44TH STREET THEATRE. 216 West 44th Street. Architect: William A. Swasey . Original name: Weber and Fields’ Music Hall . Opening: November 21,1912; Roly Poly/Without the Law .
The Shubert brothers planned to name their new theater the Palace Music Hall . But Martin Beck soon announced his intention of opening the leading vaudeville house of its day, also named the Palace. So the theater was built as Weber and Fields’ Music Hall, named...