The Folies-Bergere opened in 1911, located at 210 W. 46th Street and designed by architects Herts & Tallant. Producers Henry B. Harris and Jesse L. Lasky envisioned Broadway鈥檚 first combined theatre and restaurant, but at $35 per couple, the experience proved too expensive for most audiences. The theatre was then renamed the Fulton, and in 1913 it presented The Misleading Lady, George Abbott鈥檚 Broadway debut. In 1925, Sam Jaffe and George Jessel starred in The Jazz Singer, and Audrey Hepburn made her debut in the comedy Gigi in 1951. The theatre housed appearances by George M. Cohan, Dorothy Gish, Maurice Chevalier, and Duke Ellington. The theatre was renamed the Helen Hayes Theatre in 1955, and it presented Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Long Day鈥檚 Journey Into Night. The former Folies-Bergere, then the Helen Hayes, was one of five theatres demolished in 1982 to make way for the Marriott Marquis.
