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Adelphi Theatre

Adelphi Theatre

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This is a New York theatre. The address is Manhattan and the former names are Broadway names, but the record is filed as West End and its coordinates, architect and history were taken from the London theatre of the same name. Every one of these names exists on both streets. Reported to broadway-data as issue #97.

West End Open 19341970 on this page56 productions
54th Street TheatreGeorge Abbott Theatre

Names this building has traded under. A production filed against one of them is filed against this record.

By decade56 productions across 5 decades

  1. 1930s 18
  2. 1940s 14
  3. 1950s 10
  4. 1960s 13
  5. 1970s 1

Counted from the productions we hold, which are Broadway and a partial West End. A quiet decade here can mean a dark theatre and can mean a gap in the record.

Longest runs hereby performances

1962 No Strings March 15, 1962 · Joe Layton 580 perf.
1964 What Makes Sammy Run? February 27, 1964 · Abe Burrows 540 perf.
1944 On the Town December 28, 1944 · George Abbott 463 perf.
1946 Three to Make Ready March 7, 1946 · John Murray Anderson 327 perf.
1938 one third of a nation January 17, 1938 · Lem Ward 237 perf.
1948 Look, Ma, I’m Dancin’! January 29, 1948 · George Abbott & Jerome Robbins 188 perf.
1947 Street Scene January 9, 1947 · Charles Friedman 148 perf.
1947 Music in My Heart October 2, 1947 · Hassard Short 124 perf.

Ranked among the 45 runs here that record a performance count. 11 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here56 productions

1934 The Lord Blesses the Bishop November 27, 1934 · Original · no show page 7 perf.
1935 Alma Mater March 1, 1935 · Original · no show page
1935 Dreams March 5, 1935 · Revival · no show page
1935 Reminiscence March 1, 1935 · Original · no show page
1935 Serenade March 1, 1935 · Original · no show page
1935 The Gondoliers August 5, 1935 · Revival · no show page 12 perf.
1935 The Mikado July 15, 1935 · Revival · no show page 16 perf.
1935 The Pirates Of Penzance July 22, 1935 · Revival 12 perf.
1935 The Yeomen of the Guard July 29, 1935 · Revival · no show page 12 perf.
1935 Transcendence March 5, 1935 · Original · no show page
1935 Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore August 12, 1935 · Revival · no show page 12 perf.
1936 It Can't Happen Here October 26, 1936 · Original · no show page 95 perf.
1936 The Dance of Death May 19, 1936 · Original · no show page
1937 A Hero Is Born October 1, 1937 · Original · no show page 50 perf.
1937 Swing It July 22, 1937 · Original · no show page 36 perf.
1937 The Revolt of the Beavers May 20, 1937 · Original · no show page
1937 The Sun and I February 26, 1937 · Original · no show page 74 perf.
1938 one third of a nation January 17, 1938 · Original · no show page 237 perf.
1944 Allah Be Praised! April 20, 1944 · Original · no show page 20 perf.
1944 On the Town December 28, 1944 · Original 463 perf.
1944 Robin Hood November 7, 1944 · Revival 15 perf.
1945 Carib Song September 27, 1945 · Original · no show page 36 perf.
1945 The Girl From Nantucket November 8, 1945 · Original · no show page 12 perf.
1946 Around the World May 31, 1946 · Revival 75 perf.
1946 Lovely Me December 25, 1946 · Original · no show page 37 perf.
1946 Nellie Bly January 21, 1946 · Original · no show page 16 perf.
1946 The Duchess Misbehaves February 13, 1946 · Original · no show page 5 perf.
1946 Three to Make Ready March 7, 1946 · Original · no show page 327 perf.
1947 Music in My Heart October 2, 1947 · Original 124 perf.
1947 Street Scene January 9, 1947 · Revival 148 perf.
1948 Hilarities September 9, 1948 · Original · no show page 14 perf.
1948 Look, Ma, I’m Dancin’! January 29, 1948 · Original · no show page 188 perf.
1950 Guide to British Theatres 1750 John Earl and Michael Sell pp  96 7 Theatres Trust 2000 Opening date not recorded · Original · no show page
1957 Performances: 15 April 9, 1957 · Original 32 perf.
1957 The Country Wife November 27, 1957 · Revival · no show page 45 perf.
1958 Drink to Me Only October 8, 1958 · Original · no show page 77 perf.
1958 Portofino February 21, 1958 · Original 3 perf.
1958 Simply Heavenly May 20, 1958 · Transfer
1958 The Broken Date May 20, 1958 · Original 16 perf.
1959 God and Kate Murphy February 26, 1959 · Original · no show page 12 perf.
1959 Happy Town October 7, 1959 · Original 5 perf.
1959 The Legend of Lizzie February 9, 1959 · Original · no show page 2 perf.
1960 Caligula February 16, 1960 · Original · no show page 38 perf.
1960 Martha Graham and her Dance Company May 4, 1960 · Original · no show page 3 perf.
1960 Once Upon A Mattress September 20, 1960 · Transfer
1961 13 Daughters March 2, 1961 · Original · no show page 28 perf.
1961 Kwamina October 23, 1961 · Original 32 perf.
1962 No Strings March 15, 1962 · Original 580 perf.
1963 The Student Gypsy September 30, 1963 · Original · no show page 16 perf.
1963 Too True to Be Good March 12, 1963 · Revival · no show page 94 perf.
1964 What Makes Sammy Run? February 27, 1964 · Original 540 perf.
1965 La Grosse Valise December 14, 1965 · Original · no show page 7 perf.
1968 Darling of the Day January 27, 1968 · Original 31 perf.
1968 Martha Graham and Dance Company May 25, 1968 · Original · no show page
1969 Buck White December 2, 1969 · Original · no show page 7 perf.
1970 Gantry February 14, 1970 · Original 1 perf.

What this page does not know

  • Anything about the building itself. The capacity, architect, coordinates and history on this record belong to a different theatre of the same name, so none of them are shown. The productions below are still this theatre's.
  • What played here before Broadway record-keeping starts, and what played here outside it — concerts, benefits, film runs, anything that was not a listed production.
  • How long 11 of these runs lasted. No performance count on the record.
  • When 6 of these runs ended. They carry an opening date and no closing date, and they are old enough that they certainly closed — nobody wrote down the date.

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