Apollo Theatre (42nd Street)

For the theater on 125th Street, see Apollo Theater. For other uses, see Apollo (disambiguation).
Apollo Theatre
New Apollo Theatre, Academy Theatre, Bryant Theatre
Theater building facade with colonnade spanning second and third stories and marquee and entrance on the left for two theaters.
42nd Street entrances to the Apollo and Times Square Theatres in 1922. The auditorium of the Apollo is behind the Times Square.
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Address223 W. 42nd Street[1]
Manhattan, New York City
United States
Coordinates40°45′25″N 73°59′16″W / 40.7569°N 73.9877°W / 40.7569; -73.9877
TypeBroadway theatre
Current useLyric Theatre
Construction
OpenedNovember 17, 1920[2]
Demolished1996
Years active1920–1990
ArchitectEugene De Rosa

The Apollo Theatre was a Broadway theatre whose entrance was located at 223 West 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City, while the theatre proper was on 43rd Street. It was demolished in 1996 and provided part of the site for the new Ford Center for the Performing Arts, now known as the Lyric Theatre.

  1. ^ "Academy Theatre". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "'Jimmie' Opens the Apollo", The New York Times (November 18, 1920).