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The Minskoff Theatre is a legitimate Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 theatre located at 1515 Broadway in midtown-Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
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The 1621-seat venue, designed by architects Kahn and Jacobs, is on the third floor of One Astor Plaza
One Astor Plaza

One Astor Plaza is a . high skyscraper in Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Completed in 1972, the building is 54 stories tall and was designed by Der Scutt of Ely Jacques Kahn....
, an office tower constructed on the site of the legendary Astor Hotel. Named after Sam Minskoff and Sons, builders and owners of the high-rise building, it opened on March 13 1973 with a revival of Irene
Irene (musical)

Irene is a musical theater with a book by James Montgomery, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy , and music by Harry Tierney.Based on Montgomery's play Irene O'Dare, it is set in New York City's Upper West Side and focuses on immigrant shop assistant Irene O'Dare, who is introduced to Long Island's upper class when she's hired by one of its l...
 starring Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds

Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds is an Academy Award-nominated United States actor, singer, and dancer....
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The Minskoff Theatre is a legitimate Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 theatre located at 1515 Broadway in midtown-Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
.

The 1621-seat venue, designed by architects Kahn and Jacobs, is on the third floor of One Astor Plaza
One Astor Plaza

One Astor Plaza is a . high skyscraper in Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Completed in 1972, the building is 54 stories tall and was designed by Der Scutt of Ely Jacques Kahn....
, an office tower constructed on the site of the legendary Astor Hotel. Named after Sam Minskoff and Sons, builders and owners of the high-rise building, it opened on March 13 1973 with a revival of Irene
Irene (musical)

Irene is a musical theater with a book by James Montgomery, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy , and music by Harry Tierney.Based on Montgomery's play Irene O'Dare, it is set in New York City's Upper West Side and focuses on immigrant shop assistant Irene O'Dare, who is introduced to Long Island's upper class when she's hired by one of its l...
 starring Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds

Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds is an Academy Award-nominated United States actor, singer, and dancer....
. Over the years it has served as host to musicals
Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece ? humor, pathos, love, anger ? as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole....
, dance
Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to Motion of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of Emotional expression, social social interaction or presented in a spirituality or performance setting....
 companies, and concert
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
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In 1981, it hosted Miss Universe 1981
Miss Universe 1981

Miss Universe 1981 was held at Minskoff Theatre, New York City, USA on July 20, 1981. 19-year-old Irene S?ez of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1981....
 won by Irene Saez
Irene Sáez

Mona Irene Lailin S?ez Conde is a former Venezuelan politician and also a former Miss Universe....
, of Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
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In September 2007, a new set within the Minskoff space was created for the syndicated newsmagazine The Insider
The Insider (TV series)

The Insider is a tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information....
, which had formerly been based in Los Angeles and MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
's Time Square facilities, which are in the office portion of the One Astor Center building. The program moved back to Los Angeles fully for the 2008-09 season.

Notable productions

  • 1973: Irene
    Irene (musical)

    Irene is a musical theater with a book by James Montgomery, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy , and music by Harry Tierney.Based on Montgomery's play Irene O'Dare, it is set in New York City's Upper West Side and focuses on immigrant shop assistant Irene O'Dare, who is introduced to Long Island's upper class when she's hired by one of its l...
     starring Debbie Reynolds
    Debbie Reynolds

    Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds is an Academy Award-nominated United States actor, singer, and dancer....
  • 1974: Tony
    Tony Bennett

    Tony Bennett is an United States singer of traditional pop music, pop standards and jazz.Raised in New York City, Bennett began singing at an early age....
     & Lena
    Lena Horne

    Lena Mary Calhoun Horne is an American singer and actress. She has recorded and performed extensively, independently and with other jazz notables, including Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Charlie Barnet, Benny Carter, and Billy Eckstine....
     Sing    ; Charles Aznavour
    Charles Aznavour

    Charles Aznavour, Order of Canada is an Armenian-France singer, songwriter, actor and public activist. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the most well-known singers in the world....
     on Broadway
  • 1975: Bette Midler
    Bette Midler

    Bette Midler is an American singing, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards....
    's Clams on the Half Shell Revue    ; Hello, Dolly!
    Hello, Dolly! (musical)

