New World Stages is a five-theater, Off-Broadway performing arts complex in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.

Constructed on the site of the third Madison Square Garden, New World Stages was originally built as a Loews Cineplex Entertainment multiplex cinema at Worldwide Plaza.

The Worldwide Cinemas multiplex opened in June 1989[1] and was originally operated by the Cineplex Odeon Corporation.

Since that time, the theater complex has housed many commercial theatrical productions, as well as numerous corporate events, readings, and concerts.

[9] In addition to new Off-Broadway productions, New World Stages has become a home to shows that were previously on Broadway, including Avenue Q, The 39 Steps, Million Dollar Quartet, Peter and the Starcatcher, Jersey Boys, and The Play That Goes Wrong.