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This Complete List Of Broadway Theaters In NYC with Information Guide contains all the information one needs in finding a New York City Broadway Theater. This list includes information on the exact locations of each theater along with the nearest public transportation. Phone numbers for each Broadway Theater have also been included. This guide also includes links to each theater’s website in order to help with show times and ticket information and availability. ClassicNewYorkHistory also features simple information on the ownership of the theaters along with seating capacity. In addition, we have also included the history of the theatre’s opening day and the name changes a theater may have gone through. This is very helpful for people who may have visited a theater when it was named differently and would love to revisit the theater in current times.
This Complete List Of Broadway Theaters In NYC With Information Guide only focuses on Broadway Theaters. It does not include the many off-Broadway theaters. Those are listed in a separate guide. If you would like to learn more about the history of a certain theater just click on the theater name to be taken to a page that will contain the theater’s complete history. This list is in alphabetical order. It’s SHOWTIME!
Complete List Of Broadway Theaters In NYC
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: November 11, 1924, as the Martin Beck Theatre. Was named Al Hirschfeld Theater in 2004.
Current Owner: Jujamcyn Theaters
Seating Capacity: 1,424
Address – 302 W. 45th St. (Between 8th and 9th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: Times Square 42nd Street Station
Phone: (212) 840-0479
New York City Landmark? Yes – Facade and Interior
Website: https://www.jujamcyn.com/theatres/al-hirschfeld/
Previous Popular Productions: Kinky Boots, Into the Woods and Guys and Dolls
Current Production: Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Ambassador Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: February 11, 1921, as Ambassador Theatre until 1980. Was briefly named New Ambassador Theatre in 1980 before switching back to Ambassador Theatre in 1980.
Current Owner: Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,125
Address – 219 West 49th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 50th Street
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade, Auditorium and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/ambassador
Previous Popular Productions: Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, The Diary of Anne Frank and Ain’t Misbehavin’
Current Production: Chicago
American Airlines Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: October 2, 1918, as the Selwyn Theatre. Was named American Airlines Theatre in 2000
Current Owner: City and State of New York/Roundabout Theatre Company
Seating Capacity: 740
Address – 227 W. 42nd Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: Times Square 42 Street Station
Phone: (212) 719-1300
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/theatres-and-venues/american-airlines-theatre/
Previous Popular Productions: The Royal Family, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Man Who Came to Dinner
Current Production: 1776 (Musical)
August Wilson Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: April 13, 1925, as the Guild Theatre. Was renamed WOR Mutual Radio in 1943-1950. Was renamed ANTA Playhouse 1950 – 1953. Was named the American Academy of Dramatic Arts 1953 – 1981. Was named Virginia Theatre 1981 – 2005. Was named August Wilson Theatre in 2005.
Current Owner: Jujamcyn Theaters
Seating Capacity: 1,222
Address – 245 W. 52nd Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
Nearest Subway Stop: 50th Street
Phone: (212) 840-0479
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://www.jujamcyn.com/theatres/august-wilson/
Previous Popular Productions: Jersey Boys, Smokey Joe’s Café and City of Angels
Current Production: Funny Girl
The Barrymore Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: December 20, 1929, as the Ethel Barrymore Theatre until it was renamed The Barrymore Theatre the same year.
Current Owner: The Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,096
Address – 243 W. 47th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 50th Street
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade, Auditorium and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/barrymore/
Previous Popular Productions: I Love My Wife, A Streetcar Named Desire and The Sisters Rosensweig
Current Production: The Piano Lesson
Belasco Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: October 16, 1907, as Stuyvesant Theatre. Was renamed Belasco Theatre in 1910.
Current Owner: The Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,018
Address -111 W. 44th Street (Between 6th and 7th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Bryant Park
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/belasco/
Previous Popular Productions: Dead End, A Raisin in the Sun and The Crucible
Current Production: Ain’t No Mo’
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: January 11, 1927, as the Royale Theatre. Was renamed John Golden Theatre from 1934 – 1940. Was renamed the Royale Theatre from 1940 – 2005. Was renamed the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in 2005.