    Hello, Dolly! is a Musical theater with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart , based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955....
  • 1976: Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan; Dutch National Ballet; Rockabye Hamlet
    Rockabye Hamlet

    Rockabye Hamlet is a rock musical with a book, lyrics, and music by Cliff Jones. It is based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare and tells the story of a Denmark prince who plots revenge on his uncle for killing his father....
  • 1977: Merce Cunningham
    Merce Cunningham

    Merce Cunningham is an American dancer and choreography....
     Dance Company    ; Pippin
    Pippin (musical)

    Pippin is a musical theater with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto....
    ; Cleo
    Cleo Laine

    Dame Cleo Laine Order of British Empire is a jazz singer and an actor, noted for her scat singing.She is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular music and European classical music categories....
     on Broadway
  • 1978: King of Hearts
    King of Hearts (musical)

    King of Hearts is a musical theatre with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Jacob Brackman, and music by Peter Link. It is based on the 1966 anti-war cult film of King of Hearts ....
  • 1979: Béjart
    Béjart

    B?jart is the name of several France actors of the 1600s....
    : Ballet of the Twentieth Century    ; Engelbert
    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Engelbert Humperdinck was a Germany composer, best known for his opera, H?nsel und Gretel .Humperdinck was born at Siegburg, in the Rhine Province....
     on Broadway
  • 1980: West Side Story
    West Side Story

    West Side Story is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The musical is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet....
  • 1983: Dance a Little Closer
    Dance a Little Closer

    Dance a Little Closer is a musical theatre with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Charles Strouse.An updated version of Robert E....
    ; Marilyn: An American Fable
    Marilyn: An American Fable

    Marilyn: An American Fable is a musical theatre with a book by Patricia Michaels and music and lyrics by Jeanne Napoli, Doug Frank, Gary Portnoy, Beth Lawrence, and Norman Thalheimer....
  • 1984: The Tap Dance Kid
    The Tap Dance Kid

    The Tap Dance Kid is a musical theatre based on the novel Nobody's Family is Going to Change by Louise Fitzhugh. It was written by Charles Blackwell with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics by Robert Lorick....
  • 1986: Sweet Charity
    Sweet Charity

    Sweet Charity is a Musical theater with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria....
  • 1987: Teddy & Alice
    Teddy & Alice

    Teddy & Alice is a musical theatre with a book by Jerome Alden, lyrics by Hal Hackady, and music by John Philip Sousa and Richard Kapp.The patriotic spectacle focuses on President Theodore Roosevelt's relationship with his feisty daughter during his reign in the White House....
  • 1988: Cabaret
    Cabaret (musical)

    Cabaret is a Musical theater with a book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. The 1966 Broadway theatre production became a hit and spawned an acclaimed 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....
  • 1989: Black and Blue
    Black and Blue (musical)

    Black and Blue is a musical revue celebrating the Black people culture of dance and music in Paris between World War I and World War II.Based on an idea by Mel Howard and conceived by Hector Orezzoli and Caludio Segovia, it consists of songs by artists such as W....
  • 1994: Sunset Boulevard
    Sunset Boulevard (musical)

    Sunset Boulevard is a Musical theater with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the Sunset Boulevard , the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the fabled Los Angeles street....
  • 1998: The Scarlet Pimpernel
    The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)

    The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical theater by composer Frank Wildhorn and lyricist Nan Knighton, based on the The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy....
  • 1999: Saturday Night Fever
    Saturday Night Fever (musical)

    This is an article about the stage musical. For the article on the 1977 film, see Saturday Night FeverSaturday Night Fever is a musical theatre with a book by Nan Knighton and music and lyrics by the Bee Gees....
  • 2002: Dance of the Vampires
    Dance of the Vampires

    Dance of the Vampires is a Musical theatre remake of a 1967 Roman Polanski film of the same name . Polanski also directed the original German production of this musical....
  • 2004: Fiddler on the Roof
    Fiddler on the Roof

    Fiddler on the Roof is a musical theatre with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905....
  • 2006: The Lion King
    The Lion King (musical)

    The Lion King is a Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award-winning Musical theatre based on the The Lion King with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice....


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