Neil Simon is operated by the Nederlander Organization.^[1][23]

Development and early years

View from the west

In January 1927, Alexander Pincus and M. L. Goldstone bought the sites at 244–254 West 52nd Street from the Lebanon Estates Corporation, with plans to develop a legitimate theater on the site.^[36][37] Pincus had previously developed the Longacre and Imperial theaters;^[38] he and Goldstone planned to fund the theater's $1.4 million cost.^[39][40] The same month, Pincus submitted plans to the New York City Department of Buildings for a theater at the site, designed by Herbert J. Krapp.^[41] Pincus and Goldstone awarded a general contract for the theater's construction to the O'Day Construction Company that March.^[7][39] By October 1927, Aarons and Freedley had leased the theater and planned to stage George and Ira Gershwin's musical Funny Face, starring Fred and Adele Astaire.^[32][42] The Alvin opened on November 22, 1927, with Funny Face;^[43][44] that show ran for 250 performances.^[45][46] Brooks Atkinson, the theater critic for The New York Times, wrote: "If Funny Face had been less engrossing, the audience might have had more time to appreciate the new theatre."^[9][44]

View of niche (left) and stage house (right)

The Alvin's first few musicals had relatively short runs.^[47] In 1928, the theater hosted the Gershwin musical Treasure Girl with Gertrude Lawrence.^[47][48] Though the musical charged a top admission of $6, then an unprecedented price,^[49] it managed 69 performances before it closed.^[50][51] Next was the Theatre Guild's production of Wings Over Europe, which relocated from the Martin Beck Theatre.^[19] Aarons and Freedley received a $570,000 mortgage loan on the theater in January 1929.^[52][53] The Rodgers and Hart musical Spring Is Here opened at the Alvin that March^[54][55] and had 104 performances.^[56][57] Another Rodgers and Hart musical, Heads Up!, opened at the Alvin that November^[58] for a 144-performance run.^[56][59] In 1930, Ethel Merman made her Broadway debut in the Gershwins' Girl Crazy,^[60] which had 272 performances.^[56][61] Aarons and Freedley bought the Alvin and the land underneath it that April.^[62][63]

Pincus and Goldstone operation

A Flag is Born at the Alvin in 1946

Pincus and Goldstone took over the Alvin's operations in May 1932 for unknown reasons.^[64][65] That year, the theater hosted a transfer of Eugene O'Neill's play Mourning Becomes Electra, as well as Jerome Kern's musical Music in the Air.^[56] The Players brought their production of Uncle Tom's Cabin to the Alvin in May 1933;^[66][67] the play was so popular that it was extended two weeks past its original one-week run.^[68][69] The same year saw the opening of the Maxwell Anderson play Mary of Scotland with Helen Hayes.^[70][71][72] Freedley next produced Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes at the Alvin in 1934, featuring Merman, William Gaxton, Victor Moore, and Vivian Vance;^[70][73] it ran for 420 performances.^[74][75]

By the mid-1930s, the Alvin Theatre and the neighboring Guild (now August Wilson) Theatre were the northernmost venues in the Theater District that still hosted legitimate shows.^[76] The original production of the Gershwins' American folk opera Porgy and Bess opened at the Alvin in October 1935.^[77][78] While Porgy and Bess closed at the Alvin after 124 performances,^[74][79][80] its revivals proved more successful.^[68] This was followed in October 1936 by Porter's Red, Hot and Blue with Merman and Jimmy Durante,^[70][81] which lasted 181 performances.^[74][82] The Alvin hosted two musicals by Rodgers and Hart in the late 1930s.^[83] I'd Rather Be Right opened with George M. Cohan in 1937,^[84] running for 289 performances,^[85][86] and The Boys from Syracuse opened in 1938,^[87] lasting 235 performances.^[88][86]

