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The Morosco Theatre was a Broadway theatre near Times Square in New York City from 1917 to 1982. It housed many notable productions and its demolition, along with four adjacent theaters, was controversial.〔''The New York Times'' (February 5, 1917). ("Morosco Theatre Opens Its Doors" )〕 ==History== Located at 217 West 45th Street, the Morosco Theatre was designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp for the Shuberts, who constructed it for Oliver Morosco in gratitude for his helping them break the monopoly of the Theatrical Syndicate. It had approximately 955 seats. After an invitation-only preview performance on February 4, 1917, it opened to the public on February 5. The inaugural production was ''Canary Cottage'', a musical with a book by Morosco and a score by Earl Carroll.〔〔〔 〕 The Shuberts lost the building in the Depression, and City Playhouses, Inc. bought it at auction in 1943. It was sold in 1968 to Bankers Trust Company〔 and – after a massive "Save the Theatres" protest movement mounted by various actors and other theatrical folk〔The name of the organization was "Save the Theatres, Inc., as noted in court papers. See (Shubert Organization, Inc. v. Landmarks Preservation Commission of the City of New York and Save the Theatres, Inc. ), Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department, May 16, 1991, accessed March 10, 2013〕〔("Proposal to Save Morosco and Helen Hayes Theaters" ), LHP Architects, accessed March 10, 2013〕〔Corwin, Betty ("Theatre on film and tape archive" ), International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts, accessed May 10, 2013〕 failed – was razed in 1982, along with the Helen Hayes, the Bijou, and remnants of the Astor and the Gaiety theaters; it was replaced by the 49-story Marriott Marquis hotel and Marquis Theatre.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morosco Theatre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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