Broadhurst Theatre

The Broadhurst Theatre opened in September 1917, one of the Shubert Organization’s original Times Square houses and now among the mid-size venues in the Shubert cluster. Named for producer George Broadhurst, it seats 1,218 across an orchestra (733), a balcony (429), 24 box seats, and 32 standing-room positions — a two-level configuration typical of Shubert houses of the era.

For ticket-buyers, the Broadhurst sits in a comfortable middle bracket: large enough to support demanding musical stagings but intimate enough that even rear-balcony sightlines stay tight to the stage. The orchestra rake is standard-shallow, meaning aisle-adjacent seats matter more here than in a steeper house — sit on the aisle if the show uses runway or passerelle work. The balcony overhang starts roughly at the middle of the orchestra, so rear-orchestra sightlines are unaffected. The 24 side-boxes carry more atmosphere than sightline, and the 32 SRO positions at the back of the orchestra release day-of when the house is sold out.

Address: 235 W 44th St, on the block between the Shubert, the Majestic, and the St. James — the heart of the Shubert cluster and a short walk from Times Square.