US Performing Arts and Theater
The largest performing arts center in the US outside New York City is Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, founded in 1808, is the oldest theater in America and the state theater of Pennsylvania.
What is the largest capacity theater in the US?
The largest theater in the US is the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a seating capacity of 21,000.
Movie Theater Industry
In 2016, AMC acquired Carmike Cinemas to become the largest movie theater chain in the US. The largest movie theater in the world is the 25-screen Kinepolis-Madrid megaplex in Spain, with 9,200 seats. The largest fixed projection screen is at the Sydney IMAX theater in Australia, measuring 117 x 97 feet.
AMC Theatres is the leading cinema circuit in the US and Canada with 7,850 screens. Regal and Cinemark follow with around 6,850 and 4,430 movie theater screens, respectively.
Broadway and Beyond
Broadway in New York City is the epicenter of American theater, with its divisions of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway. The largest Broadway theater is the 1,933-seat Gershwin Theatre.
The AMC Empire 25 in New York City has 25 screens and seats over 4,000, making it the largest movie theater in the country.