Broadway theatre
New Amsterdam Theatre
214 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036
The New Amsterdam Theatre opened on October 26, 1903. Disney’s page for it says it was hailed as “The House Beautiful” at its opening and calls it an official New York City landmark; its exterior and interior were designated in 1979. Disney’s history page says the Ziegfeld Follies opened here in 1913, and that after its restoration the theatre reopened in 1997 with the premiere of Disney’s animated film Hercules, becoming the original home of The Lion King later that year. Aladdin is in residence.
The Broadway League’s Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) gives it about 1,747 seats, which makes it one of Broadway’s larger houses. The accessibility page on Aladdin’s site (Disney) names three levels, the Orchestra, the Mezzanine and the Balcony, and says the theatre has elevators to all levels. In our view, the restored interior is worth arriving early for, centre orchestra is the seat to want, and the front of the mezzanine is worth pricing against it.
Operated by Disney Theatrical Productions. Address: 214 W 42nd St, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.