Current Owner: Jacobs Theatre LLC
Seating Capacity: 1,078
Address -242 W. 45th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/bernard-b-jacobs
Previous Popular Productions: Grease, The Color Purple and The Elephant Man
Current Production: Almost Famous
Booth Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: November 4, 1987
Current Owner: Shubert and Booth Theatre, LLC
Seating Capacity: 766
Address – 224 W. 45th Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/booth/
Previous Popular Productions: Butterflies Are Free, Hand to God and Other Desert Cities
Current Production: Kimberly Akimbo
Broadhurst Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: September 27, 1917
Current Owner: The Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,218
Address – 235 W. 44th Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
Phone: (212) 239 – 6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/broadhurst/
Previous Popular Productions: Amadeus, Romeo and Juliet and Pal Joey
Current Production: A Beautiful Noise
Broadway Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: December 25, 1924, B.S. Moss’s Colony Theatre. Was renamed Universal’s Colony Theatre from 1926 – 1930. Was renamed B.S. Moss’s Broadway Theatre from 1930 – 1932. Was briefly renamed again as Earl Carroll’s Broadway Theatre from 1932 – 1933. Was renamed Broadway Theatre 1933 – 1935. Was renamed again as B.S. Moss’s Broadway Theatre from 1935 – 1937. Was named Cine Roma from 1937 – 1939. Was renamed Broadway Theatre in 1939.
Current Owner: The Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,763
Address – 1681 Broadway (Between Broadway and 53rd Street)
Nearest Subway Stop: 7th Avenue
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/broadway
Previous Popular Productions: Miss Saigon, Les Miserables and Guys and Dolls
Current Production: Weezer
Circle in the Square Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: November 15, 1972
Current Owner: Paramount Group
Seating Capacity: 840
Address – 235 W. 50th Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 50th Street
Phone: (212) 307-0388
New York City Landmark? No
Website: https://www.circlesquaretheatre.com
Previous Popular Productions: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Macbeth and Sweeney Todd
Current Production: KPOP
Eugene O’Neill Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: November 24, 1925, as the Forrest Theatre. Was renamed Coronet Theatre from 1945 – 1959. Was renamed Eugene O’Neill Theatre in 1959.
Current Owner: Jujamcyn Theaters
Seating Capacity: 1,108
Address – 230 W. 49th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 49th Street/7th Avenue N.R.W.
Phone: (888) 985-9421
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Auditorium
Website: https://www.jujamcyn.com
Previous Popular Productions: Yentl, Five Guys Named Moe and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Current Production: Book of Mormon
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: October 10, 1917, as The Plymouth Theatre. Was renamed the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in 2005.
Current Owner: The Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,079
Address – 236 W. 45th Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
Phone: (212) 239 -6200
New York City Landmark? Yes-Façade and Auditorium
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/gerald-schoenfeld
Previous Popular Productions: Come from Away, Bells Are Ringing and Thou Shalt Not
Current Production: Take Me Out
Gershwin Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: November 28, 1972, as Uris Theatre. Was renamed the Gershwin Theatre in 1983.
Current Owner: Paramount Group
Seating Capacity: 1,900
Address – 222 W. 51st Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 50th Street
Phone: (212) 586-6510
New York City Landmark? Yes-Lobbies, Hall of Fame and Auditorium
Website: https://broadwaydirect.com/theatre/gershwin-theatre
Previous Popular Productions: Showboat, Grand Hotel and Starlight Express
Current Production: Wicked
The Golden Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: February 24, 1927, as the Theatre Masque. Was renamed the Golden in 1937.
Current Owner: The Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 802
Address – 252 W. 45th Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Auditorium
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/golden/
Previous Popular Productions: Avenue Q, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and The Gin Gang
Current Production: Topdog/Underdog
Hayes Theater
Date Theater Originally Opened: March 12, 1912, as the Little Theatre. Was renamed Anne Nichols’ Little Theatre from 1936 – 1941. Was renamed New York Times Hall from 1941 – 1959. Was also named Little Theatre from 1959 – 1964. Was renamed Winthrop Ames Theatre from 1964-1965. Was renamed Little Theatre once again from 1965 – 1983. Was named Helen Hayes Theatre from 1983 – 2018. Was renamed Hayes Theatre in 2018.
