By decade62 productions across 5 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
| 1956 | My Fair Lady March 15, 1956 · Moss Hart | 2,717 perf. |
| 1979 | Sugar Babies October 8, 1979 · Ernest Flatt, Rudy Tronto | 1,208 perf. |
| 1971 | Jesus Christ Superstar October 12, 1971 · Tom O’Horgan | 711 perf. |
| 1955 | Plain And Fancy January 27, 1955 · Morton Da Costa | 461 perf. |
| 1969 | Coco December 18, 1969 · Michael Benthall | 332 perf. |
| 1967 | Illya Darling April 11, 1967 · Onna White | 320 perf. |
| 1949 | Texas, Li'l Darlin' November 25, 1949 · Al White, Jr. | 293 perf. |
| 1951 | Two on the Aisle July 19, 1951 · Abe Burrows | 281 perf. |
Ranked among the 60 runs here that record a performance count. 2 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.
Everything that played here62 productions
| 1949 | All for Love January 22, 1949 · Original · no show page | 121 perf. |
| 1949 | Texas, Li'l Darlin' November 25, 1949 · Original · no show page | 293 perf. |
| 1949 | The Mikado October 4, 1949 · Revival · no show page | 8 perf. |
| 1949 | The Pirates Of Penzance October 10, 1949 · Revival | 8 perf. |
| 1949 | Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore October 17, 1949 · Revival · no show page | 8 perf. |
| 1950 | Bless You All December 14, 1950 · Original | 84 perf. |
| 1951 | Two on the Aisle July 19, 1951 · Original | 281 perf. |
| 1952 | Electra November 19, 1952 · Revival · no show page | 6 perf. |
| 1952 | Iolanthe November 10, 1952 · Revival · no show page | 8 perf. |
| 1952 | Oedipus Tyrannus November 24, 1952 · Revival · no show page | 10 perf. |
| 1952 | The Mikado October 20, 1952 · Revival · no show page | 8 perf. |
| 1952 | The Pirates Of Penzance October 27, 1952 · Revival | 8 perf. |
| 1952 | Three Wishes for Jamie “A New Musical Play” March 21, 1952 · Original | 91 perf. |
| 1952 | Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore November 3, 1952 · Revival · no show page | 8 perf. |
| 1953 | Hazel Flagg February 11, 1953 · Original | 190 perf. |
| 1954 | Hit the Trail December 2, 1954 · Original | 4 perf. |
| 1954 | The Girl in Pink Tights March 5, 1954 · Original · no show page | 115 perf. |
| 1955 | Ankles Aweigh April 18, 1955 · Original | 176 perf. |
| 1955 | Plain And Fancy January 27, 1955 · Original | 461 perf. |
| 1956 | My Fair Lady March 15, 1956 · Original | 2,717 perf. |
| 1960 | Vintage ’60 September 9, 1960 · Original | 8 perf. |
| 1964 | Fade Out— Fade In May 26, 1964 · Original | 271 perf. |
| 1964 | Rugantino February 6, 1964 · Original · no show page | 28 perf. |
| 1965 | On A Clear Day You Can See Forever October 17, 1965 · Original | 280 perf. |
| 1966 | A Joyful Noise December 15, 1966 · Original · no show page | 12 perf. |
| 1967 | Illya Darling April 11, 1967 · Original · no show page | 320 perf. |
| 1968 | I'm Solomon April 23, 1968 · Original · no show page | 7 perf. |
| 1968 | Les Ballets Africains February 20, 1968 · Return-Engagement · no show page | |
| 1968 | Marlene Dietrich October 3, 1968 · Return-Engagement · no show page | 67 perf. |
| 1969 | Coco December 18, 1969 · Original | 332 perf. |
| 1969 | Dear World February 6, 1969 · Original | 132 perf. |
| 1971 | Ari January 15, 1971 · Original · no show page | 19 perf. |
| 1971 | Jesus Christ Superstar October 12, 1971 · Original | 711 perf. |
| 1974 | As You Like It December 3, 1974 · Revival · no show page | 8 perf. |
| 1974 | Martha Graham and Company April 15, 1974 · Revival · no show page | |
| 1975 | The Skin of Our Teeth September 9, 1975 · Revival · no show page | 7 perf. |
| 1976 | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue May 4, 1976 · Original | 7 perf. |
| 1977 | Lou Rawls on Broadway November 23, 1977 · Original · no show page | 15 perf. |
| 1978 | Platinum November 12, 1978 · Original | 33 perf. |
| 1978 | Timbuktu! March 1, 1978 · Original | 243 perf. |
| 1979 | Homage to Diaghilev March 7, 1979 · Original · no show page | 31 perf. |
| 1979 | Saravá February 23, 1979 · Original | 140 perf. |
| 1979 | Sugar Babies October 8, 1979 · Original | 1,208 perf. |
| 1979 | The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall May 13, 1979 · Original · no show page | 1 perf. |
| 1982 | A Doll's Life September 23, 1982 · Original · no show page | 5 perf. |
| 1983 | Merlin February 13, 1983 · Original · no show page | 199 perf. |
| 1984 | Oliver! April 29, 1984 · Revival | 17 perf. |
| 1985 | Grind April 16, 1985 · Original | 71 perf. |
| 1985 | Tango Argentino October 9, 1985 · Original · no show page | 199 perf. |
| 1986 | Flamenco Puro October 19, 1986 · Original · no show page | 53 perf. |
| 1986 | Rags August 21, 1986 · Original | 4 perf. |
| 1986 | Smokey Robinson Plus Jean Carne December 26, 1986 · Original · no show page | 6 perf. |
| 1987 | Il Berretto a Songali October 14, 1987 · Original · no show page | 3 perf. |
| 1987 | La Serva Amorosa October 27, 1987 · Original · no show page | 3 perf. |
| 1987 | La Serva Padrona October 6, 1987 · Original · no show page | 1 perf. |
| 1987 | Podrecca Puppet Theatre Company October 23, 1987 · Original · no show page | 1 perf. |
| 1987 | Pulcinella October 9, 1987 · Original · no show page | 3 perf. |
| 1988 | Legs Diamond December 26, 1988 · Original · no show page | 64 perf. |
| 1988 | Macbeth April 21, 1988 · Revival · no show page | 77 perf. |
| 1988 | Rodney Dangerfield On Broadway! February 2, 1988 · Original · no show page | 12 perf. |
| 1988 | The Georgian State Dance Company August 16, 1988 · Original · no show page | 24 perf. |
| 1988 | Virsky's Ukrainian State Dance Company January 12, 1988 · Original · no show page | 16 perf. |
In the literature8 passages
- First New York performance: 4 May 1976, Mark Hellinger Theatre, cast as above; Gilbert Moses and George Faison (choreo. and dir.), Roland Gagnon (cond.)ebooks/Bernstein, Leonard/Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein.txt
- Theatre : Coronet Theatre (during run, the revue transferred to the Mark Hellinger Theatre)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
- Theatre : Mark Hellinger Theatre (during run, the musical transferred to the Plymouth Theatre)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
- Theatre : Mark Hellinger Theatre (during run, the musical transferred to the Winter Garden Theatre and then back to the Mark Hellinger Theatre)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
- Theatre : Mark Hellinger Theatre (during run, the musical transferred to the Broadhurst Theatre and then to the Broadway Theatre)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 2 of these runs lasted. No performance count on the record.
- When 1 of these run 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.