New Amsterdam Theatre

• Aladdin (Original Broadway Production, 2014)
  March 20, 2014 - no date entered yet
• Mary Poppins (Broadway Production, 2006)
  November 16, 2006 - March 3, 2013
• On the Twentieth Century (Actors Fund Concert, 2005)
  September 26, 2005 - September 26, 2005
• Hair (Actors Fund Concert, 2004)
  September 20, 2004 - September 20, 2004
• Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert, 2003)
  September 22, 2003 - September 22, 2003
• Funny Girl (Actor's Fund of America Concert, 2002)
  September 23, 2002 - September 23, 2002
• The Lion King (Original Broadway Production, 1997)
  November 13, 1997 - June 4, 2006
• King David (Broadway Concert, 1997)
  May 18, 1997 - May 23, 1997
• Forbidden Melody (Original Broadway Production, 1936)
  November 2, 1936 - no date entered yet
• Forbidden Melody (Original Broadway Production, 1936)
  November 2, 1936 - November 28, 1936
• George White's Scandals of 1936 (Original Broadway Production, 1935)
  December 25, 1935 - March 28, 1936
• Revenge With Music (Original Broadway Production, 1934)
  December 24, 1934 - April 27, 1935
• Revenge With Music (Original Broadway Production, 1934)
  November 28, 1934 - December 15, 1934
• Murder at the Vanities (Original Broadway Production, 1933)
  September 12, 1933 - November 5, 1933
• Face the Music (Original Broadway Production, 1932)
  February 17, 1932 - July 9, 1932
• The Band Wagon (Original Broadway Production, 1931)
  June 3, 1931 - January 16, 1932
• Whoopee (Original Broadway Production, 1928)
  December 4, 1928 - November 16, 1929
• Rosalie (Original Broadway Production, 1928)
  January 10, 1928 - October 28, 1928
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 (Original Broadway Production, 1927)
  August 16, 1927 - January 7, 1928
• Lucky (Original Broadway Production, 1927)
  March 22, 1927 - no date entered yet
• Lucky (Original Broadway Production, 1927)
  March 22, 1927 - no date entered yet
• Betsy (Original Broadway Production, 1926)
  December 28, 1926 - no date entered yet
• Sunny (Original Broadway Production, 1925)
  September 22, 1925 - December 11, 1926
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1924 (Original Broadway Production, 1924)
  June 24, 1924 - no date entered yet
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 (Original Broadway Production, 1923)
  October 20, 1923 - no date entered yet
• Sally (Broadway Return Engagement, 1923)
  September 17, 1923 - October 6, 1923
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 (Summer Edition, 1923)
  June 25, 1923 - September 15, 1923
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 (Original Broadway Production, 1922)
  June 5, 1922 - June 23, 1923
• Sally (Original Broadway Production, 1920)
  December 21, 1920 - April 22, 1922
• Hitchy-Koo of 1920 (Original Broadway Production, 1920)
  October 19, 1920 - December 18, 1920
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 (Original Broadway Production, 1920)
  June 22, 1920 - October 16, 1920
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 (Original Broadway Production, 1919)
  June 16, 1919 - no date entered yet
• The Velvet Lady (Original Broadway Production, 1919)
  February 3, 1919 - no date entered yet
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 (Original Broadway Production, 1918)
  June 18, 1918 - no date entered yet
• The Rainbow Girl (Original Broadway Production, 1918)
  April 1, 1918 - no date entered yet
• The Rainbow Girl (Original Broadway Production, 1918)
  April 1, 1918 - no date entered yet
• The Riviera Girl (Broadway Production, 1917)
  September 24, 1917 - no date entered yet
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 (Original Broadway Production, 1917)
  June 12, 1917 - no date entered yet
• Miss Springtime (Broadway Production, 1916)
  September 25, 1916 - no date entered yet
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 (Original Broadway Production, 1916)
  June 12, 1916 - June 12, 1916
