Updated December 29, 2009

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Academy of Music - built 1857 – Broad & Locust - 2938 seats, was home to the Philadelphia Orchestra until 2001 when Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts opened

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Adelphia – 1876 – Broad & Cherry – 300 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Adelphi – 1907-1937 – Broad & Cherry – 1341 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Adrienne Theatre - 2030 Sanson St

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Alhambra – 1910-1961 – 1628 Passyunk – 1449 seats PHILADELPHIA, PA – American Museum – see Dumont’s

PHILADELPHIA, PA – American Opera House – see Southwark

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Amateur Drawing Room – 1865-1882 – 17th & Chestnut – 700 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Amphitheatre – 1863-1865 – 12th & market

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Annenberg Center – University of Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Arch Street Theatre- 1828 – see Chestnut Street Theatre - Caius Marius - 1831, Oralloossa or Last of the Incas - 1832 (5)

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Apollo – 1811 – Apollo & South

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Arch Street – 1828-1936 – 609 Arch – 1911 seats - razed 1936

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Academy of Music - built 1857 – Broad & Locust - 2938 seats, was home to the Philadelphia Orchestra until 2001 when Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts opened

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Adelphi – 1907 – Broad & Cherry St – demolished 1937 – twin to Lyric

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Aldine – 19th & Chestnut St

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Allegheny – 1912 - 3141 Franford Ave

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Ambassador – 1921 – 5542 Baltimore Ave

PHILADELPHIA, PA – American Academy of Music – 1857 – Broad & Locust Sts

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Arcadia – 1915 - 1529 Chestnut St – became fast food place 1978

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Arch Street Opera House – see Trocadero

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Art Pantheon – see Rickett’s Amphitheatre – 6th & Chestnut St – wooden structure – 600-700 seats – burned 1799

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Belvedere – see Hill

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Bijou – 1877 – 253 N 8th & Race – 1200 seats – lst of 10 theatres to be named Bijou – 1884 became Forepaugh’s – demolished 1960

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Boyd Theatre – 1928 - 19th & Chestnut – restoring for 2006 - last of Art Deco movie palaces in this city - on endangered list

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Breeze – 1911-1953 – 1638 Point Breeze – 1200 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Broad – 1876-1886 – Broad & Cherry – 677 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Broad Street – 1876-1937 – Broad & Locust – 1406 seats – see Kiralfy’s

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Broadway – 1913-1971 – 2042 S Broad – 2183 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Budco Regency Twin – Atmospheric style – closed & demolished

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Cariola Hall – 1920-1929 – 7th & Christian – 750 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Carman – 1928-1978 – Germantown & Allegheny – 2200 seats – 8 years later the 2200 seat theatre opened across street – the first operated as Galard Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Central Theatre – early 1900s burlesque house

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Cheltenham Theater – Atmospheric style – closed & demolished

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Chestnut Street Keith’s – see Keith’s

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Chestnut Street Opera House – 1880s - 1021 Chestnut – 1656 seats – torn down 1940

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Chestnut Street Theatre – 1793-1820 – 6th & Chestnut – sometimes called New - company brought from England but was not opened until 1794 because of yellow fever epidemic - America’s first proscenium-style theatre – 2000 seats – sometimes known as Old Drury – 1820 damaged by fire - refurbished and reopened in 1822 as New - Superstition 1824, Triumph at Plattsburg 1830, Eighth of January 1829, Indian Princess or La Belle Sauvage 1808, Deformed or Woman's Trial - 1830 (4)built in 1793 (2000 seats) burned in 1856 and rebuilt in 1863 - demolished 1917; 2nd – Chestnut Street – 1822-1855 – 6th & Chestnut – 1100 seats – razed 1855

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Chinese Museum – 1838-1854 – 1211-15 Chestnut between 12th & 13th – 3000 seats on lower floor and 5000 on upper

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Circle Theater – 1929 – 4652 Frankford – 2991 seats - Atmospheric style – closed

PHILADELPHIA, PA – City Museum – 1854-1890 – 415 Callowhill

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Colonial – 1907-1914 – 15th & Chestnut – 600 seats; 2nd Colonial – 1913-1963 – 5526 Germantown – 2552 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Colosseum Cyclorama – 1876 – Broad & Locust

