Dates 1918 – present
Official website: https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/theatres-and-venues/american-airlines-theatre/
Opened in 1918 as the Selwyn Theatre, named after producers Edgar and Arch Selwyn and built by architect George Keister, the venue operated as a grindhouse (movie theater) once the depression hit, until it was restored in 2000 by the Roundabout Theatre Company and renamed the American Airlines Theatre.
The adjacent office building was rebuilt during the renovation and houses the 42nd Street Studios, featuring an eye-catching lighting design by Anne Militello, who is interviewed on this site.
More about The American Airlines Theatre at Playbill.com
Selected Past Productions
- Noises Off (Previews 17 December 2015, opened 14 January 2016 – March 13 2016)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (January 13 2011 – June 26 2011)
- The 39 Steps (January 15 2008 – March 29 2008)
- The Pajama Game (February 23 2006 – June 17 2006)
- Twelve Angry Men (October 28 2004 – May 15 2005)
- The Caretaker (November 9 2003 – January 4 2004)
- Big River (July 24 2003 – September 21 2003)
- A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (April 3 2003 – June 1 2003)
- The Women (2001) starring Cynthia Nixon
- The Man Who Came To Dinner (2000) starring Nathan Lane
- 1997 – 2000 Theatre and adjacent office building renovated by Roundabout Theatre Company
- 1950 – Theatre reopened for a short run of The Respectful Prostitute by Jean-Paul Sartre,, followed by Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath.
- 1934 – Theatre closed due to The Great Depression
- Three’s A Crowd (1930)
- This Year of Grace (1928)
- The Royal Family (December 28 1927 – October 21 1928)
- Tickle Me (August 17 1920 – February 12 1921)
- Buddies (October 27 1919 – June 12 1920)
- 1918 opened
