Shubert Theatre (New Haven)

Shubert Theatre

Address	247 College Street New Haven, Connecticut United States
Coordinates
Owner	City of New Haven
Operator	CAPA
Capacity	1,600
Current use	music venue
Construction
Opened	1914
Architect	Albert Swazey
Website
www.shubert.com

The Shubert Theatre is a 1,600-seat East Coast theatre located at 247 College Street in New Haven, Connecticut. Originally opened in 1914 by the Shubert Organization, it was designed by Albert Swazey, a New York architect and built by the H.E. Murdock Construction Company. It is currently operated as a non-profit organization by CAPA (The Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts) under the aegis of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts.

Notable productions

• Leave It to Me (Sophie Tucker, Mary Martin) 1938
• Oklahoma! (Alfred Drake, Celeste Holm) 1943
• Carousel 1945
• Annie, Get Your Gun (Ethel Merman) 1946
• Born Yesterday (Judy Holliday) 1946
• A Streetcar Named Desire (Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando) 1947
• Mister Roberts (Henry Fonda) 1948
• South Pacific (Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza) 1949
• The King and I (Yul Brynner) 1951
• My Fair Lady (Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews) 1956
• The Sound of Music (Mary Martin) 1959
• Long Day’s Journey into Night (Jason Robards)
• A Raisin in the Sun (Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee) 1959
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Zero Mostel) 1962
• Flora the Red Menace, featured the debut of Liza Minnelli in a Broadway production, April 3, 1965.

External links

• Shubert Theatre - Operated by CAPA (Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts)
• CAPA:History of the Shubert Theatre