Broadway Legend Tommy Tune Lists Manhattan Penthouse for $2 Million

Tommy Tune Lists Midtown Manhattan Penthouse on Legendary Block for $2 Million

Broadway icon and Houston native Tommy Tune has listed his Midtown Manhattan penthouse for nearly $2 million, according to the Compass listing.

The one-bedroom, one-bathroom property sits atop Southgate, a 17-story building at 400 E. 52nd St. designed by architect Emery Roth in 1931. The building occupies a secluded Manhattan block that historically drew major entertainment figures, including Greta Garbo, John Lennon, Shirley MacLaine, and Noël Coward. Tune discovered the tower property while visiting MacLaine, whose residence was located directly below.

The apartment features ceilings soaring nearly 14 feet above light oak plank floors, an open kitchenette with a wrap-around dining bar, and a king-sized suite complete with a soaking tub and stall shower. The great room currently serves as a display space for all 10 of Tune’s Tony Awards, earned across his career as a performer, director, and choreographer. Beyond the interior lies an 1,800-square-foot private outdoor terrace.

A Creative Home Base Built on Broadway History

The Compass listing highlights the deep personal connection between the space and its owner, noting that Tune wrote, sang, and danced about the penthouse during his national tours. “This penthouse has served as Tommy’s creative home base,” the listing states. “Here, he has visualized and painted, written and rewritten, created and entertained.”

Broadway Legend Tommy Tune Lists Manhattan Penthouse for $2 Million

Born in Wichita Falls to an oil rig worker, horse trainer and restaurateur and his wife, Eva Mae Clark, Tune grew up in Houston, attending Lamar High School before graduating from the University of Texas at Austin in 1962. After taking graduate courses at the University of Houston—which now houses more than 50,000 pieces from his career—he relocated to New York in the mid-1960s. He made his Broadway debut in 1965 as a chorus dancer in Baker Street before capturing his first Tony Award in 1974 for Seesaw.

The listing agents emphasize the property’s legacy of entertaining theatrical luminaries, positioning the tower penthouse for a new owner to step into its established creative lineage.