Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Vivian Beaumont Theatre
The Vivian Beaumont Theater is a theater located in the Lincoln Center complex at 150 West 65th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It is New York City’s only Broadway-class theater (thus making its productions eligible for Tony Awards) that is not located in the Theater District near Times Square.
The theater is named after Vivian Beaumont Allen, a former actress and heiress to the May Department Stores fortune, who donated $3 million for a building to house a permanent dramatic repertory company at Lincoln Center in 1958. Mrs. Allen died in 1962, and after several delays and estimated construction costs of $9.6 million, the Vivian Beaumont opened on October 21, 1965 with a revival of the 1835 play Danton’s Death by Georg Büchner. The cast included James Earl Jones and Stacy Keach.
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Address |
| 150 W 65th St Upper West Side New York, NY 10036 |
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Transport |
| Subway: 1 to 66th St–Lincoln Centre |
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Phone |
| (212) 239-6200 |
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Box Office |
| Noon to 6pm daily |
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Access Information |
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Wheelchair access to the Beaumont and Newhouse Theaters is available from the street-level entrance via a manned elevator located to the right of the large mural. |
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Orchestra level is accessible via the elevator described above. Entrance is behind Row O which is the only row accessible to people using wheelchairs. There are approximately 1-2 steps down per row to all other rows, except Row P, which is 1 step up. |
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Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the lobby levels of the Vivian Beaumont |
