Sam H. Harris Theatre

• Rhapsody in Black (Original Broadway Production, 1931)
  May 4, 1931 - July 11, 1931
• Lovely Lady (Original Broadway Production, 1927)
  December 29, 1927 - May 19, 1928
• Yes, Yes, Yvette (Original Broadway Production, 1927)
  October 3, 1927 - November 5, 1927
• Honey Girl (Original Broadway Production, 1920)
  May 3, 1920 - no date entered yet
• Honey Girl (Original Broadway Production, 1920)
  May 3, 1920 - no date entered yet
• See-Saw (Broadway Production, 1919)
  September 23, 1919 - no date entered yet
• Hitchy-Koo (Original Broadway Production, 1917)
  June 7, 1917 - no date entered yet

Built: 1914
Venue Status: 1933
Demolished: 1996
Seating Capacity: 1200

Location Info

226 W. 42nd St.
New York, NY Find on Google

• Sam H. Harris Theatre (1921)
• Cohan and Harris Theatre (1916)
• Candler Theatre (1914)

Built by Coca-Cola co-founder Asa Candler.

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Two years after opening, it was leased to Sam H. Harris and George M. Cohan who renamed it after themselves. When the partnership was dissolved in 1920, Sam Harris took it over and renamed it again. Harris sold it to the Shuberts in 1926 but they lost it in their bankruptcy claim in 1933.

After the Shuberts lost it, it became a movie theatre and showed movies until 1978 when it closed.

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The theatre was demolished in 1996 to make way for the New 42nd Street. Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum opened on the spot in 2000.