Ziegfeld Theatre, Movie theater in Midtown Manhattan, United States.
The Ziegfeld Theatre was a single-screen movie palace at 141 West 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan, built by Emery Roth & Sons from designs by Irving Gershon. Its dark facade carried tan textured panels and silver "Ziegfeld" script above a projecting marquee. Inside, John J. McNamara's gold and maroon auditorium seated 1,152: 825 orchestra seats and 306 in the tiered rear section.
The theater opened in 1969 as a tribute to the original Ziegfeld Theatre from 1927 and was designed by architects Emery Roth & Sons. It served for decades as a flagship venue for major film events and premieres in New York City.
The theatre's name honoured Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., the impresario behind the 1927 Ziegfeld Theatre a few hundred feet away, demolished in 1966. Its gold and maroon interior by John J. McNamara cost $600,000, and the corridor walls were hung with photographs of film stars.
The building at 141 West 54th Street is in Midtown Manhattan, a short walk from the 57th Street subway stations and near the Lincoln Center area. It reopened in November 2017 as the Ziegfeld Ballroom, a luxury event space, so it is not open for regular film screenings; visits depend on the event being held there.
The Ziegfeld's screen measured 20 feet tall and 52 feet wide, the largest non-IMAX screen in New York City. Its final screening, on January 28, 2016, was Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The building reopened in November 2017 as the Ziegfeld Ballroom.
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