VIRGINIA THEATER . 245 W. 52nd Street. Archi tect: C. Howard Crane . Opening: as Guild Theater , April 13, 1925; Caesar and Cleopatra .
The Theatre Guild , the most important producing entity of the 1920s and ‘30s, was using the Garrick Theater to present its shows. The Guild decided it needed its own building to house its productions and provide space for its school, so it commissioned C. Howard Crane, Kenneth Franzheim ...