The Imperial Theatre New York has a capacity of 1421 seats.Use our interactive seating chart to view 286 seat reviews and 277 photos of views from seat.
The Imperial Theatre is a large venue with three seating sections. The ground-level Orchestra is divided into Left, Right and Center sections with views best towards the front and middle, whilst both Mezzanines have four to five sections of similar sizes. On all three levels, seats towards the sides are more restricted. The Front Mezzanine’s central seats are very popular owing to their impressively detailed views, whilst the Rear Mezzanine has decent but more distant sightlines. Boxes are also available for private yet restricted seating.
The Imperial Theatre was always intended to be a home for hit musicals, and it’s an aspiration the venue has lived up to countless times since becoming the 50th addition to the Shubert family’s theater empire.
Built as a replacement for the older, outdated Lyric Theatre, the Imperial Theatre’s design followed a familiar theme. Architect Herbert J. Krapp was once again hired to create a building with Adamesque influences, including floral motifs and ornamental panels. The main entrance on 45th Street is very narrow because it was squeezed in between the old Klaw Theatre and
Music Box Theatre.
The Imperial Theatre played host to one of the biggest hits of the 1920s,
Rose-Marie (1924) and since then has gone from strength to strength. Notable productions include
Annie Get Your Gun (1946),
Fiddler on the Roof (1964) and
Dreamgirls (1981). Since the turn of the century, audiences have sold out the house to see Hugh Jackman perform in
The Boy from Oz (2003), the Tony Award-winning
Billy Elliott (2008) and a revival of
Les Misérables (2014).
Know Before You Go
• Children under four are not permitted into the theater
• Bag check may be in operation; leave plenty of time to reach your seat
• Restrooms are on one level and serve all patrons; queues will be long
