Broadway NewsRegina Spektor to Play Broadway’s New Concert Residency SeriesThe Grammy nominee will take the stage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in June.
By
Ryan McPhee
March 25, 2019
Regina Spektor
Regina Spektor is the latest addition to the roster of the new In Residence On Broadway series. The singer-songwriter will play a limited concert engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with five performances June 20–26.
“I'm revisiting all the songs I’ve ever written, to see how some of them might group together and connect into a show,” said Spektor, who also teased some special guests during the run. “So far the plan is to set up at the Lunt-Fontanne, and in my own small way, pay homage to Broadway.”
Soviet Union-born Spektor gained popularity in the U.S. with her 2006 album Begin to Hope. She subsequently released Far, What We Saw From the Cheap Seats, and Remember Us to Life, with the first two reaching Number 3 on the Billboard 200. She is also a Grammy nominee for the Orange Is the New Black theme “You’ve Got Time” and performed “Dear Theodosia” alongside Ben Folds on The Hamilton Mixtape.
The In Residence series is a collaboration between Live Nation, The Araca Group, and Entertainment Benefits Group. As previously announced, Morrissey will kick off the lineup May 2–11, with Yanni playing the Lunt-Fontanne May 28–June 2. Additional participants for gigs through July will be announced later.
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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
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Filmed in 2023, the one-night-only event featured Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Peter Friedman, and more from the Ahrens and Flaherty musical's original cast.
Surrounded by period-accurate, 19th-century holiday decorations lit via candlelight, the 70-minute production is based on Dickens' own script of the classic.
