Shubert Theatre, Arts theater in New Haven, United States.
The Shubert Theatre is a performing arts venue in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, with around 1,600 seats spread across the orchestra level and multiple balconies. The interior features ornate detailing typical of early 20th-century American theater design, including decorated ceilings and a traditional proscenium stage.
The theater opened in December 1914 and soon became one of the main stops for productions heading to Broadway. Over the course of the 20th century, more than 600 shows played here before moving on to New York stages.
The Shubert is known as the place where Broadway shows were first tried out in front of a real audience. Performers and directors used this stage to see what landed and what needed work before heading to New York.
The theater sits in the heart of downtown New Haven, within easy walking distance of hotels, restaurants, and public transit stops. Parking is available nearby, making it easy to combine a visit with dinner or a walk around the city center.
When the city of New Haven took over the building in the 1970s, it knocked down the adjacent Adams Hotel to build a new entrance wing. That addition is now the main front of the theater that visitors see from the street today.
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