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Broadhurst Theatre
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newyorker on 23/01/2010 20:32:00
 
About Broadhurst Theatre
The Broadhurst Theatre was named after George Howells Broadhurst, an
Anglo-American dramatist who came to America in 1886. In addition to writing
plays, he managed theaters in Milwaukee, Baltimore, and San Francisco before he
decided to open his own in association with the Shubert brothers. The theatre
was constructed to house both musicals and plays, which it has done successfully
for nearly ninety years. It has been designated a New York City landmark.
Recent tenants include Les Miserables, which in October 2006 began an intended
six-month-long return engagement that finally closed in January 2008; and 2008
revivals of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, with an all-African American cast including
Terrence Howard, Anika Noni Rose, James Earl Jones, and Phylicia Rashād, and
Equus, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths.
ENRON, a musical by Lucy Prebble that was inspired by the infamous 2001
financial scandal involving the company, will open on April 29th, 2010. The
production had a highly successful run on the West End in 2009.