the shubert organization

The Shubert Organization was founded by the Shubert brothers, Sam Shubert, Lee Shubert, and Jacob J. Shubert of Syracuse, New York in the late 19th century in upstate New York, entering into New York City productions in 1900. The organization produced a large number of shows and began acquiring theatres. Sam Shubert died in 1905; by 1916 the two remaining brothers had become powerful theatre moguls with a nationwide presence. By 1929 the Shuberts owned Broadway's most important theatres, the Winter Garden, the Sam S. Shubert, and the Imperial Theaters, and owned, managed, operated, or booked nearly a thousand theatres nationwide. The company continued to produce stage productions in New York until the 1940s, returning to producing Broadway productions in the 1970s after a hiatus. The company was reorganized in 1973, and as of 2004 owns or operates sixteen Broadway theatres in New York City: the Ambassador, the Barrymore, the Belasco, the Booth, the Broadhurst, the Broadway, the Cort, the Golden Theatre, the Imperial, the Longacre, The Lyceum, the Majestic, the Plymouth, the Royale, the Shubert, and the Winter Garden. The company also owns a half-interest in the the Music Box, and an off-Broadway theatre, the Little Shubert, in New York, the Shubert Theatre in Boston and the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia.

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