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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)
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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


Broadway's Joy Woods Will Perform First UK Solo Concert in June 2026
by Stephi Wild - Mar 6, 2026

Joy Woods, celebrated for her performances on Broadway, will present her first solo concert in the UK at London's Cadogan Hall in June 2026. The event follows her acclaimed UK stage debut and promises an exclusive showcase of her talent.
How Camille Spence Has Achieved Success in Professional Dance
by Team BWW - Mar 4, 2026

Since she began dancing at just 18 months old, Camille Spence has immersed herself in the craft of movement. Now a graduate of Pace University’s commercial dance program and an accomplished artist, Spence has established herself as a leader in this field. Though few dancers can pursue their passion at the highest level, her ambitions are as boundless as her dedication to the art form.
Taylor Trensch To Replace Robin de Jesús at Select Performances of NIGHT SIDE SONGS
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 3, 2026

Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Taylor Trensch will assume the role of Player 2, Dr. Verlaine in NIGHT SIDE SONGS at the Claire Tow Theater beginning Tuesday, March 3.
The Pekoe Group Welcomes Cody Andrus as Director of Integrated Marketing
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 3, 2026

Broadway advertising agency The Pekoe Group has welcomed Cody Andrus to the team as Director of Integrated Marketing. In this role, Andrus will oversee the holistic development of multi-channel integrated marketing campaigns.
New York City Center to Offer Free Programs for Young Adults
by Stephi Wild - Mar 3, 2026

New York City Center will present two free educational programs aimed at young adults, focusing on arts engagement and professional development in the performing arts sector.
Claybourne Elder to Release Debut Album with Live Shows at 54 Below
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2026

Center Stage Records will release If the Stars Were Mine, the debut album from Claybourne Elder – best known for starring in HBO's “The Gilded Age” and Broadway's Company – in digital and streaming formats.
Hot Tickets of the Week: WICKED, THE GREAT GATSBY, RAGTIME & More
by Team BWW - Mar 2, 2026

Ready to see your next Broadway show? Of course you are! Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week. Check out the shows we recommend that you should snag tickets to this week, starting March 2nd, 2026.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld March 2, 2026- New Look At MAYBE HAPPY ENDING On Broadway and More
by - Mar 2, 2026

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 2, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend!
Review Roundup: BIGFOOT! A NEW MUSICAL Off-Broadway
by Gillian Blum - Mar 2, 2026

BIGFOOT! A NEW MUSICAL opened Off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage, and critics are sharing their reviews of the new musical comedy, running now.
Flamenco Festival NY to Present Rosario 'La Tremendita''s TRÁNSITO
by Gillian Blum - Mar 1, 2026

The Flamenco Festival NY will present Roasio 'La Tremendita''s Tránsito (Fleeing the Noise), which strips flamenco to its core, on Saturday, March 7 at 6 p.m. at Joe's Pub.
How to Find Your Next Audition Song
by Spencer Glass - Feb 28, 2026

Actor and Coach, Spencer Glass, walks us through how to find the perfect audition song. Check back monthly for more actor wisdom from Spencer. 
Video: THE WILD PARTY First Day with the Encores! Orchestra
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 27, 2026

The Wild Party will be presented at New York City Center Encores! this spring. You can now get a look inside the first day with the Encores! orchestra for the production in a new video.
Flamenco Festival NY to Present LA REPOMPA: PIDO PERMISO at Joe's Pub
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 26, 2026

Flamenco Festival NY will showcase 'La Repompa: Pido Permiso' at Joe's Pub, featuring Raquel Heredia. The performance promises a deep dive into flamenco's rich traditions and personal expressions.
Bronx Music Hall Unveils March Lineup Featuring Flamenco Festival Tribute, Women in Horror Panel and More
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 25, 2026

Bronx Music Hall will present a wide-ranging slate of programming this March, highlighted by a 25th Anniversary Flamenco Festival New York tribute to Lola Flores on March 7 and a March 21 Women in Horror panel and screening as part of Women’s History Month.
CUNY Dance Initiative to Host RISING by Pigeonwing Dance and Neave Trio in NYC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 25, 2026

The CUNY Dance Initiative will present the New York premiere of Rising by Pigeonwing Dance and The Neave Trio, exploring themes of climate change and ocean conservation, at Baruch Performing Arts Center.
Irene Morales to Perform at Flamenco Festival NY in RAW
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 25, 2026

Irene Morales will showcase her flamenco performance RAW at Joe's Pub in NYC, highlighting a blend of traditional and contemporary dance forms. The work seeks a state of essentiality-a flamenco pared down to its core.
Ballet Hispánico to Present MUJERES: WOMEN IN MOTION at NYC Center in 2026
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 25, 2026

Ballet Hispánico New York will present Mujeres: Women in Motion at New York City Center. Mujeres: Women in Motion, an evening spotlighting contemporary choreographic voices reimagining movement, perspective, and representation onstage.
José Fermín Fernández to Debut at Flamenco Festival NY with GUITARRA DESNUDA
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 24, 2026

Flamenco Festival NY will present José Fermín Fernández: Guitarra desnuda on Saturday, February 28th, 2026 at 7pm at Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10003. Tickets are available now.
HVSO Will Present THE BEST OF BROADWAY Starring Alli Mauzey
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 24, 2026

Broadway is coming to the Hudson Valley! Vocalist Alli Mauzey, known for her roles in Wicked and Hello Dolly!, joins the HVSO to present The Best of Broadway.
Caleb Teicher Named Works & Process First Artist Curator in Residence
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 24, 2026

Dancer, choreographer, and director, Caleb Teicher, will join Works & Process as the inaugural Artist Curator in Residence. Teicher will serve a two-year term, the Works & Process Artist Curator in Residence.

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 Monsters which begins performances on 1/23/2026.

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

What show is currently in New York City Center?
New York City Center's current show is The Monsters which began performances on 1/23/2026.


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