[1] The theatre was demolished in 1909 for the construction of a flagship Gimbels department store, now the Manhattan Mall.

During its first two decades of existence, the theatre played host to many of the finest plays and works of musical theatre of the times, including several of the authorized American premieres of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas in the 1880s, often starring Geraldine Ulmar, Fred Billington, George Thorne and Courtice Pounds.

Possibly the Theatre's biggest coup was the world premiere of Way Down East, the melodramatic stage play written by Charlotte Blair Parker, which proved to be one of the biggest American stage success of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

Among Mrs. Fiske's many performances was the leading role in Miranda of the Balcony, a play written by Anne Crawford Flexner, based on the novel by A.E.W.

Dodson, Emily Stevens, Max Figman, Frank McCormack, Bessie Harris and Mary Maddern.

In that same production, which was written by William Winter, Tyrone Power, Sr. played the role of Judas Iscariot.

Based on Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackery, the comedy in four acts was written by Langdon Mitchell.

Mrs. Fiske and the Manhattan Company brought it before audiences with Stevens and George Arliss as cast principals.

A revival of Hedda Gabler was staged in November 1904 with Mrs. Fiske in the title role and Emily Stevens as Berta.

In 1905, the Manhattan Theatre produced The Proud Laird, a comedy by Charles Cartwright and Cosmo Hamilton.

By 1907, the Manhattan Theatre was no longer in demand as a playhouse, so a new owner, William Gane, switched to showing movies instead.