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New York City Center

Address:
131 West 55th St. (between 6th and 7th Avenues)

New York, NY 10019

BUILT: 1923

SEATING CAPACITY: 2935
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New York City Center History

New York City Center has played a defining role in the cultural life of the city since 1943 when it was founded by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia with the mission to make the best in the performing arts accessible to all. The distinctive neo-Moorish theater welcomes 300,000 visitors annually to experience internationally acclaimed artists on the same stage where legends like George Balanchine, Leonard Bernstein, and Barbara Cook made their mark.

Shows at the New York City Center

DATES PRODUCTION
1/23/2026 - 3/15/2026 The Monsters (2026)
6/7/2025 - 7/13/2025 Machinal (2025)
4/30/2025 - 5/11/2025 The Wild Party (2025) [Cancelled]
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4/30/2025 - 5/11/2025 Wonderful Town (2025)
3/26/2025 - 3/30/2025 Love Life (2025)
2/5/2025 - 2/16/2025 Urinetown (2025)
10/30/2024 - 11/10/2024 Ragtime (2024)
6/12/2024 - 6/16/2024 Titanic (2024)
4/30/2024 - 5/12/2024 Message in a Bottle (2024)
2/21/2024 - 3/3/2024 Jelly's Last Jam (2024)
1/24/2024 - 2/4/2024 Once Upon a Mattress (2024)
11/1/2023 - 11/5/2023 Pal Joey (2023)
6/21/2023 - 6/25/2023 The Light in the Piazza (2023)
5/2/2023 - 5/14/2023 Lionel Bart's Oliver! (2023)
5/6/2020 - 5/10/2020 Thoroughly Modern Millie (2020) [Cancelled]
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3/18/2020 - 3/22/2020 Love Life (2020)
2/19/2020 - 2/23/2020 Mack and Mabel (2020)
11/18/2019 - 4/5/2020 Harry Townsend's Last Stand (2019)
11/13/2019 - 11/24/2019 Evita (2019)
8/1/2019 - 9/8/2019 Bat Out of Hell (2019)
2/12/2019 - 3/31/2019 The Cake (2019)
7/25/2018 - 7/28/2018 Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (2018)
7/11/2018 - 7/12/2018 Gone Missing (2018)
6/27/2018 - 6/30/2018 Songs for a New World (2018)
6/5/2018 - Sugar in Our Wounds (2018)
10/31/2017 - 12/3/2017 Actually (2017)
9/19/2017 - 12/10/2017 The Portuguese Kid (2017)
8/2/2017 - 8/5/2017 Really Rosie (2017)
7/26/2017 - 7/27/2017 The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (2017)
7/12/2017 - 7/15/2017 Assassins (2017)
5/10/2017 - 5/14/2017 The Golden Apple (2017)
3/22/2017 - 3/26/2017 The New Yorkers (2017)
1/24/2017 - 4/16/2017 Ring Twice for Miranda (2017)
10/24/2016 - 10/26/2016 Sunday in the Park with George (2016)
10/4/2016 - Vietgone (2016)
7/27/2016 - 7/30/2016 Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (2016)
5/3/2016 - 6/26/2016 Incognito (2016)
3/30/2016 - 4/3/2016 1776 (2016)
2/10/2016 - 2/14/2016 Cabin in the Sky (2016)
5/6/2015 - 5/10/2015 Zorba! (2015)
3/18/2015 - 3/22/2015 Paint Your Wagon (2015)
2/4/2015 - 2/8/2015 Lady, Be Good! (2015)
5/7/2014 - 5/11/2014 Irma La Douce (2014)
4/2/2014 - 4/6/2014 The Most Happy Fella (2014)
2/5/2014 - 2/9/2014 Little Me (2014)
1/15/2014 - 2/16/2014 Row After Row (2014)
2/24/2013 - 3/31/2013 Jackie (2013)
1/11/2013 - 2/17/2013 Bethany (2012)
10/30/2012 - 12/16/2012 Murder Ballad (2012)
2/8/2012 - 2/19/2012 Merrily We Roll Along (2012)
3/17/2011 - 3/20/2011 Where's Charley? (2011)
11/19/2008 - 11/23/2008 On the Town (2008)
7/5/2008 - 7/27/2008 Damn Yankees (2008)
5/8/2008 - 5/12/2008 No, No, Nanette (2008)
2/7/2008 - 2/10/2008 Applause (2008)
7/9/2007 - 7/29/2007 Gypsy (2007)
5/10/2007 - 5/14/2007 Stairway to Paradise (2007)
3/29/2007 - 4/1/2007 Face the Music (2007)
2/8/2007 - 2/11/2007 Follies (2007)
5/11/2006 - 5/15/2006 Of Thee I Sing (2006)
3/30/2006 - 4/2/2006 70, Girls, 70 (2006)
2/9/2006 - 2/12/2006 Kismet (2006)
5/12/2005 - 5/16/2005 The Apple Tree (2005)
3/31/2005 - 4/3/2005 Purlie (2005)
2/10/2005 - 2/13/2005 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (2005)
5/6/2004 - 5/9/2004 Bye Bye Birdie (2004)
3/25/2004 - 3/28/2004 Pardon My English (2004)
2/12/2004 - 2/15/2004 Can-Can (2004)
5/8/2003 - 5/11/2003 No Strings (2003)
3/27/2003 - 3/30/2003 The New Moon (2003)
2/13/2003 - 2/16/2003 House of Flowers (2003)