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Columbia – 1857-1912 – 520 N 3rd

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Commodore – 1928 - 43rd & Walnut

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Concert Hall – 1853-1894 – 1217 Chestnut

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Crosskeys – 1914-1957 – 5931 Market – 1995 seats – on former site of tavern and hotel of same name

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Curtis Hall

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Curtis Institute

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Diamond – 2119 Germantown – 1920

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Dixie Rose – 1915-1935 – 151 Levering – 950 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Doak’s Hall – 1880-1914 – 1216 Moore

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Dumonts – 1870-1929 – originally called American Museum, Menagerie and Theatre – 9th & Arch 900 seats – burned 1929

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Dunbar Theatre - 1919 –1400 seats - northeast corner of Broad and Lombard Streets - Erected by Black bankers, this theater was home to the Lafayette Players, popular vaudeville entertainers. Later bought by white interests and renamed the Lincoln, it hosted major Black performers from the 1920s into the 1940s - Within the Law 1919 - devoted to black productions for black audiences - In the 1930s and 40s, hosted many of the country's top African-American entertainers, including Duke Ellington, Lena Horne and the Nicholas brothers - demolished in 1950s

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Duse Art – 1930 – 1821 Ranstead

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Earle – 1924-1953 – 11th & Market – 2768 seats – opened as Elrae – demolished 1953

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Eleventh Street Opera - 1895 – Dumont’s Minstrels - demolished in 1911

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Elrae – see Earle

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Empire – 1891-1898 – Broad & Locust – 1590 seats – replaced by Walton Hotel 1898; 2nd Empire – 1901-1928 – 4650 Frankford

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Erien Theater – Atmospheric style – closed & demolished

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Erlanger – 1927-1978 – 21st & Market – 1890 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Eureka – 40th & Market – 1913

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Fairmount – 1913-1959 – 26th & Fairmont – 1243 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Fay’s – 1914-1964 – 4032 Market – 1826 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Federal Hall – 1870-1901 – 17th & Federal

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Felton – Rising Sun & Loudon – 1919 – 1362 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Fern Rock – 1828-1992 – 6017 N 5th – 1289 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Forepaugh’s – 1877-1960 – 253 N 8th – 1300 seats – see Bijou

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Forrest – 1907-1927 – Broad & Sansom – 1820 seats – replaced by Fidelity Trust; 2nd Forrest – 1928 - 11th & Walnut – 1889 seats – replaced earlier one on Broad St – restored 1978

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Forum – 1928 – 5231 Frankford – 1777 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Fox – 1923-1980 – 16th & Market – 2423 seats; 2nd Fox – Broad & Locust – 1927

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Frankford – 1914-1955 – 4711 Frankford – 1595 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Frankford Opera – 1885-1910

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Galard – see Carman

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Garden – 1923-1938 – 4th & Spring Garden – 1000 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Garrick – 1901-1936 – 1330 Chestnut – 1561 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Gayety – 1892-1953 – 237 N 8th – 1425 seats – torn down 1953

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Gem – 1910-1913 – 1619 South

PHILADELPHIA, PA – German – 1906 – Marshall & Gerrard – 1000 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Germantown – 5508 Germantown – 1911

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Germantown Opera House – 1883 – 4900 Germantown

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Gilmore’s Auditorium – 1893-1935 – 809 Walnut – 2346 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Girard Avenue – 1891-1964 – 621 W Girard – 900 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Globe – 1914-1929 – Juniper & Market – 1710 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Grand Opera House/Nixon’s Grand – 1888-1940 – Broad & Montgomery – home of National Opera Co – later became Nixon Grand - 3085 seats – demolished 1940

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Hammerstein’s Metropolitan Opera House

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Harold Prince – 1971 – 37th & Walnut – 165 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Hill – 8320 Germantown – opened as Belvedere in 1916

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Holme – 1929-1951 – 8049 Frankford – 1364 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Horticultural Hall – 1867-1917 – 250 S Broad – 1050 seats – destroyed by fire 1881 – rebuilt & fire again 1893 – 1918 building replaced by Sam S. Shubert Memorial Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Irvine Auditorium – 1927 – 34th & Spruce – 2127 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Italia – 1914-1966 – 733 Christian – 680 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Karlton – 1412 Chestnut – 1921 – see Midtown