The Alvin's first production of the 1940s was a limited run of The Taming of the Shrew in February 1940, staged by acting couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne for the Finnish Relief Fund.^[89][90] That April, Lunt and Fontanne appeared in Robert E. Sherwood's play There Shall Be No Night,^[91][92] which ran for several months with a tour in mid-1940.^[93] The next year, the Alvin hosted Ira Gershwin, Moss Hart, and Kurt Weill's psychiatry-themed musical Lady in the Dark;^[94][95] featuring Gertrude Lawrence, it had 467 performances.^[96][97][98] The Alvin hosted Porter's musical Something for the Boys with Ethel Merman in January 1943,^[99][100] appearing for 422 performances.^[96][101] Something for the Boys closed to make way for the musical Jackpot,^[102][103] which ran 67 performances.^[104][105] The Alvin's productions in 1944 and 1945 were mostly quick failures, including Helen Goes to Troy, The Firebrand of Florence, and Hollywood Pinafore.^[106] More successful was Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Morton Gould's musical Billion Dollar Baby, which opened at the end of 1945^[107][108] and lasted for 200 performances.^{[96][109][110]}

CBS ownership, Cullman operation

Attic

By December 1945, broadcast network CBS was negotiating to buy the Alvin for use as a studio, as CBS's lease at the nearby Hammerstein's Theatre was about to expire.^[111][112] Howard S. Cullman, who owned Hammerstein's, intended to return that theater to legitimate use.^[113][114] CBS bought the Alvin for $825,000 in February 1946.^{[115][116][117]} That June, CBS agreed to lease Hammerstein's from Cullman for five more years, while Cullman agreed to lease the Alvin from CBS and present productions there instead.^[110][118] The same year, the Alvin hosted Joan of Lorraine with Ingrid Bergman, Sam Wanamaker, and Romney Brent.^[119][120] This was followed in 1947 by the play Life with Father, which transferred from another theater to conclude its 3,224-performance run.^[121][122] George Bernard Shaw's play Man and Superman opened at the Alvin that October^[123][124] and relocated in February 1948.^[125][126] It was followed immediately afterward by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan's comedy Mister Roberts with Henry Fonda,^[127] which ran for 1,157 performances.^[122][128]

Cullman and CBS decided in 1951 to swap Hammerstein's and the Alvin for another three years, allowing the former to be used as a studio and the latter to be used for legitimate plays.^[129][130] Three shows opened at the Alvin that year: the Sidney Kingsley play Darkness at Noon,^{[122][131][132]} the musical A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,^{[133][134][135]} and the Paul Osborn play Point of No Return.^{[136][137][138]} Point of No Return was followed in December 1952 by the revue Two's Company, with Bette Davis in her first Broadway appearance in 22 years,^[139][140] but it only lasted about 90 performances.^[141][142] The next year, Norman Krasna's comedy Kind Sir opened at the Alvin with Mary Martin and Charles Boyer.^{[136][143][144]}

The musical The Golden Apple transferred to the Alvin from off-Broadway in April 1954,^[145] running for 173 total performances.^[141][146] The Harold Arlen and Truman Capote musical House of Flowers was booked before Cullman's lease came up for renewal that year, indicating that the leases of the Alvin and Hammerstein's would again be swapped.^[147][148] House of Flowers ultimately opened in December 1954^[149][150] and ran for 165 performances.^[151][152] Ira Levin's comedy No Time for Sergeants opened the next year,^[153][154] running for 796 performances over two years.^[151][155] The theater hosted several moderately successful productions in the late 1950s, including the musicals Oh, Captain! in 1958^{[151][156][157]} and First Impressions in 1959.^{[158][159][160]} In addition, Jerome Robbins choreographed his dance special Ballet U.S.A. in 1958,^[161][162] and the musical Bells Are Ringing relocated from the Shubert to the Alvin that year.^[158][163]

