New York City Theater & Performance Venues
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Peoples Improv Theater
54 W 29th St., New York NY; Tel. 212.563.7488
Affectionately known as The Pit, this cozy comedy club is run by an ex-SNL writer. This New York City theater is oddly shaped with a white-walled lobby and adjoining 40-seat black box theater that fills with energetic hipsters.
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Gershwin Theatre
222 W 51st St., New York NY; Tel. 212.307.4100
One of Broadway's largest theaters, the Gershwin Theater bears the namesake of a favorite composer and is known for hosting large-scale musicals.
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Ford Center for the Performing Arts
213 W 42nd St., New York NY; Tel.212.307.4100
This showcase New York Broadway theater was rebuilt with city tax credits to house the Ragtime production hit and continues to attract top-billers such as the classic 42nd St.
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Richard Rogers Theater
226 W 46th St., New York NY; Tel. 212.221.1211
This New York theater has been the long-time home for Broadway's hits throughout the years and was the first to open Guys and Dolls in 1950.
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John Golden Theatre
252 W 45th St., New York NY; Tel. 212.239.6200
When this NYC theater first opened, it aspired to host shows that were of the "artistic and intimate type."
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Majestic Theatre
245 W 44th St, New York NY; Tel. 212.239.6200
This Broadway playhouse is the preeminent New York theater for historic productions such as South Pacific and Phantom of the Opera.
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Neil Simon Theatre
250 W 53nd St, New York NY; Tel. 212.757.8646
This namesake New York theater is still on Broadway even when none of Simon's cunning plays are running.
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New Amsterdam Theatre
214 W 42nd St., New York NY; Tel. 212.282.2900
Walking into this metamorphosed Broadway theater is like stepping into a fairytale with multi-hued braided branches tracing lime-lavender walls and frolicking fairies on shimmering murals. Not a detail was overlooked when Disney decided to transform this New York theater into a showplace.
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— New York theater reviews by Sonja Pecavar
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