American Laboratory

By decade9 productions across 2 decades

1. 1920s 8
2. 1930s 1

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

1927	Granite February 11, 1927 · Richard Boleslavsky	70 perf.
1926	The Straw Hat October 14, 1926 · Richard Boleslavsky	57 perf.
1926	The Trumpet Shall Sound December 10, 1926 · Richard Boleslavsky	30 perf.
1928	Dr. Knock February 27, 1928 · Richard Boleslavsky	23 perf.
1927	Much Ado About Nothing November 18, 1927 · Richard Boleslavsky	22 perf.
1927	At the Gate of the Kingdom December 8, 1927 · Richard Boleslavsky	17 perf.
1928	Martine April 4, 1928 · Richard Boleslavsky	16 perf.
1927	Big Lake April 11, 1927 · George Auerbach	11 perf.

Everything that played here9 productions

1926	The Straw Hat October 14, 1926 · Original	57 perf.
1926	The Trumpet Shall Sound December 10, 1926 · Original	30 perf.
1927	At the Gate of the Kingdom December 8, 1927 · Original	17 perf.
1927	Big Lake April 11, 1927 · Original	11 perf.
1927	Granite February 11, 1927 · Original	70 perf.
1927	Much Ado About Nothing November 18, 1927 · Revival	22 perf.
1928	Dr. Knock February 27, 1928 · Original	23 perf.
1928	Martine April 4, 1928 · Original	16 perf.
1930	A Glass of Water March 5, 1930 · Original	9 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.
• When 9 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.
• When the building opened.
• How many seats.
• Who built it.
• Any photograph of the building.