NYC Theater & Venue Guides
Discover detailed venue information, architectural histories, seating highlights, and FAQs for 52 historic New York City theaters.
Broadway Theaters (39)
Historic playhouses and musical houses across Midtown Manhattan.
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
302 W. 45th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1924 (as the Martin Beck Theatre) • ~1,424 seats • Operator: ATG Entertainment
Ambassador Theatre
219 W. 49th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1921 • ~1,125 seats • Owner: Shubert Organization
August Wilson Theatre
245 W. 52nd Street, Manhattan • Opened 1925 (as the Guild Theatre) • ~1,225–1,275 seats • Owner: Jujamcyn Theaters
Belasco Theatre
111 W. 44th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1907 (as the Stuyvesant) • ~1,016 seats • Owner: Shubert Organization
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
242 W. 45th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1927 (as the Royale Theatre) • ~1,078–1,092 seats • Operator: Shubert Organization
Booth Theatre
222 W. 45th Street, Manhattan (on Shubert Alley) • Opened 1913 • ~766–800 seats • Owner/Operator: Shubert Organization
Broadhurst Theatre
235 W. 44th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1917 • ~1,218 seats • Owner: Shubert Organization
Broadway Theatre
1681 Broadway, Manhattan • Opened 1924 (originally a movie palace) • ~1,763 seats • Owner: Shubert Organization — one of the few Broadway theaters physically on Broadway itself
Circle in the Square Theatre
1633 Broadway / 235 W. 50th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1972 (Broadway location) • ~776 seats • Broadway's only true theater-in-the-round / arena configuration
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W. 47th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1928 • ~1,058–1,096 seats • Owner: Shubert Organization
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
230 W. 49th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1925 (as the Forrest Theatre) • ~1,066–1,108 seats • Operator: ATG Entertainment
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
236 W. 45th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1917 (as the Plymouth Theatre) • ~1,079 seats • Owner/Operator: Shubert Organization
Gershwin Theatre
222 W. 51st Street, Manhattan • Opened 1972 (as the Uris Theatre) • ~1,933 seats • Broadway's largest theater by capacity
Golden Theatre
252 W. 45th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1927 • ~804 seats • Owner: Shubert Organization
Hudson Theatre
141 W. 44th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1903; reopened as Broadway venue 2017 • ~970–1,100 seats • Operator: ATG Entertainment
Imperial Theatre
249 W. 45th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1923 • ~1,417–1,457 seats • Owner: Shubert Organization
James Earl Jones Theatre
138 W. 48th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1912 (as the Cort Theatre) • ~1,082–1,092 seats • Owner/Operator: Shubert Organization
Lena Horne Theatre
256 W. 47th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1926 (as the Mansfield Theatre) • ~1,069–1,096 seats • Owner/Operator: Nederlander Organization
Lincoln Center Theater – Vivian Beaumont
150 W. 65th Street, Lincoln Center (Upper West Side) • Opened 1965 • ~1,080–1,100 seats • Only Tony-eligible Broadway theater outside the Times Square Theater District
Longacre Theatre
220 W. 48th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1913 • ~1,077–1,096 seats • Owner/Operator: Shubert Organization
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
205 W. 46th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1910 (as the Globe); rebuilt and renamed 1958 • ~1,505 seats • Operator: Nederlander Organization
Lyceum Theatre
149 W. 45th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1903 • ~922 seats • Broadway's oldest continuously operating legitimate theater
Lyric Theatre
214 W. 43rd Street, Manhattan • Opened 1998 (rebuilt on the site of two historic theaters) • ~1,622 seats • One of Broadway's largest and widest houses
Majestic Theatre
245 W. 44th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1927 • ~1,600–1,725 seats (one of Broadway's largest houses) • Owner: Shubert Organization
Marquis Theatre
210 W. 46th Street (inside the Marriott Marquis hotel), Manhattan • Opened 1986 • ~1,612 seats • Broadway's newest legitimate theater; the only one built entirely within a hotel
Minskoff Theatre
1515 Broadway, Manhattan (3rd floor of One Astor Plaza) • Opened 1973 • ~1,710–1,800 seats • Operator: Nederlander Organization
Music Box Theatre
239 W. 45th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1921 • ~1,025 seats • Owner: Shubert Organization
