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First New Broadway Theater In 20 Years Set To Open In September

Henry Miller’s Theater, the first newly built Broadway house in more than 20 years, and the first so-called green theater, is set to open in September with Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of the musical Bye Bye Birdie, according to the New York Times.

The 1,055-seat theater, on 43rd Street between Avenue of the Americas and Broadway, was built on the site of a theater planned by the actor Henry Miller, which opened in 1918. Over the decades, the original theater fell into disrepair and was used as a movie house and a disco before Roundabout produced the musical Cabaret there in 1998, followed by a run of Urinetown.

The touches of the old are offset by the new; the theater will be the first in New York to meet the environmental standards of the United States Green Building Council, a construction-industry group, according to the Times report.

Bye Bye Birdie previews will start September 10 and opening night is scheduled for October 15. The production is to star John Stamos, Bill Irwin and Gina Gershon.

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First New Broadway Theater In 20 Years Set To Open In September