Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

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Parking for Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

The closest parking garages for Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre are located at:

Quik Park Garage

303 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036

212-586-8634

ICON Resource Parking

164 W 46th Street
New York, NY 10036

212-997-9115

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

Elevator: No

Escalator: No

Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre History

The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, originally called the Plymouth Theatre, was built in 1917 thanks to the Shubert Family and producer/director Arthur Hopkins.

By the time the Plymouth Theatre went up in 1917, the Shuberts had succeeded in having a full block of theaters to their credit, with the Plymouth and the Booth on 45th Street and the Broadhurst and the Shubert theaters on 44th Street.

The shows that were frequently featured there (particularly in the early years) were considered mainly academic in nature, examples of this being Tolstoy’s Redemption in 1918 and What Price Glory? by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings in 1924. Nowadays the theatre houses a pretty healthy mix of straight plays and more modest-sized musicals.

On May 9, 2005, the Plymouth Theatre was renamed for Shubert Organization's chairman Gerald Schoenfeld.

Notable Productions

The first show to open at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, back when it was known as the Plymouth, was Clare Kummer’s A Successful Calamity, though it was not in fact the show’s opening night (Calamity had already played at the Booth Theatre months earlier).

Some of the more notable shows produced at the Schoenfeld include Dial "M" for Murder, Equus, Godspell, Ain't Misbehavin', The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Passion, Jekyll & Hyde, both the original production of Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in 1954 and the 2006 revival, A Behanding in Spokane, and The Mother****** with the Hat starring Chris Rock.

The Schoenfeld Theatre has also been home to original productions of plays by many of the world's most loved and respected playwrights, including Thornton Wilder, Agatha Christie, Noel Coward, George Bernard Shaw, Neil Simon, David Hare, Tom Stoppard, John Guare, Lanford Wilson, Brian Friel, Martin McDonagh, and Wendy Wasserstein.

Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Design

One of the simplest theaters designed by Herbert Krapp, the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre’s exterior is brown, blue, and gold and much like its neighboring theaters was built using less costly materials such as terra cotta and brick.

Wheelchair seating and restrooms are available in the Schoenfeld Theatre, with additional restrooms located in the lower lobby.