Current Owner: Second Stage Theater
Seating Capacity: 597
Address – 240 W. 44th Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Port Authority Terminal
Phone: (212) 541-4516
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://broadway.com/venues/theaters/helen-hayes-theatre/
Previous Popular Productions: Gemini, Xanadu and Rock of Ages
Current Production: Kite Runner
Hudson Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: October 19, 1903, as Hudson Theatre. Was renamed the Savoy Night Club from 1981 – 1987. Was renamed the Hudson Theater in 1987.
Current Owner: Millennium & Copthorne Hotels
Seating Capacity: 975
Address – 141 W. 44th Street (Between 6th and 7th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop 42nd Street – Time Square
Phone: (855) 801-5876
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://thehusdsonbroadway.com
Previous Popular Productions: State of the Union, Good Hunting and Detective Story
Current Production: Death of a Salesman
Imperial
Date Theater Originally Opened: December 25, 1923
Current Owner: The Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,433
Address -249 W. 45th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop:42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/imperial
Previous Popular Productions: Les Miserables, They’re Playing Our Song and Dreamgirls
Current Production: Bad Cinderella
James Earl Jones Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: December 20, 1912, as Cort Theatre. Was renamed James Earl Jones Theatre in 2022.
Current Owner: The Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,092
Address -138 W. 48th Street (Between 6th and 7th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 47-50 Sts – Rockefeller Center
Phone: (212) 239-2600
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/james-earl-jones
Previous Popular Productions: The Magic Show, Abraham Lincoln and The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
Current Production: Ohio State Murders
Lena Horne Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: February 15, 1926, as Mansfield Theatre. Was renamed Lew Fields Mansfield Theatre from 1928 – 1929. Was renamed Mansfield Theatre from 1929 – 1960. Was renamed again to Brooks Atkinson Theatre from 1960 – 2022. Was renamed the Lena Horne Theater in 2022.
Current Owner: Nederlander Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,094
Address – 258 W. 47th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 50th Street
Phone: (212) 719-4099
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Auditorium
Website: https://www.broadwaydirect.com/theatre/lena-horne-theatre
Previous Popular Productions: Waitress, Jane Eyre and Come Blow Your Horn
Current Production: Six
Longacre Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: May 1, 1913
Current Owner: The Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,091
Address – 220 W. 48th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 50th Street
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/longacre
Previous Popular Productions: Children of a Lesser God, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf and Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam
Current Production: Leopoldstadt
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: January 10, 1910, as Globe Theatre. Was renamed Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in 1957.
Current Owner: The Stahl Organization and Nederlander Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,505
Address – 205 W. 46th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Times Square
Phone: (800) 714-8452
New York City Landmark? Yes-Façade and Interior
Website: https://broadwaydirect.com/theatre/lunt-fontanne-theatre/
Previous Popular Productions: Beauty and the Beast, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Finding Neverland
Current Production: Sweeny Todd
Lyceum Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: November 2, 1903
Current Owner: The Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 922
Address – 149 W. 45th Street (Between 6th and 7th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Times Square
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/lyceum/
Previous Popular Productions: Born Yesterday, The School for Scandal and The Sunshine Boys
Current Production: A Strange Loop
Lyric Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: January 18, 1998, as Ford Center for Performing Arts. Was renamed Hilton Theaters from 2005 – 2010. Was renamed Foxwoods Theatre from 2010 – 2014. Was renamed Lyric Theatre in 2014.
