Marquis 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 decade43 productions across 5 decades

1. 1980s 2
2. 1990s 12
3. 2000s 10
4. 2010s 13
5. 2020s 6

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 42 runs here that record a performance count. 1 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here43 productions

In the literature8 passages

• In 2006 The Drowsy Chaperone , with book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar , and music and lyrics by Greg Morrison and Lisa Lambert , opened at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway, where it broke box office records after winning five Tony Awards (including best book and best score.) The musical, in which a lonely divorcee sits in his apartment l…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
• The sparkling 1994 Broadway revival opened at the Marquis Theatre on March 3, 1994, for 510 performances; the book was slightly revised by director Jack O’Brien, who wisely kept the story in the 1950s and added clever scenic and choral touches that added to the nostalgia. The cast included Bebe Neuwirth (Lola), Victor Garber (Applegate),…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• The misguided 1999 revival opened on March 4 at the Marquis Theatre for a surprising 1,046 performances. Tom Wopat made a fine Frank, but Bernadette Peters was a disappointing Annie and the production bowed to political correctness.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• The Drowsy Chaperone to take him away from its dreary horrors. But the musical that played the Marquis Theatre for nineteen months made Bob Martin and many others very happy people indeed.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• New York run: Marquis Theatre, November 23, 2008; 53 p.; November 22, 2009; 51 p.ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.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 1 of these run lasted. No performance count on the record.