Longacre Theatre

220 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10019

Longacre Theatre Information, Shows and Tickets

Directions & Box Office

  • Directions: By Subway, take the C/E to 50th Street, walk south on Eight Avenue and then turn left onto 48th Street. Or take the 1 to 50th Street, walk south on Broadway and then make a right onto 48th Street.
  • Entrance: 48th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenues The Longacre Theatre is located on the south side of 48th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue.
  • Box Office Hours:
    Monday - Saturday:
    9am - 8pm
    Sunday:
    9am - 10pm

Best Seats In The House

  • Seats: 1095

Your best bet is the middle to front orchestra, which offers a great view and also a fair amount of leg room.

Longacre Theatre Seating Chart

Longacre Theatre Seating Chart

Parking for Longacre Theatre

The closest parking garages for Longacre Theatre are located at:

Central Parking System
257 West 47th Street
New York, NY 10036
212-246-2371
Icon Parking Systems
790 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-581-8590

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:

Built in 1913 and named for Longacre Square - now known as Times Square.

Elevator: Yes

Escalator: No

Disabled Access Notes:

All seating in the orchestra level is accessible without the use of steps. An elevator is provided however it is small and will not fit all wheelchairs.

Now Playing Swept Away

  • Previews Began: September 29, 2024
  • Opens: November 19, 2024
  • Show Closes: Open ended
A whaling vessel is lost at sea following a violent storm and a tense drama unfolds between the small crew of four, when their food, water and humanity become exhausted. …more
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Previous Shows

Lempicka

  • Opened: April 14, 2024
  • Show Closed: May 19, 2024
Escaping Russian turmoil between the wars (and before becoming one of the leading figures of the Art Deco movement), Tamara de Lempicka is forced to leave a life of luxury …more

Leopoldstadt

  • Opened: October 2, 2022
  • Show Closed: July 2, 2023
Tom Stoppard's story of a Jewish family through a fifty year time span in Vienna, Austria from start of the 20th century through to the end of the Second World …more

Macbeth

  • Opened: April 28, 2022
  • Show Closed: July 10, 2022
Revival of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy starring acting powerhouse Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga …more

Diana

  • Opened: November 17, 2021
  • Show Closed: December 19, 2021
Broadway musical based on the life and death of Britain's Princess Diana. The show follows her royal and romantic life to her tragic death. …more

The Lightning Thief

  • Opened: October 16, 2019
  • Show Closed: January 5, 2020
Mythological musical based on the popular Percy Jackson book series about a demigod’s quest to retrieve the stolen artifacts of Zeus and Hades. …more

The Prom

  • Opened: November 15, 2018
  • Show Closed: August 11, 2019
In light of a high school shutting down the senior high school prom, a group of Broadway actors decides to stage a protest in this tender-hearted musical. …more

A Bronx Tale

  • Opened: December 1, 2016
  • Show Closed: August 5, 2018
A Bronx Tale is a new musical based off the 1989 play by Chazz Palminteri, which was also adapted into a feature film of the same name released in 1993. …more

Allegiance

  • Opened: November 8, 2015
  • Show Closed: February 14, 2016
Allegiance is a new musical that comes to Broadway following its world premiere in fall 2012 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California. With a book by Marc …more

Living on Love

  • Opened: April 20, 2015
  • Show Closed: May 3, 2015
Living on Love follows the path of a demanding opera singer who discovers that her husband has become enamored with his autobiography ghost writer, so in she response she hires …more

You Can't Take It With You

  • Opened: September 28, 2014
  • Show Closed: February 22, 2015
You Can’t Take It With You is a play written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart that first played on Broadway in 1936. The play is a comedic story …more

La Cage Aux Folles

  • Opened: April 18, 2010
  • Show Closed: May 1, 2011
In La Cage Aux Folles, a gay man and his longtime partner pose as a straight couple (with the latter in drag) in order to win over the conservative parents …more

Longacre Theatre History

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 namesake, the Longacre is one of the few Broadway theaters to have retained its original moniker throughout its long life. It was built by Harry H. Frazee, a young entrepreneur who used his Broadway successes to finance his purchase of the Boston Red Sox, and then, when he was down on his luck with his theatrical ventures, earned the money he needed by doing the unthinkable: Selling Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. The "Curse of the Bambino" said to have haunted the Red Sox for the remainder of the century may have also had some effect on Frazee's Longacre Theatre, which was often dark during the Great Depression, spent most of the '40s and a chunk of the '50s as a radio and TV studio, and has, even since returning to legitimacy, hosted very few hit shows.

Longacre Theatre Design

Architect Henry B. Herts designed the Longacre Theatre in a French neo-classical style. Its aging exterior is handsome, though the interior design is less attractive.

Originally built with a seating capacity of 1,400, the Longacre Theatre was ideal for musicals. It was eventually reduced to under 1,100 seats, and these days mostly dramas are produced here.