Stahl and Rock-Time ownership

CBS sold the Alvin in 1959 to Max and Stanley Stahl, who also owned the neighboring Hellinger Theatre.^[164][165] The Stahls quickly hired a new manager for the Alvin.^[166] In 1960, the theater hosted the musical Greenwillow,^{[158][167][168]} the dance troupe Les Ballets Africains,^[169][170] and a transfer of the musical West Side Story from the Winter Garden.^[158][171] The Carolyn Leigh and Cy Coleman musical Wildcat opened that December with Lucille Ball,^[172][173] who made her only Broadway appearance there.^[174] The musical Irma La Douce transferred from the Plymouth to the Alvin in 1961.^{[158][175][176]} The next year, Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, and Larry Gelbart's musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opened,^[177][178] running for 967 performances.^[179][180] During A Funny Thing's run in October 1962, Lester Osterman (owner of the 46th Street and O'Neill theaters) leased the Alvin for five years.^[181]

Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray's musical comedy High Spirits, with Beatrice Lillie and Tammy Grimes, opened in 1964^[182][183] and ran for 367 performances.^[179][184] Maurice Chevalier appeared at the Alvin in April 1965 for a month-long solo show, Maurice Chevalier at 77.^{[179][185][186]} This was followed the next month by Flora the Red Menace,^[187][188] in which Liza Minnelli made her Broadway debut.^[177] Flora the Red Menace and the next several shows had comparatively short runs.^[189] These shows included the musicals The Yearling (1965),^[190][191] It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman (1966),^[192][193] Dinner At Eight (1966),^[194][195] and Sherry! (1967).^[196][197] Rockefeller Center's development subsidiary Rock-Time Inc. bought the Alvin from Osterman in July 1967 through its agent, Konrad Matthaei. In exchange, Rock-Time sold the Playhouse Theatre near Rockefeller Center, which was to be demolished.^[24]

The Tom Stoppard play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead opened at the Alvin in October 1967,^[198][199] running for 421 total performances across two theaters.^[200][201] It was succeeded in 1968 by Howard Sackler's drama The Great White Hope with James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander,^[202][203] which had 557 performances.^[200][204] The Alvin next hosted the original production of the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical Company, which premiered in 1970^[202][205] and ran just over 700 performances during the next two years.^[206][207] A couple of short runs followed, including Molly (1973) and The Freedom of the City (1974).^[1][208] The Alvin's next success was the musical Shenandoah, which opened in 1975^[198][209] and stayed two years before transferring.^[210] By July 1974, Matthaei had defaulted on the theater's mortgage loan, and the Bowery Savings Bank acquired the Alvin in foreclosure. The theater was then placed for sale at $1.2 million.^[211]

Nederlander ownership

1970s and 1980s

Vertical sign

The Nederlander Organization acquired the Alvin in 1975, and the venue became the family's fourth Broadway theater after the Palace, Uris, and Brooks Atkinson.^[212][213] The sale involved $100,000 in cash and a $1.16 million mortgage loan.^[212] The original Broadway production of Annie opened in 1977^[214][215] and ran for five years before transferring.^[216] The next five musicals in 1981 and 1982 were short runs.^[1][217] The Little Prince and the Aviator closed during previews,^[218][219] while Merrily We Roll Along, Little Johnny Jones, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers each closed after less than two weeks.^[1] The producers of The Little Prince, as well as those of Little Johnny Jones (which closed on opening night), successfully sued the Nederlanders in 1986, on the grounds that the company had unfairly evicted both shows.^[220] The Alvin's next non-flop was Your Arms Too Short to Box with God with Al Green and Patti LaBelle, which opened in September 1982.^[221][222]

