Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (1957) New York, NY | Playbill

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Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

205 W. 46th St., New York, NY
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The Lunt-Fontanne opened in 1910 as the Globe Theatre, named after Shakespeare’s famed theatre in England. Designed by Carrere and Hastings for producer Charles B. Dillingham, the lavish theatre remained dark during much of the Depression and soon became a movie theatre. It was fully refurbished and returned to legitimate use in 1958 as the Lunt-Fontanne, named for married actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

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  • Built: 1910
  • Number of Seats: 1470
  • Longest Running Show: The Sound of Music
  • Performances: 1,443
  • Stage Door: To the right as you exit the theatre. The door is labeled "Lunt Fontanne Theatre"
  • Bathrooms: <p>Ladies: Basement level has 15 stalls. Balcony level has 6 stalls. Unisex, wheelchair accessible restroom on orchestra level.</p> <p> Men: Basement level has 12 stalls. Balcony level has 6 stalls. Unisex, wheelchair accessible restroom on orchestra level.</p>
  • Concessions: Orchestra and basement levels.
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Death Becomes Her Playbill - Opening Night
Death Becomes Her
Broadway Comedy

Starring Tony Award® nominees Megan Hilty (Wicked, “Smash”), Jennifer Simard (Company, Disaster!), and Christopher Sieber (Spamalot, Company), with Grammy® Award winner Michelle Williams (Destiny’s Child, Chicago), Death Becomes Her, based on the classic 1992 film, is a drop-dead hilarious new musical comedy about friendship, love, and burying the hatchet…again, and again, and again.

Life’s a bitch and then you die. Or not!

SYNOPSIS:

Madeline Ashton is the most beautiful actress (just ask her) ever to grace the stage and screen. Helen Sharp is the long-suffering author (just ask her) who lives in her shadow. They have always been the best of frenemies…until Madeline steals Helen’s fiancé away. As Helen plots revenge and Madeline clings to her rapidly fading star, their world is suddenly turned upside down by Viola Van Horn, a mysterious woman with a secret that’s to die for.

After one sip of Viola’s magical potion, Madeline and Helen begin a new era of life (and death) with their youth and beauty restored…and a grudge to last eternity.
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