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Keith’s – also known as Chestnut Street Keith’s – 1902-1971 – 1116 Chestnut – 2273 seats – 1949 became motion picture house – demolished 1971

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Keith’s Bijou – 1889 – 1200 seats – 8th & Race – went from vaudeville to burlesque

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Kent – 1928-1989 – 2649 Kensington – 1932 seats – see People’s Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Keystone – 1911-1959 – 1026 Lehigh – 1884 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts - opened 2001 - includes 2500 seat Verizon Hall for the Philadelphia Orchestra and a 650 seat Perelman Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Kiralfy’s Alhambra Palace – 1876 – later became Broad St Theatre – demolished 1937

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Lailson’s Amphitheatre – 1797 – 5th & Locust

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Lawndale

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Leader – 1912-1968 – 4102 Lancaster – 988 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Liberty – 1910-1974 – 1425 Columbia – 1635 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Lincoln – 1919-1955 – Broad & Lombard – 1400 seats – opened as black theatre featuring Lafayette Players

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Locust St – 1927-1982 – 411 Locust – 1580 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Logan – 1924-1964 – 4732 N Broad – 1894 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Long’s Varieties – 1859-1900 – 758 S 3rd

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Lubin’s Cineograph – 1898

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Lyceum – 1854-1918

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Lyric – 1905-1937 – Broad & Cherry – 1629 seats – demolished 1937 – twin to Adelphi

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Mann Music Centre – 1976 – 52nd & Parkside – 3934 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Mask and Wig – 1894 – 310 S Quince

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Mastbaum – 1929-1958 – 20th & Market – 4746 seats – originally to be called Jules – closed 1958 – demolished same year

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Mauckingbird Theatre Company - Philadelphia's only professional theatre company devoted to gay-themed work

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Melodeon – 1854-1861 – 6th & Chestnut

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Merriam Theatre – see Sam S. Shubert

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Metropolitan Opera House – 1908 – Broad & Poplar – 3482 seats – originally called Philadelphia Opera House – was largest opera house in the world at that time – theatre remains unused

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Midway – 1932-1979 – Kensington & Allegheny – 2371 seats – closed 1977 – demolished 1979 – now fast food place

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Midtown – opened at Karlton location 1954 – became Midtown and twinned

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Model – 1911-1958 – 425 South – 778 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Mummers Museum

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Mummers Parade - you can't get much more theatrical than this, see Fancies, and Fancy Brigades

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Municipal Auditorium – 1931 Civic Centre Blvd – 13,500 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Musical Fund Hall – 1824-1979 – 806 Locust – 800 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – National – 1837-1854 – 9th & Chestnut; 2nd National – 1874-1916 – 10th & Callowhill – 2415 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA - New – see Chestnut St - Triumphs of Love or Happy Reconciliation 1795

PHILADELPHIA, PA – New Booth – 1724 Society Hill

PHILADELPHIA, PA – New Circus – 1809 – 9th & Walnut – renamed Olympic – 1820 became Walnut St Theatre – 1822 became Olympic again – 1827 became Philadelphia Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA – New Forrest – Walnut St – 1927

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Nixon – 1910-1984 – 28 S 52nd – 1870 seats – demolished 1984

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Nixon Grand – see Grand Opera House

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Northern Liberties – 1790-1791 – Front & Noble

PHILADELPHIA, PA – North Pole – 1909-1914 – 1426 South

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Old Academy Playhouse – 1932 – 3544 Indian Queen – 125 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Old Drury Theatre – see Chestnut Street Theatre - burned down in 1820

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Olympic Theatre – see New Circus; 2nd Olympic – 1873-1874 – 1224 Market – in shell of 1856 National Hall -2100 seats – fire 1874 destroyed; 3rd Olympic - early 1900s theatre used for burlesque

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Ongontz – 6033-35 Ogontz Ave – 1927

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Opera House – see Southwark

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Orpheum – 42 W Chelten Ave – 1912

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Palace – 1908-1971- 1214 Market – 1106 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Palm – 1887-1970 – Frankford & Norris – 1902 seats – became furniture store 1954 – demolished 1970

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Parisian Varieties – 1876 – 11th & Wood

