PRINCESS THEATER . 104 W. 39th Street. Architect: William A. Swasey . Opening: March 14, 1913; one-act plays: The Switchboard ’, Fear , Fancy Free ’, Any Night , A Tragedy of the Future .
The Princess Theater, long a failure as a legitimate house, played an important role in the history of the American musical. In the 1910s the Princess served as the home of the first great intimate musicals written by Jerome Kern...