This show is closed.
Tickets at Minetta Lane Theatre
The Longacre, named for Longacre Square (now Times Square), was built by producer/manager H.H. Frazee (also known as the owner of the Boston Red Sox who sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees). After Frazee fell into financial difficulties, the theatre changed hands many times before being sold to Astor Theatre Incorporated, a Shubert subsidiary, in 1919. WOR leased it from 1943-1953 as a radio and television playhouse.
Henry B. Herts designed the Longacre, one of four currently operating Shubert playhouses that he designed. It boasts a French Neo-classical-style exterior and a Beaux Arts-style interior, but lacks some of the individuality and flair which characterized Herts’ other designs.
In 2007-08, architect Michael Kostow oversaw a multimillion dollar restoration of the theatre, restoring the original plasterwork and architectural detail, expanding patron amenities, improving sightlines and repairing and cleaning the neo-French Classical exterior facade.
The City Club Discount Tickets
About The City Club on Broadway
Story for The City Club
The City Club. 1934. It’s Charles "Chaz" Davenport’s gift to the city–and to himself. His father’s corruption and vice-like grip on the city has put unimaginable wealth into Chaz’s hands, and he’s turned the cold, hard cash into the hottest club around an oasis of unbridled musical genius and unrestrained desire. But the sins of the father, and the vengeance of his enemies, are about to be visited upon the son, as greed, graft and violence threaten to silence Chaz–and the music–for good. Come to The City Club, where the temptations are as irresistible as they are dangerous.
This show is good for ages 15 and up.