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The Ed Sullivan Theater at 1697–1699 Broadway between W. 53rd and W. 54th streets has been a venue for live and taped CBS broadcasts since 1936. The 13-story, brown brick and terra cotta office building with a ground-floor theater was designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp. It was built by Arthur Hammerstein between 1925 and 1927 and named Hammerstein’s Theatre after his father, Oscar Hammerstein I. Arthur Hammerstein went bankrupt in 1931 and lost ownership of the building. It later went by the name Manhattan Theatre, Billy Rose’s Music Hall, and the Manhattan once again and later became a nightclub. After CBS obtained a long-term lease on the property, the radio network began broadcasting from there in 1936. Newspaper columnist and impresario Ed Sullivan, who had started hosting his variety show “Toast of the Town,” soon renamed “The Ed Sullivan Show,” from the Maxine Elliott Theatre on W. 39th St. in 1948, moved to Studio 50 a few years later. The theater was officially renamed for Sullivan at the end of his "20th Anniversary Celebration" telecast on December 10, 1967. “Late Show with David Letterman” was hosted here from 1993 to 2015, after which “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” moved in.
Brule Laker , 2024-05-21 15:25:17
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