Belasco Theatre

111 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10019

Belasco Theatre Information, Shows and Tickets

Directions & Box Office

Directions: By Subway, take the 1/2/3 or the N/R/W to 42nd Street, walk north on Broadway and then make a right onto 44th Street.
Entrance: 44th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenues The Belasco Theater is located on the north side of 44th Street, between Broadway and Sixth Avenue.
Box Office Hours:
Monday-Saturday:
10am - 8pm
Sunday:
12pm - 6pm

Best Seats In The House

Seats: 813

The front orchestra section or the front section of the mezzanine are the best bet to see a show in this theatre.

The extreme right and left sides of the first several rows of the orchestra have a somewhat obstructed view. Many parts of the mezzanine also suffer from limited vision and cramped seating.

Patrons heading to the balcony seats must use the entrance that is at the far right of the main entrance. Balcony ticket holders should be prepared for a long journey up a seemingly endless staircase. Although unofficial, the balcony seats in this theatre will not accommodate theatregoers who are larger than 250lbs, assuming they could even make it up the endless stairs in the first place.

Small seats is something that many other Broadway theatres that are owned by the Shubert Organization suffer from. If smoke is used in the show, it will linger in the balcony for quite a long time as the ventilation system is wholly inadequate and often feels akin to the old days that allowed cigarette smoking in the theatres.

The front row A of the balcony has limited vision as there is a huge brass safety rail directly in the sight line, which can be very annoying, so Row B is better. The boxes in this theatre have awful sight lines and terrible audio and should be avoided as should the on-stage seating, which many shows at this theatre have been known to accommodate to increase the show profitability, but reduce the quality of the overall experience for both the audience and the actors.

There are few great seats in this theatre and the trick here is to get seats that can be just "tolerated" as no seat is a luxury experience.

Belasco Theatre Seating Chart

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Parking for Belasco Theatre

The closest parking garages for Belasco Theatre are located at:

Central Parking System: 100 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036; 212-398-0464

Edison Parking: 38 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036; 212-764-4521

The closest parking is not always the best as it often takes longer to park and retrieve your vehicle as fellow theatre goers have the same idea. A better choice of parking may be the second choice or further away by a couple of Avenues.

Additional Notes

Landlord: Shubert Organization

Official Ticketer: Telecharge

Notes:

Broadway mogul David Belasco built this theater and named it after himself.

Elevator: No

Escalator: No

Now Playing Maybe Happy Ending

Previews Began: October 16, 2024
Opens: November 12, 2024
Show Closes: Open ended

A robot that has long been retired (and is now considered obsolete) meets his neighbor robot and what starts as an awkward encounter leads to a unique friendship, a surprising …more
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Previous Shows

Appropriate

Opened: March 25, 2024
Show Closed: June 30, 2024

Hidden secrets and buried resentments can’t be contained when this family has a long-awaited reunion and forced to face the ghosts of their past. …more

How to Dance in Ohio

Opened: December 10, 2023
Show Closed: February 11, 2024

In a group counseling center in Columbus, Ohio, seven autistic young adults are preparing for a spring formal dance, but their biggest fears make the challenge appear insurmountable. …more

Good Night, Oscar

Opened: April 24, 2023
Show Closed: August 27, 2023

Doug Wright’s new play, starring Sean Hayes as Oscar Levant , who was a famed 1950's Hollywood actor, concert pianist who had the most sharp and acid-tongued personality of the …more

Ain't No Mo'

Opened: December 1, 2022
Show Closed: December 23, 2022

Using a series of vignettes, this new comedy play by Jordan E. Cooper is a satirical odyssey portraying the departure of Black Americans from the country. …more

Girl From the North Country

Opened: April 29, 2022
Show Closed: June 19, 2022

A family down on their luck attempts to survive the Great Depression, all set to the tune of Bob Dylan’s somber yet emotional folk songs. …more

Girl From the North Country 2020

Opened: March 5, 2020
Show Closed: January 23, 2022

A family down on their luck attempts to survive the Great Depression, all set to the tune of Bob Dylan’s somber yet emotional folk songs. …more

Network

Opened: December 6, 2018
Show Closed: June 8, 2019

An anchorman of a failing news show becomes famous during a melt down on his final broadcast. The network decides to capitalize on his new-found status. …more

Gettin' the Band Back Together

Opened: August 13, 2018
Show Closed: September 16, 2018

Set in Sayreville, New Jersey and centered on a 40 year-old, recently unemployed investment banker, who seeks to get his high school band back together as a means to prevent …more

Farinelli and the King

Opened: December 17, 2017
Show Closed: March 25, 2018

18th century Spain, King Philippe V suffers from terrible insomnia and melancholy that is only soothed by listening to a man sing …more

The Terms of My Surrender

Opened: August 10, 2017
Show Closed: October 22, 2017

The Terms of My Surrender is a new theatre piece by the incendiary documentary filmmaker and author Michael Moore. The piece is meant to be both inspiring and infuriating – …more

The Glass Menagerie (2017)

Opened: March 15, 2017
Show Closed: May 21, 2017

The Glass Menagerie is a four-hander, focusing on a man named Tom Wingfield, based off the playwright himself, who lives at home in St. Louis, Missouri with his histrionic mother …more

Blackbird

Opened: March 10, 2016
Show Closed: June 11, 2016

Blackbird stars only two actors, a man named Ray (played by Jeff Daniels) and a young woman named Una (played by Michelle Williams). The premise is that 15 years prior, …more

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Opened: April 22, 2014
Show Closed: September 13, 2015

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a spectacular rock musical starring a male to female transsexual who has undergone a botched sex change operation. It is furthermore rooted in the …more

Belasco Theatre History

In 1907, Broadway mogul David Belasco opened a theater on 44th Street and called it the Stuyvesant. He might have named it for himself, except that he already had one on 42nd Street called the Belasco.

However, when that one got a name-change in 1910, the man known as the "Bishop of Broadway" (because of his unconventional clothing choice) re-christened the Stuyvesant as the Belasco Theatre.

Ever the impresario, Belasco had his theater built state-of-the-art, with high tech lighting and set equipment and special effects capabilities. Although it is on 44th Street, arguably the heart of the theatre district, the Belasco Theatre is located east of Seventh Avenue, where only a few lonely Broadway houses still stand; perhaps as a result, it isn't as popular as many of the other theaters on the Great White Way.

The Belasco Theatre was eventually bought by the Shubert Organization, but legend has it that its namesake continued to attend performances there, albeit in ghost form, even after his death in 1931.

Belasco Theatre Design

The Belasco Theatre was designed by architect George Keister with a white-trimmed, red brick colonial-inspired exterior. The small lobby is dingy and painted an unattractive brown and cream; high on the walls and the ceiling are faded paintings of pastoral scenes. The interior of the Belasco Theatre shows some signs of age but is nonetheless very handsome, with numerous murals and beautiful stained glass light fixtures. The restroom lounges have a certain cozy charm, but are desperately in need of renovation.