Brighton Beach Memoirs, the first play in Neil Simon's Eugene trilogy, opened at the Alvin in March 1983.^[223] The Nederlanders renamed the theater for Simon shortly afterward on June 29, 1983.^[224][225] The renaming was unrelated to Brighton Beach Memoirs; the Nederlanders had offered to rename the theater after Simon in 1982, but the playwright had declined at the time.^[225] Neil Simon was the second playwright to have a Broadway theater named for him, after the late Eugene O'Neill, and the first living playwright so honored.^[224] Members of the theatrical community expressed that the Alvin should have been renamed for the Gershwins; that name had been applied to the Uris Theatre.^[226] Jerry Weintraub then purchased a stake in the operation of the Neil Simon Theatre in 1984.^[227][228] Concurrently, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) had started to consider protecting the Neil Simon as a landmark in 1982,^[229] with discussions continuing over the next several years.^[230] The LPC designated the facades of the Neil Simon, Ambassador, and Virginia (now August Wilson) theaters as landmarks in August 1985, along with the Ambassador's and Neil Simon's interiors,^[231][232] over the objections of the three theaters' owners.^[233][234] The New York City Board of Estimate ratified the landmark designations in December 1985.^[235]

Brighton Beach Memoirs was followed by another play in the Eugene trilogy, Biloxi Blues, in 1985.^[236][237] The next year, the musical Into the Light opened at the Neil Simon, closing after six performances.^[238][239] Noël Coward's play Blithe Spirit opened at the Neil Simon in March 1987;^[240][241] the theater also hosted a tribute to one of the play's stars, Geraldine Page, who died mid-run.^[242] Comedian Mort Sahl made a limited appearance that October,^[243][244] and the play Breaking the Code opened the next month.^[245][246] The Neil Simon hosted revivals of two O'Neill plays in June 1988, Long Day's Journey into Night and Ah, Wilderness! (both with Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards), as part of the First New York International Festival of the Arts.^[247] Later that year, Kenny Loggins played some concerts at the Neil Simon.^[248][249] Two musicals were announced for the Neil Simon in early 1989; Senator Joe closed during previews, and The Tower of Babel did not even have previews.^[247] The Tennessee Williams play Orpheus Descending was then presented in September 1989.^[250][251] Around that time, the LPC had held a hearing on whether a hotel developed by Silverstein Properties could be cantilevered over the Neil Simon.^[252][253]

1990s and 2000s

A dance troupe of Don Cossacks from Russia had a limited engagement at the Neil Simon in January 1990,^[247][254] That October, comedian Jackie Mason launched his solo series Brand New,^[255][256] which ran for eight months.^[257] Another Simon play opened at his namesake theater in March 1992, Jake's Women,^{[258][259][260]} which had 245 performances amid mixed reception.^[257] The next November, the Dutch production Cyrano: The Musical opened at the Neil Simon,^[261][262] lasting 137 performances.^[257] The hit West End musical The Rise and Fall of Little Voice opened at the Neil Simon in May 1994,^[263][264] only to close after one week.^[265][266] This was followed by concerts from musicians Basia in November 1994^[267][268] and Laurie Anderson in May 1995,^[269][270] as well as a limited performance by Danny Gans in November 1995.^[271][272] The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I was revived in 1996.^{[273][274][275]} The King and I closed in early 1998 to make way for the Arthur Miller play A View from the Bridge,^[276] which lasted through August 1998.^[277][278] The Neil Simon hosted the dance special Swan Lake in late 1998,^[279][280] as well as a concert by Natalie Merchant^[281][282] and a revised version of the musical The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1999.^[283][284]

A revival of the musical The Music Man opened at the Neil Simon in early 2000,^[285][286] lasting until the end of 2001.^[287][288] During The Music Man's run, the comedian Mandy Patinkin launched a U.S. tour on September 10, 2001, with a concert at the Neil Simon.^[289] Elaine Stritch's one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty then premiered at the Neil Simon in February 2002.^[290][291] After the closure of Elaine Stritch at Liberty, the Neil Simon was expanded from 1,328 seats to a potential 1,467 in preparation for its next engagement: the musical Hairspray,^[292] which opened in August 2002.^[293][294] Hairspray set the house record for the theater, closing at the beginning of 2009.^[295][296] Robin Williams was to perform his comedy tour Weapons Of Self-Destruction at the Neil Simon in April 2009, but he canceled his engagement after undergoing surgery.^[297][298] A revival of Ragtime was booked instead,^[299] opening in November 2009.^[300][301] Ragtime failed to repeat the success it had enjoyed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., closing in January 2010 after 57 performances.^[302][303]

