When the first vaudeville act stepped on stage at the Beacon Theatre in 1928 ... Sure, the 2,894 seats may have been re-upholstered, and the stage repainted and redecorated for almost every ...

The legendary Beacon Theatre is a 2,600-seat venue built in 1929 and designed in the art deco style by architect Walter Ahlschlager. Designated a New York landmark building by the NYC Landmarks ...

But before it was a multiplex, the building, which opened in 1927, was known as the Beacon Theater: a glitzy, multiuse entertainment hub with red velvet seats ... as he maps out its future.