LUNT-FONTANNE THEATER

205 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036

Seats Approximately 1415

The Lunt-Fontanne--informally known as "The Lunt"--was built in 1910 as the Globe Theatre. Although it was situated on 46th street with a grand Beaux-Arts facade, it also had a tiny entrance on Broadway between 46th and 47th Street. Most of the Globe's early shows were dramatic plays, including two revivals of La Dame aux Camelias.

In the late teens and 1920s, the focus shifted to musicals. The Globe housed the Ziegfeld Follies and George White's Scandals, the original production of No, No Nanette and Rodgers & Hart's Three Cheers. In the 1930s, as many other Broadway theatres, the Globe became a cinema.

It would operate as a movie house until the late 1950s, when it fell under new ownership and returned to use as a legitimate theatre. Major changes were made to the Globe's interior, including the removal of the second balcony level, the Broadway entrance, and much of the original decor. The renovated theatre was renamed the Lunt-Fontanne and reopened in 1958. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne appeared in the first show presented at their namesake theatre, Friedrich Duerrenmatt's play The Visit.

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