Music Box Theatre

239 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10019

Music Box Theatre Information, Shows and Tickets

Directions & Box Office

Directions: By Subway, take the A/C/E to 42nd Street, walk north on Eight Avenue and then turn right onto 45th Street. Or take the 1/2/3 to 42nd Street, walk north on Seventh Avenue and then make a left onto 45th Street.
Entrance: 45th Street, between 8th and Broadway The Music Box is located on the north side of 45th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue.
Box Office Hours:
Monday - Saturday:
10am - 8pm
Sunday:
Noon - 6pm

Best Seats In The House

Seats: 1025

You'll be happy with nearly any seat in this cozy house, but as with most theaters, center orchestra and the front mezzanine are tops.

Music Box Theatre Seating Chart

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Parking for Music Box Theatre

The closest parking garages for Music Box Theatre are located at:

Champion Parking On West 45: 251 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036; 212-819-1866

Quik Park Garage: 303 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036; 212-586-8634

The closest parking is not always the best as it often takes longer to park and retrieve your vehicle as fellow theatre goers have the same idea. A better choice of parking may be the second choice or further away by a couple of Avenues.

Additional Notes

Landlord: Shubert Organization

Official Ticketer: Telecharge

Notes:

Composer Irving Berlin was once co-owner of this theater, and many of his revues appeared here.

Elevator: No

Escalator: No

Now Playing Suffs

Previews Began: March 26, 2024
Opens: April 18, 2024
Show Closes: Open ended

Brings to life a complicated chapter in the ongoing battle for Women's right to vote and documents the struggle of the American women’s suffrage movement. …more
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Previous Shows

Purlie Victorious

Opened: September 27, 2023
Show Closed: February 4, 2024

Hamilton alum Leslie Odom Jr. stars in this satire set in the Old South, with the title-character, a preacher, hoping to run an integrated church and facing a bigoted plantation …more

Bob Fosse’s Dancin

Opened: March 19, 2023
Show Closed: May 14, 2023

Originally devised by Bob Fosse in 1978, this show is much like a dancing version of a vinyl musical album. The show is an anthology of dance vignettes that use …more

Walking With Ghosts

Opened: October 27, 2022
Show Closed: November 20, 2022

Gabriel Byrne appears for just 75 performances in his acclaimed soul-searching solo show that depicts a now almost vanished Ireland, and provides a subversive commentary on stardom and a lyrical …more

Dear Evan Hansen

Opened: December 4, 2016
Show Closed: September 18, 2022

17-year-old anxiety-stricken boy who gets caught in a web of his own lies after the death of his bully. …more

Shuffle Along

Opened: April 28, 2016
Show Closed: July 24, 2016

Shuffle Along is a new revamping of a classic African American musical revue. The musical deals with the making of the original show Shuffle Along, which was created by vaudeville …more

King Charles III

Opened: November 1, 2015
Show Closed: January 31, 2016

King Charles III is a fictional portrayal of the events taking place following the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, who is still very much alive at age 89. Her son, …more

The Heidi Chronicles

Opened: March 19, 2015
Show Closed: May 3, 2015

The Heidi Chronicles follows a woman named Heidi Holland from high school in the 1960s until her career in the 1980s as a successful art historian. Throughout this period, she …more

Music Box Theatre History

The Music Box Theatre opened in 1921 with the Music Box Revue, featuring songs by then popular (and now legendary) composer/lyricist Irving Berlin.

The theatre was built by Berlin and producer Sam H. Harris specifically to house these revues, and the theater hosted a new one every year until 1925 when it presented its first play, Cradle Snatchers, starring Humphrey Bogart. At 1,010 seats, the space was perfect for these sorts of lavish revues, as well as the large cast plays that were also popular during the Great Depression Era.

The celebrated playwriting team of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart had a string of hits here, from their first collaboration Once in a Lifetime to their smash The Man Who Came to Dinner. And Berlin wasn't the only great composer of the time to have his music play in the Music Box -- Cole Porter and the Gershwins also had shows here.

In the 1950s, playwright William Inge found a theatrical home at the Music Box Theatre, where he had success with Picnic, Bus Stop, and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. Since then, offerings have been as varied as the musical revue Side By Side By Sondheim, the long-running murder mystery Deathtrap, and the 1996 stage version of the Rodgers & Hammerstein movie musical State Fair. But no matter what plays at the Music Box, it remains one of the most prized jewels of the Great White Way.

Music Box Theatre Design

The most aptly named theater on Broadway, the lovely and intimate Music Box was designed by architect C. Howard Crane. The interior is charming and tastefully decorated, and the theater's box seats are notable for being unusually large and round (recent Music Box Theatre resident Dame Edna referred to them lovingly as "ashtrays").

There is a handsome downstairs lounge with some nice wall paintings, and the bathrooms are roomy. In the lobby is a plaque and wall exhibit commemorating the rich history of Irving Berlin and the Music Box Theatre.