Al Hirschfeld Theatre

By decade173 productions across 10 decades

1. 1920s 16
2. 1930s 50
3. 1940s 21
4. 1950s 23
5. 1960s 18
6. 1970s 9
7. 1980s 14
8. 1990s 9
9. 2000s 6
10. 2010s 7

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

2013	Kinky Boots Opening date unknown · Jerry Mitchell	2,505 perf.
2019	Moulin Rouge! The Musical July 25, 2019 · Alex Timbers	1,500 perf.
1992	Guys and Dolls April 14, 1992 · Jerry Zaks	1,143 perf.
1989	Grand Hotel November 12, 1989 · Tommy Tune	1,077 perf.
1953	The Teahouse of the August Moon October 15, 1953 · Robert Lewis	1,027 perf.
1977	Dracula October 20, 1977 · Dennis Rosa	925 perf.
1999	Kiss Me, Kate November 18, 1999 · Michael Blakemore	881 perf.
1987	Into the Woods November 5, 1987 · James Lapine	765 perf.

Ranked among the 165 runs here that carry a performance count. 8 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here173 productions

1924	Madame Pompadour November 11, 1924 · Original	80 perf.
1925	Captain Jinks September 8, 1925 · Original	167 perf.
1925	China Rose January 19, 1925 · Original	120 perf.
1926	The Shanghai Gesture February 1, 1926 · Original	206 perf.
1926	The Wild Rose October 20, 1926 · Revival	61 perf.
1926	Wooden Kimono December 27, 1926 · Original	209 perf.
1927	A la Carte August 17, 1927 · Original	45 perf.
1927	Spread Eagle April 4, 1927 · Original	80 perf.
1927	The Shannons of Broadway September 26, 1927 · Original	288 perf.
1928	Night Hostess September 12, 1928 · Original	117 perf.
1928	Wings Over Europe December 10, 1928 · Original	90 perf.
1929	Dynamo February 11, 1929 · Original	50 perf.
1929	Porgy September 13, 1929 · Revival	34 perf.
1929	Red Rust December 17, 1929 · Original	65 perf.
1929	The Camel Through the Needle's Eye April 15, 1929 · Original	196 perf.
1929	The Silver Swan November 27, 1929 · Original	21 perf.
1930	Hotel Universe April 14, 1930 · Original	81 perf.
1930	Roar China October 27, 1930 · Original	72 perf.
1930	The Apple Cart February 24, 1930 · Original	88 perf.
1931	Miracle at Verdun March 16, 1931 · Original	49 perf.
1931	Reunion in Vienna November 16, 1931 · Original	264 perf.
1931	The House of Connelly September 28, 1931 · Original	91 perf.
1932	Chrysalis November 15, 1932 · Original	23 perf.
1932	The Far-off Hills October 18, 1932 · Original	13 perf.
1932	The New Gossoon October 21, 1932 · Original	14 perf.
1932	Things That Are Caesar's October 17, 1932 · Original	4 perf.
1933	Far-Away Horses March 21, 1933 · Original	4 perf.
1933	Hilda Cassidy May 4, 1933 · Original	4 perf.
1933	The Lake December 26, 1933 · Original	55 perf.
1934	Cox and Box September 6, 1934 · Revival	14 perf.
1934	H.M.S. Pinafore September 13, 1934 · Revival	15 perf.
1934	Patience October 11, 1934 · Revival	10 perf.
1934	Princess Ida September 27, 1934 · Revival	10 perf.
1934	Romeo and Juliet December 20, 1934 · Revival	77 perf.
1934	Ruddigore September 24, 1934 · Revival	6 perf.
1934	The Gondoliers September 3, 1934 · Revival	19 perf.
1934	The Yeomen of the Guard September 20, 1934 · Revival	11 perf.
1934	Trial by Jury September 13, 1934 · Revival	15 perf.
1934	Yellow Jack March 6, 1934 · Original	79 perf.
1935	Flowers of the Forest April 8, 1935 · Original	40 perf.
1935	Romeo and Juliet December 23, 1935 · Revival	15 perf.
1935	The Barretts of Wimpole Street February 25, 1935 · Revival	24 perf.
1935	Winterset September 25, 1935 · Original	195 perf.
1936	Cox and Box / H.M.S. Pinafore September 28, 1936 · Revival	16 perf.
1936	Iolanthe September 21, 1936 · Revival	20 perf.
1936	Patience October 5, 1936 · Revival	12 perf.
1936	Princess Ida October 12, 1936 · Revival	12 perf.
1936	Ruddigore October 22, 1936 · Revival	8 perf.
1936	Saint Joan March 9, 1936 · Revival	89 perf.
1936	The Pirates Of Penzance August 31, 1936 · Revival	20 perf.
1936	The Yeomen of the Guard September 14, 1936 · Revival	20 perf.
1936	Winterset June 1, 1936 · Return-Engagement	16 perf.
1937	Barchester Towers November 30, 1937 · Original	40 perf.
1937	High Tor January 9, 1937 · Original	171 perf.
1938	How to Get Tough About It February 8, 1938 · Original	23 perf.
