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Broadway Closed 19491988 on this page62 productions

By decade62 productions across 5 decades

  1. 1940s 5
  2. 1950s 15
  3. 1960s 11
  4. 1970s 13
  5. 1980s 18

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.

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