I found this from Shubert Org's own website about The Broadway Theatre (originally named B.S.Moss Colony Theatre) www.shubert.nyc/theatres/broadway :
"ARCHITECTURE
B. S. Moss commissioned architect Eugene DeRosa to design the Colony as part of his chain of movie theatres, many of which also housed vaudeville. The large size of the theatre (1,765 seats) made it ideal for musical comedies, and its large stage, originally built to accommodate an orchestra to accompany silent films, proved large enough for aircraft. The original façade (like the interior) was built in the Italian Renaissance style, and then resurfaced in polished granite when a skyscraper was constructed above the theatre in 1991."
Updated On: 7/25/15 at 11:46 AM