Vanderbilt Theatre (1918-1954)

Eugene De Rosa, achitect. Producer Lyle Andrews built it to house his own productions but lost theatre during the Depression. From 1939 to 1952, it was used as a radio studio (NBC then ABC). Irving Maidman bought the theatre and reopened it as a legit venue, but it only lasted a year before being razed to build a parking facility designed by reknowned theatre designer Herbert J. Krapp. The theater was located at 148 W. 48th Street, New York, NY and had a capacity of 780.

Vanderbilt Theatre (1953-1954)

Date Play
Jan 25, 1954 Ruth Draper
Dec 23, 1953 Dead Pigeon
Oct 14, 1953 End as a Man
Sep 7, 1953 Anna Russell's Little Show
Jan 21, 1953 Mid-Summer

NBC & ABC Radio Studio (1939-1953)

Vanderbilt Theatre (1918-1939)

Date Play
Apr 11, 1939 The Happiest Days
Mar 19, 1939 Stop Press
Jan 12, 1939 The Importance of Being Earnest
Dec 27, 1938 Don't Throw Glass Houses
Nov 15, 1938 Where Do We Go From Here?
Oct 30, 1938 Cecilia Loftus
May 3, 1938 Eye On the Sparrow
Feb 5, 1938 The Bridal Crown
Oct 13, 1937 In Clover
Apr 9, 1937 Excursion
Mar 21, 1937 Ghosts
Feb 18, 1937 London Assurance
Jan 11, 1937 A House in the Country
Dec 15, 1936 Days to Come
May 19, 1936 New Face of 1936
Feb 20, 1936 Hallowe'en
Jan 13, 1936 Granite
1936 Feudalism or the Lowland
1936 Sansone
1936 La Morte Civile
1936 La Sera del Sabato
1936 L'ora di Diana
Oct 24, 1935 Mulatto
May 1, 1935 Reprise
Feb 4, 1935 Loose Moments
Jan 16, 1935 Creeping Fire
Dec 27, 1934 Baby Pompadour
Nov 13, 1934 Brittle Heaven
Sep 27, 1934 Dream Child
Mar 19, 1934 Another Love
Jan 30, 1934 American - Very Early
Jan 6, 1934 A Divine Moment
Nov 6, 1933 Thoroughbred
Oct 19, 1933 The Curtain Rises
Mar 27, 1933 The Party's Over
Nov 24, 1932 Jamboree
Oct 17, 1932 Absent Father
Sep 28, 1932 Bidding High
Jun 13, 1932 Back Fire
Dec 29, 1931 Papavert
May 18, 1931 The Honor Code
Apr 2, 1931 Right of Happiness
Feb 23, 1931 The Venetian Glass Nephew
Jan 12, 1931 Sita
Dec 27, 1930 The Life Line
Nov 5, 1930 The Vanderbilt Revue
Sep 15, 1930 With Privileges
Jun 3, 1930 Spook House
Feb 20, 1930 The Plutocrat
Jan 13, 1930 Nancy's Private Affair
Nov 26, 1929 How's Your Health
Nov 4, 1929 White Flame
Sep 24, 1929 See Naples and Die
Jan 1, 1929 Lady Fingers
Oct 1, 1928 Revolt
Nov 3, 1927 A Connecticut Yankee
Dec 27, 1926 Peggy-Ann
Mar 17, 1926 The Girl Friend
Sep 24, 1925 Merry, Merry
Aug 10, 1925 It All Depends
Nov 24, 1924 My Girl
Sep 22, 1924 Lazybones
Sep 8, 1924 Thoroughbreds
Aug 13, 1924 Dr. David's Dad
Jun 23, 1924 The Blue Bandanna
May 10, 1924 Paradise Alley
Apr 24, 1924 The Dust Heap
Nov 27, 1923 In the Next Room
Nov 13, 1923 The Camel's Back
Jul 19, 1923 Two Fellows and a Girl
Apr 2, 1923 Elsie
Feb 27, 1923 Humoresque
Dec 25, 1922 Glory
Aug 14, 1922 Lights Out
May 11, 1922 Fanny Hawthorn
Apr 10, 1922 Letty Pepper
Nov 2, 1921 Anna Christie
Nov 18, 1919 Irene
Sep 11, 1919 She Would and She Did
Jan 27, 1919 A Little Journey
Dec 24, 1918 The Gentile Wife
Oct 7, 1918 The Matinee Hero
Mar 7, 1918 Oh, Look!
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