Playhouse Theatre (New York City)

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Playhouse Theatre

Address	137 West 48th Street New York, New York United States
Coordinates	40°45′34″N 73°58′57″W / 40.75944°N 73.98250°W / 40.75944; -73.98250
Owner	Brady Enterprises, Inc.
Operator	William A. Brady
Type	Broadway
Capacity	865
Construction
Opened	1911
Demolished	1969
Years active	1911–1967
Architect	Charles A. Rich

The Playhouse Theatre was a Broadway theater at 137 West 48th Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Charles A. Rich was the architect. It was built in 1911 for producer William A. Brady who also owned the nearby 48th Street Theatre. After 1944, it was sold to the Shubert Organization. From 1949 to 1952, it was an ABC Radio studio.

Sauce for the Goose was the opening production on April 15, 1911, closing after 2 performances that day.

The Playhouse Theatre was used for interiors and exteriors in the Mel Brooks film The Producers (1967) to depict the staging of the musical Springtime for Hitler, and the exterior was shown as the venue for the last Broadway appearance of the fading star Neely O'Hara in the film Valley of the Dolls (1967).

In 1969, the Playhouse Theatre was razed to accommodate the construction of 1221 Avenue of the Americas.^[1]