Astor Theatre (New York City)

Astor Theatre

The Astor Theatre in 1936
Address	1537 Broadway Manhattan, New York United States
Coordinates	40°45′29″N 73°59′08″W / 40.758001°N 73.98564°W / 40.758001; -73.98564
Type	Broadway
Construction
Opened	September 21, 1906
Closed	1972
Demolished	1982
Years active	1906–1925 (live theater) 1925–1972 (movie theater)
Architect	George Keister

The Astor Theatre was located at 1537 Broadway, at the corner with 45th Street, on Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It opened on September 21, 1906, with Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream^[1] and continued to operate as a Broadway theatre until 1925. From 1925 until it closed in 1972, it was a first-run movie theater.