Majestic Theatre

May still be running1 open on the record

These opened in the last three years and carry no closing date. That is the strongest claim the data supports — an unrecorded closing looks exactly like a run still going, and the file was last checked in August 2026. A run that closed last week is still sitting in this list.

By decade126 productions across 11 decades

1. 1900s 38
2. 1910s 4
3. 1920s 7
4. 1930s 33
5. 1940s 12
6. 1950s 6
7. 1960s 8
8. 1970s 11
9. 1980s 4
10. 1990s 1
11. 2020s 2

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

Ranked among the 114 runs here that record a performance count. 12 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here126 productions

In the literature8 passages

• Carousel ’s premiere took place at the Majestic Theatre on April 19, and the show closed a little more than two years later on May 24, 1947, after a run of 890 performances. Following a successful national tour, Carousel began another impressive run of 566 performances at London’s Drury Lane on June 7, 1950 (closing on October 13, 1951).…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• 8 . Robert Garland, “‘Carousel’ Makes Bow at Majestic Theatre,” New York Journal-American , April 20, 1945; quoted in Suskin, Opening Night on Broadway , 146; reprinted in New York Theatre Critics’ Reviews , vol. 6, 227.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• On October 16, 1980, a lavish revival was seen at the Majestic Theatre for 133 performances; the cast included Martin Vidnovic (Tommy), Meg Bussert (Fiona), and John Curry (Harry). The production was thrillingly sung, but sadly didn’t leave behind a cast recording.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Theatre : Majestic Theatre (during run, the musical transferred to the Imperial Theatre)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• The original Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 19, 1945, for 890 performances, and the cast included John Raitt (Billy), Jan Clayton (Julie), Bambi Linn (Louise), Jean Darling (Carrie), Eric Mattson (Mister Snow), Christine Johnson (Nettie), Murvyn Vye (Jigger), and Russell Collins (The Starkeeper). Iva Withers w…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.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 12 of these runs lasted. No performance count on the record.
• When 31 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.
• Who built it.
• Any photograph of the building. 83 of 135 venues have one.