Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall

[4] It was built by impresario George J. Kraus in 1892, and was modeled after the Empire Theatre in London's West End.

[6] At this point the theatre was closed for renovations, and it was renamed Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall when it re-opened on September 5, 1896.

Weber and Fields were told that they would have to remodel or close the Music Hall and this caused a disagreement between the duo which split their partnership for an extended period of time.

[10] However, this partnership was short lived as Ziegfeld and Held did not get along with Weber, and their relationship with Weber and the theatre ended rapidly after the production premiered with the actress Trixie Friganza replacing Held and Ziegfeld divesting of his role as producer and all connections with the theatre.

[7] A new Weber and Fields' Music Hall (later re-named the 44th Street Theatre in 1913) was built by The Shubert Organization to house the re-formed team at 216 West 44th Street in Manhattan, and it opened with a Weber and Fields burlesque production on 21 November 1912.