Lost Broadway Theatres

So thanks to people like Smaxie i have become obsessed with the history of the Broadway Theatres and especially the ones that are gone are not used/ converted etc.

I was just wondering if you lovely folks could give me some info about the theatres still standing in NY but are currently out of use or not used for theatrical purposes, any info would be great (History, could the be restored and used again etc)
Thanks

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thanks Smaxie, helpful as per usual x

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And how did these ppl get in?

http://www.silverscreens.com/thsa.php

Smaxie, loved the thread you recommended and your contribution.

The rooftop theatre at the New Amsterdam now houses the offices for Disney Theatrical.

Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe was in the basement of the Paramount Hotel on West 46th Street,

In the Heights played at 37 Arts on West 37th Street.

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The De Mille will be gone eventually

The front is now a tourist oriented store & the back is just sitting there slowly rotting away.

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While I think it had a brief career as a vaudeville house, the Mayfair/DeMille/Embassy was not ever a legit theatre. It really doesn't count as a lost Broadway theatre.

Regarding those other theatres, the Hudson is used for banquets, weddings and other events as a part of the Millenium Broadway hotel. The Edison Theatre is now the Edison Ballroom and is also used for events and parties.

Not sure what is happening with the Century, if anything. The Times Square was held up for five years by that ill-fated Marc Ecko store, but now, I guess, New 42 Street will be shopping for a new tenant. A few commercial and non-profit producers/
theatres had their eye on the Times Square over many years, but either the problems with street load-in are too insurmountable, or New 42nd Street just prefers the theatres to be repurposed, instead of being used for their original purpose.

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I could be very wrong but I think the Hudson is now associated with Disney. I was in it last year for a "secret" Alan Menken Cabaret for touring theaters. Tom Schumacher, who is in charge of Disney Theatricals (or something to that effect, not sure what his title is) talked last year about bringing Hunchback to Broadway. He also mentioned the Hudson being used as a Disney house. I was surprised as it is a little on the small side. It was a really nice theater though, big lobby, nice molding, pretty stage and proscenium. No seats in it as of last April, they had tables and chairs.