 | David T. Nederlander Theatre (formerly "Billy Rose Theatre" or "National Theatre") is a 1,232-seat Broadway theatre located at 208 West 41st Street, in New York City (commonly the "Nederlander Theatre"). One of the Nederlander Organization's nine Broadway theatres, the legacy of the theatre began with David Tobias Nederlander, for whom the theatre is named. Built by Walter C. Jordan in 1921, the theatre was originally named the National Theatre. It was renamed the Billy Rose Theatre in 1959, and in 1979 was very briefly renamed the Trafalgar Theatre; it became the David T. Nederlander Theatre in 1980. It housed Times Square Church before The Nederlander Organization sold the Mark Hellinger Theatre to the church's pastor, David Wilkerson. |
| A wide variety of shows have played the Nederlander, including Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and King Lear, Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, Noel Coward's Private Lives, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee. Lena Horne won a 1981 Tony Award for her performance at the Nederlander in her eponymous Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music. Located in the Times Square Theatre District, the Nederlander is the only Broadway theatre located south of 42nd Street that is currently hosting a performance—the musical Rent moved to the theatre in 1996. Set in the Alphabet City neighborhood of Manhattan's East Village, the Rent production occasioned the remodelling of the façade and interior of the theatre to resemble a downtown nightclub. Notable productions 1948: Lend an Ear | |
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