How Many Broadway Theaters Are There?

Address: 302 West 45th Street

Current Show: Moulin Rouge! The Musical

First Show: Madame Pompadour in 1924

Did You Know: Al Hirschfeld was a caricaturist known for his black and white portraits that often appeared in The New York Times as well as in publications like The New Yorker and Rolling Stone. He also won the Tony Award for lifetime achievement (twice).

Address: 215 W. 49th Street

Current Show: Chicago

First Show: The Rose Girl in 1921

Did You Know: The Ambassador Theatre has a unique architectural design due to the oddly shaped plot of land it was built on. The theater was built on an angle to best use the space – that can pose some logistical challenges as it resulted in an especially small wing space (the area just to the left and right of the stage, unseen by the audience).

Address: 245 West 52nd Street

Current Show: Cabaret

First Show: Caesar and Cleopatra in 1925

Did You Know: August Wilson was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, known for shows like Fences, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, and The Piano Lesson.

Address: 111 West 44th Street

Current Show: Maybe Happy Ending

First Show: A Grand Army Man in 1907

Did You Know: The ghost of theater producer, playwright and director David Belasco is said to haunt the theater.

Address: 242 West 45th Street

Current Show: The Outsiders

First Show: Piggy in 1927

Did You Know: Bernard B. Jacobs was the president of the Shubert Organization.

Address: 222 West 45th Street

Current Show: The Roommate

First Show: The Great Adventure in 1913

Did You Know: The Booth Theatre is named after the actor Edwin Booth, who was also John Wilkes Booth’s brother.

Address: 235 West 44th Street

Current Show: The Hills of California

First Show: Misalliance in 1917

Did You Know: The Broadhurst Theatre is named after George Broadhurst, the producer and playwright who built and opened the theater with the Shuberts.

Address: 1681 Broadway

Current Show: The Great Gatsby

First Show: The New Yorkers in 1924

Did You Know: Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, played at the Broadway Theatre (then called the Colony Theatre) in 1928.

Address: 1633 Broadway

Current Show: Romeo + Juliet

First Show: Mourning Becomes Electra in 1972

Did You Know: Circle in the Square is the only Broadway theater to have a vomitorium – this isn’t what it sounds like. It’s a pathway below or behind seats in a theater that allows crowds to exit quickly. Productions in Circle in the Square often use this feature as an entrance and exit for the actors.

Address: 243 West 47th Street

Current Show: Our Town

First Show: The Kingdom of God in 1928

Did You Know: The theater was named after actress Ethel Barrymore. She is a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Address: 230 West 49th Street

Current Show: The Book of Mormon

First Show: Mayflowers in 1925

Did You Know: Eugene O’Neill was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright who wrote Long Day’s Journey into Night; Ah, Wilderness!; The Iceman Cometh and many others.

Address: 222 West 51st Street

Current Show: Wicked

First Show: Via Galactica in 1972

Did You Know: The theater is named after George and Ira Gershwin, known for works like Porgy and Bess and An American in Paris.

Address: 236 West 45th Street

Current Show: The Notebook

First Show: A Successful Calamity in 1917

Did You Know: Gerald Schoenfeld was the chairman of the Shubert Organization.

Address: 240 West 44th Street

Upcoming Show: Cult of Love

First Show: The Pigeon in 1912

Did You Know: The theater is the smallest theater on Broadway and is named for Helen Hayes. She was an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner and also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan.

Address: 145 West 44th Street

Current Show: Once Upon a Mattress

First Show: Cousin Kate in 1903

Did You Know: The man who operated the Hudson Theatre, Henry B. Harris died on the Titanic – his wife, who was rescued, continued to run the theater until she was forced to sell it in the Depression. It later functioned as an adult movie theater, a nightclub, and an event space before finally being reopened as a Broadway theater in 2017.

Address: 249 West 45th Street 

Current Show: Water For Elephants

First Show: Mary Jane McKane in 1923

Did You Know: When the Imperial was built, it became the fiftieth venue owned by the Shuberts.

Address: 138 West 48th Street

Current Show: Left on Tenth

First Show: Peg O’My Heart in 1912

Did You Know: The theater was named for James Earl Jones in 2022 (it was previously known as the Cort Theater). James Earl Jones is an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner and member of the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Address: 252 West 45th Street

Current Show: Stereophonic

First Show: Puppets of Passion in 1927

Did You Know: The theater is named after theatrical producer John Golden.

Address: 256 West 47th Street

Current Show: Six

First Show: The Night Duel in 1926

Did You Know: The theater has previously been called the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and the Mansfield Theatre before being renamed for singer, actor, dancer, and activist Lena Horne in November 2022.