5/2/2002 - 5/6/2002 The Pajama Game (2002)
3/21/2002 - 3/24/2002 Golden Boy (2002)
2/7/2002 - 2/10/2002 Carnival! (2002)
5/3/2001 - 5/7/2001 Hair (2001)
3/22/2001 - 3/25/2001 Bloomer Girl (2001)
2/8/2001 - 2/11/2001 A Connecticut Yankee (2001)
5/4/2000 - 5/8/2000 Wonderful Town (2000)
3/24/2000 - 3/27/2000 Tenderloin (2000)
2/10/2000 - 2/13/2000 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (2000)
11/14/1999 - 11/28/1999 Abby's Song (1999)
5/6/1999 - 5/9/1999 Do Re Mi (1999)
4/1/1999 - 4/1/1999 Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (1999)
2/11/1999 - 2/14/1999 Babes in Arms (1999)
4/30/1998 - 5/3/1998 St. Louis Woman (1998)
3/26/1998 - 3/30/1998 Li'l Abner (1998)
2/12/1998 - 2/15/1998 Strike Up the Band (1998)
5/1/1997 - 5/4/1997 The Boys from Syracuse (1997)
3/20/1997 - 3/23/1997 Promises, Promises (1997)
2/13/1997 - 2/16/1997 Sweet Adeline (1997)
5/2/1996 - 5/4/1996 Chicago (1996)
4/1/1996 - 4/1/1996 One Touch of Venus (1996)
2/15/1996 - 2/17/1996 Du Barry Was A Lady (1996)
5/1/1995 - 5/1/1995 Pal Joey (1995)
3/30/1995 - 4/1/1995 Out of this World (1995)
2/16/1995 - 2/18/1995 Call Me Madam (1995)
5/4/1994 - 5/7/1994 Lady in the Dark (1994)
3/2/1994 - 3/5/1994 Allegro (1994)
2/9/1994 - 2/12/1994 Fiorello! (1994)
1/13/1987 - 1/18/1987 The Mikado (1987)
6/5/1980 - 6/22/1980 The Music Man (1980)
4/11/1974 - 4/11/1974 Music! Music! (1974)
12/21/1971 - 12/21/1971 Anne of Green Gables (1971)
12/1/1968 - 12/1/1968 Carnival! (1968)
6/13/1968 - 6/13/1968 My Fair Lady (1968)
5/23/1968 - 6/9/1968 The King and I (1968)
12/13/1967 - 12/13/1967 Brigadoon (1967)
6/8/1966 - 6/26/1966 Guys and Dolls (1966)
5/31/1966 - 7/9/1966 Annie Get Your Gun (1966)
12/15/1965 - 1/2/1966 Oklahoma! (1965)
6/16/1965 - 6/16/1965 The Music Man (1965)
5/12/1965 - 5/30/1965 Kiss Me, Kate (1965)
4/28/1965 - 5/9/1965 Guys and Dolls (1965)
3/11/1965 - 3/27/1965 Die Dreigroschenoper (1965)
12/23/1964 - 1/3/1965 Brigadoon (1964)
5/20/1964 - 6/28/1964 My Fair Lady (1964)
5/6/1964 - 5/6/1964 Porgy and Bess (1964)
10/10/1963 - 10/10/1963 Gentlemen, Be Seated! (1963)
6/12/1963 - 6/23/1963 The King and I (1963)
5/29/1963 - 6/9/1963 Pal Joey (1963)
5/15/1963 - 5/26/1963 Oklahoma! (1963)
2/27/1963 - 3/10/1963 Oklahoma! (1963)
2/13/1963 - 2/24/1963 Wonderful Town (1963)
1/30/1963 - 2/10/1963 Brigadoon (1963)
5/16/1962 - 5/27/1962 Can-Can (1962)
3/28/1962 - 4/8/1962 The Consul (1962)
10/26/1961 - 10/26/1961 The Crucible (1961)
10/12/1961 - 10/12/1961 The Wings of the Dove (1961)
5/31/1961 - 5/31/1961 Pal Joey (1961)
5/30/1961 - 6/10/1961 Brigadoon (1962)
5/23/1961 - 5/23/1961 The King and I (1961)
5/17/1961 - 5/17/1961 Porgy and Bess (1961)
4/12/1961 - 4/25/1961 Show Boat (1961)
5/11/1960 - 5/29/1960 The King and I (1960)
4/27/1960 - 5/8/1960 Finian's Rainbow (1960)
3/12/1959 - 3/12/1959 Lute Song (1959)
2/25/1959 - 2/25/1959 Say, Darling (1959)
2/10/1959 - 2/22/1959 The Most Happy Fella (1959)
12/4/1958 - 12/4/1958 The Seven Deadly Sins (1958)
4/6/1958 - 4/18/1958 Trouble in Tahiti (1958)
4/3/1958 - 4/3/1958 The Ballad of Baby Doe (1958)
3/19/1958 - 3/30/1958 Oklahoma! (1958)
2/19/1958 - 3/2/1958 Annie Get Your Gun (1958)
9/11/1957 - 9/29/1957 Carousel (1957)
5/15/1957 - 5/15/1957 The Pajama Game (1957)
4/10/1957 - 4/10/1957 The Merry Widow (1957)
5/31/1956 - 6/17/1956 Carmen Jones (1956)
4/18/1956 - 5/6/1956 The King and I (1956)
5/31/1955 - 6/12/1955 Guys and Dolls (1955)
5/18/1955 - 5/29/1955 Finian's Rainbow (1955)
4/20/1955 - 5/1/1955 Guys and Dolls (1955)
8/31/1953 - 10/5/1953 Oklahoma! (1953)
1/23/1952 - 2/10/1952 Come of Age (1952)
5/23/1950 - A Streetcar Named Desire (1950)
9/7/1948 - 9/18/1948 Show Boat (1948)
1/6/1947 - 2/15/1947 Bloomer Girl (1947)
4/1/1946 - 4/1/1946 The Airborne Symphony (1946)
- Regina (1959)
- The Cradle Will Rock (1960)
- The Architecture of Becoming (unknown)
- The Most Deserving (unknown)
- Tick, Tick... BOOM! (2014)
- Pump Boys and Dinettes (2014)
- The Maids (2014)
- Ripcord (2015)
- The World of Extreme Happiness (2015)
- Annie Get Your Gun (2015)
- Prodigal Son (2015)
- The Red Shoes (2017)
- India Pale Ale (2018)

