Performing Arts & Theaters on Long Island

Long Island has a surprisingly deep performing arts scene, with professional theaters, historic stages, performing arts centers, concert halls, university venues, community theaters, and outdoor performance spaces spread across Nassau and Suffolk counties. This guide brings many of the Island’s most established live-performance destinations together in one place, making it easier to find where to see plays, musicals, concerts, comedy, dance, family productions, and other stage events.

The interactive map below includes 21 performing arts and theater venues from Port Washington and Brookville to Riverhead, Sag Harbor, and East Hampton. It is designed specifically around live performance. For cinema listings, use the separate Movie Theaters on Long Island guide, while readers primarily looking for live music can also browse our Concert Venues guide.

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Performing Arts & Theaters on Long Island Interactive Map

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How to Use the Map

Use the venue-type filter to separate performing arts centers, professional and regional theaters, concert and live-entertainment venues, community theaters, university stages, and outdoor performance spaces. The programming filter can narrow the map further for theater, live music, comedy, dance, family programming, or film and screening events.

You can also browse by county or region, including Nassau County, western and central Suffolk County, the North Fork and Riverhead area, and the Hamptons and East End. The quick buttons provide shortcuts to popular categories, while the “Jump to a Venue” menu moves directly to a particular theater or performance center. Each map marker includes the venue address, programming focus, telephone number when available, official website, and driving directions.

What Is Included

This directory focuses on established Long Island venues where live performance is a primary or substantial part of the visitor experience. That includes professional theater companies, regional playhouses, multidisciplinary performing arts centers, historic theaters now used for concerts and stage events, major university arts centers, community theaters, and selected outdoor stages.

Ordinary movie theaters are excluded because they have their own directory. Small bars, restaurants with occasional music, school auditoriums without a regular public performance calendar, and temporary festival stages are also outside the scope of this map. The goal is to provide a useful directory of recognizable destinations where visitors can reasonably plan an evening or day around a scheduled performance.

Performing Arts & Theaters in Nassau County

• Landmark on Main Street – Jeanne Rimsky Theater, Port Washington: A well-established North Shore performing arts venue presenting concerts, comedy, theater, dance, lectures, and community programming.
• Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Brookville: LIU Post’s major performing arts complex, presenting concerts, touring productions, dance, comedy, family programs, and other large-scale cultural events.
• Madison Theatre at Molloy University, Rockville Centre: A university-based performing arts venue with concerts, theatrical productions, dance, comedy, and special events.
• John Cranford Adams Playhouse, Hempstead: Hofstra University’s prominent theater venue and a longtime home for academic theater, music, and special productions.
• Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury: The longtime theater-in-the-round venue historically known as Westbury Music Fair, used for concerts, comedy, family entertainment, and touring productions.
• The Space at Westbury, Westbury: A restored historic theater hosting concerts, comedy, special events, and other live entertainment.
• Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, East Meadow: Eisenhower Park’s outdoor stage, best known for seasonal concerts and community entertainment.

Performing Arts & Theaters in Suffolk County

• The Paramount, Huntington: One of Long Island’s best-known live entertainment venues, with national touring musicians, comedy, and special events in downtown Huntington.
• John W. Engeman Theater, Northport: A professional regional theater specializing in fully staged musicals, plays, and family productions.
• Theatre Three, Port Jefferson: A longstanding regional theater presenting musicals, plays, comedy, family productions, and community programming.
• Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook: Stony Brook University’s major cultural venue, with concerts, theater, dance, film, and visiting artists.
• Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, Patchogue: A restored historic theater in downtown Patchogue hosting concerts, comedy, touring productions, family programs, and community performances.
• The Gateway, Bellport: One of Long Island’s best-known professional regional theaters, particularly associated with large-scale musicals and theatrical productions.
• CM Performing Arts Center, Oakdale: A community performing arts organization producing musicals, plays, concerts, and family-oriented stage programs.
• The Argyle Theatre, Babylon: A professional theater in Babylon Village known for Broadway-style musicals, plays, concerts, and special productions.
• Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, Bay Shore: An intimate performing arts center presenting live music, comedy, and special events.
• The Suffolk, Riverhead: A restored Art Deco theater in downtown Riverhead used for concerts, comedy, special events, and other live entertainment.
• Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, Westhampton Beach: A major East End performing arts venue with concerts, comedy, dance, film, and cultural programming.
• Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts, Sag Harbor: A professional regional theater and cultural organization presenting theater, comedy, music, and educational programming.
• Guild Hall – Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan Theater, East Hampton: Part of Guild Hall’s multidisciplinary arts campus, presenting theater, music, dance, film, talks, and cultural events.
• North Fork Community Theatre, Mattituck: A community theater serving the North Fork with plays, musicals, youth productions, and locally produced performances.

