Todd Haimes Theatre, West 42nd Street NYC

The Todd Haimes Theatre, formerly known as the American Airlines Theatre and originally the Selwyn Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 227 West 42nd Street in the Theater District of New York City. Built in 1918, it was designed by George Keister and developed by brothers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, for whom the theater was originally named. The theater is owned by the city and state governments of New York and leased to New 42nd Street, a not-for-profit organization based in Manhattan. It has 740 seats across two levels and is operated by Roundabout Theatre Company.

The Selwyn Theatre was designed in the Italian Renaissance style, with a brick-and-terracotta façade. The auditorium, had been accessed from the six-story Selwyn Building on 42nd Street, but it collapsed in 1997. The modern theater is accessed through the ten-story New 42nd Street Building, which has an illuminated steel-and-glass façade. The fan-shaped auditorium is designed in a blue-and-gold color scheme and has a shallow balcony, box seats, and murals. There are lounges for Roundabout subscribers above the auditorium and technical spaces in the basement. In addition, the New 42nd Street Building contains offices, rehearsal rooms, and an off-Broadway theater above the lobby.

The theater was leased in 1934 to the Anru Amusement Corporation, which started operating the Selwyn as a movie house the same year. Later, Arch Selwyn filed for bankruptcy and Dry Dock Savings Bank bought the theater in August 1934. The Brandt family bought the Selwyn Theatre and offices in 1937.

A nonprofit organization, New 42nd Street, was formed in 1990 to restore six theaters and find uses for them, including the Selwyn Theatre. After the collapse of the Selwyn Building in 1997 the New 42nd Street constructed a new building, which opened in 1999. The Selwyn was renamed in March 2000 after the American Airlines.

In 2000, Roundabout restored the theatre to its original neo-renaissance style as part of the 42nd Street Development Project. In 2024, the theater was renamed Todd Haimes Theatre, in tribute to its late, longtime artistic director and CEO.