Where to sit
Aladdin seating chart — New Amsterdam Theatre
A plain-language read of the New Amsterdam Theatre for Aladdin. It gives facts from the sources we could read; any view of our own is labelled as ours.
About the venue
- Theatre
- New Amsterdam Theatre
- Address
- 214 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036
- Neighborhood
- Times Square
- Capacity
- 1,747 seats
- Operator
- Disney Theatrical Productions
Disney restored it and reopened it in 1997. Home of Aladdin.
The short version
The New Amsterdam opened on October 26, 1903; Disney's page for it says it was hailed as "The House Beautiful" at its opening and calls it an official New York City landmark (its exterior and interior were designated in 1979). Disney took a 99-year lease, restored the theatre over two years in partnership with the City of New York, and reopened it in 1997. Disney's accessibility page names three levels, the Orchestra, the Mezzanine and the Balcony, and says the theatre has elevators to all levels. In our view, the restored interior is worth arriving early for, centre orchestra is the seat to want, and the front of the mezzanine is worth pricing against it.
Section by section
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Orchestra
Wheelchair and companion seating is at the rear of the orchestra (Disney's accessibility page). In our view, centre orchestra is the seat to want; at the sides, look at a seat-view photo before you buy.
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Mezzanine
Reached by elevator; wheelchair and companion seating is at its rear (Disney's accessibility page). In our view, the front rows are worth pricing against centre orchestra.
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Balcony
Reached by elevator, but Disney's accessibility page says only the wheelchair locations at the rear of the orchestra and mezzanine avoid steps. In our view, the section to look at when price matters more than closeness.
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