New York, NY

TKTS - Broadway Tickets
DESCRIPTION: Given the expense of most productions, Broadway tickets justifiably cost upwards $100 during prime time; but you can get discounted and last minute tickets at this Booth and Visitors Center in Times Square

ADDRESS: 1560 Broadway  MAP

TRANSIT: near N, R, W subway lines

DAYS & HOURS: daily 8a-8p

WEBSITE: http://www.timessquarebid.org

August Wilson Theatre
DESCRIPTION: Built in 1925 as the Guild Theatre, it was renamed the ANTA, then the Virginia, before becoming the August Wilson Theatre in 2005 in honor of the great playwright; it hosted Cleavon Little and Melba Moore in Purlie in 1971, Jellie's Last Jam in 1992 and Smokey Joe's Cafe from 1995-2000

SEATS: 1270

ADDRESS: 245 West 52nd Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, B, C, D, E subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.august-wilson-theatre.com

Broadway Theatre
DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1924, this proscenium-stage theatre has alternated between movie palace, vaudeville acts and formal plays over the years; it has a penchant for hosting non-traditional Broadway plays: Billy Rose’s all-black Carmen Jones in 1943, Duke Ellington’s adaptation of The Beggar’s Opera (Beggar’s Holiday in 1946), and Sammy Davis, Jr. in Mr. Wonderful (1956); in the latter 20th century it hosted Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl and Yul Bryner in The King and I; it hosted The Wiz (1977) and The Color Purple from 2007-2008

SEATS: 1761

ADDRESS: 1681 Broadway  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, B, C, D, E subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/broadway.asp

 

Winter Garden Theatre
DESCRIPTION: Though built as a horse exchange in 1896, it reopened as a theatre in 1911; this proscenium-stage theatre has alternated between being a movie palace and a home for vaudeville and musicals; it has hosted Peter Pan (1954), West Side Story (1957), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1960), Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand (1964), Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats ran from 1982-2000, the second longest-running show in Broadway history; Mamma Mia!, debuted in 2001 and plays here today

SEATS: 1526

ADDRESS: 1634 Broadway  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, B, C, D, E subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/cadillac_winter_garden.asp

Broadhurst Theatre
DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1918, this theatre hosted Humphrey Bogart in his first tough guy role -- The Petrified Forest (1935); the theatre also hosted Abbott & Costello and Carmen Miranda in The Streets of Paris, William Shatner in the World of Suzie Wong (1958), Dustin Hoffman as Willie Loman in Death of a Salesman (1984) and in a Bob Fosse dance review (1999); in 2008, it hosted Debbie Allen's production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof staring Terrence Howard

SEATS: 1156

ADDRESS: 235 West 44th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, N, Q, R, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.broadhursttheater.net

Friedman Theatre
DESCRIPTION: Completed in 1926, renovated in 2003 and formerly the Biltmore Theatre, this wheelchair accessible theatre also goes by the name Manhattan Theatre Club; Tony award-winning Hair starring Melba Moore and Diane Keaton played here in beginning 1968 - Melba was the first black woman to replace a white woman in a lead Broadway role; S. Epatha Merkerson played in Comeback Little Sheba in 2008

SEATS: 650

ADDRESS: 261 West 47th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, C, E, N, R, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6222 or 800-872-8997

WEBSITE: http://www.mtc-nyc.org

Studio 54 Theatre
Opened in 1927 as The Gallo intended for opera ; over the years name changes included The New Yorker and Casino de Paree (dinner theatre); then it became a world-famous disco club in the 1970s; in 1998, new owners returned Studio 54 to legitimate theater with Tony Award-winning show Cabaret

SEATS: 922
ADDRESS: 254 West 54th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near B, D, E subway lines

PHONE: 212-719-9393

WEBSITE: http://www.studio54seats.org

 

Helen Hayes Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened 1912 as the Little Theatre with a procennium stage; the New York Times and CBS Radio have used for different purposes over the years, before it was renamed for Helen Hayes, the First Lady of the American Theatre, in 1983; hosted Sarah Jones' Bridge & Tunnel in 2006; includes wheelchair ramp entry and restroom; assisted listening system

SEATS: 597

ADDRESS: 240 West 44th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 subway lines

PHONE: 212-944-9450‎

WEBSITE: none

 