Professional Theater and Broadway-Style Productions

Visitors looking specifically for staged musicals and plays have several strong options. The John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, The Gateway in Bellport, The Argyle Theatre in Babylon, Theatre Three in Port Jefferson, Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, and North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck all maintain theater-focused calendars, although the scale and production model vary considerably from venue to venue.

Some multidisciplinary venues also present theatrical productions alongside concerts, comedy, dance, or family programming. Tilles Center and Patchogue Theatre are good examples of venues where the calendar can change substantially from one week to the next.

Concerts, Comedy, Dance and Other Live Entertainment

Not every venue on the map operates primarily as a traditional playhouse. The Paramount, The Space at Westbury, Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair, Boulton Center, and The Suffolk lean heavily toward concerts, comedy, touring acts, and one-night live events. University and arts-center venues such as Tilles Center and Staller Center often mix music, dance, theater, film, lectures, and family programming within the same season.

Planning a Night at the Theater

Because the venues range from downtown theaters to university campuses and East End arts centers, the visitor experience can be very different from one location to another. Downtown venues in Huntington, Patchogue, Babylon, Riverhead, Port Jefferson, and Sag Harbor can often be paired with nearby restaurants and nightlife. Campus venues generally have dedicated or nearby parking but may require additional time to navigate university entrances and event lots.

Ticketing, seating layouts, late-seating rules, parking procedures, accessibility services, bag policies, concessions, and box-office hours can vary by production. Always check the official venue website before leaving home, especially for seasonal programs, outdoor performances, sold-out events, or productions with special entry requirements.

Research Methodology

The directory was assembled as a location-based research guide to established live-performance destinations in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Venue names, current operating status, addresses, public contact information, official websites, and programming focus were reviewed against current venue information and Long Island Guide’s existing venue coverage. The map uses embedded coordinates rather than runtime geocoding. Because event calendars and venue operations can change, time-sensitive information should always be confirmed with the venue before attending.

Key Facts & Details

Category	Details
Purpose	Interactive map and directory of established live-performance venues on Long Island
Geographic Coverage	Nassau County and Suffolk County
Venues Included	21 performing arts and theater locations
Nassau County	7 venues
Suffolk County	14 venues
Venue Types	Performing arts centers, professional and regional theaters, concert and live-entertainment venues, community theaters, university venues, and outdoor stages
Programming	Theater, musicals, concerts, comedy, dance, family programming, film, and special events
Map Features	Venue-type and programming filters, county and regional filters, jump selector, official websites, phone numbers when available, directions, and shareable filtered views
Excluded	Ordinary movie theaters, small bars with occasional music, temporary festival stages, and school auditoriums without a regular public performance calendar
Visitor Note	Schedules, tickets, seating formats, parking, accessibility procedures, and entry policies can change by event

From historic downtown theaters and intimate regional playhouses to major performing arts centers and East End cultural venues, Long Island offers far more live theater and performing arts than many visitors realize. Use the map to compare the venues that match the type of performance you want to see, then check the official calendar before making plans. Whether the night calls for a Broadway-style musical, a touring concert, stand-up comedy, dance, family entertainment, or a community production, there is likely a stage somewhere on Long Island with something worth seeing.