2010s to present

Marquee for the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar (2012)

Musician Harry Connick Jr. had a limited performance at the Neil Simon in July 2010;^[304][305] his appearance was recorded for the 2011 album In Concert on Broadway.^[306] The concert Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles opened at the Neil Simon that October,^[307][308] relocating to the Brooks Atkinson at the beginning of 2011.^[309] The musical Catch Me if You Can opened in April 2011,^[310][311] running for 170 performances.^[312] A revival of Jesus Christ Superstar ran at the Neil Simon from March to July 2012,^[313][314] followed at the end of that year by the short-lived musical Scandalous.^[315][316] The Andrew Lippa musical Big Fish was then booked for the Neil Simon in early 2013, but the theater stood dark for most of that year because Big Fish was performing elsewhere.^[317] Big Fish only ran from October to December 2013.^[318][319] This was followed by two similarly short runs: Robert Schenkkan's play All the Way from March to June 2014,^[320][321] and Sting's musical The Last Ship from October 2014 to January 2015.^[322][323]

A revival of Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner's musical Gigi opened at the Neil Simon in April 2015, only for the show to close after two months.^[324][325] In July 2015, the Nederlanders sold 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m²) of the unused air rights above the Neil Simon for $8.9 million. The buyers were a development consortium erecting a hotel several blocks away.^{[326][327][lower-alpha 2]} At the end of that year, The Illusionists performed a magic show at the Neil Simon for a limited run.^[329][330] A revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical Cats opened at the Neil Simon in August 2016 and ran until the end of the next year.^[331][332] Tony Kushner's play Angels in America then opened in March 2018 for a three-month run.^[333][334] The musical The Cher Show opened that December and ran until August 2019,^[335][336] and The Illusionists returned in late 2019 for their magic show, Magic of the Holidays.^[337][338]

After The Cher Show closed, MJ the Musical had been booked at the Neil Simon for mid-2020.^[339] The theater did not host another show for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. It reopened in December 2021 with previews of MJ the Musical,^[340] which officially opened in February 2022.^[341][342] MJ broke the theater's box-office record ten times in 2022 and set the current record during the week ending January 1, 2023, when the musical grossed $2,223,069.^[343]

Notable productions

Productions are listed by the year of their first performance.^[1][23]

