The Brooks Atkinson Theatre opened in 1926, as the Mansfield Theatre, at 256 W. 47th Street. The theatre was designed by Herbert J. Krapp, funded by the Chanin brothers, and named for the late ...

The Lena Horne Theatre opened in 1926 as The Mansfield ... the theater after veteran The New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson. This was the first time that a legitimate Broadway theater ...

Krapp, funded by the Chanin brothers, and named for the late actor Richard Mansfield, who died in 1907. The venue was renamed for New York Times theatre critic Brooks Atkinson in 1960.