The Imperial Theatre is a Broadway theater on 45th St in Manhattan.The theater seats 1,417 people.The theater, which replaced the outdated Lyric Theater,opened on December 25,1923 with a Mary Jane McLane,an Oscar Hammerstein-Vincent Youmans musical.Since then the theater hosted various important hit musicals like Cabaret,Fiddler on the Roof,Pippin Dreamgirls,Les Miserables,and Billy Elliott the Musical.Currently showing at the theater is Natasha,Pierre,and the Great Comet of 1812,a musical adaptation of a segment of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.The musical opened in 2016 and starred Josh Groban,whose last performance was on July 2nd.The musical was nominated for 12 Tony Awards,the highest number of awards in the 2016-2017 season,but only took home two awards.(Oh well).It's last show is on September 3rd,2017.
The Imperial Theatre is a Broadway theater on 45th St in Manhattan.The theater seats 1,417 people.The theater, which replaced the outdated Lyric Theater,opened on December 25,1923 with a Mary Jane McLane,an Oscar Hammerstein-Vincent Youmans musical.Since then the theater hosted various important hit musicals like Cabaret,Fiddler on the Roof,Pippin Dreamgirls,Les Miserables,and Billy Elliott the Musical.Currently showing at the theater is Natasha,Pierre,and the Great Comet of 1812,a musical adaptation of a segment of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.The musical opened in 2016 and starred Josh Groban,whose last performance was on July 2nd.The musical was nominated for 12 Tony Awards,the highest number of awards in the 2016-2017 season,but only took home two awards.(Oh well).It's last show is on September 3rd,2017.