Owned by the Durst Organization and managed by the Roundabout Theatre Company, the modern 1,055-seat theater opened in 2009 at the base of the Bank of America Tower.

Henry Miller's Theatre reopened as a Broadway house in 1998, when Roundabout staged a revival of Cabaret, during which it was advertised as the Kit Kat Klub, the musical's fictional venue.

Afterward, the auditorium was demolished, and the modern theater, originally retaining the Henry Miller's name, opened in 2009.

The Stephen Sondheim Theatre is on 124 West 43rd Street, at the base of the Bank of America Tower, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

[11][12] Unlike most theaters of its time, Henry Miller's Theatre had windows on its street-facing facade, illuminating what were originally offices.

[16] As of September 2010[update], the marquee displays the words "Stephen Sondheim", reflecting its rename from Henry Miller's Theatre.

[18] Henry Miller's Theatre was the first Broadway theater to be built under the 1916 Zoning Resolution, which is reflected in its design.

[16] The rest of the facade is made of red brick in common bond and is split into two end pavilions flanking five vertical bays.

Above that is a terracotta frieze with the name "Henry Miller's Theatre" carved in the center and triangular pediments above the end pavilions.

[9][25] The lower balcony level had boxes,[20][22] which Miller had initially planned to exclude from the design,[20][25] though he ultimately decided upon making them inconspicuous.

[47] John Corbin wrote for The New York Times that the new theater was "of the ideal size and shape" and that "the decorations are at once rich and in the perfection of good taste".

[53][58] During the early 1920s, Henry Miller's Theatre hosted the Broadway debuts of Leslie Howard in Just Suppose (1920)[59] as well as Noël Coward in The Vortex (1925).

[53][59] Other actors and actresses to perform at the Henry Miller included Alfred Lunt and Billie Burke in The Awful Truth (1922), Ina Claire in Romeo and Juliet (1923), and Jane Cowl and Dennis King in Quarantine (1924).

[60] Meanwhile, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson had died in 1921,[42] and the lease on the underlying land was transferred to the City Real Estate Company.

[62] Gilbert Miller ultimately bought Erlanger's interest and paid 25 percent of the gross profit from each production to the Milbank Memorial Fund, Anderson's legatee.

[52] In the early 1930s, the theater hosted The Good Fairy (1931), with Helen Hayes and Walter Connolly;[68][69] The Late Christopher Bean (1932), with Pauline Lord;[68][70] and Personal Appearance (1934), with Gladys George.

[74][75] The Henry Miller's productions in the early 1940s included Ladies in Retirement (1940) with Flora Robson and Estelle Winwood,[68] Spring Again (1941) with Grace George,[68] and Harriet (1943) with Helen Hayes.

[68] The Henry Miller presented The Cocktail Party in 1950 with Alec Guinness, Cathleen Nesbitt, and Irene Worth[78][79] and The Moon Is Blue in 1951 with Barbara Bel Geddes and Barry Nelson.

[83] The Living Room also opened at the Henry Miller in November 1954 but, after a month, was replaced by Witness for the Prosecution,[60] which ran until 1956.

[68] Other notable shows and performances in the 1950s included The Reluctant Debutante (1956);[60][84] Hotel Paradiso (1957) with Bert Lahr and Angela Lansbury;[60][85] Under Milk Wood (1957);[68][86] Look After Lulu!

[87] In April 1966, Gilbert Miller's wife offered the theater for sale for $1 million, saying she did not want her 81-year-old husband to "work hard as a producer" in his old age.

[93] Theatrical director Elia Kazan and his lawyer H. William Fitelson were reportedly interested in buying the Henry Miller.

In July 1998, a nearby construction accident temporarily closed the building, forcing Roundabout to relocate to Studio 54 to finish their production.

[127][130] Its opening was delayed by ongoing eviction proceedings against the Kit Kat Klub, as Durst claimed that the club was violating its lease by booking TOBA without his permission.

[132] After a protracted legal dispute, the New York Supreme Court ordered that the Kit Kat Klub vacate the theater in August 1999.

[135] By December 2000, The New York Times described the Henry Miller as being dilapidated, with dangling wires in the ceiling and a "carpet is so grubby that patrons are allowed to drink their Weissbier in the theater".

Durst notified the theater's operators that the Henry Miller's would have to be closed and demolished to make way for the construction of the 55-story Bank of America Tower.

[141] Because of the theater's landmark status, Durst and Bank of America had to avoid damaging the facade under threat of financial penalty.

[148][149] The other major production to run at the new Henry Miller's Theatre prior to its renaming was All About Me, featuring Dame Edna and Michael Feinstein; it played a limited engagement in early 2010.

[157] The Trip to Bountiful then opened at the theater in 2013,[158][159] followed by Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, which ran from 2014 to 2019[160][161] The Stephen Sondheim also hosted Slava's Snowshow at the end of 2019.