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Park – 1889-1968 – Broad & Fairmont – 1694 seats – 1911 became burlesque house – demolished 1968; 2nd Park – 1876 – 17th & Ridge

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Pearl – 1927-1963 – 2047 Ridge – 1400 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Pennsylvania – 1836-1849 – 2nd & Coates

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Pennsylvania Museum – 1826 – 8th & Market

PHILADELPHIA, PA – People’s – 1890-1927 – 2649 Kensington – 2250 seats – 1928 gutted and Kent Theatre built

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Perelman Theatre - see Kimmel Center

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Philadelphia Cabaret Theatre - 507 South 8th Street - 99 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia Grand Opera - 2 companies (Grand and Lyric) merged to form Opera Company of Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia Lyric Opera 2 companies (Grand and Lyric) merged to form Opera Company of Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia Musical Fund Society – 1820 – 1824 acquired church and became concert hall PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia Playhouse – 1965 – 1991 Broad & Wood – 300 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia School of Comic Opera

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia School of Dramatists

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia Theatre – see New Circus

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Prince Music Theatre - 1412 Chestnut Street - Dreamgirls 2005 (3 month run-record for theatre)

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Prince Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Prune Street – 1820-1830 – 518 Locust

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Public Ledger Concert – 1927-1930 – 6th & Chestnut – 400 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Philadelphia Cabaret Theatre - 507 South 8th Street - 99 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Plumsted’s Playhouse – 1749-1849 – demolished middle of the 19th century

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Prince Music Theatre - 1412 Chestnut Street - Dreamgirls 2005 (3 month run-record for theatre)

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Regent – 1913 - 1632 Market – 5 name changes – demolished 1980 – at one time the area housed Center, Studio, Milgram, Fox, Stage Door, Regency, Duke and Duchess theatres

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Rex Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Rexy – 1928-1975 – 517 South – 2063 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Rickett’s Amphitheatre/Art Pantheon – 1795-1799 – 6th & Chestnut – see Art Pantheon

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Riviera – 1914-1962 – 4411 Main – 1500 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Roberts Theatre - named instead for its leading donor, Suzanne Roberts, a local actress and philanthropist - Ms. Roberts’s signature, blown up to Rushmore size as if on a very large check, forms marquee on the building, which is part of a condominium development called Symphony House

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Royal – 1920 – 1524 South – 1200 seats – black motion picture house

PHILADELPHIA, PA – St. George’s Hall – 1891-1902 – 1300 Arch – 542 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Sam S. Shubert Memorial – see Horticultural Hall – 250 S Broad – 1918 – restored 1987 – 1991 renamed Merriam

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Sedgewick – 7137 Germantown – 1928 – 1636 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Seventh Street Opera (1867-1883) – 47 N PHILADELPHIA, PA - Shubert Theatre – 1918 – 250 S Broad – 1868 seats - acquired by Academy of Music in 1972 and refurbished – Lolita My Love 1971

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Society Hill Playhouse – 1958 – 507 S 8th – 242 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Society Hill Theatre – 1759 – South & Hancock

PHILADELPHIA, PA – South Street Theatre – see Southwark Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Southwark Theatre – South St - first permanent playhouse erected in America - outside the centre of the city - opened in 1766 (sometimes known as South Street Theatre) - opened with The Provoked Wife 1766; Prince of Parthia 1767 – used as hospital 1777-78 – 1787 renamed Opera House - used until 1821 – partly destroyed by fire and demolished in 1912 – used as distillery prior to demolishment - Prince of Parthia 1767

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Spectrum – 1967 – Broad & Pattison – 19000 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Spruce

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Standard – 1889-1935 – 1124 South – 1500 seats; 2nd Standard – 1893-1918 – 4233 Frankford

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Stanley – 1921-1973 – 19th & Market – 2916 seats – when opened 1st Stanley became Stanton Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Strand – 1914-1971 – 3601 Germantown – 1679 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Stanton – 16th & Market – opened 1914 as Stanley

PHILADELPHIA, PA – State – 1929-1967 – 52nd & Chestnut – 3170 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Suzanne Roberts - see Philadelphia Theatre Company

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Tavern on Camac - 243 South Camac Street – cabaret venue

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Teatro delle Varieta – 1901 – 10325 8th

