Most Iconic Broadway Theaters

“Give our Regards to Broadway!” This famous New York entertainment hub draws in millions of people who come from all over the world to have “Some Enchanted Evening.” Thing is, Broadway theaters themselves offer “Something Wonderful,” too. Check out some of the most iconic Broadway theaters of NYC.

Booth Theater

Opened in 1913, the theater was built back-to-back with the Schubert Theater and designed with a Venetian-Renaissance façade. Named after the famous 19th-century actor, Edwin Booth, this small theater has held intimate performances like The Glass Menagerie, as well as larger, long-running musicals like Next to Normal. It just gave a home to new musical Significant Other, and you can bet that no matter what show you see in the Booth’s Theater, “It’s Gonna Be Good”.

New Amsterdam Theater

As Broadway’s oldest continuing functional theater, the New Amsterdam Theater one of New York’s first examples of Art Nouveau, with flowers and vines reaching across the ceiling. It’s claim to fame was Florenz Ziegfeld’s annual production of Follies (s5ome say the theater is haunted by the ghost of one of his showgirls). After being turned into a movie theater during the Depression, the theater was able to say “I’m Still Here” after Disney took out a 99-year lease and restored the space. Holding names like The Lion King and Mary Poppins, the New Amsterdam Theater is now home to Disney’s Aladdin.

Richard Rogers Theaters

This venue has been home to a shocking number of Tony-winning musicals and plays like Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Upon its opening in 1925, it was the first Broadway theater to employ democratic seating in which everyone comes in through the same doors, and other steps lead to less expensive seats. It seems to be a favorite of composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, too. His first Tony award-winning Best Musical, In the Heights, played here and the theater currently holds his new show- the most Tony-awarded musical of all time- Hamilton. We bet the next production to use this theater will be thinking, “This is ‘My Shot’.”

We love hearing new bits of history about our city, especially when it’s such a vibrant part of our culture. It just goes to show: “Anything Goes” in Manhattan.

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