Musical Today New York, United States
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
1,404 seats
Built in 1924 for the vaudeville impresario Martin Beck and renamed for the caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. Paddington The Musical begins here on 30 March 2027.
Inside the Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Martin Beck built it in 1924 and owned it outright — it was the only theatre in New York with no mortgage on it. G. Albert Lansburgh designed it in a Moorish and Byzantine style, with a double-height arcade along 45th Street and, inside, an octagonal ceiling with a multicoloured dome.
It carries the name of Al Hirschfeld, whose line drawings of Broadway casts ran in The New York Times for most of the twentieth century. The facade and the interior are both New York City landmarks.
It stands west of Eighth Avenue, at the far edge of the district, and is operated by ATG Entertainment, which sells its seats through ATG Tickets.
Opening dates, capacities and architects on this page come from the theatre's own history pages and from Wikipedia.
Getting there
42nd Street–Port Authority on the A, C and E; 50th Street on the C and E.
