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Theatres & Seating Plans

Broadway Theatres: A - B

Al Hirschfeld Theater, 302 West 45th Street
Telephone 212-239-6200
The Al Hirschfeld was designed by G. Albert Lansburgh and built for vaudeville producer Martin Beck in 1923. Formerly named after Beck, this Byzantine-style theater was purchased by Jujamcyn in 1966 and renamed for legendary illustrator Al Hirschfeld in 2003.
Tickets: www.telecharge.com 
Click here for the Al Hirschfeld Theater's seating plan 

Ambassador Theater, 219 West 49th Street
Telephone 212-239-6200
This 1,088 seat theater, designed by Herbert J. Krapp, was built by the Shuberts in 1921. Its large width means audiences get quite close to the stage!
Tickets: www.telecharge.com 
Click here for the Ambassador Theater's seating plan

American Airlines Theater
, 227 West 42nd Street
Telephone 212-719-1300
The American Airlines was designed by George Keister and built as a movie house for producers Arch and Edgar Selwyn in 1918. Formerly known as the Selwyn Theater, in 2000 it was remodeled by the Roundabout Theater Company, with funding from American Airlines.
Tickets: www.roundabouttheater.org
Click here for the American Airlines Theater's seating plan

August Wilson Theater, 245 West 52nd Street
Telephone 212-239-6200
This 1,275 seat theater was designed by Crane, Franzheim & Bettis as the home of the Theater Guild in 1925. President Coolidge officially inaugurated the theater by flipping a switch for electricity in Washington, D.C. In 1981, the theater was sold to Jujamcyn and renamed in honor of Virginia Binger, wife of Jujamcyn Chairman James Binger, before being renamed in October 2005 in honor of playwright August Wilson.
Tickets: www.telecharge.com
Click here for the August Wilson Theater's seating plan

Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150 West 65th Street
Telephone 212-239-6200
Built in 1962, this 1,080 seat theater is one of two theatres operated by Lincoln Center Theatre, and is named after one of the Center’s benefactors.
Tickets: www.lct.org
Click here for the Vivian Beaumont Theater's seating plan

Belasco Theater, 111 West 44th Street
Telephone 212-239-6200
Designed by George Keister and built in 1907 for producer David Belasco, this 1,016 seat theater was originally known as The Stuyvesant. In 1910 Belasco, who wrote Madame Butterfly, renamed the theater for himself. It is now owned by the Shubert Organization.
Tickets: www.telecharge.com 
Click here for the Belasco Theater's seating plan

Bernard B Jacobs Theater, 242 West 45th Street
Telephone 212-239-6200
The Chanin Brothers, New York real estate developers, hired Herbert J. Krapp, the Shuberts’ architect, to design a complex consisting of a hotel and three playhouses – the three theaters are the current Bernard B Jacobs, Golden and Majestic and the hotel is now the Milford Plaza. In his design, Krapp referred to his unifying theme as “modern Spanish style.” The theatre is a one-balcony house of 1,078 seats that for a time in the 1930’s was known as the Golden and was leased to CBS radio, and was then known as the Royale before being renamed in 2005 in honor of the President of the Shubert Organization from 1972 until his death in 1996.
Tickets: www.telecharge.com
Click here for the Bernard B Jacobs Theater's seating plan

The Biltmore Theater, 261 West 47th Street
Telephone 212-239-6200
Originally designed by Herbert J. Krapp and built for the Chanin Brothers in 1925, the 650 seat theater underwent a $35 million renovation in 2003 and is now home to the Manhattan Theater Club.
Tickets: www.mtc-nyc.org
Click here for the Biltmore's seating plan

The Booth Theater
, 222 West 45th Street
Telephone 212-239-6200
Producer Winthrop Ames teamed up with the Shuberts to build this 1913 theater designed by Henry B. Herts Office. The 766 seat playhouse is named after actor Edwin Booth, the brother of President Lincoln’s assassin.
Tickets: www.telecharge.com 
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The Broadhurst Theater, 235 West 44th Street
Telephone 212-239-6200
Designed by Herbert J. Krapp and built in 1917, the 1,156 seat theater was named for playwright George Broadhurst by the Shuberts. It is owned by the Shubert Organization.
Tickets: www.telecharge.com 
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The Broadway Theater
, 1681 Broadway
Telephone 212-239-6200
Originally known as the Colony, this 1924 theater was designed by architect Eugene DeRosa and built for B.S. Moss. It was initially used as a movie palace, showing Universal Pictures productions and vaudeville. The 1,761 seat theater began staging plays in 1930 and was purchased by the Shubert Organization in 1939.
Tickets: www.telecharge.com 
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Brooks Atkinson Theater, 256 West 47th Street
Telephone 212-307-4100
The Brooks Atkinson was designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp and built in 1926 for owners Irwin & Henry Chanin. The 1,086 seat theater was originally known as the Mansfield Theater, after actor Richard Mansfield, but during the Great Depression the Chanin’s lost their theater and it was leased to CBS. In 1960, the theater was renamed after legendary New York Times drama critic Brooks Atkinson – the first critic in history to have a theater named in his honor. It is now owned by the Nederlanders.
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com 
Click here for the Brooks Atkinson Theater's seating plan


Broadway Theatres: C - J


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