Richard Rodgers Theatre

The Richard Rodgers Theatre opened in 1924 as the 46th Street Theatre and was renamed in 1990 for the composer Richard Rodgers. The Nederlander Organization’s page says that, as built in 1924, it was the first theatre to use “democratic seating”, in which all patrons used the same entrance, and that it was refurbished in 2006. Its exterior and interior are New York City landmarks, designated in 1987. Hamilton has played here since 2015.

The operator’s page gives it 1,319 seats and says the only seats reachable without steps are in orchestra rows A–K; every other location needs stairs. 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: 226 W 46th St, on the same street as the Lunt-Fontanne (205 W 46th St).