Palace Theatre
Palace Theatre
The Palace Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 1564 Broadway (at West 47th Street) in midtown Manhattan, New York City. From 1913 through about 1929, the Palace attained legendary status among vaudeville performers as the flagship of the monopolistic Keith – Albee organization, and the most desired booking in the country. Designed by Milwaukee architects Kirchoff & Rose, the 1,740-seat theatre was funded by Martin Beck, a vaudeville entrepreneur based in San Francisco, in an attempt to challenge Keith-Albee’s east-coast monopoly.
Albee in turn demanded that Beck turn over three-quarters ownership to use acts from the Keith circuit. Beck took the deal, and was in charge of the booking. When the theatre finally opened on March 24, 1913 with headliner Ed Wynn, it was not an instant success. It lost money for months. The theater is notorious, too, for its enormous and difficult-to-sell second balcony in which nearly every seat has an obstructed view.
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Address |
| 1564 Broadway (between 46th St & 47th St) New York, NY 10036 |
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Transport |
| Subway: A, C, E to 42nd St–Port Authority; N, Q, R, 42nd St S, 1, 2, 3, 7 to 42nd St–Times Square |
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Phone |
| (212) 730-8200 |
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Box Office |
| Monday – Tuesday 10.00am – 8pm Weds -Saturday : 10am – 8.30 pm Sunday Noon – 600pm |
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Access Information |
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Theatre representatives are available to meet patrons with disabilities in the lobby of the building to escort them to designated wheelchair accessible areas. |
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There are designated wheelchair and companion spaces in the rear of the Orchestra section. This theatre is not equipped with an elevator or escalator |
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The Palace is equipped with wheelchair accessible restrooms on the Orchestra level. |
