Hammerstein’s Theatre, located at 1697 Broadway at 53rd Street and designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp, opened in 1927. It opened with the musical Golden Dawn, featuring the debut of Archie Leach—the unfortunate birth name of a young Cary Grant. Next, the theatre housed Good Boy in 1928 and Sweet Adeline in 1929, both co-written by Oscar Hammerstein II. W.C. Fields played his last Broadway performance here in Ballyhoo. After four successful years, owner Arthur Hammerstein declared bankruptcy following the stock market crash, and the theatre was renamed the Manhattan Theatre. The venue became a short-lived nightclub, then a successful television studio that housed The Ed Sullivan Show for more than 20 years. It stands today as the Ed Sullivan Theatre, home to the Late Show with David Letterman since 1993.