Membership & Members
Join our members, past and present, who have enjoyed the unique pleasures of our club ...
Over the decades, many renowned men and women of arts and letters have called The Players their home away from home.

Today, Booth's dream of a club that promotes social intercourse among professionals from almost* every walk of life is still thriving.
Initially, The Players was a men's club. However, on Shakespeare's birthday, April 23, 1989, women were finally permitted to become Players, the first of them being Helen Hayes. Her portrait hangs prominently in the Dining Hall.

The Benefits of Membership
The Players has always been a club where people of the theatre meet and mingle with individuals from a variety of professions and businesses.
In addition to the warm camaraderie and convivial atmosphere, The Players Grill has long been recognized as "one of the best bars in New York." 		We also offer many different types of events throughout the year from readings and lectures, through musical evenings and theatrical presentations. Every month the club hosts a "Meet Your Fellow Players" cocktail party, as well as frequent Pipe Nights at which we honor significant cultural figures.

Becoming a Player
It's a fairly simple process:
1) Pick up a Membership Kit at the front desk or call our office at
(212) 475-6116.
2) Be sure to read all paperwork included and complete the required application and contact sheet.
3) You must be nominated and seconded by two current members in good standing. If you don't think you know any members, please call our office and speak with someone from our Admissions Committee. They can help guide you through the process.
4) You'll be issued a guest card to use while getting to know the club's customs and meeting members.
5) Meet with the Admissions Committee.
6) If the Committee approves your application, and the Board agrees, welcome! Now enjoy the Players for years to come!
Henry James
Tommy Lee Jones
Everett Raymond Kinstler
Alan J. Lerner
Frederick Loewe
Rue McClanahan
Arthur Miller
Sherrill Milnes
Mary Tyler Moore
Frank Morgan
J.P. Morgan
Thomas Nast
Eugene O'Neill
Peter O'Toole
Al Pacino
Gen. John J. Pershing
Martha Plimpton
Christopher Plummer
Sidney Poitier
Cole Porter
Tyrone Power
Harold Prince
Mercedes Ruehl
Jason Robards
Norman Rockwell
Harold Ross
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
John Singer Sargent
Marian Seldes
Frank Sinatra
John Steinbeck
James Thurber
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Spencer Tracy
Liv Ullman
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Robert Vaughn
M. Emmet Walsh
Thornton Wilder
James Woods
Some Members Past & Present
 Edward Albee
Maxwell Anderson
Lauren Bacall
John Barrymore
L. Frank Baum
Harry Belafonte
Tony Bennett
Ludwig Bemelmans
Humphrey Bogart
Sam Bottoms
Carol Burnett
James Cagney
President Grover Cleveland
Henry M. Cohan
Judy Collins
Walter Cronkite
Alfred Drake
Edie Falco
Jose Ferrer
Morgan Freeman
Charles Dana Gibson
Steve Guttenberg
Rex Harrison
Ethan Hawke
Ernest Hemingway
Al Hirschfeld
Timothy Hutton
* The only profession to be specifically excluded at Booth's insistence were critics, whom the founder called "crickets." How, he said, could actors enjoy a respite at their club if critics were present? But, in 1960, critic Brooks Atkinson was given an honorary membership, opening the door.