| Earl Carroll Theatre | |
|---|---|
 The building in 1922 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 753 Seventh Ave., Manhattan, New York City |
| Opened | 1922 |
| Demolished | 1990 |
The Earl Carroll Theatre was a Broadway theatre at 753 Seventh Avenue near 50th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Built by impresario Earl Carroll and designed by architect George Keister,[1] it opened on February 25, 1922,[2] and was highly successful for a number of years until it was demolished and rebuilt on a lavish scale. It reopened in August 1931 with Carroll's billing that it was "the largest legitimate theater in the world." However, the facility's operating costs proved astronomical and it went into foreclosure in early 1932 after which it was acquired by producer Florenz Ziegfeld who renamed it the Casino Theatre. The Casino was the site of a very successful revival of Ziegfeld's production of Show Boat in 1932. However, Ziegfeld too went bankrupt only a short time later. The property was auctioned in foreclosure on August 18, 1933 to the Mutual Life Insurance Company for $1 million.[3]
- ^ "Earl Carroll Theatre, New York. George Keister, Architect" (April 1922). Architecture and Building. Vol. 54 No. 4, pp. 39-40
- ^ Woollcott, Alexander (February 27, 1922). "The Play" (PDF). The New York Times.
- ^ "Casino Theatre Sold at Auction". New York Evening Post. August 18, 1933.