The Shubert Organization was founded by the Shubert brothers, Sam Shubert , Lee Shubert , and Jacob J. Shubert of Syracuse, New York in the late 19th century in upstate New York, entering into New York City productions in 1900. The organization produced a large number of shows and began acquiring theatres. Sam Shubert died in 1905; by 1916 the two remaining brothers had become powerful theatre moguls with a nationwide presence. By 1929 the Shuberts owned Broadway's most important theatres, the Winter Garden, the Sam S. Shubert , and the Imperial Theaters, and owned, managed, operated, or booked nearly a thousand theatres nationwide. The company continued to produce stage productions in New York until the 1940s, returning to producing Broadway productions in the 1970s after a hiatus.

The company was reorganized in 1973, and as of 2004 owns or operates sixteen Broadway theatres in New York City: the Ambassador , the Barrymore , the Belasco , the Booth , the Broadhurst , the Broadway, the Cort , the Golden Theatre , the Imperial, the Longacre , The Lyceum, the Majestic , the Plymouth , the Royale, the Shubert, and the Winter Garden. The company also owns a half-interest in the Music Box , and an off-Broadway theatre, the Little Shubert , in New York, the Shubert Theatre in Boston and the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia.

External links

• The Shubert Organization Web site