Ethel Barrymore Theatre NYC: Tickets, Address & Visitor Guide

The Ethel Barrymore Theatre is at 243 West 47th Street in Manhattan’s Theater District, between Broadway and 8th Avenue and a short walk from Times Square. The full address is Barrymore Theatre, 243 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036.

Yes. Ethel Barrymore Theatre is the full name, and many listings shorten it to the Barrymore Theatre, the Barrymore Theater NYC or the Barrymore Theater New York. They all point to the same Shubert-owned Broadway house at 243 West 47th Street.

The Shubert Organization, which owns the building, spells it Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Ethel Barrymore Theater is the common American spelling and refers to the same building, so either search finds it.

Tickets are sold for each production, not for the theater itself. Telecharge is the Shubert Organization’s ticketing service, and the theater has its own box office at 243 W 47th St. Third-party marketplaces also list Barrymore performances at variable prices, so compare against face value before you pay more. Our Broadway rush and lottery ticket guide and last-minute ticket guide cover cheaper and later options.

Nothing is running at the moment. Joe Turner’s Come and Gone closed on July 26, 2026. Here There Are Blueberries, a limited engagement of 80 performances, begins previews on November 2, 2026 and opens on November 9. Schedules can change, so confirm dates on the production’s official page before you book.

It suits plays and actor-driven productions best. The room is mid-size at 1,058 seats, and its history includes A Streetcar Named Desire, A Raisin in the Sun, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and Death of a Salesman. Musicals have played here too, including a Tony-winning revival of Company in 2006 and The Band’s Visit in 2017, but it is not a spectacle-scale musical house.

The nearest Broadway-line station is 49th Street, served by the N and R, the W on weekdays and the Q late nights only. Times Square–42nd Street, the big hub for the 1, 2, 3, N, Q, R, W, 7 and S, is a short walk south, and the C and E stop at 50th Street and 8th Avenue. Our guide to getting to a Broadway show covers transit in more detail.

The Shubert Organization lists 1,058 seats: 582 in the orchestra, 196 in the front mezzanine, 256 in the rear mezzanine and 24 in the boxes. Some third-party sites show a slightly different total, so treat the Shubert figure as the reference.

No. The theater has no elevators or escalators. The orchestra is step-free from the entrance, while the mezzanine is up three flights of stairs, about 30 steps, with roughly two more steps per row once you are inside. If stairs are a problem, book the orchestra.

At orchestra level, yes. The orchestra is step-free, and the wheelchair spaces and their companion seats are all in the orchestra. The mezzanine is not step-free. There is one unisex wheelchair-accessible restroom on the main floor. To arrange wheelchair seating, captioning or audio description, contact Shubert Audience Services at 212-944-3700 or audienceservices@shubertorg.com.

The theater’s own policy is that children under four are not admitted, and individual productions can set a higher minimum age. Check the age guidance for the show you are booking, especially for serious material such as Here There Are Blueberries.

It opened on December 20, 1928, with The Kingdom of God, and was designed by Herbert J. Krapp for the Shubert brothers, who built it for the actress Ethel Barrymore. It was the last theater Lee and J.J. Shubert built, and it is the only survivor of the many they built for performers affiliated with them. The facade and the auditorium interior are both New York City landmarks.