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 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. I...
The Palace Theatre opened as a vaudeville house in 1913 and quickly became one of the top Broadway Theatres. Theatre Originally Conceived by Martin Beck The theatre...
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...
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 ...
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 Sam S. Shubert Theatre is one of the great Broadway landmarks. It holds a prime location on 44th Street, and the old-fashioned lit-up marquee above the corner e...
The St. James Theatre was built by Broadway booking agent Abraham Erlanger in 1927 and was opened as the Erlanger Theatre. His finances later collapsed and he lost ...
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 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...
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...
The Vivian Beaumont is the larger space at Lincoln Center Theater, which contains both the Beaumont and the 299-seat Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Located in the back ...
The Walter Kerr Theatre was only fairly recently given its new name, that of the beloved former New York Timesdrama critic. When it first opened in 1921, the theate...
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, a...
