Houses that never held a hit
Five productions or more on the books and nothing that ever passed five hundred performances. 139 buildings. Some were unlucky, some were the wrong size, and some were only ever booked for try-outs.
139 theatres in the catalogue.
| Wallacks Theatre | 186 productions | |
| 1893–1930 | Knickerbocker Theatre 1,300 seats | 162 productions |
| 1890–1932 | Garrick Theatre 718 seats | 135 productions |
| Dalys Theatre | 132 productions | |
| American Theatre | 109 productions | |
| Haverlys 14th Street Theatre | 105 productions | |
| Comedy Theatre | 103 productions | |
| Star Theatre | 103 productions | |
| 1921–1982 | Ritz Theatre | 99 productions |
| Garden Theatre | 93 productions | |
| Lyric Theatre 915 seats | 80 productions | |
| City Center | 76 productions | |
| Herald Square Theatre | 74 productions | |
| Hoyts Theatre | 74 productions | |
| Criterion Theatre 588 seats | 73 productions | |
| Grand Opera House | 68 productions | |
| Gielgud Theatre 994 seats | 63 productions | |
| 49th Street Theatre | 62 productions | |
| Provincetown Playhouse | 62 productions | |
| 1895–1913 | New York Theatre | 61 productions |
| Niblos Garden | 59 productions | |
| Park Theatre | 57 productions | |
| 1875–1909 | Manhattan Theatre | 55 productions |
| Peoples Theatre | 55 productions | |
| 1927 | Studio 54 922 seats | 54 productions |
| Fifth Avenue Theatre | 53 productions | |
| 1918–1945 | Nora Bayes Theatre | 53 productions |
| Tom Stoppard Theatre 640 seats | 53 productions | |
| Belmont Theatre | 52 productions | |
| Apollo Theatre 658 seats | 51 productions | |
| Academy Of Music | 50 productions | |
| Olympic Theatre | 49 productions | |
| Waldorf Theatre | 48 productions | |
| Vaudeville Theatre 690 seats | 47 productions | |
| Aldwych Theatre 1,200 seats | 45 productions | |
| George M Cohans Theatre | 44 productions | |
| Noël Coward Theatre 942 seats | 43 productions | |
| Punch And Judy Theatre | 42 productions | |
| Wyndham's Theatre 799 seats | 42 productions | |
| 1906–1939 | Manhattan Opera House | 40 productions |
| Woods Museum And Metropolitan | 40 productions | |
| Savoy Theatre 1,150 seats | 39 productions | |
| Theatre Republic | 39 productions | |
| 1920–1933 | Times Square Theatre 1,057 seats | 39 productions |
| Klaw Theatre | 36 productions | |
| 1953–1972 | Phoenix Theatre 1,012 seats | 36 productions |
| Frolic Theatre | 35 productions | |
| Civic Repertory Theatre | 33 productions | |
| Novello Theatre 1,146 seats | 33 productions | |
| Bandbox Theatre | 32 productions | |
| Duchess Theatre 494 seats | 31 productions | |
| London Palladium 2,286 seats | 31 productions | |
| 1937–1959 | Windsor Theatre | 31 productions |
| Sam H Harris Theatre | 30 productions | |
| Trafalgar Theatre 630 seats | 30 productions | |
| Murray Hill Theatre | 29 productions | |
| Neighborhood Playhouse | 28 productions | |
| Victoria Palace Theatre 1,557 seats | 28 productions | |
| Union Square Theatre | 27 productions | |
| Erlangers Theatre | 26 productions |