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Temple – 1885-1886 – 713 Chestnut – 2200 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts – 1908 – 334 South – 486 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Theatre on Society Hill – 1759 – South & Hancock – lasted only one season

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Tioga – 1915 – 3542 N 17th – 1400 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Towne Playhouse – 1914-1965 – 4159 Germantown – 500 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Town Hall – 1927-1983 – 150 N Broad – 1972 seats – built as Masonic Hall 1927 – sold 1938 and became theatre until 1970 when Masons purchased – demolished 1983 – 1900 seats – 700 seat auditorium on 6th floor and 1200 seat ballroom on 7th floor

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Trocadero – 1870 – 10th & Arch – 900 seats – originally Arch St Opera House – later other names – restored and reopened 1979

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Uptown – 1929 – 2240 N Broad – 2146 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Vet Stadium - opened April 1971 - demolished March 2004

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Victoria – 1909-1949 – 913 Market – 987 seats

*PHILADELPHIA, PA - Walnut Street Theatre - 9th & Walnut – celebrates 200th year Feb 3/09 - 1054 seats - 1809 built as a circus but converted to drama in 1811 - still in use as the oldest theatre in America (1052 seats) – In 1812, Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette were in the house for a performance of Richard Sheridan's "The Rivals." In 1820, Edmund Kean wowed 'em with Shakespeare, introducing the practice -- then regarded as ludicrous -- of the curtain call. And P.T. Barnum also got his start at WSTtheatre was built by Circus of Pepin and Breschard which was a French/Spanich circus which toured the US from 1807 until 1815 - remodelled 1970 - Jack Cade 1835, Leonor de Guzman 1853 - theatre announced it has acquired the complete parking lot east of the historic theatre, a major step toward the Philadelphia company expanding and opening a new playhouse by 2009, the 200th anniversary of the creation of the venue - unique 350-seat theatre-in-the-round that would allow the Walnut a space to produce musicals, new works, Shakespeare, and a wider range of family and youth programming - building would also have new rehearsal space and classrooms for popular theatre school – see New Circus - noteworthy legit debuts, writers Anita Loos, Philip Barry, Rogers & Hart and Lerner & Lowe all got their feet wet at Walnut Street. Arthur Miller's first play, "The Man Who Had All the Luck" flopped at the venue; Among other noteworthy legit debuts, writers Anita Loos, Philip Barry, Rogers & Hart and Lerner & Lowe all got their feet wet at Walnut Street. Arthur Miller's first play, "The Man Who Had All the Luck" flopped at the venue; George M. Cohan jumped from vaudeville to theater; and Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbit performed "The Wild Rose." Integral to the theater's history is the Booth family -- starting with patriarch Junius Brutus Booth -- followed by Edwin Booth, "the Hamlet of the 19th century," who bought the theater and whose career temporarily hit the skids when he was arrested after the Abraham Lincoln assassination by his brother John Wilkes - Another dynasty central to Philadelphia theater lore and Walnut history is that of the Barrymores. And James O'Neill debuted his famous role as the Count of Monte Cristo, a theatrical event immortalized in his son's "Long Day's Journey Into Night." Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones" bowed at the Walnut with Charles Gilpin - More starry firsts included Douglas Fairbanks, W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, Sophie Tucker, Kirk Douglas and director Joshua Logan, while Henry Fonda tried out in "Mister Roberts" in 1948 (having recently been discharged from the Navy, he wore his own uniform onstage). George M. Cohan jumped from vaudeville to theater; and Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbit performed "The Wild Rose." 1947, Streetcar with Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden in Elia Kazan's production - starry firsts included Douglas Fairbanks, W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, Sophie Tucker, Kirk Douglas and director Joshua Logan, while Henry Fonda tried out in "Mister Roberts" in 1948

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Warden – 1938 – 1920 Spruce – 150 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Washington Hall – 1816 – 3rd & Spruce – 6000 seats – burned 1823 - restored

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Washington Museum – 1826-1827 – 48 Market

PHILADELPHIA, PA – William Penn – 1909-1931 – 4063 Lancaster – 3230 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA - William Plumstead's Warehouse - 1749

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Wilma Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Yiddish – 1887-1891 – Sauer & Hahn – 300 seats

PHILADELPHIA, PA – York Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Zellerbach – 1971 – 37th & Walnut – 914 seats