The Drama Nerds Database

Shows · 1910s · 1919

1919

145 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1919.

Broadway opened 143 shows in 1919, and most of them stayed: half of those runs lasted 68 performances or more.

Lyceum Theatre, where The Gold Diggers opened in 1919 · Self-photographed

The Gold Diggers, by Avery Hopwood, opened September 30, 1919 at Lyceum Theatre and ran 717 performances.

Opened in 1919

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Undated: 2 openings

Unknown Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Unknown Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway 171 perf.

January: 17 openings

January 6, 1919 Tillie Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 32 perf.
January 13, 1919 Cappy Ricks Morosco Theatre, Broadway 128 perf.
January 14, 1919 The Woman in Room 13 Booth Theatre, Broadway 175 perf.
January 15, 1919 A Night in Avignon Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway
January 15, 1919 King Argimenes Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway
January 15, 1919 Stingy Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway
January 15, 1919 The Book of Job Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway
January 15, 1919 The Gods of the Mountain Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway
January 15, 1919 The Golden Doom Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway
January 15, 1919 The Laughter of the Gods Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway
January 15, 1919 The Tents of the Arabs Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway
January 15, 1919 The Very Naked Boy Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway
January 15, 1919 Up in Mabel's Room Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre, Broadway 229 perf.
January 16, 1919 The Climax Comedy Theatre, Broadway 28 perf.
January 20, 1919 The Marquis de Priola Liberty Theatre, Broadway 70 perf.
January 21, 1919 As You Like It Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
January 27, 1919 Oh, Boy! , London

February: 13 openings

February 3, 1919 The Velvet Lady New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway 136 perf.
February 4, 1919 Mis' Nelly of N'Orleans Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 127 perf.
February 5, 1919 Just Around the Corner Longacre Theatre, Broadway 13 perf.
February 6, 1919 Good Morning, Judge Shubert Theatre, Broadway 140 perf.
February 7, 1919 Ghosts Longacre Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
February 8, 1919 Hobohemia Greenwich Village Theatre, Broadway 89 perf.
February 10, 1919 Please Get Married Little Theatre, Broadway 160 perf.
February 10, 1919 The Net 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
February 10, 1919 Toby's Bow Comedy Theatre, Broadway 144 perf.
February 12, 1919 Monte Cristo, Jr. Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway 254 perf.
February 17, 1919 The Royal Vagabond Cohan And Harris, Broadway 348 perf.
February 18, 1919 A Sleepless Night Bijou Theatre, Broadway 71 perf.
February 27, 1919 The Fortune Teller Theatre Republic, Broadway 68 perf.

March: 10 openings

March 10, 1919 Penny Wise Belmont Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.
March 12, 1919 Augustus Does His Bit Comedy Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
March 17, 1919 Moliere Liberty Theatre, Broadway 64 perf.
March 17, 1919 The Honor of the Family Globe Theatre, Broadway 56 perf.
March 17, 1919 The Kiss Burglar Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
March 24, 1919 A Burgomaster of Belgium Belmont Theatre, Broadway 32 perf.
March 24, 1919 Luck in Pawn 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
March 24, 1919 Tumble In Selwyn Theatre, Broadway 128 perf.
March 31, 1919 39 East Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 160 perf.
March 31, 1919 Take It From Me 44th Street Theatre, Broadway 96 perf.

April: 8 openings

April 8, 1919 A Good Bad Woman Harris Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.
April 8, 1919 Come Along Nora Bayes Theatre, Broadway 47 perf.
April 8, 1919 Come-on Charlie 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 55 perf.
April 9, 1919 The Jest Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 77 perf.
April 10, 1919 Papa Little Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
April 19, 1919 The Bonds of Interest Garrick Theatre, Broadway 32 perf.
April 22, 1919 The Rose and the Ring Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway 22 perf.
April 28, 1919 I Love You Booth Theatre, Broadway 56 perf.

May: 5 openings

May 5, 1919 She’s A Good Fellow Globe Theatre, Broadway 120 perf.
May 7, 1919 Toot Sweet Princess Theatre, Broadway 45 perf.
May 12, 1919 The Lady in Red Lyric Theatre, Broadway 48 perf.
May 13, 1919 John Ferguson Garrick Theatre, Broadway 354 perf.
May 26, 1919 La, La, Lucille Henry Miller's Theatre, Broadway 104 perf.

June: 3 openings

June 2, 1919 George White's Scandals [1919] Liberty Theatre, Broadway 128 perf.
June 10, 1919 A Lonely Romeo Shubert Theatre, Broadway 215 perf.
June 28, 1919 At 9:45 Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 139 perf.

