Architect
Herbert J. Krapp designed numerous Broadway theaters.
Compare the Broadhurst, Plymouth, and Majestic theaters. Look for differences in their facades and entrances as you explore the district.
9 building histories
Theater · 1919-1921
223 West 49th Street, New York, NY
The Ambassador Theater survives today as one of the historic playhouses that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built shortly after, the end of World War I, the Ambassador was among the...
Read the storyTheater · 1928
251 West 47th Street, New York, NY
The Barrymore Theater survives today as one of the historic theater interiors that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built at the end of the 1920s, the Barrymore was among the numerous...
Read the storyTheater · 1917-18
243 West 44th Street, New York, NY
The Broadhurst Theater survives today as one of the historic theaters that symbol ize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built shortly after the end of World War I, the Broadhurst was one of a pair with...
Read the storyTheater · 1925-26
262 West 47th Street, New York, NY
The Brooks Atkinson Theater survives today as one of the historic theaters that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built during the mid-1920s, the Brooks Atkinson was among the half-dozen...
Read the storyTheater · 1926-27
257 West 44th Street, New York, NY
The Majestic Theater survives today as one of the historic theaters that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built in 1926-27, the Majestic was among the half-dozen theaters constructed by the...
Read the storyTheater · 1917-18
234 West 45th Street, New York, NY
The Plymouth Theater survives today as one of the historic theaters that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built in 1917-18, the Plymouth was one of a pair with the Broadhurst and among the...
Read the storyTheater · 1926-27
242 West 45th Street, New York, NY
The Royale Theater survives today as one of the historic theaters that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built in 1926-27, the Royale was among the half-dozen theaters constructed by the...
Read the storyTheater · 1927
254 West 52nd Street, New York, NY
The Alvin Theater survives today as one of the historic theaters that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built in 1926-27, the Alvin was one of the relatively small number of post-World War I...
Read the storyTheater · 1926-27
256 West 45th Street, New York, NY
The Golden Theater survives today as one of the historic theaters that symbolize American theater for both New York and the nation. Built as the Theatre Masque in 1926-27, the Golden was among the half-dozen theaters...
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