Walter Kerr Theatre

Walter Kerr Theatre

 

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The Walter Kerr Theatre is a Broadway theatre. Located at 219 West 48th Street, it is owned and operated by Jujamcyn Theaters. One of the smaller auditoriums in the Theater District, it seats 975. The theater was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and built as the Ritz Theatre in 1921 by the Shubert family. It was operated by ABC as a radio and then television studio between 1943 and 1965, and remained vacant from 1965 to 1971, when it reopened with the musical Soon, book by Martin Duberman, which closed after three performances.

Although it housed a number of productions in the next two years, it remained dark from 1973 to 1983. The last production to staged at the Ritz was Chu Chem. After it closed, Jujamcyn hired EverGreene Architectural Arts to renovate the interior. In 1990 it reopened, now renamed for theater critic Walter Kerr, with August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson.

 

 

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Address

219 W 48th St (between Broadway & 8th Ave) New York, NY 10036

Transport

Subway: A, C, E to 42nd St–Port Authority; C, E, 1 to 50th St; N, Q, R to 49th St

Phone

(212) 239-6200

Box Office

Mon – Sat 10am to 8pm daily

Access Information

Theatre is not completely wheelchair accessible. Please be advised that where there are steps either into or within the theatre we are unable to provide assistance.

Seating is accessible to all parts of the Orchestra without steps. Wheelchair seating is available in the Orchestra only.

There is a wheelchair accessible restroom located on the orchestra level