New Amsterdam Theatre [New York City]
type: Item
label: New Amsterdam Theatre
description: Theatre building in New York, USA
description: theater in New York, Verenigde Staten van Amerika @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5020
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: USA
City: New York City
opening date: 1903-10-23T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q2004827
GPS: Point(-73.9881 40.7559)
Capacity: 1747
Web: newamsterdamtheatre.com
architectural style: Art Nouveau architecture
architectural style: Beaux-Arts
architect: Henry Beaumont Herts
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1544
theatricalia id: 5be/new-amsterdam-theatre-new-york
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1903 by Herts & Tallant for Klaw and Erlanger. Opened 26 Oct 1903 with Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. Home to the Ziegfeld Follies from 1913 until 1927. In the 1940s converted into a cinema. 1994-1997 renovation for Walt Disney Co. Re-opened May 1997 with a concert performance of King David. Since 1997, used for the musical, The Lion King. 1771 seats. - Roof theatre: Opened 1904 as Aerial Gardens (693 seats). 1914 renamed Danse de Follies. 1923 renamed Frolic Theatre.
Manhattan Index Cards ID: 132