New York Theatres:
Past and Present
Compiled by John Kenrick
(Copyright 2003-2009)
The Times Square,
Ford/Hilton & New Victory, three historic theatres on 42nd Street
just west of Broadway.
These pages offer basic information on over a hundred current and former Manhattan theatres, particularly venues that have played a role in the history of musical theatre.
Related Feature: Theatre in New York: A Brief History
Current Broadway Theatres:
A to C
E to H
I to M
N to R
S to W
Demolished Theatres:
A to B
C to D
E to F
G to He
Hi to L
M to O
P to S
T to Z
Former theatres still standing: A to Z
Photo Exhibit: Broadway Then & Now
Suggested Reading & Links
- Abbey's
- Academy of Music
- Adelphi
- Al Hirshfeld
- Alvin
- Ambassador
- American (African)
- American Airlines
- ANTA
- Apollo
- Astor
- Astor Place
- Avon
- Barnum's Museum
- Barnum's New Museum
- Barrymore
- Belasco
- Belmont
- Bijou
- Bijou Opera House
- Biltmore
- Booth's (Old - 23rd St.)
- Booth (Current)
- Bowery
- Bowery Amphitheatre
- Broadhurst
- Broadway (Old - Assorted)
- Broadway (Old - 41st St.)
- Broadway (Current)
- Brooks Atkinson
- Broughman's
- Burton's Chamber Street
- Candler
- Casino (1st - 39th St.)
- Casino (2nd - 50th)
- Castle Garden
- Center
- Central
- Central Park
- Century
- Charles Hopkins
- Chatham Garden
- Chatham Theatre
- Circle
- Cohan & Harris
- Colonial
- Comedy
- Cort
- Craig
- Criterion
- Daly's
- Eagle
- Earl Carroll (1st)
- Earl Carroll (2nd)
- Edyth Totten
- Eltinge
- Empire
- Ethel Barrymore
- Eugene O'Neill
- Fellow's Opera House
- Fifth Avenue
- Fifth Avenue Opera House
- Fifty Eighth Street
- Fifty First Street
- Fifty Fourth Street
- Follies Bergere
- Ford Center
- Forty-Eighth Street
- Forty-Fourth Street
- Forty-Ninth Street
- Forty-Sixth Street
- Fourteenth Street
- Francaise
- Frazee
- Samuel J. Friedman
- Fulton
- Gaiety
- Garden
- Garrick
- George Gershwin
- George M. Cohan
- Germania
- Gotham
- Grand Opera House
- Guild
- Hackett
- Hammerstein
- Hammerstein's Olympia - Lyric
- Hammerstein's Olympia - Music Hall
- Hammerstein's Republic (a.k.a. New Victory)
- Hammerstein's Victoria
- Harrigan's
- Harris
- Haverly's 14th Street
- Helen Hayes (Old)
- Helen Hayes (Current)
- Henry Miller
- Herald Square
- Hilton
- Hippodrome
- Hippotheatron
- Hollywood
- Hope Chapel
- Hudson
- Imperial
- International
- Jack Norworth
- Jacobs
- Jardin De Paris
- John Golden (Old - 58th St.)
- John Golden (Current)
- John Street
- Jolson's 59th Street
- Kelly & Leon's
- Klaw
- Knickerbocker
- Koster & Bial's
- Latin Quarter
- Laura Keene's Varieties
- Lew M. Fields
- Liberty
- Longacre
- Lunt-Fontanne
- Lyceum (Old - 24th St.)
- Lyceum (Current)
- Lyric
- Madison Square
- Majestic (Current)
- Majestic (Old - 58th St.)
- Manhattan
- Manhattan Opera House
- Mark Hellinger
- Marriott Marquis
- Maxine Elliott
- Mechanic's Hall
- Mercury
- Minskoff
- Morosco
- Music Box
- Nassau Street
- National (1st)
- National (Bowery)
- Nazimova's 39th Street
- Nederlander
- Neil Simon
- New Amsterdam
- New
- New Century
- New Fifth Avenue
- New Park
- New Victory
- New York
- New York Roof Garden
- New Yorker
- Niblo's Garden
- Nora Bayes
- Norworth
- Olympia
- Olympic (1st - 422 Bway)
- Olympic (2nd - 622 Bway)
- Palace
- Palmo's Opera House
- Park (1st - Park Place)
- Park (2nd - 58th St.)
- Park Lane
- Playhouse
- Plymouth
- Poole's
- President
- Princess (1st - 39th St.)
- Princess (2nd - 48th St.)
- Punch and Judy
- Republic (a.k.a. New Victory)
- Richard Rodgers
- Ritz
- Royale
- St. James (Old)
- St. James (Current)
- San Francisco Minstrels Hall
- San Francisco Music Hall
- Sam H. Harris
- Sam Shubert
- Savoy
- Schley Music Hall
- Schoenfeld
- Selwyn
- 63rd Street Music Hall
- Stadt
- Standard
- Star
- Studio 54
- Stuyvesant
- Tammany
- Thalia
- Theatre Comique (1st - 514 Bway)
- Theatre Comique (2nd - 728 Bway)
- Thirty-Ninth Street
- Times Square
- Tripler Hall
- Union (Bowery - Poole's)
- Union Square
- Vanderbilt
- Venice
- Virginia
- Vivian Beaumont
- Waldorf
- Wallack's (1st)
- Wallack's (2nd)
- Walter Kerr
- Weber & Fields Music Hall
- August Wilson
- Windsor (Bowery - Downtown)
- Windsor (48th Street - Midtown)
- Winter Garden (Old)
- Winter Garden (Current)
- Wood's Minstrel Hall
- Wood's Museum
- Ziegfeld