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The Broadway House Guide

Broadway’s Landmark Theaters

30 of the 41 Broadway houses carry New York City landmark protection — for the facade, the interior, or both. Here is what is protected at each.

  • 30landmark houses
  • 27with protected interiors
  • 3on the National Register
  • 11not designated

New York City can protect a building's exterior, its interior, or both. On Broadway most of the designations came in the 1980s, after several historic houses were demolished, and they are the reason so many of these rooms still look the way their architects drew them. 27 houses have a protected interior — the auditorium you actually sit in.

The 11 undesignated houses are mostly the post-1960 builds (the Circle in the Square Theatre, Gershwin Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Marquis Theatre, Minskoff Theatre and Vivian Beaumont Theater) plus 5 older houses: the Broadway Theatre, Nederlander Theatre, Studio 54, Todd Haimes Theatre and Walter Kerr Theatre.

  1. Al Hirschfeld TheatreFacade and interior are New York City landmarksOpened1924
  2. Ambassador TheatreAuditorium interior is a New York City landmarkOpened1921
  3. August Wilson TheatreFacade is a New York City landmarkOpened1925
  4. Belasco TheatreFacade and interior are New York City landmarksOpened1907
  5. Bernard B. Jacobs TheatreFacade and auditorium interior are New York City landmarksOpened1927
  6. Booth TheatreFacade and parts of the interior are New York City landmarksOpened1913
  7. Broadhurst TheatreFacade and auditorium interior are New York City landmarksOpened1917
  8. Ethel Barrymore TheatreFacade and auditorium interior are New York City landmarksOpened1928
  9. Eugene O'Neill TheatreAuditorium interior is a New York City landmarkOpened1925
  10. Gerald Schoenfeld TheatreFacade and auditorium interior are New York City landmarksOpened1917
  11. Hayes TheaterFacade and parts of the interior are New York City landmarksOpened1912
  12. Hudson TheatreExterior and interior are New York City landmarks; listed on the National Register of Historic PlacesOpened1903
  13. Imperial TheatreAuditorium interior is a New York City landmarkOpened1923
  14. James Earl Jones TheatreFacade and interior are New York City landmarksOpened1912
  15. John Golden TheatreFacade and auditorium interior are New York City landmarksOpened1927
  16. Lena Horne TheatreFacade and auditorium interior are New York City landmarksOpened1926
  17. Longacre TheatreFacade and auditorium interior are New York City landmarksOpened1913
  18. Lunt-Fontanne TheatreFacade is a New York City landmarkOpened1910
  19. Lyceum TheatreFacade (1974) and lobby and auditorium interiors (1987) are New York City landmarksOpened1903
  20. Majestic TheatreFacade and interior are New York City landmarksOpened1927
  21. Music Box TheatreFacade and auditorium interior are New York City landmarksOpened1921
  22. Neil Simon TheatreFacade and auditorium interior are New York City landmarksOpened1927
  23. New Amsterdam TheatreExterior and interior are New York City landmarks; listed on the National Register of Historic PlacesOpened1903
  24. Palace TheatreAuditorium is a New York City landmarkOpened1913
  25. Richard Rodgers TheatreFacade and auditorium interior are New York City landmarksOpened1925
  26. Samuel J. Friedman TheatreAuditorium interior is a New York City landmark; listed on the National Register of Historic PlacesOpened1925
  27. Shubert TheatreFacade and interior are New York City landmarksOpened1913
  28. St. James TheatreFacade and auditorium interior are New York City landmarksOpened1927
  29. Stephen Sondheim TheatreThe 1918 Henry Miller's facade is a New York City landmarkOpened2009
  30. Winter Garden TheatreAuditorium interior is a New York City landmarkOpened1911

Gold bars show each house’s seat count against the largest on Broadway (1,933).

On the Map

Highlighted: the houses on this list. Tap any dot for its guide.

Schematic map of Broadway theaters, 41st to 54th StreetEach dot is a Broadway house placed by its street address, almost all between Sixth and Eighth Avenues. North is up.54535251504948474645444342418th Ave7th Ave6th AveBroadwayTimes SqAl Hirschfeld Theatre — 1,404 seatsAmbassador Theatre — 1,125 seatsAugust Wilson Theatre — 1,225 seatsBelasco Theatre — 1,016 seatsBernard B. Jacobs Theatre — 1,100 seatsBooth Theatre — 800 seatsBroadhurst Theatre — 1,218 seatsBroadway Theatre — 1,763 seatsCircle in the Square Theatre — 776 seatsEthel Barrymore Theatre — 1,058 seatsEugene O'Neill Theatre — 1,108 seatsGerald Schoenfeld Theatre — 1,079 seatsGershwin Theatre — 1,933 seatsHayes Theater — 597 seatsHudson Theatre — 970 seatsImperial Theatre — 1,457 seatsJames Earl Jones Theatre — 1,092 seatsJohn Golden Theatre — 800 seatsLena Horne Theatre — 1,069 seatsLongacre Theatre — 1,077 seatsLunt-Fontanne Theatre — 1,505 seatsLyceum Theatre — 922 seatsLyric Theatre — 1,622 seatsMajestic Theatre — 1,681 seatsMarquis Theatre — 1,612 seatsMinskoff Theatre — 1,710 seatsMusic Box Theatre — 1,025 seatsNederlander Theatre — 1,235 seatsNeil Simon Theatre — 1,467 seatsNew Amsterdam Theatre — 1,702 seatsPalace Theatre — 1,648 seatsRichard Rodgers Theatre — 1,400 seatsSamuel J. Friedman Theatre — 650 seatsShubert Theatre — 1,502 seatsSt. James Theatre — 1,709 seatsStephen Sondheim Theatre — 1,055 seatsStudio 54 — 1,006 seatsTodd Haimes Theatre — 740 seatsWalter Kerr Theatre — 975 seatsWinter Garden Theatre — 1,600 seatsN ↑ · Vivian Beaumont: Lincoln Center, W 65th St (off map)
Schematic, not to scale: every house placed by its street address. Tap a dot for the house; on a phone, swipe the map sideways.

Questions, Answered

How many Broadway theaters are landmarks?
30 of the 41 current Broadway theaters are New York City landmarks in whole or part; 27 have a protected interior, and 3 (Hudson Theatre, New Amsterdam Theatre and Samuel J. Friedman Theatre) are also on the National Register of Historic Places.
Which Broadway theaters are not landmarks?
Broadway Theatre, Circle in the Square Theatre, Gershwin Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Marquis Theatre, Minskoff Theatre, Nederlander Theatre, Studio 54, Todd Haimes Theatre, Vivian Beaumont Theater and Walter Kerr Theatre.
What does an interior landmark designation protect?
The designated public interior spaces — typically the auditorium and sometimes the lobby — so their architectural features cannot be altered without approval from the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission. Productions can still build sets and install equipment.

Every figure here is derived from the house-by-house facts in our guide, each cited to the theater’s Wikipedia article and checked 2026-10-09. Seat counts are approximate — capacity shifts a little with each production. Spot an error?Tell us.