Klaw Theatre

The Klaw Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 251 - 257 West 45th Street (now a part of George Abbott Way) in midtown-Manhattan. Eugene De Rosa was the architect, it was built in 1921 for producer Marcus Klaw. Rachel Crothers' Nice People was the opening production in 1921 with Tallulah Bankhead and Katharine Cornell in her debut Broadway role albeit a small one. It was leased to CBS in 1934 and renamed the CBS Radio Playhouse No. 2. CBS later bought it. In 1953 CBS sold it, the new owners razed it and built a parking deck on the site which abuts the Imperial Theatre.

Klaw Theatre

The Klaw Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 251 - 257 West 45th Street (now a part of George Abbott Way) in midtown-Manhattan. Eugene De Rosa was the architect, it was built in 1921 for producer Marcus Klaw. Rachel Crothers' Nice People was the opening production in 1921 with Tallulah Bankhead and Katharine Cornell in her debut Broadway role albeit a small one. It was leased to CBS in 1934 and renamed the CBS Radio Playhouse No. 2. CBS later bought it. In 1953 CBS sold it, the new owners razed it and built a parking deck on the site which abuts the Imperial Theatre.