51st Street Theatre

Longest runs hereby performances

1940	Original Ballet Russe, Colonel de Basil's November 3, 1940	106 perf.
1940	Romeo and Juliet May 9, 1940 · Robert Ross	36 perf.

Ranked among the 2 runs here that carry a performance count. 1 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here3 productions

1940	Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo October 14, 1940 · Revival
1940	Original Ballet Russe, Colonel de Basil's November 3, 1940 · Original	106 perf.
1940	Romeo and Juliet May 9, 1940 · Revival	36 perf.

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. We don't have a performance count.
• When the building opened.
• How many seats.
• Who built it.
• Any photograph of the building.