American Theatre

By decade109 productions across 3 decades

1. 1860s 1
2. 1890s 31
3. 1900s 77

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

1905	Tom, Dick and Harry September 25, 1905 · Will N. Drew	33 perf.
1904	The Street Singer September 12, 1904 · William Deane	24 perf.
1864	The House That Jack Built January 11, 1864	21 perf.
1899	H.M.S. Pinafore February 6, 1899	16 perf.
1906	Mr. Blarney From Ireland January 1, 1906	16 perf.
1898	The Chimes of Normandy November 21, 1898	9 perf.
1899	The Beggar Student December 25, 1899	9 perf.
1900	Die Fledermaus January 1, 1900	9 perf.

Ranked among the 39 runs here that carry a performance count. 70 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here109 productions

1864	The House That Jack Built January 11, 1864 · Original	21 perf.
1893	The Prodigal Daughter May 22, 1893 · Original
1894	Sister Mary May 15, 1894 · Original
1894	The Man Without a Country October 22, 1894 · Original
1894	The Manxman November 26, 1894 · Original
1895	In Sight of St. Paul's November 5, 1895 · Original
1895	Northern Lights December 23, 1895 · Original
1895	The District Attorney January 21, 1895 · Original
1895	The Great Diamond Robbery September 4, 1895 · Original
1896	A Man of Honor December 21, 1896 · Original
1896	Burmah January 28, 1896 · Original
1896	The Broken Melody November 5, 1896 · Original
1896	The Great Northwest August 31, 1896 · Original
1896	The Law of the Land April 7, 1896 · Original
1897	At Piney Ridge February 22, 1897 · Original
1897	Captain Imprudence January 4, 1897 · Original
1897	New York February 1, 1897 · Original
1897	The New Dominion March 29, 1897 · Original	8 perf.
1898	Boccaccio September 5, 1898 · Revival	8 perf.
1898	Dorothy September 19, 1898 · Revival	8 perf.
1898	Iolanthe September 12, 1898 · Revival	8 perf.
1898	The Beggar Student May 2, 1898 · Revival	8 perf.
1898	The Bohemian Girl December 19, 1898 · Revival	8 perf.
1898	The Chimes of Normandy November 21, 1898 · Revival	9 perf.
1899	H.M.S. Pinafore February 6, 1899 · Revival	16 perf.
1899	Olivette March 13, 1899 · Revival	8 perf.
1899	The Beggar Student December 25, 1899 · Return-Engagement	9 perf.
1899	The Grand Duchess February 27, 1899 · Revival	8 perf.
1899	The Mikado March 27, 1899 · Revival	8 perf.
1899	The Queen's Lace Handkerchief January 23, 1899 · Revival	8 perf.
1899	Trial by Jury April 24, 1899 · Revival	8 perf.
1899	We'Uns of Tennessee May 9, 1899 · Original
1900	A Night in Venice April 30, 1900 · Revival	8 perf.
1900	Die Fledermaus January 1, 1900 · Revival	9 perf.
1900	Falka March 5, 1900 · Revival	8 perf.
1900	Fra Diavolo March 12, 1900 · Revival	8 perf.
1900	H.M.S. Pinafore April 9, 1900 · Revival	8 perf.
1900	Iolanthe January 8, 1900 · Return-Engagement	8 perf.
1900	Maritana February 12, 1900 · Revival	8 perf.
1900	Nanon April 2, 1900 · Original	8 perf.
1900	Patience March 19, 1900 · Revival	8 perf.
1900	The Black Hussar April 23, 1900 · Revival	8 perf.
1900	The Bohemian Girl March 26, 1900 · Revival	8 perf.
1900	The Chimes of Normandy January 29, 1900 · Return-Engagement	8 perf.
1900	The Magic Melody, At the Lower Harbor January 22, 1900 · Original	8 perf.
1900	The Mascot February 19, 1900 · Revival	9 perf.
1900	The Mikado April 16, 1900 · Revival	8 perf.
1900	The Pirates Of Penzance February 5, 1900 · Revival	8 perf.
1901	Kit Carson May 27, 1901 · Original
1901	The Master-of-Arms February 25, 1901 · Original
