The Garrick Theatre was a 910-seat theatre built in 1890 and located on 67 West 35th Street, New York. Designed by Francis Hatch Kimball, it was commissioned by

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, who also managed the theatre, originally named Harrigan's Theatre, until 1895. Richard Mansfield took over from Harrigan, renaming it the Garrick.

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assumed management from 1896 until 1915. The Shuberts bought it in 1916 and leased it to Otto Kahn, who named it Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, after a theatre in Paris of the same name. Kahn later gave it to the

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and it resumed the name Garrick Theatre in 1919. The Shuberts resumed management in 1925 and the theatre closed as a playhouse in 1929. After a short run of burlesque, the building was demolished in 1932.

Notable productions

* '' Sherlock Holmes'' (1899) * ''Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines'' (1901) * '' Jane Clegg'' (1920) * '' Enter Madame'' (1920) * ''Mr. Pim Passes By'' (1921) and (1927) revival * ''

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'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1922) * R.U.R. (1922) * '' Peer Gynt'' (1923) * The Adding Machine (1923) * '' Saint Joan'' (1923) * ''Fata Morgana'' (1924) * '' They Knew What They Wanted'' (1924) * '' Processional'' (1925) * '' Garrick Gaieties'' (1925) * ''The Mystery Ship'' (1927) * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1927)

References

Garrick Theatre
at the Internet Broadway Database

External links

Garrick Theatre
at the Internet Broadway Database
Museum of the City of New York - photos of Garrick Theatre productions and building
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