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The largest theatre on Broadway, the Gershwin seats close to 1,933 people and has the scale to match the spectacle of big modern musicals. It occupies the lower floors of a tower on West 51st Street and opened in 1972 as the Uris Theatre, part of a wave of construction that replaced older venues lost to redevelopment in the area. Its early years were mixed, but the house found its footing as a home for large-scale productions and concerts. In 1983 it was renamed in honour of the brothers George...