Current Owner: The City and State of New York
Seating Capacity: 1,622
Address – 214 W. 43rd Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street
Phone: (855) 551-9772
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://lyricbroadway.com/
Previous Popular Productions: 42 Street, Ragtime and Paramour
Current Production: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
The Majestic Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: March 28, 1927
Current Owner: Majestic Theatre, LLC
Seating Capacity: 1,681
Address -245 W. 44th Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/majestic/
Previous Popular Productions: Fiddler on the Roof, Sugar and Funny Girl
Current Production: The Phantom of the Opera
Marquis Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: July 9, 1986
Current Owner: Vornado Realty Trust
Seating Capacity: 1,612
Address – 210 W. 46th Street (Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Time Square
Phone: (800) 714-8452
New York City Landmark? Yes – Auditorium
Website: https://broadwaydirect.com/theatre/marquis-theatre/
Previous Popular Productions: Me and My Girl, Gypsy and Victor/Victoria
Current Production: Beetlejuice
Minskoff Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: March 13, 1973
Current Owner: Nederlander Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,710
Address – 1515 Broadway (Between 45th Street and 7th Avenue)
Nearest Subway Stop:42nd Street – Times Square
Phone: (800) 714-8452
New York City Landmark? Yes – Auditorium
Website: https://broadwaydirect.com/theatre/minskoff-theatre/
Previous Popular Productions: Irene, Fidler on the Roof and Sunset Boulevard
Current Production: The Lion King
Music Box Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: September 1921
Current Owner: The Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,025
Address – 239 W. 45th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade, Auditorium and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/music-box
Previous Popular Productions: Pippin, Dear Evan Hansen and August: Osage County
Current Production: Walking with Ghosts
Nederlander Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: September 1, 1921, as the National Theatre. Was renamed the Billy Rose Theatre from 1959 – 1979. Was renamed Trafalgar Theatre from 1979 – 1980. Was renamed the Nederlander Theatre from 1980.
Current Owner: Nederlander Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,235
Address – 208 W. 41st Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Time Square
Phone: (800) 714-8452
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Auditorium
Website: https://broadwaydirect.com/theatre/nederlander-theatre/
Previous Popular Productions: Rent, War Paint and Pretty Woman: The Musical
Current Production: A Christmas Carol
Neil Simon Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: November 22, 1927, as Alvin Theatre. Was renamed Neil Simon Theatre 1983.
Current Owner: Nederlander Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,467
Address – 250 W. 52nd Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 50th Street
Phone: (800) 714-8452
New York City Landmark? Yes- Façade and Interior
Website: https://broadwaydirect.com/theatre/neil-simon-theatre/
Previous Popular Productions: Hairspray, Biloxi Blues and The Music Man
Current Production: MJ The Musical
New Amsterdam Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: October 23, 1903
Current Owner: Government of New York City
Seating Capacity: 1,747
Address -214 W. 42nd Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Time Square
Phone: (866) 870-2717
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://newamsterdamtheatre.com
Previous Popular Productions: The Lion King, Watch Your Step and Alice in Wonderland
Current Production: Aladdin
Palace Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: January 29, 1966
Current Owner: Nederlander Organization and Stewart F. Lane
Seating Capacity: 1,743
Address – 1564 Broadway (Between 7th Avenue and 47th Street)
Nearest Subway Stop: is 49th Street
Phone: (800) 714-8452
New York City Landmark? Yes – Auditorium
Website: https://broadwaydirect.com/theatre/palace-theatre/
Previous Popular Productions: Beauty and the Beast, Oklahoma and Legally Blonde
Current Production: SpongeBob SquarePants
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: February 7, 1925, as The Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre. Was renamed 46th Street Theatre from 1932 – 1990. Was renamed Richard Rodgers Theatre in 1990.
Current Owner: Nederlander Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,400
Address – 226 W. 46th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Time Square
Phone: (800) 714-8452
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Auditorium
Website: https://broadwaydirect.com/theatre/richard-rodgers-theatre/
Previous Popular Productions: Chicago, Footloose and In the Heights
Current Production: Hamilton
Samuel J Friedman Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: December 7, 1925, as Biltmore Theatre. Was renamed Samuel J Friedman Theatre in 2008.
