[4] It should not be confused with the earlier Star Theatre demolished in 1901.
The New York impresario and theatre agent William T. Keogh (died 1947),[5] previously connected with the Knickerbocker Theatre, was responsible for the building of the Star Theatre which began construction in August 1901.
[6] The theatre was designed by the architects Thomas P. Neville and George A. Bagge of the New York firm Neville & Bagge.
It was built by Delaney Brothers & Co.[6] The theatre opened with a performance of the Hanlon Brothers's Superba,[3] a production which ran at that theatre from its grand opening on December 30, 1901, through January 4, 1902.
[7] In 1909 the theatre began showing silent films on Sundays while continuing with live performance, usually melodramas, during the week.