Photo Coverage: Paul Rudd & Cast of GRACE Celebrate Cort Theatre's 100th Anniversary
By: Jennifer Broski Dec. 21, 2012
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Broadway's Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street), just celebrated its 100th Anniversary yesterday, December 20th. The theatre, which opened on December 20, 1912 with a Peg O'My Heart starring Laurette Taylor, is currently home to the Broadway Premiere of Grace, which will end its limited engagement on January 6, 2013. It will next be home to the World Premiere production of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, a new play written by Richard Greenberg, which starts performances on Monday, March 4 and opens on Wednesday, March 20. The Cort Theatre is owned and operated by The Shubert Organization.
Check out photos from the celebration below!
In its storied and starry 100 year history, The Cort Theatre has been home to more than 250 productions, and been the venue for Broadway debuts of stars like Grace Kelly (The Father, 1949) and Jane Fonda (There Was a Little Girl, 1960). Stars like Ethel Barrymore (The Second Mrs. Tanquerray, 1924), Katharine Hepburn (These Days, 1928; As You Like It, 1950), Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee (Purlie Victorious, 1961), Robert Redford (Sunday in New York, 1961), Al Pacino (Richard III, 1969), Jessica Tandy (Rose, 1981) and many more have all Graced its stage. Other notable productions include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1963), The Grapes of Wrath (1990), Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight Los Angeles (1994), The Heiress (1995), John Leguizamo's Freak (1998), Nicole Kidman in The Blue Room (1998), On Golden Pond starring James Earl Jones (2005), Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America (2009), and acclaimed revivals of A View From the Bridge (2010) and Fences (2010).
Tickets ($32 - $132) for Grace are on sale, via Telecharge.com, by calling (212) 239-6200 or at the box office at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues). A general rush is available the day of the performance, when the box office opens. General rush tickets are $30 Mondays through Thursdays and $35 Fridays - Sundays (cash or credit); limited to two tickets per person. For Group Bookings visit www.telecharge.com/groups or call Telecharge Group Sales at 800-432-7780.
The performance schedule for Grace is as follows: Tuesday - Thursday at 7 PM, Friday - Saturday at 8 PM, matinees on Wednesday & Saturday at 2 PM and Sunday at 3 PM. (No performance 12/25; additional performances on 12/27 at 2 PM and Sunday, 12/30 at 2 PM and 7 PM.)
Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski
Lois Smith, Leslie Uggams, Mario Cantone, Paul Rudd, Cory Michael Smith
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ed Asner
Frank Wood, Lois Smith, Cory Michael Smith, Mario Cantone, Leslie Uggams, Michael Shannon, Paul Rudd, Kate Arrington, Ed Asner
Leslie Uggams, Michael Shannon, Paul Rudd, Kate Arrington, Ed Asner
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