Daly’s, Daly’s Fifth Avenue Theatre, Fifth Avenue Hall, Fifth Avenue Opera House, Fifth Avenue Theatre, Hoyt’s Madison Square Theatre, Hoyt’s, Minnie Cumming’s Drawing-Room Theatre | |
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| Address | Broadway and W. 24th St. New York, NY |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′32″N 73°59′24″W / 40.7422°N 73.9901°W |
| Owner | A.R. Eno (land), various (building) |
| Operator | George Christy, John Brougham, James Fisk Jr., Augustin Daly, Steele MacKaye, Mallory Bros., A.M. Palmer, Charles H. Hoyt, Frank McKee, Walter N. Lawrence |
| Type | Broadway |
| Capacity | 900, +100 standees |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1865 |
| Closed | 1909 |
| Reopened | 1877 |
| Demolished | 1909 |
| Rebuilt | 1868, 1877, 1879-80 |
| Years active | 1865-1873, 1877-1909 |
| Architect | Various/unknown |
The Madison Square Theatre was a Broadway theatre in Manhattan, on the south side of 24th Street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway (which intersects Fifth Avenue near that point). It was built in 1863, operated as a theater from 1865 to 1909, and demolished in 1909 to make way for an office building. The Madison Square Theatre was the scene of important developments in stage technology, theatre design, and theatrical tour management. For about half its history it had other names including the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre, Hoyt's Madison Square Theatre, and Hoyt's Theatre.