Broadway History: When Each Broadway Theatre Was Founded

The other day I was wondering which Broadway theatre still standing now was the oldest… So I did some serious research and made a list! Granted, over the decades many of these theatre's names have changed several times and all of the really old buildings have undergone major reconstruction and restoration, but they are in the same spots their original structures stood on.

I hope some of you enjoy this list and sorry I’m not sorry for being a mega nerd. If you're as interested in this stuff as I am, then I highly recommend checking out the website Spotlight on Broadway. I just love theater history, am obsessed with New York, and feel inspired whenever I walk into one of these beautiful theatres. 

1903 - Lyceum Theatre

1903 - Hudson Theatre

1903 - New Amsterdam Theatre

1907 - Belasco Theatre

1910 - Lunt Fontanne Theatre

1911 - Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre

1912 - Cort Theatre

1912- Helen Hayes Theatre

1913 - Palace Theatre

1913 - Shubert Theatre

1913 - Longacre Theatre

1913 - Booth Theatre

1917 - Broadhurst Theatre

1918 - Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

1918 - American Airlines Theatre

1918 - Stephen Sondheim Theatre

1921 - Nederlander Theatre

1921 - Ambassador Theatre

1921 - Music Box Theatre

1923 - Imperial Theatre

1924 - Broadway Theatre

1924 - Al Hirschfeld Theatre

1925 - Eugene O'Neill Theatre

1925 - August Wilson Theatre

1925 - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

1925 - Richard Rogers Theatre

1926 - Brooks Atkinson Theatre

1927 - John Golden Theatre

1927 - Bernard B Jacobs Theatre

1927 - Majestic Theatre

1927 - St. James Theatre

1927 - Studio 54 Theatre

1927 - Neil Simon Theatre

1928 - Ethel Barrymore Theatre

1929 - Walter Kerr Theatre

1965 - Vivian Beaumont Theatre

1972 - Gershwin Theatre

1972 - Circle in the Square Theatre

1973 - Minskoff Theatre

1986 - Marquis Theatre

1998 - Lyric Theatre

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