News


Interview: Javier Muñoz Talks WONDER of American Repertory Theater's New Musical
by R. Scott Reedy - Dec 12, 2025

Javier Muñoz has starred in the Broadway productions of both “In the Heights” and “Hamilton,” so it’s safe to say he knows his way around leading roles in high-profile projects.
Review: PARADE at Ground Floor Theatre
by Joni Lorraine - Dec 10, 2025

While Austin stages overflow in December with CHRISTMAS CAROLS (three!), TUNA CHRISTMASES (two!), and all manner of holiday theatre cheer, a brilliant star shines at Ground Floor Theatre: Alfred Uhry’s PARADE. First produced in 2015 during GFT’s inaugural season, this remount stands as a striking full-circle moment in the company’s decade-long evolution into Austin’s leading inclusive theatre.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld December 10, 2025- CURSED CHILD Outsells HAMILTON and More
by - Dec 10, 2025

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 10, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Rachel Dratch, Wayne Brady and More Join 2026 Encores! Productions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 9, 2025

New York City Center has revealed additional cast members for the 2026 Encores! series, including Rachel Dratch, Wayne Brady, Claybourne Elder, and more.
Ailey’s New York City Center Season Continues With Two World Premieres And AILEY & JAMISON TRIBUTE Program
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 9, 2025

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will continue its New York City Center holiday engagement with two world premieres and the debut of an Ailey & Jamison Tribute program.
Video: Ethan Lipton Opens Up About THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS
by Survival Jobs - Dec 5, 2025

