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Standard
Theatre
(Broadway & 33rd
St.)
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| Built |
Built
in 1875, destroyed by fire in 1883,
rebuilt in 1884
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| Location |
Broadway
at 33rd St. |
| Architect(s) |
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| Developer/Manager |
Frank W.
Sanger |
| 1st
Production |
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| Major
Productions |
Operettas
of Gilbert & Sullivan; Showcased
Minnie Maddern Fiske |
| Joseph
Haworth's Appearances |
Paul
Kauvar - 1888 |
| Demolished |
Razed
in 1909
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| Interesting
Facts |
It
began as the Eagle
Theatre in 1875, and was
re-christened The Standard in 1878.
Under that name, it introduced
New
York
audiences to the operettas of Gilbert
and Sullivan as performed by the
D’Oyly Carte Company.
Renamed the
Manhattan
in 1898, it was leased by Harrison Grey
Fiske to showcase the great acting of
his wife Minnie Maddern Fiske.
In 1907, it was one of the first
legitimate theatres to be taken over by
motion picture promoters.
It was razed in 1909 to make way
for the construction of Gimbel
Brothers department store. |
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1878 Joseph Haworth made his
New York
debut in Crown
of Thorns with Anna Dickinson
at the Eagle Theatre and experienced
his first flop. Ten years later, it was particularly sweet for him
to return as the star of Paul
Kauvar, and to score one of the biggest hits of the season.
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