Most Broadway houses were built by wealthy impresarios, but the August Wilson Theatre had a different sort of beginning. The theatre was originally designed to be ...

Prior to it being know as "The Todd Haimes Theatre", this venue was known as the "American Airlines Theatre" and originally known as as "The Selwyn Theatre". At th...

Built in 1926, this theatre began as The Mansfield Theatre, named for British actor Richard Mansfield. It was later renamed to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and then ...

The Winter Garden Theatre stands on the site of what was once the American Horse Exchange. William Vanderbuilt leased this large property to the Shuberts in 1910, ...

Like its gargantuan next-door-neighbor the Gershwin Theatre, the Circle in the Square Theatre was also built into the base of the Uris Building, on the former site ...

The James Earl Jones Theatre was originally named The Cort Theatre and was renamed in 2022 The theatre opened in 1912 and went through a number of renovations in 19...

The Gershwin Theatre opened as the Uris Theatre in 1972 and, on account of its colossal size, has been used almost exclusively for musicals since that time. For a ...

In 1912, producer Winthrop Ames built the littlest theater on Broadway and called it, appropriately, the Little Theatre. At first the theatre had a mere 299 seats,...

The John Golden Theatre, built in 1927, was originally called the Theatre Masque. It was one of the theaters built by the Chanin Brothers, the duo responsible for s...

The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre originally opened as the Globe Theatre in 1910. It was built by producer Charles Dillingham and designed by famed architects John Merven C...

Built over 100 years ago, the Lyceum Theatre (originally referred to as the New Lyceum) is the oldest legitimate theater in New York City. In fact, it was a replace...

The Majestic Theatre opened on March 28, 1927, and for many years it was the largest theater in the Times Square area. Designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp, the M...

Five Broadway theaters were demolished in 1986 to create the Marriott Marquis Hotel, which houses the Marquis Theatre on its third floor. Those great theatres were:...

The Nederlander Theatre, originally known as the National Theatre, was designed by architect W.H. McElfatrick and constructed by theater impresario David Belasco. I...

The Palace Theatre Renovation 2018 - 2024 In 2016 the Palace Theatre was earmarked to be moved into a new building, where the old Palace theatre would be lifted up ...

The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, known for many years as the Biltmore, has one of the more interesting histories of the theaters on Broadway. First Shows In 1926, th...

The Studio 54 Theatre, which originated as the Gallo Opera House, has perhaps the most unusual history of any of the current Broadway theaters. After being built in...

The Vivian Beaumont was built in 1965 and is the larger theatre space at Lincoln Center Theater, which also contains the 299-seat Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Locate...

When it first opened in 1921, the Walter Kerr Theatre was called the Ritz Theatre and housed plenty of hit plays, some notable revivals, and even a few productions ...

The famous Samuel L. Rothafel, widely known as Roxy, opened the Radio City Music Hall on December 27, 1932. Opening night was a lavish five-hour affair that include...

Philip Johnson, an American architect who designed some of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century, designed the David H Koch theater in 1960, which was built...

Damrosch Park is the outdoor performance area of the Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts campus. First developed in the 1950s, Lincoln Center gradually became Ne...

The Beacon Theatre first opened in 1929 as a movie palace for vaudeville and motion pictures on Broadway and West 74th Street in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I...

Part of the mammoth Madison Square Garden complex, the Theater at Madison Square Garden is an appropriately enormous space, far larger than any Broadway theater. It...