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48th Street Theatre

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Broadway Closed 1912–1954 on this page135 productions

The 48th Street Theatre was a Broadway theatre at 157 West 48th Street in Manhattan. It was built by longtime Broadway producer William A. Brady and designed by architect William Albert Swasey. The venue was also called the Equity 48th Street Theatre (1922–25) and the Windsor Theatre (1937–43). == History == The 48th Street Theatre opened on August 12, 1912, with the play Just Like John by George Broadhurst. Early successes at the theatre included Never Say Die (1912), Today (1913), The Midnight Girl (1914), Just a Woman (1916), The Man Who Stayed at Home (1918), The Storm (1919), and Opportunity (1920) starring Nita Naldi. The Theatre was briefly named the Equity 48th Street Theatre from th…

By decade135 productions across 5 decades

  1. 1910s 34
  2. 1920s 47
  3. 1930s 26
  4. 1940s 11
  5. 1950s 17

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

1944 Harvey November 1, 1944 · Antoinette Perry 1,775 perf.
1951 Stalag 17 May 8, 1951 472 perf.
1926 The Squall November 11, 1926 · Lionel Atwill 444 perf.
1916 The Thirteenth Chair November 20, 1916 328 perf.
1919 The Storm October 2, 1919 282 perf.
1928 Brothers December 25, 1928 · Arthur Hurley 255 perf.
1914 The Law of the Land September 30, 1914 221 perf.
1935 Fly Away Home January 15, 1935 · Thomas Mitchell 204 perf.

Ranked among the 128 runs here that carry a performance count. 7 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here135 productions

