Minskoff Theatre

By decade41 productions across 4 decades

1. 1970s 20
2. 1980s 10
3. 1990s 6
4. 2000s 5

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 38 runs here that record a performance count. 3 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here41 productions

In the literature8 passages

• 4 This important (and acclaimed) revival of West Side Story opened at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre in February 1980 and ran for 333 performances. It was directed by Robbins – his first work on Broadway for sixteen years – with the close involvement of several people involved in the original 1957 production, including sets by Oliver Smith,…ebooks/Bernstein, Leonard/Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein.txt
• When you saunter down the passageway between Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth streets to enter the Minskoff Theatre, are you aware that you’re walking in “The Jerry Lewis Arcade”?ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• Cabaret opened October 27, 1987, at the Imperial Theatre before transferring to the Minskoff Theatre (June 4, 1988). It ran a total of 261 performances. The cast was as follows:ebooks/Garebian, Keith/Making of Cabaret, The - Keith Garebian.txt
• Nixon’s prediction proved true. Though Irene opened at the new Minskoff Theatre to mixed but fairly positive reviews, it became a box office bonanza thanks to a steady stream of out-of-towners who reveled in its star, spectacle, and good old-fashioned fun. Gower’s intervention had not only saved the show, but also helped it earn a highly…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
• 75 “Rockabye Hamlet,” Playbill, Minskoff Theatre: January 1976: no pagination; Sidney Fields, “Only Human: Hamlet Without Dialogue,” New York Daily News , 17 February 1976: 30; Alan Weeks, telephone interview, 15 March 2005.ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.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 3 of these runs lasted. No performance count on the record.