Death Becomes Her Lunt-Fontanne Theatre New York

The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre is a Broadway theatre formerly known as the Globe Theatre in Midtown Manhattan, NYC. The venue opened for the public on January 10, 1910. The building's architecture is designed by Carrere & Hastings, and producer Charles Dillingham built it. The theatre opened with a musical entitled The Old Town. The venue presented dramatic plays mostly during its initial years, such as two revivals of La Dame aux Camélias. Soon the focus was shifted to musicals in the late 1920s. The theatre's original design was unbeatable as no other Broadway theatre had such a design before. One of the notable innovations was seats being individually cooled by ice or heated by hot air for comfortable seating.

The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was converted into a movie house operated by the Brandt chain. Soon it closed in 1931 and stayed inactive until City Playhouses Inc. bought it in 1957. The venue underwent renovations that were taken care of by the firm Roche and Roche. Some of the major changes made included removing the second balcony level, restoring the original décor and the Broadway entrance. The theatre was officially reopened on May 5, 1958, with Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Visit. The venue was later sold to producers Cy Feuer and Ernest H. Martin by City Playhouses in 1960. They later sold it to developer Stanley Stahl in 1965, and the venue is currently co-owned by the Nederlander Organization and the Stahl Organization.