Eugene O'Neill Theatre

Wikipedia says the Eugene O’Neill Theatre opened in 1925 as the Forrest Theatre, part of a hotel and theatre complex named for the 19th-century tragedian Edwin Forrest, that Herbert J. Krapp designed it for the Shubert brothers, that it was renamed the Coronet in 1945, and that it took Eugene O’Neill’s name in 1959. Its interior is a New York City landmark, designated in 1987. The Book of Mormon has played here since 2011.

It is a mid-sized house (1,108 seats) with an orchestra and a mezzanine. Ambassador Theatre Group’s access page puts the mezzanine on the second level, 25 steps up from the orchestra, entered from behind row D, with another 15 steps up to the rest of the level; the theatre has no elevator. In our view, centre orchestra is the seat to want, and the front of the mezzanine is worth pricing against it.

Operated by Ambassador Theatre Group (formerly a Jujamcyn Theaters house). Address: 230 W 49th St, on the same street as the Ambassador (219 W 49th St).