BELASCO THEATRE 111 W. 44th Street (between Broadway & 6th Avenue) New York, NY 10036 Capacity Approx: 1,015 Owner: Shubert Organization Opened as the Stuyvesant in 1907 with Belasco's "A Grand Army Man", and was renamed the Belasco in 1910, opening with "The Lily", an adaptation by Belasco of Leroux's "Le Lys". In 1931 the theatre was leased to Katherine Cornell. The theatre was bought by Shubert Organization in 1948 and leased it to NBC for broadcasting from 1949 to 1953, before returning back to a traditional theatre. What's Playing!