STUDIO 54. 254 W. 54th Street. Architect: Eugene DeRosa . Opening: as an opera house, the Gallo Theater , November 7, 1927, La Boheme ; as a legitimate theater, May 12, 1930, The Vikings .
Opera impresario Fortune Gallo had his Gallo Theater built to house the San Carlo Opera Company . The house was not a success, and his building was sold in foreclosure for $1,045,000 6 weeks after the crash of 1929. The new owners named the theater the...