New York’s Broadway

New York’s Broadway

The pinnacle of American live theater and entertainment, Broadway is one of the most inspiring avenues in world. Manhattan’s alluring theater row - from W. 41st to W 53rd - is lined with 39 professional theatres, including the famed Broadway Theater and Shubert Theater, and is home of award-winning musicals and shows such as A Chorus Line, The Lion King, Grease, Hairspray and Rent. Since the first theaters of the early 1800s through the Vaudeville days to the stage spectacles of today, Broadway is a symbol of theater entertainment throughout the world. No trip to New York City would be complete with experiencing a Broadway show!

Broadway Theaters

• Ambassador Theater, 219 W. 49th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• American Airlines Theater, 227 W. 42nd St. (btw. 7th & 8th Ave.)
• Belasco Theater, 111 W. 44th St. (btw. 6th Ave. & 7th Ave.)
• Booth Theater, 222 W. 45th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Broadhurst Theater, 235 W. 44th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Broadway Theater, 1681 Broadway (btw. 52nd St. & 53rd St.)
• Brooks Atkinson Theatre. 256 West 47th Street (Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Circle in the Square. 1633 Broadway (btw. 50th St. & 51st St.)
• Cort Theater. 138 W. 48th St. (btw. 6th Ave. & 7th Ave.)
• Ethel Barrymore Theater. 243 W. 47th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Eugene O’Neil Theater. 239 W. 49th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Ford Center. 214 W 43rd St. (btw. 7th Ave & 8th Ave.)
• Gershwin Theatre. 222 W. 51st St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Helen Hayes Theater. 240 W. 44th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Imperial Theater. 249 W. 45th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• John Golden Theater. 252 W. 45th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Longacre Theatre. 220 West 48th Street (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Lunt-Fontanne Theater. 205 W. 46th St. (btw. B'way & 8th Ave.)
• Lyceum Theatre. 247 W. 44th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Majestic Theater. 247 W. 44th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Marquis Theatre -1535 Broadway (btw. 45th St. & 46th St.)
• Martin Beck Theater. 302 W. 45th St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.)
• Minskoff Theater. 200 W. 45th St. @ Broadway
• Music Box Theater. 239 W. 45th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Nederlander Theater. 208 W. 41st St. (btw. 7th & 8th Ave.)
• Neil Simon Theater. 250 W. 52nd St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• New Amsterdam Theater. 214 W. 42nd St. (btw. 7th Ave & 8th Ave.)
• Palace Theater. 1564 Broadway @ 47th St.
• Plymouth Theater. 236 W. 45th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Richard Rodgers Theater. 226 W. 46th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Royale Theatre. 242 W 45th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Shubert Theater. 225 W. 44th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• St. James Theater. 246 W. 44th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Studio 54 - 524 W. 54th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Virginia Theater. 245 W. 52nd St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Vivian Beaumont Theater. 150 W 65th St. @ Broadway
• Walter Kerr Theater. 219 W. 48th St. (btw. Broadway & 8th Ave.)
• Winter Garden Theater. 1634 Broadway (btw. 50th St. & 51st St.)

Top 20 Plays & Musicals Now On Broadway

A Bronx Tale. Walter Kerr Theatre - A revival of Chazz Palminteri's one-man show bringing 18 characters to life and depicting a rough childhood on Bronx streets.

A Chorus Line. Schoenfeld Theatre - A revival of the award-winning musical about dancers auditioning to be in a Broadway show.

Avenue Q. John Golden Theatre - An irreverent musical with a puppet and human cast about life on a fictitious New York street inhabited by young people looking for love.

Blue Man Group. Astor Place Theatre - A multi-media spectacle about three bald mutes with blue skin with music, gags, video, flying food, and flying paint.

Chicago. Ambassador Theater - Featuring the amazing choreography of Bob Fosse, this is a revival of the musical about murderesses and a razzle-dazzle lawyer.

Grease. Brooks Atkinson Theatre - A new revival of the famous musical comedy about high school life in the 1950s.

Hairspray. Neil Simon Theatre - An exuberant musical based on the John Waters film about a Baltimore, Maryland teenager with big hair who becomes a star on a TV dance show.

Jersey Boys. August Wilson Theatre- A rousing musical on the life of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Les Miserables. Broadhurst Theatre - A revival of the musical based on the Victor Hugo novel.

Mama Mia. Winter Garden Theatre - Running for 5 years, this musical comedy about a woman who invites three men who may be her father to her wedding has songs by ABBA.

Queens Boulevard (the musical). Signature at Peter Norton Space - A new musical by about a new husband trying to find the perfect gift for his bride.

Rent. Nederlander Theatre - A joyous contemporary musical about young people living in New York's East Village and overcoming adversity.

Spamalot. Shubert Theatre - A riotous musical ripped from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail depicting the legendary tale of King Arthur.

Stomp. Orpheum - Eight incredible performers make rhythm and sound with raw objects like garbage cans, pots and pans. Stomp is in its12th year off-Broadway.

The Color Purple. Broadway Theatre - A new musical based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer novel, Color Purple tells the story of a woman who finds the strength to triumph.

The Lion King. Minskoff Theatre - This long-running Broadway musical is a visual feast based on the animated film with a score by Elton John.

The Phantom of the Opera - Majestic Theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber's romantic musical about the strange relationship between a hideously deformed musician and his beautiful protégée is the longest-running show on Broadway.

Wicked. Gershwin Theatre - An award-winning musical about the story of the early life of the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz.

Xanadu. Helen Hayes Theatre - This is a new musical love story is inspired by the 1980 film.

Young Frankenstein. Hilton Theatre - A new musical comedy spoof based on Mel Brooks' 1974 classic film.

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