The Belasco Theatre on West 44th Street in Manhattan was designed by George Keister. Developer Meyer R. Bimberg formed the Stuyvesant Theatre Company in 1906, and the theater was built for and operated by David Belasco. Construction ran from 1906 to 1907, and it opened on October 16, 1907 as the Stuyvesant Theatre. It was renamed in 1910. The text calls the style Neo-Georgian.
The facade is red brick in Flemish bond with terracotta elements and a granite water table. Inside are Tiffany lighting fixtures, 22 stained-glass ceiling panels with about 500 concealed lamps and Everett Shinn murals. It seats 1,016, though the text's breakdown adds to 1,034. A ten-room duplex apartment was added in 1909.
NBC leased it as a broadcast studio from 1949 to 1953. The Shubert Organization has operated it since 1948. The facade and interior became landmarks in 1987. It is a Broadway theater, and the article gives no hours.
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