Neil Simon Theatre
250 West 52nd Street, New York, NY10019
Seats Approximately 1400
The building was completed in 1927, having been designed by noted theater architect Herbert J. Krapp. The theater was built for theater producers Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedly, hence its original name ("Al-Vin"). Its first production was George and Ira Gershwin's Funny Face starring Fred and Adele Astaire, which opened on November 22nd, 1927.
Aarons and Freedly lost control of their venue in 1932 due to the Great Depression, but it continued to be used by CBS as a radio studio when there was no running production. In 1975, the Shubert Organization purchased the theater and on June 29, 1983 renamed it the Neil Simon Theater in honor of Neil Simon, the celebrated American playwright.
It was designated a New York City landmark in 1985.
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