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Nederlander Theatre
Address
208 W 41st St
New York, NY 10036
Public Transport
Accessibility
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Restroom
An accessible restroom is available on the orchestra level. Other Restroom available on the Mezzanine level. -
Elevator/Escalator
None -
Folding Armrests
Available in orchestra and mezzanine -
Water Fountain
2 water fountains are located in the lobby. -
Assisted Listening System
Available -
Wheelchair Info
Wheelchair accessible seating is available through the Box Office only.
Theater Description
Built by Walter C. Jordan in 1921, this 1,232-seat theatre was originally named the National Theatre. It was renamed the Billy Rose Theatre in 1959, and in 1979 was very briefly renamed the Trafalgar Theatre. In 1980 the tehatre received the name it currently uses today, The Nederlander Theatre named after David Tobias Nederlander founder of the Nederlander Organization. It housed Times Square Church before The Nederlander Organization sold the Mark Hellinger Theatre to the church's pastor, David Wilkerson.A wide variety of shows have played the Nederlander, including Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and King Lear, Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, Noël Coward's Private Lives, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the Tony award winning Rent. Lena Horne won a 1981 Tony Award for her performance at the Nederlander in her eponymous Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music. Other notables productions include Inherit the Wind (1955), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) and Rent (1996).
