The Booth Theatre

This theater, located at the north end of Shubert Alley, was built at the same time as the Shubert. The brothers did something unusual with both of these theatres; they kept the Venetian Renaissance façade, across the entire side of both theatres, in spite of the fact that the ornate façade was facing an alley. While the exteriors are very similar, the interiors are completely different. The Booth was named in honor of a 19th Century actor, Edwin Booth. Edwin Booth was the brother of John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at another theatre in Washington DC. It seats 766 and is considered an intimate house used for small nonmusical productions. The well-known play The Glass Menagerie premiered here. There have been a few musicals to grace its stage, including Sunday in the Park with George and Next to Normal. The Shubert, on the other hand, seats 1460 and is considered a musical house.