The Helen Hayes Theatre (originally the Little Theatre) is a Broadway theatre at 240 West 44th Street in New York City. Designed by Ingalls & Hoffman, and built by Winthrop Ames, it opened on 12 March 1912. When not being used as a theatrical venue it has been leased to CBS radio, ABC Television, and the Westinghouse Corporation. Among the more recent popular shows which have played there are Shakespeare For My Father, Torch Song Trilogy, Prelude to a Kiss, By Jeeves, Golda's Balcony.