Nederlander Theatre
208 W. 41st Street, Manhattan • Opened 1921 • ~1,232 seats • The southernmost Broadway theater in the Theater District
Neil Simon Theatre
250 W. 52nd Street, Manhattan • Opened 1927 (as the Alvin Theatre) • ~1,445–1,467 seats • Operator: Nederlander Organization
New Amsterdam Theatre
214 W. 42nd Street, Manhattan • Opened 1903; restored 1997 by Disney • ~1,700–1,750 seats • Disney Theatrical Group's only Broadway theater
Palace Theatre
1564 Broadway, Manhattan • Opened 1913 (vaudeville); Broadway legit house since 1966 • ~1,648 seats • Operator: Nederlander Organization
Richard Rodgers Theatre
226 W. 46th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1925 (as the 46th Street Theatre) • ~1,400 seats • Operator: Nederlander Organization
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
261 W. 47th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1925 (as the Biltmore Theatre) • ~650 seats • Operator: Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC)
Shubert Theatre
225 W. 44th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1913 • ~1,460–1,500 seats • Owner/Operator: Shubert Organization (flagship theater)
St. James Theatre
246 W. 44th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1927 (as Erlanger's Theatre) • ~1,684–1,710 seats • Operator: ATG Entertainment
Stephen Sondheim Theatre
124 W. 43rd Street, Manhattan • Opened 2009 (rebuilt); operator Roundabout Theatre Company • ~1,055 seats • One of only two underground Broadway theaters
Studio 54
254 W. 54th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1927; reopened as a Broadway theater 1998 • ~1,006 seats • Operator: Roundabout Theatre Company
Walter Kerr Theatre
219 W. 48th Street, Manhattan • Opened 1921 (as the Ritz Theatre) • ~975 seats • Operator: ATG Entertainment
Winter Garden Theatre
1634 Broadway, Manhattan • Opened 1911 (rebuilt from an earlier 1896 structure) • ~1,600 seats • Owner: Shubert Organization
Off-Broadway Theaters (9)
Intimate venues showcasing groundbreaking new plays and musicals.
Daryl Roth Theatre
101 E. 15th Street, Union Square, Manhattan • Opened 1996 (converted from a 1907 bank building) • 299 seats (up to 499 standing) • Off-Broadway, not a Broadway/Tony-eligible house
DR2 Theatre
103 E. 15th Street, Union Square, Manhattan (annex to the Daryl Roth Theatre) • Opened 2002 • 99 seats • Off-Broadway (small-scale), not a Broadway/Tony-eligible house
New World Stages — Stage 1
340 W. 50th Street, Manhattan (Hell's Kitchen) • Complex opened 2004 (former multiplex cinema) • 499 seats • Off-Broadway, not a Broadway/Tony-eligible house
New World Stages — Stage 2
340 W. 50th Street, Manhattan (Hell's Kitchen) • Complex opened 2004 (former multiplex cinema) • 350 seats • Off-Broadway, not a Broadway/Tony-eligible house
New World Stages — Stage 3
340 W. 50th Street, Manhattan (Hell's Kitchen) • Complex opened 2004 (former multiplex cinema) • 499 seats • Off-Broadway, not a Broadway/Tony-eligible house
New World Stages — Stage 4
340 W. 50th Street, Manhattan (Hell's Kitchen) • Complex opened 2004 (former multiplex cinema) • 350 seats • Off-Broadway, not a Broadway/Tony-eligible house
New World Stages — Stage 5
340 W. 50th Street, Manhattan (Hell's Kitchen) • Complex opened 2004 (former multiplex cinema) • 199 seats • Off-Broadway, not a Broadway/Tony-eligible house
Stage 42
422 W. 42nd Street, Manhattan (Theatre Row) • Opened 2002 (as the Little Shubert Theatre) • 499 seats • Off-Broadway, not a Broadway/Tony-eligible house
Westside Theatre Upstairs
407 W. 43rd Street, Manhattan (Hell's Kitchen) • Building constructed 1890; established as a theater 1976 • 270 seats • Off-Broadway, not a Broadway/Tony-eligible house
Theater Experiences & Museums (4)
Immersive attractions and cultural destinations for theater lovers.
Lincoln Center — Koch Theater
20 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan (Upper West Side) • Opened 1964 (as the New York State Theater) • ~2,544–2,586 seats • Not a Broadway theater — home of New York City Ballet
Masquerade (Immersive Phantom of the Opera Experience)
218 W. 57th Street, Manhattan • Opened 2025 • No fixed seating — small guided groups (~60 guests per "pulse") • Tickets from ~$175–295+
Metropolitan Opera House
30 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan (Upper West Side) • Opened 1966 • ~3,800 seats — the largest repertory opera house in the world • Not a Broadway theater — home of the Metropolitan Opera and American Ballet Theatre
Museum of Broadway
145 W. 45th Street, Manhattan (Times Square) • Opened 2022 • Self-guided, timed-entry museum (not a live performance venue) • General admission ~$39–43