Star Theatre (New York City, built 1901) explained

The Star Theatre, also known as The New Star Theatre,^[1] was a Broadway theatre located at the corner of Lexington Avenue and 107th Street in New York City, New York, United States.^[2] Built in 1901, it was active as a Broadway playhouse through 1908.^[3] It should not be confused with the earlier Star Theatre demolished in 1901.

History

The New York impresario and theatre agent William T. Keogh (died 1947),^[4] previously connected with the Knickerbocker Theatre, was responsible for the building of the Star Theatre which began construction in August 1901.^[5] The theatre was designed by the architects Thomas P. Neville and George A. Bagge of the New York firm Neville & Bagge. It was built by Delaney Brothers & Co.^[5] The theatre opened with a performance of the Hanlon Brothers's Superba,^[6] a production which ran at that theatre from its grand opening on December 30, 1901, through January 4, 1902.^[7]

In 1909 the theatre began showing silent films on Sundays while continuing with live performance, usually melodramas, during the week.^[8]

Notable productions

• The Gypsy Girl (1905, Hal Reid; starred Mary Pickford, then known as Gladys Smith, as Freckles)^{[9] [10]}

External links

• Star Theatre at the Internet Broadway Database

Notes and References

1. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=yMUWAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Star+Theatre%22+1902%22%C2%A0Lexington+Ave.+and+107th+St.&pg=PA10. Theatres and Places of Amusement. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. 10. 1904. Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
2. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=Q24NAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Star+Theatre%22+1902%22%C2%A0Lexington+Ave.+and+107th+St.&pg=PA86. New York; Theatres, Clubs, Hotels. 88. The New International Encyclopædia. 17. Dodd, Mead & Co.. 1918. Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams.
3. Web site: Star Theatre. Internet Broadway Database. May 31, 2023.
4. News: WILLIAM T. KEOGH, THEATRE OPERATOR; Former Stage Producer Dead Manager of Popular-Price Circuit, Once Bank Head. October 28, 1947. 25. The New York Times.
5. News: TO BUILD A NEW THEATRE. The New York Times. August 16, 1901. 7.
6. News: January 6, 1902. The Tammany Times. A New Theatre Opened. 7.
7. News: 67. A Chronological Outline of the Hanlon Brothers, 1833 – 1931. Mark Cosdon, Allegheny College. Southern Illinois University Press. March 12, 2014.
8. News: FIRE SCARE IN STAR THEATRE.; Woman Groundlessly Cried Fire, and Audience Got Out -- No One Hurt. January 25, 1909. 1. The New York Times.
9. News: The Gypsy Girl. April 8, 1905. New York Clipper.
10. Book: Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. Eileen Whitfield. 2007. 38. 9780813120454.