Current Owner: Manhattan Theatre Club
Seating Capacity: 650
Address – 261 W. 47th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 50th Street
Phone: (212) 399-3000
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com
Previous Popular Productions: To Be or Not To Be, Hair and The Little Foxes
Current Production: Summer, 1976
Shubert Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: October 2, 1913
Current Owner: Shubert and Booth Theatre, LLC
Seating Capacity: 1,502
Address – 225 W. 44th Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/shubert/
Previous Popular Productions: A Chorus Line, Chicago and Gypsy
Current Production: Some Like It Hot
St. James Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: September 26, 1927
Current Owner: Jujamcyn Theaters
Seating Capacity: 1,710
Address – 246 W. 44th Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
Phone: (212) 840-0479
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade, Auditorium and Interior
Website: https://www.jujamcyn.com/theatres/st-james/
Previous Popular Productions: Hello, Dolly!, Peter Pan and High Society
Current Production: Into the Woods
Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: April 1, 1918, as Henry Miller’s Theatre. Was renamed Park-Miller Theatre from 1970 – 1972. Was renamed Avon-at-the-Hudson Theatre from 1972 – 1978. Was also renamed Xenon 1978 – 1998. Was renamed Kit Kat Klub in 1998. Was named Henry Miller’s Theater again from 1998 – 2010. Was renamed Stephen Sondheim Theater in 2010.
Current Owner: Roundabout Theatre Company
Seating Capacity: 1,055
Address – 124 W. 43rd Street (Between 43rd Street and 6th Avenue)
Nearest Subway Stop: 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal
Phone: (212) 719-1300
New York City Landmark? Yes -Façade and Interior
Website: https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/theatres-and-venues/stephen-sondheim-theatre/
Previous Popular Productions: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Trip to Bountiful and Mrs. Doubtfire
Current Production: & Juliet
Studio 54
Date Theater Originally Opened: November 8, 1927, as the Gallo Opera House. Was renamed the New Yorker Theatre from 1930 – 1933. Was renamed Casino de Paris from 1933 – 1936. Was named Palladium Theatre from 1936 – 1937. Was named Federal Music Theatre from 1937 – 1939. Was renamed New Yorker Theatre again from 1939 – 1942. Was named CBS Radio Playhouse No. 4 from 1942 – 1946. Was named CBS Studio No. 52 from 1946 – 1977. Was renamed in 1977.
Current Owner: Roundabout Theatre Company
Seating Capacity: 1,006
Address – 254 W. 54th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 7th Avenue
Phone: (212) 719-9393
New York City Landmark? Yes -Auditorium
Website: https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/theatres-and-venues/studio-54/
Previous Popular Productions: Cabaret, The Ritz and Holiday Inn
Current Production: The Minutes
Vivian Beaumont Theater
Date Theater Originally Opened: October 21, 1965
Current Owner: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA)
Seating Capacity: 1,080
Address – 150 W. 65th Street (Between 9th and 10th Avenues)
Nearest Subway Stop: 66th Street – Lincoln Center
Phone: (212) 501-3100
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Interior
Website: https://www.lct.org
Previous Popular Productions: Contact, The Crucible and The King and I
Current Production: Camelot
Walter Kerr Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: March 21, 1921, as Ritz Theatre. Was renamed Walter Kerr Theatre in 1990.
Current Owner: Jujamcyn Theaters
Seating Capacity: 975
Address – 219 W. 48th Street (Between 8th Avenue and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 50th Street
Phone: (212) 840-0479
New York City Landmark? Yes – Façade and Auditorium
Website: https://www.jujamcyn.com
Previous Popular Productions: Proof, A Bronx Tale and The Heiress
Current Production: Hadestown
Winter Garden Theatre
Date Theater Originally Opened: March 10, 1911, as Winter Garden Theatre. Was renamed Cadillac Winter Theatre from 2002 – 2007. Was renamed Winter Garden Theatre in 2007.
Current Owner: Shubert Organization
Seating Capacity: 1,600
Address – 1634 Broadway (Between 50th Street and Broadway)
Nearest Subway Stop: 50th Street on the 1 Line
Phone: (212) 239-6200
New York City Landmark? Yes- Façade, Lobbies and Auditorium
Website: https://shubert.nyc/theatres/winter-garden/
Previous Popular Productions: Cats, Fidler on the Roof and Mamma Mia!
Current Production: The Music Man
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