#Cort vicinity free#

Hand-held devices are limited, although additional devices can be obtained with at least twenty-four hours’ notice. For assistance, or If you have questions, contact Shubert Audience Services at 21 or There is also a representative at the Shubert Audience Services kiosk at every performance to assist any patron with any of our devices, software, or technology. Prior thereto, we offer live-caption via CART using a hand-held device, upon request with two-weeks’ advance notice.

#Cort vicinity free#

In addition, beginning four weeks after a show’s official opening night performance, hand-held audio description devices, hand-held captioning devices, and unlimited access to downloadable audio description and/or captioning for personal mobile devices are all available free of charge. The theatre provides infrared assistive listening devices for every performance at the theatre. The Cort Theatre provides accommodations for patrons who are blind, deaf, partially sighted, and/or have hearing loss. Theatre is not completely wheelchair accessible. Spotlight on Broadway: Cort Theatre from Spotlight on Broadway on Vimeo.ĭetails on the Cort Theatre's Accessibility The proscenium arch was constructed in perforated plaster treated with art glass that could be lit during performances this arch still exists but is not operational today. The lobby is constructed of Pavanozza marble with panels of Marie Antoinette plasterwork. Architecture from the period of Louis XVI also inspired the interior. Its classic exterior was inspired by the 18th century French Petit Trianon at Versailles. The Cort is the only surviving, still active, legitimate theatre on Broadway designed by Thomas Lamb. The Shuberts acquired the theatre in 1927, two years before Cort’s death.

A fugitive from a vaudeville comedy team called Cort and Murphy, Cort moved from performing to management in the 1890s. The Cort Theatre was built by and named for John Cort, general manager of the Northwestern Theatrical Association, a theatre circuit centered in Seattle with playhouses scattered throughout the western US and British Columbia.