SEATING CAPACITY: 1091
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The Longacre, named for Longacre Square (now Times Square), was built by producer/manager H.H. Frazee (also known as the owner of the Boston Red Sox who sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees). After Frazee fell into financial difficulties, the theatre changed hands many times before being sold to Astor Theatre Incorporated, a Shubert subsidiary, in 1919. WOR leased it from 1943-1953 as a radio and television playhouse. Henry B. Herts designed the Longacre, one of four currently operating Shubert playhouses that he designed. It boasts a French Neo-classical-style exterior and a Beaux Arts-style interior, but lacks some of the individuality and flair which characterized Herts' other designs. In 2007-08, architect Michael Kostow oversaw a multimillion dollar restoration of the theatre, restoring the original plasterwork and architectural detail, expanding patron amenities, improving sightlines and repairing and cleaning the neo-French Classical exterior facade.
Some favorite stars to have performed at the Longacre Theatre include André DeShields in Ain't Misbehavin' (1978), Kelsey Grammer in the revival of La Cage aux Folles (2010), Krysta Rodriguez in First Date the Musical (2013), Beth Leavel in The Prom (2018), and hundreds more!
Accessible seating is available for this performance as indicated on the seating map.
The theatre is wheelchair-accessible.
Orchestra location: Seating is accessible to all parts of the Orchestra without steps. Wheelchair seating is located in the Orchestra only.
Mezzanine location: Located up two flights of stairs from the Orchestra level.
Balcony location: Located up four flights of stairs from the Orchestra level.
Handrails: Available at the end of every stepped seat row in the Mezzanine and Balcony.
There is one (unisex) wheelchair accessible restroom located on the Orchestra level.
The theatre provides infrared assistive listening devices for every performance at the theatre. In addition, beginning four weeks after a show’s official opening night performance, hand-held audio description devices and hand-held captioning devices are available, and there is unlimited access to downloadable audio description and/or captioning for personal mobile devices free of charge. (Hand-held devices are limited, although additional devices can be obtained with at least twenty-four hours’ notice.)
Loop technology is also available at this theatre.
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