Beacon Theatre is a historic theater at 2124 Broadway ( at West 74th Street ) on Broadway in Upper West Side , Manhattan , New York City . The 2,894-seat , three-tiered theatre was designed by Chicago architect Walter W. Ahlschlager and opened in 1929 as a movie palace for motion pictures and vaudeville . Today it is one of New York 's leading live music and entertainment venues , under the management of the Madison Square Garden Company . The theater was the site of the 2011 , 2012 , and 2016 Tony Awards
2016 Tony Awards
70th Tony Awards
Beacon Theatre (New York City)