Belasco Theatre

DESCRIPTION: When opened 1910, the theatre boasted a state-of-the-art lighting board capable of producing magical lighting effects; the theatre was desgned by George Keister, the same architect who designed the Apollo Theatre; like most others on Broadway, the Belasco changed use a few times over the years; today this theatre is particularly known for hosting Shakespeare plays, such as Hamet, As You Like It, Romeo & Juliet and Julius Caesar, the latter starring Denzel Washington in 2005; Joe Turner's Come and Gone debuted in 2009

SEATS: 1016

ADDRESS: 111 West 44th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, 2, 3, 7, B, D, F, N, Q, R, S, V, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200‎ tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/belasco.asp

 

Ambassador Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1921 and operated by the Shubert Organization; Gregory Hines reached stardom playing Eubie here in 1978, Dreamgirls in 1987, Ain’t Misbehavin’ in 1988, and Topdog/Underdog in 2002

SEATS: 1088

ADDRESS: 219 West 49th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, C, E, N, R, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200‎ tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/ambassador.asp

 

Bernard Jacobs Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1927 as the Royale Theatre and operated by the Shubert Organization since 1930; Lawrence Olivier, Bette Davis and James Dean all played important roles at this theatre; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (2001), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2003), A Raisin in the Sun (2004) starring Sean Combs, and David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross (2005) have all played here

SEATS: 1078

ADDRESS: 242 West 45th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/bernard_b_jacobs.asp

 

Shubert Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1913 and operated by the Shubert Organization; this venue has hosted The Philadelphia Story featuring Katharine Hepburn (1939), Othello (1943), The Constant Wife featuring Ingrid Bergman (1975) and A Chorus Line played for a record-breaking fifteen years before closing in 1990

SEATS: 1460

ADDRESS: 225 West 44th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/shubert.asp

 

Booth Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1913 and named for actor Edwin Booth, brother to the infamous John Wilkes Booth; this venue has hosted Pulitzer Prize winner You Can’t Take It with You (1936), Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1976), Lily Tomlin in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (2000), and Paul Newman in a revival of Our Town (2003)

SEATS: 766

ADDRESS: 222 West 44th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/booth.asp

 

Cort Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1912 and named for John Cort, general manager of the Northwestern Theatrical Association, a theatre circuit centered in Seattle; Shubert Organization acquired the theatre in 1927; this venue has hosted The Magic Show (1974) whci hran for 1,920 performances, Sarafina (1988), Pulitzer Prize-winning The Shrike featuring José Ferrer (1952), The Diary of Anne Frank (1955); Purlie Victorious with Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee (1961), On Golden Pond with James Earl Jones (2005) and August Wilson’s final play Radio Golf (2007)

SEATS: 1082

ADDRESS: 138 West 48th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near B, D, F, N, R, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/cort.asp

 

Ethel Barrymore Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1928 and named for Ethel Barrymore, who was part of the renowned Barrymore acting dynasty; this venue has hosted Pal Joey starring Gene Kelly (1940), and Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire with Jessica Tandy and Marlon Brando (1947), Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee starred in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun (1959), Lee Remick appeared in Wait Until Dark (1966), and August Wilson presented his Tony Award winning Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1988) and more recently Oscar Wilde’s Salome with Al Pacino (2003) 

SEATS: 1058

ADDRESS: 243 West 47th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, N, R, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/ethel_barrymore.asp

  

Imperial Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1923; the venue hosted Cabaret (1967), Zorba (1968), Bob Fosse’s production of Pippin starring Ben Vereen (1972), Dreamgirls (1981), Les Misérables (1990), and award-winning musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005)

SEATS: 1443

ADDRESS: 249 West 45th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, 2, 3, A, C, E subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/imperial.asp

 

Golden Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1927 as the Theatre Masque by real-estate magnates, the Chanin Brothers; the venue hosted Goodbye Again with James Stewart (1932), Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (1956), David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Master Class co-starring Audra McDonald (1995)

SEATS: 804

ADDRESS: 252 West 45th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, 2, 3, A, C, E subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/john_golden.asp

 

