ED SULLIVAN THEATER. 1697 Broadway be tween 53rd and 54th Streets. Architect: Herbert J. Krapp . Original name: Hammerstein Theater . Opening: November 30, 1927; The Golden Dawn .
In 1910 Arthur Hammerstein was determined not to ever speak to his father, Oscar Hammerstein I , again. By 1927, eight years after Oscar’s death, Arthur was left to run the Hammerstein empire on his own. By then, Oscar Hammerstein II had made a name for...