Belasco Theatre, West 44th Street, New York City

The Belasco Theatre, originally the Stuyvesant Theatre, is located at 111 West 44th Street, between 7th Avenue and 6th Avenue, in the Theater District in New York City. It was designed by architect George Keister (1859-1945) and built in 1907 for theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright David Belasco (1853-1931).

Stuyvesant Theatre (the sign on the façade read "David Belasco's Stuyvesant") was named after Peter Stuyvesant, the 17th-century Dutch director-general of New Amsterdam, now New York City. The cornerstone was laid on December 5, 1906 and the theater opened on October 16, 1907, with the musical A Grand Army Man starring Antoinette Perry. It was renamed Belasco Theatre in 1910.

The Belasco Theatre has 1,016 seats across three levels and has been operated by The Shubert Organization since 1948. Both the façade and interior of the theater were designated New York City landmarks in 1987. It is one of the oldest historic theater interiors in NYC.

The façade 44th Street is made of red brick in Flemish bond, with terracotta decorative elements. It is split into an office section to the west and the main theater section to the east. The side walls are faced in plain brick. The upper stories are asymmetrical. The office section of the theater is at the western end of the façade, while a pair of pavilions flanks three vertical bays on the rest of the façade. The third story is topped by an entablature with a molded frieze, a set of dentils, and a heavy cornice with modillions. The auditorium has a ground-level orchestra, boxes, two balconies, promenades on the three seating levels, and a large stage behind the proscenium arch.

After David Belasco death in 1931 the theater changed hands several times. In 2009, the theater was leased by Lincoln Center Theater and it was closed for renovation in the same year, under the supervision of the designer Francesca Russo. The theater reopened on October 2, 2010.