July: 8 openings

July 8, 1919 The Five Million Lyric Theatre, Broadway 91 perf.
July 14, 1919 Dreams of Three Cort Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
July 15, 1919 Greenwich Village Follies Greenwich Village Theatre, Broadway 232 perf.
July 15, 1919 The Greenwich Village Follies [1919] Greenwich Village Theatre, Broadway 232 perf.
July 17, 1919 Shubert Gaieties of 1919 44th Street Theatre, Broadway 87 perf.
July 17, 1919 The Crimson Alibi Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 51 perf.
July 28, 1919 A Voice in the Dark Theatre Republic, Broadway 134 perf.
July 28, 1919 Oh, What A Girl! Shubert Theatre, Broadway 68 perf.

August: 5 openings

August 5, 1919 The Challenge Selwyn Theatre, Broadway 72 perf.
August 6, 1919 The Red Dawn 39th Street Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
August 8, 1919 Chu Chin Chow Century Theatre, Broadway 19 perf.
August 14, 1919 Those Who Walk in Darkness 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 28 perf.
August 23, 1919 Happy Days Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway 452 perf.

September: 18 openings

September 8, 1919 Up from Nowhere Comedy Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.
September 9, 1919 Lusmore Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 23 perf.
September 9, 1919 Nightie-Night Princess Theatre, Broadway 154 perf.
September 11, 1919 She Would and She Did Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway 36 perf.
September 12, 1919 Civilian Clothes Morosco Theatre, Broadway 150 perf.
September 12, 1919 Scandal 39th Street Theatre, Broadway 318 perf.
September 13, 1919 Adam and Eva Longacre Theatre, Broadway 312 perf.
September 15, 1919 A Regular Feller Cort Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.
September 17, 1919 First is Last Maxine Elliotts Theatre, Broadway 62 perf.
September 20, 1919 Clarence Hudson Theatre, Broadway 300 perf.
September 22, 1919 Thunder Criterion Theatre, Broadway 33 perf.
September 23, 1919 See-Saw George M Cohans Theatre, Broadway 89 perf.
September 24, 1919 Katy's Kisses Greenwich Village Theatre, Broadway 13 perf.
September 25, 1919 Roly-Boly Eyes Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway 108 perf.
September 26, 1919 An Exchange of Wives Bijou Theatre, Broadway 19 perf.
September 29, 1919 Moonlight and Honeysuckle Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 97 perf.
September 29, 1919 The Dancer Harris Theatre, Broadway 61 perf.
September 30, 1919 The Gold Diggers Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 717 perf.

October: 26 openings

October 2, 1919 The Storm 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 282 perf.
October 2, 1919 Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic [1919] Danse De Follies, Broadway
October 4, 1919 Where's Your Wife? Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway 65 perf.
October 6, 1919 Declassee Empire Theatre, Broadway 257 perf.
October 6, 1919 Hamlet Shubert Theatre, Broadway
October 6, 1919 Hitchy-Koo [1919] Liberty Theatre, Broadway 56 perf.
October 6, 1919 The Girl in the Limousine Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre, Broadway 137 perf.
October 6, 1919 The Taming of the Shrew Shubert Theatre, Broadway
October 6, 1919 Twelfth Night Shubert Theatre, Broadway
October 7, 1919 Apple Blossoms Globe Theatre, Broadway 256 perf.
October 7, 1919 Hello, Alexander 44th Street Theatre, Broadway 56 perf.
October 8, 1919 Too Many Husbands Booth Theatre, Broadway 102 perf.
October 13, 1919 Boys Will Be Boys Belmont Theatre, Broadway 45 perf.
October 13, 1919 Five O'Clock Fulton Theatre, Broadway 41 perf.
October 13, 1919 The Faithful Garrick Theatre, Broadway 49 perf.
October 13, 1919 The Little Whopper Casino Theatre, Broadway 204 perf.
October 14, 1919 His Honor: Abe Potash Bijou Theatre, Broadway 215 perf.
October 14, 1919 Nothing But Love Lyric Theatre, Broadway 64 perf.
October 14, 1919 The Luck of the Navy Manhattan Opera House, Broadway 32 perf.
October 15, 1919 A Young Man's Fancy Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 13 perf.
October 20, 1919 On the Hiring Line Criterion Theatre, Broadway 48 perf.
October 23, 1919 The Passing Show of 1919 Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway 280 perf.
October 27, 1919 Buddies Selwyn Theatre, Broadway 259 perf.
October 27, 1919 Fifty-Fifty, Ltd. Comedy Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.
October 27, 1919 Just a Minute Cort Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.
October 27, 1919 Palmy Days Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 50 perf.