Survival Jobs just shared Episode 144 featuring the brilliant playwright and performer Ethan Lipton. In this heartfelt and engaging conversation, hosts Jason A. Coombs and Samantha Tuozzolo  sit down with Ethan to talk about his new play The Seat of Our Pants, now running at The Public Theater. Watch in this video.
Video: Alvin Ailey Celebrates At Opening Night Gala Featuring Honorary Chair And Honored Guest Ciara
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 5, 2025

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has opened its 2025–26 season with a gala evening honoring Board Chair Daria L. Wallach and featuring appearances by Ciara and Colman Domingo. See video from inside the celebration.
Photos: Ghost Light Theatre Company's IF THE WORLD REALLY ENDS ON FRIDAY
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 4, 2025

Go inside the rehearsal room for Ghost Light Theatre Company's final production of the 2025 season, If the World Really Ends on Friday, written by Emilia Harrison Daniel and directed by Caitlin Mayernik. Check out the photos below.
BAT OUT OF HELL Returns To Toronto's CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre Next Spring
by Stephi Wild - Dec 4, 2025

The hit musical Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical will return to Toronto's CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre next spring!  Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical will play three performances only.
New York City Center Launches Teen Musicians to Form the Inaugural City Center Youth Orchestra
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 3, 2025

New York City Center has launched a search for teen musicians to form the inaugural City Center Youth Orchestra. The 18-member teen orchestra will accompany the opening and closing numbers at The Roger Rees Awards.
54 Below to Present OEDIPUS! A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY During Studio 54's OEDIPUS Broadway Run
by Gillian Blum - Nov 30, 2025

54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present Janine LaManna and Jeff Gorti in the award-winning Oedipus! A New Musical Comedy on Sunday, December 21 at 9:30 p.m.
All 3 JUST IN TIME Leads Will Be Played By Covers Today
by Gillian Blum - Nov 29, 2025

Tonight's performance of Just In Time will be led by covers in all three primary roles, with Matthew Magnusson as Bobby Darin, Gabrielle Carrubba as Connie Francis, and Larkin Reilly as Sandra Dee.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Kicks Off Milestone Season With Opening Night Gala
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 26, 2025

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater‘s 2025-26 season–which raises the curtain on AILEY's next era under the leadership of new Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack, the renowned dancer and educator.
Nominations Announced for the 2025 BESSIE AWARDS
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 25, 2025

The New York Dance and Performance Awards, known as THE BESSIES, will announce the 2024 and 2025 honorees at a ceremony on January 20 at Dixon Place. This year’s nominations span choreography, performance, design, and revival categories.
54 Below to Celebrate the Holiday Season with Joe Iconis, Norm Lewis, Joy Woods and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 24, 2025

54 BELOW will celebrate the happiest time of the year with an incredible lineup of performances by Tony winner Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Darius de Haas, and more.
Virgin Voyages Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Sea To Land Production Company
by David McKibbin - Nov 23, 2025

Virgin Voyages just announced the launch of “Screw It, Let’s Do It Productions,” a new company that brings over 20 original shows and signature “Happenings” (spontaneous cast-led performances and celebrations) from the open ocean to dry land.
Review: DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET at New York City Center-Absolutely Charming
by Marina Kennedy - Nov 21, 2025

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Photos: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Celebrates Opening Night at the John W. Engeman Theater
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Nov 17, 2025

A Christmas Carol officially opened recently at the John W. Engeman Theater, featuring music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Check out photos from opening night here!
Quadrophenia, A Rock Ballet Aims for Teenage Turmoil, Gets Lost in Riptide
by Lora Strum - Nov 15, 2025

What did our critic think of QUADROPHENIA, A ROCK BALLET at New York City Center?
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Launches 2025 Season Under New Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 15, 2025

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will begin a new chapter this December as Alicia Graf Mack leads her first season as Artistic Director. The company’s 2025 engagement at New York City Center will feature world premieres, a company premiere by Medhi Walerski, and a new production of Judith Jamison’s A Case of You.

New York City Center Frequently Asked Questions

What show is next for New York City Center?
New York City Center's next show is The Wild Party which begins performances on 4/30/2025.

What when was New York City Center built?
New York City Center was built in 1923.

How many seats does New York City Center have?
New York City Center has 2935 seats.

What were the longest running shows at New York City Center?
Prodigal Son which ran from 2/9/2015 to 3/27/2016, Harry Townsend's Last Stand which ran from 12/4/2019 to 4/5/2020, Oklahoma! which ran from 2/27/1963 to 5/26/1963, Ring Twice for Miranda which ran from 2/12/2017 to 4/16/2017 and


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