New Amsterdam Theatre
214 W 42nd St
New York, NY 10036
212-282-2900
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No Broadway theater has as storied, studied and stupefying a history as the 1800-seat New Amsterdam, which celebrated its centenary in 2003. For one thing, over 60 of those years passed without anything theatrical: From 1937 and 1997, the venue showed movies (legit and blue) and later sat empty and crumbling. When Disney bought it in the early '90s they spent $34 million to complete its circle of life -- and to house, appropriately, the stage version of 'The Lion King.' The result is opulence beyond compare: Master architect Hugh Hardy not only researched the original color scheme, but replicated and restored it, along with murals, carvings, floorings, ceilings and fabrics. The baroque decor now shimmers. The mens and ladies lounges are reached by staircases fit for a boulevardier. And while the famous rooftop theater was unsalvageable, all else is elegant and immensely historical -- this was, after all, the home of the Ziegfeld Follies.
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