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 in the catalogue.
| Gillian Lynne Theatre 1,118 seats | 7 productions | |
| Harkness Theatre | 7 productions | |
| Madison Square Roof Garden | 7 productions | |
| Experimental Theatre | 6 productions | |
| Her Majesty's Theatre 1,216 seats | 1705 | 6 productions |
| Holiday Theatre | 1923–1955 | 6 productions |
| Jardin de Paris | 1907–1925 | 6 productions |
| Lexington Theatre | 6 productions | |
| Nassau Street Theatre | 6 productions | |
| Abbeys Park Theatre | 5 productions | |
| Barnums American Museum | 5 productions | |
| Barnums New American Museum | 5 productions | |
| Edyth Totten Theatre | 5 productions | |
| Mayfair Theatre | 5 productions | |
| Mercury Theatre | 5 productions | |
| Miners Fifth Avenue Theatre | 5 productions | |
| Pikes Opera House | 5 productions | |
| Rialto Theatre | 5 productions | |
| Waverley Theatre | 5 productions |