1938	Victoria Regina October 3, 1938 · Revival	87 perf.
1939	Cox and Box January 5, 1939 · Revival
1939	Iolanthe January 5, 1939 · Revival
1939	Ladies and Gentlemen October 17, 1939 · Original	105 perf.
1939	Patience January 5, 1939 · Revival
1939	Susanna, Don't You Cry May 22, 1939 · Original	5 perf.
1939	The Ballet Caravan May 24, 1939 · Original	2 perf.
1939	The Gondoliers January 5, 1939 · Revival
1939	The Mikado January 5, 1939 · Revival
1939	The Pirates Of Penzance January 5, 1939 · Revival
1939	The Yeomen of the Guard January 5, 1939 · Revival
1940	Cabin In The Sky October 25, 1940 · Original	156 perf.
1940	Lady in Waiting March 27, 1940 · Original	87 perf.
1941	Watch on the Rhine April 1, 1941 · Original	378 perf.
1942	The Cat Screams June 16, 1942 · Original	7 perf.
1942	The Moon Is Down April 7, 1942 · Original	71 perf.
1942	The Pirate November 25, 1942 · Original	177 perf.
1943	A Connecticut Yankee November 17, 1943 · Revival	135 perf.
1943	The Corn Is Green May 3, 1943 · Return-Engagement	56 perf.
1943	Tropical Revue September 19, 1943 · Original
1944	Jacobowsky and the Colonel March 14, 1944 · Original	417 perf.
1945	Foolish Notion March 13, 1945 · Original	104 perf.
1946	Jeb February 21, 1946 · Original	9 perf.
1946	Little Brown Jug March 6, 1946 · Original	5 perf.
1946	St. Louis Woman March 30, 1946 · Original	113 perf.
1946	The Iceman Cometh October 9, 1946 · Original	136 perf.
1947	Antony and Cleopatra November 26, 1947 · Revival	126 perf.
1947	Barefoot Boy With Cheek April 3, 1947 · Original	108 perf.
1948	Edward, My Son September 30, 1948 · Original	260 perf.
1948	Sally May 6, 1948 · Revival	36 perf.
1948	You Never Can Tell March 16, 1948 · Revival	39 perf.
1949	That Lady November 22, 1949 · Original	79 perf.
1950	Ring Round the Moon November 23, 1950 · Original	68 perf.
1950	The Curious Savage October 24, 1950 · Original	31 perf.
1950	The Wisteria Trees March 29, 1950 · Original	165 perf.
1951	Barefoot in Athens October 31, 1951 · Original	29 perf.
1951	The Grand Tour December 10, 1951 · Original	8 perf.
1951	The Rose Tattoo February 3, 1951 · Original	306 perf.
1952	Mrs. McThing February 20, 1952 · Original	320 perf.
1952	The Climate of Eden November 6, 1952 · Original	20 perf.
1952	The Grass Harp March 27, 1952 · Original	36 perf.
1952	The Grey-Eyed People December 17, 1952 · Original	5 perf.
1953	The Crucible January 22, 1953 · Original	197 perf.
1953	The Teahouse of the August Moon October 15, 1953 · Original	1,027 perf.
1956	Candide December 1, 1956 · Revival	73 perf.
1956	Major Barbara October 30, 1956 · Revival	231 perf.
1956	Mister Johnson March 29, 1956 · Original	44 perf.
1956	The Lovers May 10, 1956 · Original	4 perf.
1957	Copper and Brass October 17, 1957 · Original	36 perf.
1957	Orpheus Descending March 21, 1957 · Original	68 perf.
1958	Handful of Fire October 1, 1958 · Original	5 perf.
1958	Maria Golovin November 5, 1958 · Original	5 perf.
1958	Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? March 3, 1958 · Original	208 perf.
1959	Les Ballets Africains February 16, 1959 · Original	48 perf.
1959	Sweet Bird of Youth March 10, 1959 · Original	375 perf.
1960	Beg, Borrow or Steal February 10, 1960 · Original	5 perf.
1960	Bye Bye Birdie April 14, 1960 · Original	607 perf.
1960	Love and Libel December 7, 1960 · Original	5 perf.
1960	Rape of the Belt November 5, 1960 · Original	9 perf.
1960	Semi-Detached March 10, 1960 · Original	4 perf.
1961	Midgie Purvis February 1, 1961 · Original	21 perf.
1961	Milk and Honey October 10, 1961 · Original	543 perf.
1961	The Happiest Girl in the World April 3, 1961 · Original	96 perf.
1963	Mother Courage and Her Children March 28, 1963 · Original	52 perf.
1963	The Ballad of the Sad Cafe October 30, 1963 · Original	123 perf.
1964	Cafe Crown April 17, 1964 · Revival	3 perf.
1964	I Had a Ball December 15, 1964 · Original	199 perf.
1964	The Physicists October 13, 1964 · Original	55 perf.
1965	Drat! the Cat! October 10, 1965 · Original	8 perf.
1965	Oliver! August 2, 1965 · Return-Engagement	64 perf.
