Step Inside Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre, Home of Wicked | Playbill

Photo Features Step Inside Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre, Home of Wicked Inside the Theatre, the photo feature series that documents Broadway’s historic playhouses, continues with the Gershwin.

Playbill’s Inside the Theatre captures the dazzling architecture and unseen details of the world’s most famous theatres, taking you inside all 40 of Broadway's currently-operating houses.

Created in an Art Noveau style by set designer Ralph Alswang, the Gershwin Theatre opened in 1972 as the Uris, occupying the site of the former Capitol movie palace. The theatre was later renamed after the legendary composer George Gershwin, announced at the 1983 Tony Awards.

The Gershwin is currently the home of Wicked, the Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical which opened October 30, 2003, and is the sixth longest-running musical to appear on Broadway.

Flip through photos of the theatre below:

Photos: Step Inside Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre

 
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