CHARLES HOPKINS THEATER. 153 W. 49th Street. Architects: Murphy and Dana . Original name: The Punch and Judy Theatre . Opening: November 10, 1914; The Marriage of Columbine .
Producer Charles Hopkins built the Punch and Judy Theatre on a small parcel of land directly off Times Square in 1914. Like the Bijou, which followed it three years later, the Punch and Judy was an intimate house built for small-cast, single-set plays with a decidedly experimental bent. The interior...