By decade12 productions across 2 decades
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
| 1891 | A Trip to Chinatown November 9, 1891 · Charles H. Hoyt | 657 perf. |
| 1880 | Hazel Kirke February 4, 1880 | 486 perf. |
| 1883 | The Rajah June 5, 1883 | 256 perf. |
Ranked among the 3 runs here that record a performance count. 9 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.
Everything that played here12 productions
| 1880 | Hazel Kirke February 4, 1880 · Original · no show page | 486 perf. |
| 1882 | Young Mrs. Winthrop October 9, 1882 · Original · no show page | |
| 1883 | A Russian Honeymoon April 9, 1883 · Original · no show page | |
| 1883 | The Rajah June 5, 1883 · Original · no show page | 256 perf. |
| 1884 | May Blossom April 12, 1884 · Original · no show page | |
| 1885 | Anselma September 7, 1885 · Original · no show page | |
| 1886 | Held by the Enemy August 16, 1886 · Original · no show page | |
| 1886 | Jim the Penman November 1, 1886 · Original · no show page | |
| 1887 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde September 12, 1887 · Original · no show page | |
| 1888 | Partners April 9, 1888 · Original · no show page | |
| 1890 | A Pair of Spectacles October 30, 1890 · Original · no show page | |
| 1891 | A Trip to Chinatown November 9, 1891 · Original | 657 perf. |
In the literature3 passages
- patented several technological devices for the theatre, designed an entirely new kind of stage for the Madison Square Theatre, and conceived a vast "Spectatorium" for the Columbian World Exposition in 1893. He also wrote nineteen plays, the most successful for the opening of the Madison Square Theatre Hazel Kirke (1880). It ran for 486 co…theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 1 (A-C).txt
- Plays Unless otherwise noted, the plays were first performed in New York. 1. The Rector. Play, 1 act. Published 1905. Produced Madison Square Theatre, Apr. 3, 1902. 2. Criss-Cross. Play, 1 act. Published 1904. 3. The Three of Us. Play, 4 acts. Published 1916. Produced Madison Square Theatre, Oct. 17, 1906. 4. The Coming of Mrs. Patrick. P…theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 1 (A-C).txt
- numbers: "The Bowery," "Reuben, Reuben," "Push the Clouds Away," and "After the Ball" (by Charles K. Harris). Produced New York, Madison Square Theatre, August 7, 1893.theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N).txt
What this page does not know
- 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 9 of these runs lasted. No performance count on the record.
- When 7 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.
- How many seats.
- Who built it.