David Belasco

Theatres

The first Belasco Theatre in New York was located at 229 West 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues in the Times Square district of Manhattan. By 1895 he was so successful that he set himself up as an independent producer. During his long creative career stretching between 1884 and 1930 Belasco either wrote directed or produced more than 100 Broadway plays including Hearts of Oak The Heart of Maryland and Du Barry making him the most powerful personality on the New York city theater scene.

David Belasco (July 25 1853 – May 14 1931) was an American theatrical producer impresario director and playwright.