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The Broadway House Guide

Broadway Theaters on West 45th Street

9 Broadway houses — more than any other street — with about 10,297 seats between them, listed in address order.

  • 9Broadway houses
  • 10,297seats on the block
  • 1,710at the largest
  • 800at the smallest

West 45th Street has 9 of Broadway's 41 theaters: Lyceum Theatre, Minskoff Theatre, Booth Theatre, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Music Box Theatre, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Imperial Theatre, John Golden Theatre and Al Hirschfeld 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 49 St. Every house here is within a short walk of Times Square.

  1. Lyceum Theatre922 seats · 3 levels · The Shubert OrganizationAddress149 W 45th St
  2. Minskoff Theatre1,710 seats · 2 levels · Nederlander OrganizationAddress1515 Broadway
  3. Booth Theatre800 seats · 2 levels · The Shubert OrganizationAddress222 W 45th St
  4. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre1,079 seats · 2 levels · The Shubert OrganizationAddress236 W 45th St
  5. Music Box Theatre1,025 seats · 2 levels · The Shubert OrganizationAddress239 W 45th St
  6. Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre1,100 seats · 2 levels · The Shubert OrganizationAddress242 W 45th St
  7. Imperial Theatre1,457 seats · 2 levels · The Shubert OrganizationAddress249 W 45th St
  8. John Golden Theatre800 seats · 2 levels · The Shubert OrganizationAddress252 W 45th St
  9. Al Hirschfeld Theatre1,404 seats · 2 levels · ATG EntertainmentAddress302 W 45th 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 45th Street?
9: the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street), the Minskoff Theatre (1515 Broadway), the Booth Theatre (222 West 45th Street), the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street), the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street), the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street), the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street), the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street).
What subway stop is closest to the 45th 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 49 St.
What is the largest theater on West 45th Street?
The Minskoff Theatre, with about 1,710 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.