By decade4 productions across 2 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
| 1879 | The Mulligan Guard Ball January 13, 1879 · Edward Harrigan | 153 perf. |
| 1869 | Pluto February 1, 1869 | 128 perf. |
| 1872 | Ixion February 26, 1872 | 24 perf. |
Ranked among the 3 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 here4 productions
| 1869 | David Garrick August 16, 1869 · Original · no show page | |
| 1869 | Pluto February 1, 1869 · Original · no show page | 128 perf. |
| 1872 | Ixion February 26, 1872 · Revival · no show page | 24 perf. |
| 1879 | The Mulligan Guard Ball January 13, 1879 · Original | 153 perf. |
In the literature1 passages
- Edward “Ned” Harrigan and Tony Hart were the first team to offer plays with music populated by newly arrived immigrants living in the slums of New York. They began their series of shows about the Irish Mulligan Guard in 1878, and in all did seven productions featuring the drinking, brawling members of the social and military club. In this…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.
- When 2 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.
- How many seats.
- Who built it.