PALACE THEATER. 1564 Broadway, between 46th and 47th Streets. Architects: Kirchoff and Rose. Opening: Vaudeville, March 24, 1913; legitimate theater, January 29, 1966; Sweet Charity.
Perhaps the best-known of all American theaters is the Palace. The Palace was to vaudevillians what Carnegie Hall was to classical musicians: a sign that the performer had reached the height of his or her art. West Coast vaudeville impresario Martin Beck, head of the Orpheum Circuit, who wanted to conquer the East Coast,...