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A Brief History of The Wilbur Theatre... The Wilbur Theatre was built in 1914 by the Shubert brothers who named it for their friend and theatre manager A.L. Wilbur. It was built on the site of the former Winthrop School for Girls. The Wilbur was the first Boston theatre to draw its inspiration from American Colonial architecture rather than from European sources. It was designed by architect ...

A Brief History of The Colonial Theatre... Built in 1900, The Colonial Theatre is the oldest continuously operating theatre in Boston. The creation of this magnificent showplace sparked a theatre building boom in Boston which resulted in the construction of the Majestic in 1903, the Shubert in 1910, The Wilbur in 1914 and the Metropolitan (now the Wang Center for the Performing Arts) in 1925.

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A Brief History of The Charles Playhouse... The Charles Playhouse, Bostons most active Off-Broadway Theatre space, has had a long and varied history in Bostons entertainment district since its beginnings in 1958. Currently, home of the critically acclaimed Blue Man Group and Americas longest running comedy, Shear Madness, The Charles Playhouse was originally designed and built in 1839 as the ...