Brooks Atkinson Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1926 as the Mansfield Theatre in honor of the distinguished American actor, Richard Mansfield and in 1960 renamed Brooks Atkinson Theatre in tribute to the eminent drama critic of The New York Times; the venue hosted The Rainmaker; The Iceman Cometh, The River Niger and Of Mice and Men; Wait Until Dark and award-winning actors like Eli Wallach, Gene Hackman, James Earl Jones, Jack Lemmon, Richard Dreyfuss, Glenn Close, Rex Harrison, Claudette Colbert; 

SEATS: 1044

ADDRESS: 256 West 47th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near C, E, N, R, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-719-4099

WEBSITE: http://brooksatkinsontheater.com

 

Longacre Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1913 and named for Longacre Square (now called Times Square); this venue has hosted Clark Gable in Hawk Island (1929), Ossie Davis in Purlie Victorious (1961), Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (1964), The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel featuring Al Pacino (1977), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1978), Children of a Lesser God (1980) and Talk Radio (2007) 

SEATS: 1091

ADDRESS: 220 West 48th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, N, R, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/longacre.asp

 

Lyceum Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Broadway's oldest continually operating legitimate theatre since 1903 and Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Leslie Howard and Bette Davis have graced the stage; this venue has hosted Look Back in Anger (1957), You Can't Take It With You (1965), Whoopi Goldberg (1984, 2004 revival), a tour de force which helped launch Goldberg's successful film career, and the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning I Am My Own Wife (2003), Inherit the Wind (2007) with Brian Dennehy and Christopher Plummer

SEATS: 922

ADDRESS: 149 West 45th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, 2, 3, 7, B, D, F, N, Q, R, S, V, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/lyceum.asp

 

Majestic Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1927 and known as a large musical house; this venue has hosted and Cary Grant (then known as Archie Leach) in A Wonderful Night (1929), Carousel (1945), South Pacific (1949) winning that year's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, Golden Boy starring Sammy Davis Jr. (1964); the theatre was renovated to house Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera in 1988) and continues its historic run to this day as the longest-running musical on Broadway

SEATS: 1645

ADDRESS: 245 West 44th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, 2, 3, 7, B, D, F, N, Q, R, S, V, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/majestic.asp

 

Music Box Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1921; this venue has hosted Cradle Snatchers (1925), which featured a young Humphrey Bogart, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men (1937), Rodgers and Hammerstein produced I Remember Mama (1944), whose cast included a young Marlon Brando making his Broadway debut, Agnes of God (1982), Amadeus (1999) and Terrence McNally's Deuce (2007)

SEATS: 1009

ADDRESS: 239 West 45th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, 2, 3, 7, B, D, F, N, Q, R, S, V, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/music_box.asp

 

Schoenfeld Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1917; this venue has hosted Burlesque starring Barbara Stanwyck (1927), Dial M for Murder (1952), The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1954), Harry Belafonte starred in the musical Three for Tonight (1955), The Odd Couple starring Art Carney and Walter Matthau (1965), and a revival of A Chorus Line (2006)

SEATS: 1079

ADDRESS: 236 West 45th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, 2, 3, 7, B, D, F, N, Q, R, S, V, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200 tickets

WEBSITE: http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/gerald_schoenfeld.asp

 

Walter Kerr Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1921 as the Ritz Theatre and renamed after Walter F. Kerr, a writer, Broadway theater critic, lyricist, and director of several Broadway musicals; this venue has hosted How Not to Write a Play (1955), Criticism and Censorship (1957), Tragedy and Comedy (1967), August Wilson's The Piano Lesson (1990), Two Trains Running (1992), Seven Guitars (1996) and Gem of the Ocean (2004), and Doubt (2005), which is now a major motion picture

SEATS: 947

ADDRESS: 219 West 48th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, N, R, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-582-4536‎

WEBSITE: http://www.walterkerrtheatre.com

 

Eugene O'Neill Theatre

DESCRIPTION: Opened in 1925 as the Forrest Theatre; this venue has hosted Noel Coward's Quadrille (1954), The Odd Couple (1966), California Suite (1976), The Glass Menagerie (1983), M. Butterfly (1988), Five Guys Named Moe (1992), Death of a Salesman (1999) and Caroline, or Change (2004)

SEATS: 1108

ADDRESS: 230 West 49th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: near 1, C, E, N, R, W subway lines

PHONE: 212-239-6200

WEBSITE: http://www.eugene-oneill-theater.com