Prior thereto, we offer live-caption via CART using a hand-held device, upon request with two-weeks’ advance notice. In addition, beginning four weeks after a show’s official opening night performance, hand-held audio description devices, hand-held captioning devices, and unlimited access to downloadable audio description and/or captioning for personal mobile devices are all available free of charge. The theatre provides infrared assistive listening devices for every performance at the theatre. The Majestic Theatre provides accommodations for patrons who are blind, deaf, partially sighted, and/or have hearing loss. Please be advised that where there are steps either into or within the theatre, we are unable to provide assistance.
There are no steps into the theatre from the sidewalk. Theatre is not completely wheelchair accessible. Spotlight on Broadway: Majestic Theatre from Spotlight on Broadway on Vimeo.ĭetails on the Majestic Theatre's Accessibility
Another forward-thinking aspect of the design was the creation of a single large balcony rather than two smaller ones-today’s producers are hesitant to book two-balcony houses because second-balcony seating is less desirable to modern audiences. With its steep rake, it offers ideal sight lines for audience members. Decades before the current vogue for stadium seating in movie theaters, Krapp had conceived of a similar concept for the theatre's orchestra. The interior features the Adam-style detailing common in many Shubert houses. The Majestic's exterior also includes a stylized Palladian motif above the entrance.
The Chanins commissioned Herbert Krapp to design the theatre complex in what he called a “modern Spanish” style, complete with terra-cotta base and Spanish brick-wall ornamentation, and arched windows. In 1930, the Chanins transferred ownership of all three houses to the Shuberts. The Majestic, a large musical house, complemented the other two venues, enabling producers to move shows based on their ticket sales to the most appropriately-sized venue. The Majestic Theatre was originally built in 1927 by real-estate magnates, the Chanin Brothers, as part of a three-theatre complex that also included the Royale (a mid-sized house) and the Theatre Masque, now the John Golden (a small house).
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