1901	The Prisoner of Algiers May 13, 1901 · Original
1901	Winchester April 22, 1901 · Original
1902	A Remarkable Case December 15, 1902 · Original
1902	Jeanne du Barri June 3, 1902 · Original
1902	Private John Allen October 20, 1902 · Original
1902	The Judgement of King Solomon October 27, 1902 · Original
1902	The Little Mother October 16, 1902 · Original
1902	The Slaves of Russia December 8, 1902 · Original
1903	A Mother's Love May 18, 1903 · Original
1903	For Home and Honor January 26, 1903 · Original
1903	Nevada February 2, 1903 · Original
1903	Our New Minister November 30, 1903 · Original
1903	The Dangers of Paris March 9, 1903 · Original
1903	The Evil That Men Do August 29, 1903 · Original
1903	The Merchant of Venice May 25, 1903 · Revival
1903	The Scales of Justice January 12, 1903 · Original
1903	The Worst Woman in London November 9, 1903 · Original
1903	Wedded and Parted September 14, 1903 · Original
1904	By Right of Sword January 18, 1904 · Original
1904	Her Mad Marriage September 26, 1904 · Original
1904	His Last Dollar November 7, 1904 · Original
1904	Out of the Fold March 7, 1904 · Original
1904	Quincy Adams Sawyer February 8, 1904 · Return-Engagement
1904	The Street Singer September 12, 1904 · Original	24 perf.
1904	The White Tigress of Japan August 27, 1904 · Original
1905	Hearts of Gold August 21, 1905 · Original
1905	Pals March 27, 1905 · Original
1905	Secret Service Sam November 27, 1905 · Original
1905	The Great Jewel Mystery September 18, 1905 · Original
1905	Tom, Dick and Harry September 25, 1905 · Original	33 perf.
1906	$10,000 Reward October 8, 1906 · Original
1906	A Woman of Fire November 5, 1906 · Original
1906	Around the Clock October 29, 1906 · Original	8 perf.
1906	Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl August 13, 1906 · Original
1906	Carolina September 10, 1906 · Original
1906	Chinatown Charlie March 5, 1906 · Original
1906	How Hearts Are Broken December 3, 1906 · Original
1906	Mr. Blarney From Ireland January 1, 1906 · Original	16 perf.
1906	Old Isaacs from the Bowery May 14, 1906 · Original
1906	Rufus Rastus January 29, 1906 · Original	8 perf.
1906	The Boy Behind the Gun February 26, 1906 · Original
1906	The Burglar and the Lady September 24, 1906 · Original
1906	The Gambler of the West July 28, 1906 · Original
1906	The Girl and the Gambler October 1, 1906 · Original	8 perf.
1906	The Goldfields of Neveda June 4, 1906 · Original
1906	The Phantom Detective December 31, 1906 · Original
1906	The Power of Money August 20, 1906 · Original
1907	Bunco in Arizona September 30, 1907 · Original
1907	Edna, the Pretty Typewriter August 26, 1907 · Original
1907	Kidnapped for Revenge February 25, 1907 · Original
1907	Not Yet, But Soon March 4, 1907 · Original	8 perf.
1907	Parted on Her Bridal Tour March 18, 1907 · Original
1907	The Card King of the Coast December 30, 1907 · Original
1907	The Great Express Robbery August 12, 1907 · Original
1907	The King and Queen of Gamblers July 27, 1907 · Original
1907	The Rocky Mountain Express December 23, 1907 · Original
1907	Through Death Valley October 7, 1907 · Original
1907	Under Suspicion September 16, 1907 · Original
1908	Around the Clock January 6, 1908 · Revival	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.
• How long 70 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 65 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.