At a Ghanaian boarding school, queen bee Paulina’s rule is threatened by a new girl, sparking rivalry, shifting friendships, and a beauty pageant showdown over iden...

An outcast penguin who is unable to sing, uses tap dance to prove himself, confront environmental threats, and unite his colony through individuality, courage, and ...

The New Amsterdam Theatre was opened in 1903 by the producers Klaw and Erlanger. Musicals and classic repertory were the basics of the theater in its early years. ...

In 1917, the Broadhurst Theatre was opened by the Shubert brothers, and named for beloved dramatist (and theatre co-manager) George Broadhurst. The Theatre was des...

Not many actors are approached to star in the debut production of their very own theater, but that is the enticing offer the Shuberts made to acclaimed stage perfor...

The Stephen Sondheim Theatre received its name in 2010, in honor of the legendary Broadway composer/lyricist who wrote such musicals as A Funny Thing Happened on th...

The Eugene O'Neill Theatre is named for one of America's most cherished playwrights, Eugene O'Neill who wrote such classics as Anna Christie, The Iceman Cometh, Des...

The Booth Theatre was named in honor of 19th century actor Edwin Booth, better known today as the brother of John Wilkes-Booth, but in his time he was one of the mo...

The Longacre Theatre was built in 1913 and named for Longacre Square, the area now known the world over as Times Square. Despite the long-ago disappearance of its n...

To get a sense of the evolution of the Broadway musical in the 20th century, one need only to look at the list of past tenants at the Imperial Theatre, which first ...

The Alvin Theatre (later renamed to the Neil Simon Theatre) was opened in 1927 and named for Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley who produced a string of hits such as L...

The Ambassador Theatre opened in 1921 and has retained its name since that time, though records seem to indicate that for a very brief period following a 1980 renov...

The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, originally called the Plymouth Theatre, was built in 1917 thanks to the Shubert Family and producer/director Arthur Hopkins. By the ...

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

This theatre opened as the Royale Theatre in 1927 and was built by the Chanin brothersRoyale Named To Golden For One Year In its early years, the Royale was "invade...

The St. James Theatre was built by Broadway booking agent Abraham Erlanger in 1927 and was opened as the Erlanger Theatre. Erlanger's finances later collapsed in t...

In 1907, Broadway mogul David Belasco opened a theater on 44th Street and called it the Stuyvesant. He might have named it for himself, except that he already had o...

The Richard Rodgers Theatre originated in 1924 as the Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre. The Chanin Brothers were construction moguls who built six Broadway theaters in...

Theatre With Its Own Drama No Broadway theatre can compare to the Lyric for its off-stage drama. Flamboyant Canadian impresario Garth Drabinsky rose to prominence ...

The Hudson Theatre was built in 1903 by the producer Henry B. Harris, The inaugural production at this theatre was Hubert Henry Davies’ Cousin Kate starring Ethel B...

The Sam S. Shubert Theatre is one of the great Broadway landmarks. The theatre holds a prime location on 44th Street, and the old-fashioned lit-up marquee above the...

The Martin Beck theatre was originally opened in 1924 by the famous vaudeville impresario Martin Beck. The theatre was renamed to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in 2003....

It may have the most theatrical name of all the legit theaters, but the Broadway Theatre was actually originally created as a movie house. Converted From A Movie Ho...

The Minskoff Theatre, which was designed by architectural firm Kahn and Jacobs, is on the third floor of One Astor Plaza. The fifty-five story office high-rise is n...