Shubert brothers

The Shubert family of New York City, New York was responsible for the establishment of the Broadway district, in New York City, as the hub of the theatre industry in the United States. The family's American history began, in 1882, with Duvvid Schubart (transliterated to "Shubert") and his wife Katrina Helwitz, who left their native town Vladislavov, Russian Empire (now Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania), with their seven children, to settle in Syracuse, New York.