Alvin Theatre

• 1927: Funny Face^[46][50]
• 1928: Treasure Girl^[51][344]
• 1929: Spring Is Here^[57][344]
• 1930: Girl Crazy^[61][344]
• 1932: Mourning Becomes Electra^[345][346]
• 1932: Music in the Air^[347][346]
• 1933: Uncle Tom's Cabin^[67][346]
• 1933: Mary of Scotland^[71][346]
• 1934: Anything Goes^[75][346]
• 1935: Porgy and Bess^[79][346]
• 1936: Red, Hot and Blue^[82][346]
• 1937: I'd Rather Be Right^[85][83]
• 1938: The Boys from Syracuse^[88][83]
• 1939: George White's Scandals^[348][346]
• 1939: Very Warm for May^[349][350]
• 1940: The Taming of the Shrew^[351][350]
• 1940: There Shall Be No Night^[91][93]
• 1941: Lady in the Dark^[97][350]
• 1942: Angna Enters^[352]
• 1943: Something for the Boys^[101][350]
• 1944: Jackpot^[104][350]
• 1944: The Maid as Mistress/The Secret of Suzanne^[353][350]
• 1944: Sadie Thompson^[354][350]
• 1945: The Tempest^[355][350]
• 1945: The Firebrand of Florence^[356][126]
• 1945: Hollywood Pinafore^[357][126]
• 1945: Billion Dollar Baby^[109][126]
• 1946: A Flag Is Born^[358][126]
• 1946: Joan of Lorraine^[359][126]
• 1946: Cyrano de Bergerac^[360][126]
• 1947: Life with Father^[121][126]
• 1947: Man and Superman^[361][126]
• 1948: Mister Roberts^[128][126]
• 1951: Darkness at Noon^[132][126]
• 1951: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn^[133][135]
• 1951: Point of No Return^[138][362]
• 1952: Two's Company^[142][362]
• 1953: Kind Sir^[143][362]
• 1954: The Golden Apple^[146][362]
• 1954: House of Flowers^[152][362]
• 1955: No Time for Sergeants^[155][362]
• 1957: Rumple^[363][362]
• 1958: Oh, Captain!^[156][362]
• 1958: Jerome Robbins' Ballet: U.S.A.^[161][362]
• 1958: Bells Are Ringing^[163][364]
• 1959: First Impressions^[159][364]
• 1959: Once Upon a Mattress^[365][364]
• 1960: Greenwillow^[167][364]
• 1960: Les Ballets Africains^[169]
• 1960: West Side Story^[171][364]
• 1960: Wildcat^[172][364]
• 1961: Irma La Douce^[175][364]
• 1962: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum^[180][366]
• 1964: High Spirits^[184][366]
• 1965: Maurice Chevalier at 77^[185][366]
• 1965: Flora the Red Menace^[188][366]
• 1965: The Yearling^[190][366]
• 1966: It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman^[192][366]
• 1966: Dinner At Eight^[194][366]
• 1967: Sherry!^[196][366]
• 1967: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead^[201][366]
• 1968: The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N^[367][366]
• 1968: The Great White Hope^[204][366]
• 1970: Company^[206][208]
• 1973: Molly^[368][208]
• 1974: The Freedom of the City^[369][208]
• 1975: Shenandoah^[210][208]
• 1977: Annie^[216][208]
• 1981: Merrily We Roll Along^[370][208]
• 1982: The Little Prince and the Aviator^{[218][219][lower-alpha 3]}
• 1982: Little Johnny Jones^[371][372]
• 1982: Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?^[373][374]
• 1982: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers^[375][376]
• 1982: Your Arms Too Short to Box with God^[221][222]
• 1983: Brighton Beach Memoirs^[214][377]

Neil Simon Theatre

• 1985: Biloxi Blues^[236][237]
• 1986: Into the Light^[238][239]
• 1987: Blithe Spirit^[240][241]
• 1987: Mort Sahl on Broadway!^[243][244]
• 1987: Breaking the Code^[245][246]
• 1988: Long Day's Journey into Night^[378][379]
• 1988: Ah, Wilderness!^[380][381]
• 1988: Kenny Loggins on Broadway^[248][249]
• 1989: Orpheus Descending^[250][251]
• 1990: Jackie Mason: Brand New^[255][256]
• 1992: Jake's Women^[259][258]
• 1993: Cyrano: The Musical^[261][262]
• 1994: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice^[265][264]
• 1994: Basia on Broadway^[267][268]
• 1995: Laurie Anderson on Broadway: The Nerve Bible^[269][270]
• 1995: Danny Gans on Broadway: The Man of Many Voices^[271][272]
• 1996: The King and I^[274][275]
• 1998: A View from the Bridge^[273][277]
• 1998: Swan Lake^[279][280]
• 1999: Natalie Merchant^[281][282]
• 1999: The Scarlet Pimpernel^[283][284]
• 2000: The Music Man^[287][285]
• 2002: Elaine Stritch at Liberty^[290][291]
• 2002: Hairspray^[295]
• 2009: Ragtime^[300][301]
• 2010: Harry Connick Jr.: In Concert on Broadway^[304][305]
• 2010: Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles^[307][308]
• 2011: Catch Me If You Can^[312][310]
• 2012: Jesus Christ Superstar^[313][314]
• 2012: Scandalous^[315][316]
• 2013: Big Fish^[318][319]
• 2014: All the Way^[320][321]
• 2014: The Last Ship^[322][323]
• 2015: Gigi^[324][325]
• 2015: The Illusionists: Live on Broadway^[329][330]
• 2016: Cats^[331][332]
• 2018: Angels in America^[333][334]
• 2018: The Cher Show^[335][336]
• 2019: The Illusionists: Magic of the Holidays^[337][338]
• 2022: MJ the Musical^[341][342]

