Many theatres are named the Shubert Theatre; many of these are now or were previously owned by the Shubert Theatre Corporation. During the 1920s and 1930s, the Shubert brothers operated, managed or booked nearly 1,000 houses across the United States.
The Shubert Theatre in New York, at 44th Street, was built in 1913.
There is also a Schubert Theatre in Chicago, located within the Majestic Building on West Monroe Street bewteen State and Dearborn. In 2005 the theater will carry a corporate moniker.
The Shubert Theatre in Boston is known as Boston's "little princess".
Shubert Chairman Gerald Schoenfeld and President Philip J. Smith greeted members of the New York theatre community and members of the press to celebrate the completion of the Little Shubert.
The 499-seat Little Shuberttheatre is housed in a new 39-story residential tower named Theatre Row Apartments, located on West 42nd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues.
The Little ShubertTheatre is the first new theatre built by the Shubert Organization in New York City since 1928, when the Ethel Barrymore Theatre opened on West 47th Street.
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