Belasco Theatre

The Belasco Theatre opened in October 1907 as the Stuyvesant, designed by George Keister for producer David Belasco, who renamed it for himself in 1910. Keister built it in a neo-Georgian style, with Everett Shinn murals (18 of them, per the Shubert Organization’s page) and a state-of-the-art lighting board. The Shubert Organization’s page says it was restored in 2010.

At 1,034 seats, the Belasco is mid-sized. The Shubert Organization’s page says David Belasco conceived the auditorium as a living room, in the spirit of the “Little Theater” movement, and that its shallow depth keeps the audience close to the actors. Shubert’s figures spread the seats over three levels: an orchestra (527), a mezzanine (283) and a balcony (200), with 24 box seats. In our view, the mezzanine is the level to price against the orchestra here, and the balcony, a level higher, is the one to look at in a seat-view photo before you buy.

Operated by the Shubert Organization, the Belasco is at 111 W 44th St, on the same block as the Hudson (139–141 W 44th St).