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Broadway Theaters on West 44th Street

7 Broadway houses with about 8,693 seats between them, listed in address order.

  • 7Broadway houses
  • 8,693seats on the block
  • 1,709at the largest
  • 597at the smallest

West 44th Street has 7 of Broadway's 41 theaters: Belasco Theatre, Hudson Theatre, Shubert Theatre, Broadhurst Theatre, Hayes Theater, Majestic Theatre and St. James Theatre. On Manhattan's West Side, odd street numbers are on the north side of the street and even numbers on the south; numbers in the 100s sit between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, the 200s between Seventh and Eighth.

The nearest subway for most of these houses is 42 St–Port Authority Bus Terminal (A, C, E trains); for the rest it's Times Sq–42 St or 42 St–Bryant Park / 5 Av. Every house here is within a short walk of Times Square.

  1. Belasco Theatre1,016 seats · 3 levels · The Shubert OrganizationAddress111 W 44th St
  2. Hudson Theatre970 seats · 3 levels · ATG EntertainmentAddress141 W 44th St
  3. Shubert Theatre1,502 seats · 3 levels · The Shubert OrganizationAddress225 W 44th St
  4. Broadhurst Theatre1,218 seats · 2 levels · The Shubert OrganizationAddress235 W 44th St
  5. Hayes Theater597 seats · 2 levels · Second Stage TheaterAddress240 W 44th St
  6. Majestic Theatre1,681 seats · 2 levels · The Shubert OrganizationAddress245 W 44th St
  7. St. James Theatre1,709 seats · 3 levels · ATG EntertainmentAddress246 W 44th St

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

Which Broadway theaters are on West 44th Street?
7: the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street), the Hudson Theatre (141 West 44th Street), the Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street), the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street), the Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street), the Majestic Theatre (245 West 44th Street), the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street).
What subway stop is closest to the 44th St theaters?
42 St–Port Authority Bus Terminal (A, C, E) is the nearest station for most of them; check each house page for the closest stop — some are nearer Times Sq–42 St or 42 St–Bryant Park / 5 Av.
What is the largest theater on West 44th Street?
The St. James Theatre, with about 1,709 seats.

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.