1912 Little Miss Brown August 29, 1912 · Original 84 perf.
1912 Never Say Die November 12, 1912 · Original 151 perf.
1912 The Point of View October 25, 1912 · Revival 9 perf.
1913 Countess Julia April 28, 1913 · Original 3 perf.
1913 Kiss Me Quick August 26, 1913 · Original 31 perf.
1913 Pariah March 18, 1913 · Original 1 perf.
1913 The Stronger March 18, 1913 · Original 1 perf.
1914 Lonesome Like April 27, 1914 · Original 1 perf.
1914 The Last Toast April 27, 1914 · Original 1 perf.
1914 The Law of the Land September 30, 1914 · Revival 221 perf.
1914 The Worth of a Man April 27, 1914 · Original 1 perf.
1914 Uncle Sam's Money April 27, 1914 · Original 1 perf.
1915 H.M.S. Pinafore April 19, 1915 · Revival
1915 Iolanthe June 10, 1915 · Revival 4 perf.
1915 The Mikado May 10, 1915 · Revival 20 perf.
1915 The Pirates Of Penzance June 7, 1915 · Revival 4 perf.
1915 The Sorcerer May 24, 1915 · Revival 16 perf.
1915 The Yeomen of the Guard April 19, 1915 · Revival 24 perf.
1915 Trial by Jury April 19, 1915 · Revival
1916 Rich Man, Poor Man October 5, 1916 · Original 44 perf.
1916 Somebody's Luggage August 28, 1916 · Original 40 perf.
1916 The Thirteenth Chair November 20, 1916 · Original 328 perf.
1917 Good Morning, Rosamond December 10, 1917 · Original 8 perf.
1917 What Happened to Jones August 30, 1917 · Revival 12 perf.
1917 Yes or No December 21, 1917 · Original 147 perf.
1918 The Big Chance October 28, 1918 · Original 120 perf.
1918 The Love Mill February 7, 1918 · Original 52 perf.
1918 The Man Who Stayed at Home April 3, 1918 · Original 109 perf.
1918 The Woman on the Index August 29, 1918 · Original 52 perf.
1919 Come-on Charlie April 8, 1919 · Original 55 perf.
1919 Luck in Pawn March 24, 1919 · Original 8 perf.
1919 The Net February 10, 1919 · Original 8 perf.
1919 The Storm October 2, 1919 · Revival 282 perf.
1919 Those Who Walk in Darkness August 14, 1919 · Original 28 perf.
1920 Immodest Violet August 24, 1920 · Original 8 perf.
1920 Opportunity July 30, 1920 · Original 138 perf.
1920 The Broken Wing November 29, 1920 · Original 171 perf.
1921 Sonya August 15, 1921 · Original 101 perf.
1921 We Girls November 9, 1921 · Original 30 perf.
1922 Hospitality November 13, 1922 · Original 46 perf.
1922 Julius Caesar January 16, 1922 · Revival
1922 Macbeth January 16, 1922 · Revival
1922 Malvaloca October 2, 1922 · Original 48 perf.
1922 Plantation Revue July 17, 1922 · Original 33 perf.
1922 Romeo and Juliet January 16, 1922 · Revival
1922 The Nest January 28, 1922 · Original 161 perf.
1922 The Torch Bearers August 29, 1922 · Original 135 perf.
1922 Why Not? December 25, 1922 · Original 120 perf.
1923 Anathema April 10, 1923 · Original 15 perf.
1923 As You Like It April 23, 1923 · Revival 8 perf.
1923 Neighbors December 26, 1923 · Revival 37 perf.
1923 Queen Victoria November 15, 1923 · Original 44 perf.
1923 Roger Bloomer March 1, 1923 · Original 50 perf.
1923 Sweet Nell of Old Drury May 18, 1923 · Revival 35 perf.
1923 The Chastening March 12, 1923 · Original 18 perf.
1923 The Inspector General April 30, 1923 · Original 8 perf.
1923 The Rivals May 7, 1923 · Revival 24 perf.
1923 Zeno August 25, 1923 · Original 89 perf.
1924 Candida December 12, 1924 · Revival 143 perf.
1924 Expressing Willie April 16, 1924 · Original 69 perf.
1924 Hedda Gabler May 16, 1924 · Revival 8 perf.
1924 Macbeth March 15, 1924 · Revival 33 perf.
1924 The Admiral April 27, 1924 · Original 4 perf.
1924 The Habitual Husband December 24, 1924 · Original 12 perf.
1924 The New Englander February 7, 1924 · Original 36 perf.
1925 A Bit of Love May 12, 1925 · Original 4 perf.
1925 Pierrot the Prodigal March 6, 1925 · Revival 14 perf.
1925 The Servant in the House April 7, 1925 · Revival 8 perf.
1925 The Wild Duck February 24, 1925 · Revival 103 perf.
1926 Down Stream January 11, 1926 · Original 16 perf.
1926 One Man's Woman May 25, 1926 · Original 28 perf.
1926 Puppy Love January 27, 1926 · Original 111 perf.
1926 The Climax May 17, 1926 · Revival 8 perf.
1926 The Jeweled Tree October 7, 1926 · Original 37 perf.
1926 The Squall November 11, 1926 · Original 444 perf.
1927 Paradise December 26, 1927 · Original 8 perf.
1927 People Don't Do Such Things November 23, 1927 · Original 13 perf.
1928 Brothers December 25, 1928 · Original 255 perf.
1928 The Beggar's Opera March 28, 1928 · Revival 36 perf.
1928 The Song Writer August 13, 1928 · Original 56 perf.
1929 Remote Control September 10, 1929 · Original 79 perf.
1930 Pagan Lady October 20, 1930 · Original 152 perf.
1930 The Boundary Line February 5, 1930 · Original 37 perf.
1931 Did I Say No? September 22, 1931 · Original 15 perf.
1931 Pillars of Society October 14, 1931 · Revival 2 perf.
1931 Privilege Car March 3, 1931 · Original 47 perf.
1931 The Bellamy Trial April 22, 1931 · Original 16 perf.
1931 The Streets of New York, or Poverty is No Crime October 6, 1931 · Revival 87 perf.
1931 Unexpected Husband June 2, 1931 · Original 127 perf.
1932 Broadway Boy May 3, 1932 · Original 7 perf.
1932 Night Over Taos March 9, 1932 · Original 13 perf.
1932 On the Make May 23, 1932 · Original 32 perf.
1932 Singapore November 14, 1932 · Original 24 perf.
1932 Take My Tip April 11, 1932 · Original 16 perf.
1932 The Passionate Pilgrim October 19, 1932 · Original 5 perf.
1932 The Stork is Dead September 23, 1932 · Original 27 perf.
1932 When the Bough Breaks February 16, 1932 · Original 17 perf.
1933 Louisiana February 27, 1933 · Original 8 perf.
1933 The Loves of Charles II December 27, 1933 · Original 23 perf.
1934 Alley Cat September 17, 1934 · Original 8 perf.
1935 A Slight Case of Murder September 11, 1935 · Original 69 perf.
1935 Fly Away Home January 15, 1935 · Original 204 perf.
1935 Stick-in-the-Mud November 26, 1935 · Original 9 perf.
1936 Around the Corner December 28, 1936 · Original 16 perf.
1936 The Illustrators' Show January 22, 1936 · Original 5 perf.
1937 Damaged Goods May 17, 1937 · Revival 8 perf.
1937 Thirsty Soil February 3, 1937 · Original 13 perf.
1943 Outrageous Fortune November 3, 1943 · Original 77 perf.
1943 The Snark Was a Boojum September 1, 1943 · Original 5 perf.
1944 But Not Goodbye April 11, 1944 · Original 23 perf.
1944 Harvey November 1, 1944 · Original 1,775 perf.
1944 Mrs. Kimball Presents February 29, 1944 · Original 7 perf.
1944 Pick-up Girl May 3, 1944 · Original 198 perf.
1944 Take It as It Comes February 10, 1944 · Original 16 perf.
1949 Forward the Heart January 28, 1949 · Original 19 perf.
1949 Love Me Long November 7, 1949 · Original 16 perf.
1949 The Traitor March 31, 1949 · Revival 67 perf.
1949 Uday Shan-Kar and his Hindu Ballet December 27, 1949 · Revival
1950 Black Chiffon September 27, 1950 · Original 109 perf.
1950 Mr. Barry's Etchings January 31, 1950 · Original 31 perf.
1950 Tobacco Road March 6, 1950 · Revival 7 perf.
1951 Four Twelves Are 48 January 17, 1951 · Original 2 perf.
1951 Jotham Valley February 6, 1951 · Original 31 perf.
1951 Stalag 17 May 8, 1951 · Original 472 perf.
1951 The High Ground February 20, 1951 · Original 23 perf.
1953 At Home With Ethel Waters September 22, 1953 · Original 23 perf.
1953 Be Your Age January 14, 1953 · Revival 5 perf.
1953 Escapade November 18, 1953 · Original 13 perf.
1953 Men of Distinction April 30, 1953 · Original 4 perf.
1953 On Borrowed Time February 10, 1953 · Revival 78 perf.
1954 DeCordoba and His Ballet October 10, 1954 · Original
1954 Hayride September 13, 1954 · Original 24 perf.
1954 His and Hers January 7, 1954 · Original 76 perf.
1954 The Girl on the Via Flaminia April 1, 1954 · Original 68 perf.
1954 Wedding Breakfast November 20, 1954 · Original 113 perf.

In the literature1 passages

  • Theatre : 48th Street Theatre (during run, the musical transferred to the Coronet Theatre)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz

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 7 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
  • When 77 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.
  • Who built it.

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