Address: 220 West 48th Street

Current Show: Swept Away

First Show: Are You a Crook? In 1913

Did You Know: The Longacre Theatre was named after Longacre Square – now known as Times Square.

Address: 205 West 46th Street

Current Show: Death Becomes Her

First Show: The Old Town in 1910

Did You Know: The theater is named after Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne who appeared together in comedies by Noel Coward, Terence Rattigan and many others.

Address: 149 West 45th Street

Current Show: Oh, Mary!

First Show: The Proud Prince in 1903

Did You Know: The Lyceum is the oldest continually operating Broadway theater.

Address: 213 West 42nd Street

Current Show: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

First Show: Ragtime in 1998

Did You Know: The Lyric Theatre is the newest theater on Broadway.

Address: 245 West 44th Street

Upcoming Show: Gypsy

First Show: Rufus LeMaire’s Affairs in 1927

Did You Know: The Majestic is home to Broadway’s longest-running show, The Phantom of the Opera.

Address: 1535 Broadway

Current Show: Elf

First Show: Shirley Bassey in 1986

Did You Know: The theater is located on the third floor of the Marriott Marquis Hotel.

Address: 200 West 45th Street

Current Show: The Lion King

First Show: Irene in 1973

Did You Know: The theater is named for real estate developers who developed the building.

Address: 239 West 45th Street

Current Show: Suffs

First Show: The Music Box Revue in 1921

Did You Know: The Music Box Theatre was built for Broadway producer Sam Harris and songwriter Irving Berlin – known for songs like “White Christmas,” “Cheek to Cheek,” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business.”

Address: 208 West 41st Street

Upcoming Show: Redwood

First Show: Swords in 1921

Did You Know: The theater is named after theater owner David T. Nederlander.

Address: 250 West 52nd Street

Current Show: MJ The Musical

First Show: Funny Face in 1927

Did You Know: Neil Simon was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright known for shows like The Odd Couple, Sweet Charity, and Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Address:  214 West 42nd Street

Current Show: Aladdin

First Show: A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1903

Did You Know: The theater is named after the Dutch settlement “New Amsterdam” in what is now lower Manhattan.

Address: 1564 Broadway

Current Show: Tammy Faye

First Show: Miss Civilization in 1913

Did You Know: The Palace was a hugely successful vaudeville theatre, attracting performers like The Marx Brothers, Bert Williams, The Three Keatons, Fanny Brice, and Ethel Waters.

Address: 226 West 46th Street

Current Show: Hamilton

First Show: The Greenwich Village Follies in 1925

Did You Know: Composer Richard Rodgers is known for shows like Pal Joey and Babes in Arms as well as his work with Hammerstein including Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, and The Sound of Music.

Address: 261 West 47th Street

Upcoming Show: Eureka Day

First Show: Easy Come, Easy Go in 1925

Did You Know: The theater is named after a Broadway publicist Samuel J. Friedman.

Address: 225 West 44th Street

Current Show: Hell's Kitchen

First Show: Hamlet in 1913

Did You Know: Shubert Alley, which runs between the Shubert Theatre and Booth Theatre, was originally built because of fire laws. Both theaters – and the Astor Hotel – could use the alley as a fire exit.

Address: 246 West 44th Street

Current Show: Sunset Boulevard

First Show: The Merry Malones in 1927

Did You Know: The theater is named after the demolished St. James’s theater in London.

Address: 124 West 43rd Street

Current Show: & Juliet

First Show: The Fountain of Youth in 1918

Did You Know: The theater is named after composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, known for Company, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and many more.

Address: 254 West 54th Street

Current Show: A Wonderful World

First Show: La Boheme in 1927

Did You Know: Studio 54 was a famous former nightclub in the disco era.

Address: 227 West 42nd Street

Current Show: Yellow Face

First Show: Information Please in 1918

Did You Know: After several musical productions, this theater functioned as a movie theater and visitors center before being renovated in the late 1990s.

Address: 150 West 65th Street

Current Show: McNeal

First Show: Danton’s Death in 1965

Did You Know: Part of Lincoln Center Theater, the Vivian Beaumont is the only Broadway theater located outside of the Broadway theater district. Vivian Beaumont Allen funded the construction of the theater.

Address: 219 West 48th Street

Current Show: Hadestown 

First Show: Mary Stuart / A Man About Town in 1921

Did You Know: The theater is named after theater critic Walter Kerr.

Address: 1634 Broadway

Current Show: Back to the Future

First Show: La Belle Paree / Bow-Sing / Tortajada in 1911

Did You Know: The location of the Winter Garden Theatre used to be the American Horse Exchange, which sold thoroughbred horses.