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Located at the Fifty-Third Street in NY, “The Color Theater” was built as a movie house in 1924. Designed by architect Eugene DeRosa, the house has one of the largest seating capacities of any theatre on Broadway, with 1,765 seats; making it a perfect place for the staging and performing of musical comedies. It was earlier called as The B.F. Moss's Colony Theater with an ideal combination of the magnitude, luxury in addition to the civility. Every modern device for the production of greater amusement has been included with perfection in this theater.
The theater gained enormous popularity among the audience by some stunning performance over years. Some of the hits include "The New Yorkers," "Earl Carroll Vanities" (1932), "The O'Flynn" in 1934, "Too Many Girls" in 1940, "The Beggar's Opera" in 1946, and the famous "Four Saints in Three Acts" (1952), all these performances marked great impact on spectators and this theater built its stunning trademark for producing entertainment-filled plays.
Another great hit, "The Happy Time" in 1968 offered a Tony Award winning performance by Robert Goulet. It was luminously directed by Gower Champion and engrossed great publicity. The team of the theater moved on, producing some more great plays that entertained the masses.
When B.S. Moss built this theatre in 1925, he had no idea that its large capacity would be of great help for making this theater significantly famous. “The Color Theater”, with 1,765 seats, is still one of the largest performing arts houses in this region, and it has thrived on booking new musicals from other theatres, dance companies, and other performing art shows. Now considered among the top theater in U.S., The Color Purple is a hub of quality musical plays.
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