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1915 (Original Broadway Production, 1915)
  June 21, 1915 - no date entered yet
• Watch Your Step (Original Broadway Production, 1914)
  December 8, 1914 - June 1, 1915
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1914 (Original Broadway Production, 1914)
  June 1, 1914 - no date entered yet
• The Little Cafe (Original Broadway Production, 1913)
  November 10, 1913 - no date entered yet
• Sweethearts (Original Broadway Production, 1913)
  September 8, 1913 - no date entered yet
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1913 (Original Broadway Production, 1913)
  June 16, 1913 - no date entered yet
• My Little Friend (Original Broadway Production, 1913)
  May 19, 1913 - June 7, 1913
• Oh! Oh! Delphine (Original Broadway Production, 1912)
  February 3, 1913 - May 2, 1913
• The Spring Maid (Original Broadway Production, 1910)
  January 20, 1913 - February 1, 1913
• Eva (Original Broadway Production, 1912)
  December 30, 1912 - January 18, 1913
• The Count of Luxembourg (Broadway Production, 1912)
  September 16, 1912 - December 28, 1912
• The Pink Lady (Broadway Return Engagement, 1912)
  August 26, 1912 - September 14, 1912
• Robin Hood (Broadway Revival (ii), 1912)
  May 6, 1912 - no date entered yet
• The Pink Lady (Original Broadway Production, 1911)
  March 13, 1911 - no date entered yet
• Madame Sherry (Broadway Production, 1910)
  August 30, 1910 - no date entered yet
• Little Nemo (Original Broadway Production, 1908)
  October 20, 1908 - January 23, 1909
• The Merry Widow (Broadway Production, 1907)
  August 31, 1908 - October 17, 1908
• The Merry Widow (Broadway Production, 1907)
  October 21, 1907 - June 28, 1908
• The Grand Mogul (Original Broadway Production, 1907)
  March 25, 1907 - April 27, 1907
• The Spring Chicken (Original Broadway Production, 1898)
  December 10, 1906 - December 29, 1906
• The Spring Chicken (Broadway Return Engagement, 1906)
  December 10, 1906 - no date entered yet
• The Free Lance (Original Broadway Production, 1906)
  April 16, 1906 - May 26, 1906
• 45 Minutes from Broadway (Original Broadway Production, 1906)
  January 1, 1906 - no date entered yet
• The White Cat (Original Broadway Production, 1905)
  November 2, 1905 - no date entered yet
• The Prodigal Son (Broadway Revival, 1905)
  September 4, 1905 - September 4, 1905
• Humpty Dumpty (Broadway Revival, 1904)
  November 14, 1904 - no date entered yet
• The Rogers Brothers in Paris (Original Broadway Production, 1904)
  September 5, 1904 - October 8, 1904
• Whoop-Dee-Doo (Broadway Revival, 1904)
  May 16, 1904 - no date entered yet
• Looney Park (Original Broadway Production, 1903)
  May 16, 1904 - May 28, 1904
• Mother Goose (Broadway Revival, 1903)
  December 2, 1903 - no date entered yet

Built: 1903
Venue Status: year not entered yet
Demolished: year not entered yet
Seating Capacity: 1771

Location Info

214 West 42nd St.
New York, NY Find on Google

• New Amsterdam Theatre (1903)

Opened on the same night as the Lyceum Theatre.

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The building featured a 688-seat rooftop theatre (the Aerial Gardens before going through several name changes). It became a radio station in 1930 and a movie theatre in 1936. Since then, the theatre has been vacant (as of 2012). It was used during the 50s and 60s as rehearsal space for many Broadway shows.

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The main auditorium was restored by Disney in the mid-1990s.

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The theatre is said to be haunted by Olive Thomas, a Zeigfeld Follies showgirl who poisoned herself in 1920. She has been seen on and around the stage in a green beaded dress and head dress holding a blue bottle (the same type of bottle held the same type of pills that poisoned her).

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In 1955, there were rumors that Max Cohen, who owned the building, had intentions to restore the theatre to legitimate use but it never happened.