November: 12 openings

November 3, 1919 The Little Blue Devil Central Theatre, Broadway 74 perf.
November 10, 1919 The Unknown Woman Maxine Elliotts Theatre, Broadway 64 perf.
November 10, 1919 Wedding Bells Harris Theatre, Broadway 168 perf.
November 11, 1919 The Lost Leader Greenwich Village Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.
November 11, 1919 The Magic Melody Shubert Theatre, Broadway 143 perf.
November 18, 1919 Irene Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway 670 perf.
November 19, 1919 The Son-Daughter Belasco Theatre, Broadway 223 perf.
November 20, 1919 Linger Longer Letty Fulton Theatre, Broadway 69 perf.
November 24, 1919 Aphrodite Century Theatre, Broadway 148 perf.
November 24, 1919 Caesar's Wife Liberty Theatre, Broadway 81 perf.
November 25, 1919 The Rise of Silas Lapham Garrick Theatre, Broadway 47 perf.
November 25, 1919 The Rose of China Lyric Theatre, Broadway 47 perf.

December: 18 openings

December 1, 1919 Elsie Janis and Her Gang [1919] George M Cohans Theatre, Broadway 55 perf.
December 2, 1919 One Night in Rome Criterion Theatre, Broadway 107 perf.
December 3, 1919 My Lady Friends Comedy Theatre, Broadway 214 perf.
December 4, 1919 Three’s a Crowd Cort Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
December 9, 1919 Miss Millions Punch And Judy Theatre, Broadway 47 perf.
December 10, 1919 The Phantom Legion Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
December 11, 1919 Monsieur Beaucaire New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway 143 perf.
December 15, 1919 Abraham Lincoln Cort Theatre, Broadway 193 perf.
December 18, 1919 Curiosity Greenwich Village Theatre, Broadway 28 perf.
December 19, 1919 The Sign on the Door Theatre Republic, Broadway 187 perf.
December 20, 1919 Forbidden Manhattan Opera House, Broadway 18 perf.
December 22, 1919 Night Lodging Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 14 perf.
December 22, 1919 The Famous Mrs. Fair Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 183 perf.
December 23, 1919 The Whirlwind Standard Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.
December 24, 1919 Carnival! 44th Street Theatre, Broadway 13 perf.
December 27, 1919 Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl" Century Grove, Broadway 68 perf.
December 29, 1919 Angel Face Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway 57 perf.
December 30, 1919 Smilin' Through Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 175 perf.

Closed in 1919

January 11, 1919 Atta Boy Lexington Theatre, opened 1918 24 run
January 18, 1919 Glorianna Liberty Theatre, opened 1918 96 run
January 18, 1919 The Voice of McConnell Manhattan Opera House, opened 1918 30 run
February 1, 1919 Nothing But Lies Longacre Theatre, opened 1918 135 run
February 1, 1919 The Girl Behind the Gun New Amsterdam Theatre, opened 1918 160 run
February 8, 1919 Little Simplicity Astor Theatre, opened 1918 112 run
March 15, 1919 Ladies First Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1918 164 run
March 15, 1919 The Canary Globe Theatre, opened 1918 152 run
March 15, 1919 The Melting of Molly Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1918 88 run
March 29, 1919 Sinbad Winter Garden, opened 1918 388 run
April 5, 1919 Redemption Plymouth Theatre, opened 1918 204 run
April 12, 1919 Bianca Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 Carmen Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 Fra Diavolo Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 H.M.S. Pinafore Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 Iolanthe Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 Madame Butterfly Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 Madeleine Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 Martha Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 Mignon Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 Patience Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 Robin Hood Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 Tales of Hoffmann Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 The Bohemian Girl Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 The Daughter of the Regiment Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 The Gondoliers Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 The Mikado Park Theatre, opened 1918
April 12, 1919 The Pirates Of Penzance Park Theatre, opened 1918
May 10, 1919 A Prince There Was George M Cohans Theatre, opened 1918 159 run
May 10, 1919 Oh, My Dear! Princess Theatre, opened 1918 189 run
May 17, 1919 Everything Hippodrome, opened 1918 461 run
June 7, 1919 Dear Brutus Empire Theatre, opened 1918 184 run
June 7, 1919 Sometime Shubert Theatre, opened 1918 283 run
June 7, 1919 Tea for Three Maxine Elliotts Theatre, opened 1918 308 run
June 7, 1919 Three Faces East Cohan And Harris, opened 1918 335 run
July 5, 1919 Somebody's Sweetheart Central Theatre, opened 1918 224 run
August 16, 1919 Listen Lester Knickerbocker Theatre, opened 1918 272 run
October 4, 1919 The Better 'Ole, Greenwich Village Theatre, opened 1918 353 run

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