Broadway NewsComposer-Musician Yanni Plays Limited Run at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Starting May 28The engagement is part of the new In Residence on Broadway series.
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Andrew Gans
May 28, 2019
Yanni
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Yanni is part of the In Residence on Broadway series at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The acclaimed artist plays the Broadway venue beginning May 28 and continues through June 2.
Tickets are available by visiting Ticketmaster. A limited number of VIP packages, including meet and greets, are also available for each performance.
Pure Yanni features the Grammy-nominated composer’s orchestrations performed exclusively on a piano, giving audiences an intimate look inside his creative process. He will share stories from his experiences traveling the globe and will include a Q&A with the audience.
The In Residence series is a collaboration between Live Nation, The Araca Group, and Entertainment Benefits Group. The series will continue with Tony winner Mel Brooks June 17–18, Regina Spektor June 20–26, and illusionist Criss Angel July 2–7.
The In Residence on Broadway production team includes lighting designer Mike Baldassari, sound designer Peter Hylenski, and sound designer Garth Helm.
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Step Inside Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Step Inside Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Inside the Theatre, the photo feature series that documents Broadway’s historic playhouses, continues with the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
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Lunt-Fontanne Theatre marquee
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre box office
Portraits of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
Originally named the Globe after Shakespeare’s theatre in England, the theatre opened on January 10, 1910, built by producer Charles B. Dillingham.
Marc J. Franklin
The theatre was designed by famed architects Carrère and Hastings, and featured a large stage, a compact auditorium, Italian Renaissance decor with draperies of Rose du Barry and walls of old gold, blue, and ivory white. According to the New York Dramatic Mirror, the theatre was a “ complete novelty in American theatrical design.”
For its debut, Dillingham chose Old Town, a lavish musical for two of that era’s most popular musical-comedy stars, Dave Montgomery and Fred Stone, which was greeted with rave reviews.
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre auditorium
Marc J. Franklin
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre auditorium
In 1957, Roger Stevens and Robert W. Dowling of the City Investing Company purchased and restored the theatre. Dowling chose to redo the theatre in an elegant 18th-century style. A new stage was built, the second balcony removed, and a cantilevered mezzanine added. Blue damask walls, crystal chandeliers, and a hundred-foot ceiling mural depicting the theatrical muses added to the house’s new opulence.
In addition to a restored design, the theatre was renamed the Lunt-Fontanne in honor of America’s foremost husband/wife acting couple, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
On May 5, 1958, the theatre re-opened with The Visit, a stark, harrowing drama of revenge by Friedrich Duerrenmatt.
Throughout its history, the theatre ushered in the Broadway debut of iconic shows such as The Sound of Music and Titanic.
In addition, the theatre saw performances from theatre legends including Carol Channing, Richard Burton, and Elizabeth Taylor.
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre lobby
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre lobby
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre lobby
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre lobby
Photos of the theatre's history line the lower lounge.
Portrait of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
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