Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 242 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan. Designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp, it opened as the Royale Theatre on January 11, 1927 with a musical entitled Piggy. John Golden leased and renamed the theatre for himself from 1932 to 1937, when the Shubert Organization assumed ownership and leased the theater to CBS Radio until 1940, when it was restored to its original use and name. On May 9, 2005, it was renamed for longtime Shubert Organization president Bernard B. Jacobs.

Notable productions since 1965 1965: The Owl and the Pussycat; Cactus Flower 1972: Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; Grease 1980: Whose Life is it Anyway?; A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine 1982: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 1984: The Human Comedy 1985: Pack of Lies; Song and Dance 1989: Lend Me a Tenor 1992: Conversations with My Father 1997: Triumph of Love 1998: "Art" 2000: Copenhagen 2003: Anna in the Tropics 2004: A Raisin In the Sun 2006: Three Days of Rain; Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me 2007: Frost/Nixon; Rock 'n' Roll 2008: The Country Girl 2008: 13

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