Ed Sullivan Theatre Tourist Guide - New York City

The Ed Sullivan Theater is located on Broadway, New York, and lies between West 53rd and West 54th Streets in Manhattan. This radio and television studio has been used for both live and taped CBS broadcasts since the mid 1930s, and has the capacity to seat twelve hundred people, with four hundred seats that are used for television audiences.

Since 1993 the Ed Sullivan Theater has been the venue for the famous Late Show with David Letterman, but is best known for being home to the Ed Sullivan Show. In 1997 the theater was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It was originally named Hammerstein's Theater by the man that built it, Arthur Hammerstein. He actually named the theater, which was built between 1925 and 1927, after his father.

At one point in the 1930s the Ed Sullivan Theater was even used as a nightclub, but when CBS gained the lease it began to be used for broadcasting after about 1936. The theater then went through a number of name changes, and in the mid to late 1960s became known as the Ed Sullivan Theater. To most people this theater is best known because of the Late Show with David Letterman, but some will always remember it for the show of its namesake, the popular Ed Sullivan.

Many visitors to Manhattan enjoy a visit to the Ed Sullivan Theater, and this is a great experience as well as a fun evening of entertainment that will add to your New York experience. The location of the theater means that it is easy and convenient to get to.