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The Maxine Elliott Theatre was a Broadway theater located at 109 West 39th Street in New York City
New York City

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. Built in 1908, it was demolished in 1960.

It was named for U.S.
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 actress Maxine Elliott
Maxine Elliott

Maxine Elliott was an American stage actress.It is said that reviewers disagreed "over whether it was her beauty or her acting ability that attracted attention" In addition to her stage skills, Elliott was also a savvy businesswoman....
, who originally owned a 50 percent interest in it, making her one of the only female theater managers. She leased it to the Federal Theatre in 1936; the following year, it was shut down by the government during the Orson Welles
Orson Welles

George Orson Welles , better known as Orson Welles, was an Academy Award-winning United States actor, director, writer and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television, and radio....
's production of The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock

The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 Musical theater by Marc Blitzstein. Originally a part of the Federal Theatre Project, it was directed by Orson Welles, and produced by John Houseman....
.

In 1941, it became a radio station and in 1949, it again transformed into a television studio.






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The Maxine Elliott Theatre was a Broadway theater located at 109 West 39th Street in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. Built in 1908, it was demolished in 1960.

It was named for U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actress Maxine Elliott
Maxine Elliott

Maxine Elliott was an American stage actress.It is said that reviewers disagreed "over whether it was her beauty or her acting ability that attracted attention" In addition to her stage skills, Elliott was also a savvy businesswoman....
, who originally owned a 50 percent interest in it, making her one of the only female theater managers. She leased it to the Federal Theatre in 1936; the following year, it was shut down by the government during the Orson Welles
Orson Welles

George Orson Welles , better known as Orson Welles, was an Academy Award-winning United States actor, director, writer and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television, and radio....
's production of The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock

The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 Musical theater by Marc Blitzstein. Originally a part of the Federal Theatre Project, it was directed by Orson Welles, and produced by John Houseman....
.

In 1941, it became a radio station and in 1949, it again transformed into a television studio. In 1956, Elliott's heirs sold her share to the Shuberts, who then sold the property. It was demolished in 1960. The theatre, built in a thriving theatre district, was the only Broadway house below 41st Street.

The Maxine Elliot housed approximately 935 patrons. Throughout its lifetime, the Maxine Elliot housed a multitude of plays, including original works by George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw, was an Irish people playwright.Although Shaw's first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, his talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays....
, John Millington Synge
John Millington Synge

Edmund John Millington Synge was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre....
, Lady Augusta Gregory, Lord Dunsany, Lillian Hellman
Lillian Hellman

Lillian Florence Hellman was an United States playwright, linked throughout her life with many Left-wing politics causes. She was romantically involved for 30 years with mystery novel and crime novel writer Dashiell Hammett , and was also a long-time friend and literary executor of author Dorothy Parker....
 and Somerset Maugham. Only three of its productions were musicals, including one opera
Opera

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.

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  • at the Internet Broadway Database