1965	The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade December 27, 1965 · Original	145 perf.
1966	A Delicate Balance September 22, 1966 · Original	132 perf.
1967	Hallelujah, Baby! April 26, 1967 · Original	293 perf.
1971	All Over March 28, 1971 · Original	40 perf.
1971	The Grass Harp November 2, 1971 · Revival	7 perf.
1972	Ring Round the Bathtub April 29, 1972 · Original	1 perf.
1973	No Hard Feelings April 8, 1973 · Original	1 perf.
1974	Saturday Sunday Monday November 21, 1974 · Original	12 perf.
1975	Habeas Corpus November 25, 1975 · Original	95 perf.
1977	Dracula October 20, 1977 · Revival	925 perf.
1977	Happy End May 7, 1977 · Original	75 perf.
1977	Ladies at the Alamo April 7, 1977 · Original	20 perf.
1980	Harold and Maude February 7, 1980 · Original	4 perf.
1980	It's So Nice to Be Civilized June 3, 1980 · Original	8 perf.
1980	Onward Victoria December 14, 1980 · Original	1 perf.
1981	Bring Back Birdie March 5, 1981 · Original	4 perf.
1981	The First November 17, 1981 · Original	31 perf.
1981	The Little Foxes May 7, 1981 · Revival	126 perf.
1982	A Little Family Business December 15, 1982 · Original	13 perf.
1982	Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean February 18, 1982 · Original	52 perf.
1983	All's Well that Ends Well April 13, 1983 · Original	38 perf.
1984	The Rink February 9, 1984 · Original	204 perf.
1985	Requiem for a Heavyweight March 7, 1985 · Original	3 perf.
1985	Take Me Along April 14, 1985 · Revival	1 perf.
1987	Into the Woods November 5, 1987 · Original	765 perf.
1989	Grand Hotel November 12, 1989 · Revival	1,077 perf.
1992	Guys and Dolls April 14, 1992 · Revival	1,143 perf.
1995	Moon Over Buffalo October 1, 1995 · Original	309 perf.
1995	My Thing Of Love May 3, 1995 · Original	12 perf.
1996	David Copperfield: Dreams and Nightmares December 5, 1996 · Original	55 perf.
1997	Annie March 26, 1997 · Revival	239 perf.
1997	Eugene Onegin November 19, 1997 · Original	7 perf.
1997	The Cherry Orchard October 30, 1997 · Revival	12 perf.
1998	The Sound of Music March 12, 1998 · Revival	533 perf.
1999	Kiss Me, Kate November 18, 1999 · Revival	881 perf.
2002	Man of La Mancha December 5, 2002 · Revival	304 perf.
2005	Sweet Charity May 4, 2005 · Revival	279 perf.
2006	The Wedding Singer February 16, 2006 · Original	285 perf.
2007	Curtains March 22, 2007 · Original	511 perf.
2008	A Tale Of Two Cities September 18, 2008 · Original	60 perf.
2009	Hair March 31, 2009 · Revival	519 perf.
2010	Elf November 14, 2010 · Original	241 perf.
2011	How to Succeed... (2011 Revival) March 27, 2011 · Revival	473 perf.
2011	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying March 27, 2011 · Revival	473 perf.
2012	Elf November 9, 2012 · Return-Engagement	74 perf.
2012	Fela! July 12, 2012 · Return-Engagement	28 perf.
2013	Kinky Boots Opening date unknown · Original	2,505 perf.
2019	Moulin Rouge! The Musical July 25, 2019 · Original	1,500 perf.

In the literature8 passages

• 61 The Crucible opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on 22 January 1953. In June 1953, Miller made several revisions and recast some of the roles. Brooks Atkinson wrote in The New York Times (2 July 1953) that in this revised version, “The Crucible has acquired a certain human warmth that it lacked amid the shrill excitements of the original…Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein
• Theatre : ANTA Theatre (during run, the play with music transferred to the Martin Beck Theatre)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh (translated by Christopher Fry) (Martin Beck Theatre, November 23, 1950, 68 performances)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• The Grass Harp by Truman Capote (Martin Beck Theatre, March 27, 1952, 36 performances)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• The Climate of Eden by Moss Hart (Martin Beck Theatre, November 13, 1952, 20 performances)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 8 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 35 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.