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The Shubert Brothers
After Sam Shubert was killed in a train wreck in 1905, the battle between the Shuberts and the Syndicate escalated into war. Within a year, capitalizing on the flood of performers and managers who escaped from the Syndicate’s nets, the Shuberts controlled a nationwide circuit of over fifty theaters. When there were no theaters available in a given city, the Shubert Corporation would build one (many of them named in honor of Sam).
The Shubert Brothers
After Sam Shubert was killed in a train wreck in 1905, the battle between the Shuberts and the Syndicate escalated into war. Within a year, capitalizing on the flood of performers and managers who escaped from the Syndicate’s nets, the Shuberts controlled a nationwide circuit of over fifty theaters. When there were no theaters available in a given city, the Shubert Corporation would build one (many of them named in honor of Sam).
Soon, the Shuberts rose to dominance, producing over 1,000 shows during the course of their careers. Today, the Shubert Organization owns seventeen Broadway theaters in NYC, the Shubert Theatre in Boston, the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia, and manages the National Theatre in Washington, DC. The Broadway theaters include the Ambassador, Barrymore, Belasco, Booth, Broadhurst. Cort, Forrest, Golden, Imperial, Bernard B. Jacobs, Little Shubert, Longacre, Lyceum, Majestic, Music Box, National, Gerald Schoenfeld, Shubert, and Winter Garden.
