Longacre Theatre in New York

The Longacre Theatre, named for Longacre Square (now Times Square), was built by producer/manager Harry Frazee, who is better remembered as the owner of the Boston Red Sox who sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees. The theatre is a Broadway theatre and is located at 220 West 48th Street in Midtown Manhattan. The French neo-classical building was designed by architect Henry Beaumont Herts in 1912.