Lena Horne Theatre

The Lena Horne Theatre opened on February 15, 1926 as the Mansfield Theatre. It was renamed for the New York Times critic Brooks Atkinson in 1960, and on November 1, 2022 it became the Lena Horne Theatre, the first Broadway theatre named for a Black woman (the Nederlander Organization’s page). Wikipedia says Herbert J. Krapp designed it in the Spanish Revival style for the Chanin brothers. Its exterior and interior are New York City landmarks, designated in 1987. Six has played here since 2021.

The operator’s page gives it 1,069 seats and says only orchestra seats need no steps; mezzanine and box seats need stairs, and the theatre has no elevator or escalator. In our view, centre orchestra is the seat to want, and the front of the mezzanine is worth pricing against it.

Operated by the Nederlander Organization. Address: 256 W 47th St.