Benjamin Schlanger (died May 3, 1971) was a theater architect.[1] Some of the theaters he designed include: the Jewel Theater at 711 Kings Highway, Brooklyn,[2] City Cinemas I-II,[3] the Vistavision Todd-AO Patriot Theaters at Colonial Williamsburg,[4] Grade Arts Center, the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater,[5]atSymphony Space[6] and the Waldo Theatre.[3] He received a Certificate of Merit[7] from the Municipal Art Society with co-designer Abraham W. Geller for Cinema I-II.[8] He also played a key design role in: the United Nations General Assembly Building[9] and the Metropolitan Opera House[10] in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts[11] as well as the Place des Arts,[12] the Sydney Opera House[13] and the John F. Kennedy Center.[14] He chaired the Committee on Auditorium and Theater Architecture of the American Institute of Architects[15] and was a trustee of the National Institute of Architectural Education.[16] In addition, he was a contributor to The Architectural Forum and The Architectural Record[1] and in 1964 was the recipient of the Albert S. Bard architectural award.[4]
Schlanger was born in New York and attended Columbia University and the National Institute for Architectural Education. He died in French Hospital on May 3, 1971, aged 66.[15]
