New Amsterdam Theatre

The New Amsterdam Theatre is Disney Theatrical Productions’ flagship Broadway house and one of the most architecturally distinctive venues in the district. The building dates to 1903, originally an Art Nouveau showpiece that hosted the Ziegfeld Follies through the 1910s and 1920s before falling into decades of decline. Disney’s 1990s restoration returned it to performance use; its first post-restoration production was the original Broadway run of The Lion King.

At 1,747 seats across orchestra, mezzanine, and balcony, the New Amsterdam is a large house, but the room’s architectural detail — restored Art Nouveau ceilings, gilded boxes, intricate mosaics — gives it a sense of place that newer venues lack. Sight lines vary substantially across the house; the centre orchestra and centre mezzanine are widely considered some of the best premium seats on Broadway, while the rear balcony is genuinely far and steeply raked.

Disney books the New Amsterdam exclusively for its own productions. Address: 214 W 42nd St, on the restored 42nd Street block between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.