New Amsterdam Roof

• The Boy and the Girl (Original Broadway Production, 1909)
  May 31, 1909 - June 19, 1909
• The Merry Widow (Broadway Production, 1907)
  June 29, 1908 - August 30, 1908
• The Honeymooners (Original Broadway Production, 1907)
  June 3, 1907 - August 24, 1907
• The Governor's Son (Broadway Revival, 1906)
  June 4, 1906 - no date entered yet
• Lifting the Lid (Original Broadway Production, 1905)
  June 5, 1905 - no date entered yet
• A Little Bit of Everything (Original Broadway Production, 1904)
  June 6, 1904 - no date entered yet

Built: 1904
Venue Status: Status unknown
Seating Capacity: 680

Location Info

214 W. 42nd St.
New York, NY Find on Google

• New Amsterdam Roof (1943)
• Frolic Theatre (1924)
• Dresden Theatre (1923)
• Danse de Follies (1915)
• Aerial Gardens (1904)

A small theatre located on the roof of the New Amsterdam Theatre.

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The theatre once used to sport a glass runway where the showgirls would parade out over the heads of the audience allowing the men to see up their dresses.

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During Disney's renovation of the building, the rooftop theatre was demolished and replaced with Disney's offices.

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It became a radio station in 1930 and a movie theatre in 1936. It was used during the 50s and 60s as rehearsal space for many Broadway shows.