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Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Shows · Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623.

Opened
2026
Performances
Type
Special
Era
Contemporary

Productions13 on Broadway

1787 John Street Theatre Original. March 19, 1787 · predates this show
1869 Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre Revival. November 8, 1869 · predates this show
1900 Fifth Avenue Theatre Revival. February 26, 1900 · predates this show
1904 Knickerbocker Theatre Revival. October 17, 1904 · predates this show
1907 Garden Theatre Revival. March 4, 1907 · predates this show
1912 Manhattan Opera House Revival. September 30, 1912 · predates this show
1913 Empire Theatre Revival. September 1, 1913 · predates this show 24 performances
1927 American Laboratory Revival. November 18, 1927 · Richard Boleslavsky · predates this show 22 performances
1952 Music Box Theatre Revival. May 1, 1952 · Antony Eustrel · predates this show 4 performances
1959 Lunt Fontanne Theatre Revival. September 17, 1959 · John Gielgud · predates this show 58 performances
1972 Winter Garden Theatre Revival. November 11, 1972 · A. J. Antoon · predates this show 136 performances
1984 Gershwin Theatre Revival. October 14, 1984 · Terry Hands · predates this show 53 performances
2026 Winter Garden Theatre Revival. November 19, 2026

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 12 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 1 entry

US Concord Theatricals Samuel French available

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