See also

• List of Broadway theaters
• List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets

References

Notes

1. This capacity is approximate and may vary depending on the show.^[4]
2. New York City zoning sets a maximum floor area for each land lot, after which developers must buy air rights to increase their floor area. Typically, building owners could only sell air rights to developers who owned adjacent sites. Broadway theater owners are allowed to sell their air rights to developers of any lot between Sixth and Eighth Avenues north of 40th Street, regardless of whether the land lots were contiguous.^[328]
3. The Little Prince and the Aviator never officially opened at the Alvin Theatre; it only played previews.^[218]

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193. Kauffmann, Stanley (March 30, 1966). "Theater: 'It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman,' It's a Musical and It's Here; Comic-Strip Character Arrives at the Alvin Witty Point of View Is Basis of New Show". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
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361. The Broadway League (October 8, 1947). "Man and Superman – Broadway Play – 1947 Revival". IBDB. Archived from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "Man and Superman (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1947)". Playbill. Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
362. Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 22.
363. The Broadway League (November 6, 1957). "Rumple – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "Rumple (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1957)". Playbill. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
364. Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 23.
365. The Broadway League (May 11, 1959). "Once Upon a Mattress – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "Once Upon a Mattress (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1959)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
366. Landmarks Preservation Commission 1985, p. 24.
367. The Broadway League (April 4, 1968). "The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "The Education of H Y M A N K A P L A*N (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1968)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
368. The Broadway League (November 1, 1973). "Molly – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "Molly (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1973)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
369. The Broadway League (February 17, 1974). "The Freedom of the City – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "The Freedom of the City (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1974)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
370. The Broadway League (November 16, 1981). "Merrily We Roll Along – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1981)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
371. The Broadway League (March 21, 1982). "Little Johnny Jones – Broadway Musical – 1982 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "Little Johnny Jones (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1982)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
372. Rich, Frank (March 22, 1982). "Stage: Cohan Revival, 'Little Johnny Jones'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
373. The Broadway League (May 27, 1982). "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1982)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
374. Rich, Frank (May 28, 1982). "Stage: at the Alvin, 'Patent Leather Shoes'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
375. The Broadway League (July 8, 1982). "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1982)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
376. Rich, Frank (July 9, 1982). "Stage: 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
377. The Broadway League (March 27, 1983). "Brighton Beach Memoirs – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "Brighton Beach Memoirs (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1983)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
378. The Broadway League (June 14, 1988). "Long Day's Journey Into Night – Broadway Play – 1988 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "Long Day's Journey Into Night (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1988)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
379. Rich, Frank (June 15, 1988). "Review/Theater; The Stars Align for 'Long Day's Journey'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
380. The Broadway League (June 23, 1988). "Ah, Wilderness! – Broadway Play – 1988 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
     "Ah, Wilderness! (Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre, 1988)". Playbill. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
381. Rich, Frank (June 24, 1988). "Reviews/Theater; O'Neill's Idealistic 'Ah, Wilderness!'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 1, 2022.

Sources

• Alvin Theater (now Neil Simon Theater) (PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. August 6, 1985.
• Alvin Theater (now Neil Simon Theater) Interior (PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. August 6, 1985.
• Bloom, Ken (2007). The Routledge Guide to Broadway (1st ed.). New York: Routledge. pp. 184–187. ISBN 978-0-415-97380-9.
• Botto, Louis; Mitchell, Brian Stokes (2002). At This Theatre: 100 Years of Broadway Shows, Stories and Stars. New York; Milwaukee, WI: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books/Playbill. pp. 267–278. ISBN 978-1-55783-566-6.
• Morrison, William (1999). Broadway Theatres: History and Architecture. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-40244-4.

External links

• Official website
• Neil Simon Theatre at the Internet Broadway Database