August Wilson Theatre

By decade104 productions across 11 decades

1. 1920s 23
2. 1930s 36
3. 1940s 10
4. 1950s 2
5. 1960s 1
6. 1970s 1
7. 1980s 10
8. 1990s 2
9. 2000s 10
10. 2010s 3
11. 2020s 6

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

2005	Jersey Boys November 6, 2005 · Des McAnuff	4,642 perf.
1989	City of Angels December 11, 1989 · Michael Blakemore	879 perf.
2018	Mean Girls April 8, 2018 · Casey Nicholaw	833 perf.
2024	Cabaret April 21, 2024	592 perf.
1992	Jelly’s Last Jam April 26, 1992 · George C. Wolfe	569 perf.
1983	On Your Toes March 6, 1983 · George Balanchine	505 perf.
2022	Funny Girl April 24, 2022 · Michael Mayer	476 perf.
2003	Little Shop of Horrors October 2, 2003 · Jerry Zaks	372 perf.

Ranked among the 100 runs here that carry a performance count. 4 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here104 productions

1925	Arms and the Man September 14, 1925 · Revival	180 perf.
1925	Caesar and Cleopatra April 13, 1925 · Revival	128 perf.
1925	Merchants of Glory December 14, 1925 · Original	42 perf.
1925	The Glass Slipper October 19, 1925 · Original	65 perf.
1926	At Mrs. Beam's April 26, 1926 · Original	222 perf.
1926	Garrick Gaieties May 10, 1926 · Revival	174 perf.
1926	Juarez and Maximilian October 11, 1926 · Original	48 perf.
1926	Little Eyolf February 2, 1926 · Revival	8 perf.
1926	Pygmalion November 15, 1926 · Revival	143 perf.
1926	The Chief Thing March 22, 1926 · Original	40 perf.
1926	The Goat Song January 25, 1926 · Original	58 perf.
1927	Porgy October 10, 1927 · Original	367 perf.
1927	Right You Are If You Think You Are March 2, 1927 · Original	48 perf.
1927	The Brothers Karamazov January 3, 1927 · Original	56 perf.
1927	The Doctor's Dilemma November 21, 1927 · Revival	115 perf.
1927	The Second Man April 11, 1927 · Original	178 perf.
1928	Caprice December 31, 1928 · Original	186 perf.
1928	Major Barbara November 19, 1928 · Revival	84 perf.
1928	Marco Millions January 9, 1928 · Original	92 perf.
1928	Volpone April 9, 1928 · Original	46 perf.
1929	Karl and Anna October 7, 1929 · Original	49 perf.
1929	Meteor December 23, 1929 · Original	92 perf.
1929	The Game of Love and Death November 25, 1929 · Original	48 perf.
1930	Elizabeth the Queen November 3, 1930 · Original	147 perf.
1930	Garrick Gaieties June 4, 1930 · Revival	158 perf.
1930	Midnight December 29, 1930 · Original	48 perf.
1931	Getting Married March 30, 1931 · Revival	48 perf.
1931	Green Grow the Lilacs January 26, 1931 · Original	64 perf.
1931	He September 21, 1931 · Original	40 perf.
1931	Mourning Becomes Electra October 26, 1931 · Original	150 perf.
1931	The Way of the World June 1, 1931 · Revival	8 perf.
1932	Biography December 12, 1932 · Original	267 perf.
1932	The Good Earth October 17, 1932 · Original	56 perf.
1932	The Moon in the Yellow River February 29, 1932 · Original	40 perf.
1932	Too True to Be Good April 4, 1932 · Original	57 perf.
1933	Ah, Wilderness! October 2, 1933 · Original	289 perf.
1933	American Dream February 21, 1933 · Original	39 perf.
1933	La Nativite February 5, 1933 · Original	2 perf.
1933	Les Trois Maries February 5, 1933 · Original	2 perf.
1933	Les Trois Rois February 5, 1933 · Original	2 perf.
1933	The Lamentation of the Virgin Mary February 5, 1933 · Original	2 perf.
1933	The Magdalen February 5, 1933 · Original	2 perf.
1933	The Mask and the Face May 8, 1933 · Revival	40 perf.
1933	The Miraculous Birth and the Midwives February 5, 1933 · Original	2 perf.
1934	A Sleeping Clergyman October 8, 1934 · Original	40 perf.
1934	Valley Forge December 10, 1934 · Original	58 perf.
1935	Parade May 20, 1935 · Original	40 perf.
1935	The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles February 18, 1935 · Original	40 perf.
1935	The Taming of the Shrew September 30, 1935 · Revival	129 perf.
1936	In a Church in Italy December 1, 1936 · Original	8 perf.
1936	In County Kerry December 1, 1936 · Original	8 perf.
1936	Love in the Balkans December 1, 1936 · Original	8 perf.
1936	The Miner's Wife December 1, 1936 · Original	8 perf.
1937	But For the Grace of God January 12, 1937 · Original	42 perf.
1937	The Ghost of Yankee Doodle November 22, 1937 · Original	48 perf.
1937	To Quito and Back October 6, 1937 · Original	46 perf.
1938	Wine of Choice February 21, 1938 · Original	43 perf.
1939	Dorothy Crawford March 12, 1939 · Original
1939	The World We Make November 20, 1939 · Original	80 perf.
1940	Every Man for Himself December 9, 1940 · Original	3 perf.
1940	Flight to the West December 30, 1940 · Original	136 perf.
1940	Quiet, Please! November 8, 1940 · Original	16 perf.
1941	Ah, Wilderness! October 2, 1941 · Revival	29 perf.
1941	Hope for a Harvest November 26, 1941 · Original	38 perf.
1941	Le Meri and Natya Dancers December 1, 1941 · Original
1942	Mr. Sycamore November 13, 1942 · Original	19 perf.
1942	Papa Is All January 6, 1942 · Original	63 perf.
1942	The Russian People December 29, 1942 · Original	39 perf.
1942	Yesterday's Magic April 14, 1942 · Original	55 perf.
1955	Seventh Heaven May 26, 1955 · Revival	44 perf.
1958	Say, Darling April 3, 1958 · Original	332 perf.
1961	The Conquering Hero January 16, 1961 · Original	8 perf.
1978	A History of the American Film March 30, 1978 · Original	5 perf.
1982	Alice in Wonderland December 23, 1982 · Revival	21 perf.
1982	Play Me a Country Song June 27, 1982 · Original	1 perf.
1983	On Your Toes March 6, 1983 · Revival	505 perf.
1986	Execution of Justice March 13, 1986 · Original	12 perf.
1986	Wild Honey December 18, 1986 · Original	28 perf.
1987	The Mikado April 2, 1987 · Revival	37 perf.
1988	Carrie May 12, 1988 · Original	5 perf.
1989	City of Angels December 11, 1989 · Original	879 perf.
1989	Run for Your Wife March 7, 1989 · Original	39 perf.
1989	Shenandoah August 8, 1989 · Revival	32 perf.
1992	Jelly’s Last Jam April 26, 1992 · Original	569 perf.
1993	My Fair Lady December 9, 1993 · Revival	165 perf.
2000	Gore Vidal's The Best Man September 17, 2000 · Revival	121 perf.
2000	The Wild Party April 13, 2000 · Original	54 perf.
2001	King Hedley II May 1, 2001 · Original	72 perf.
2002	Flower Drum Song October 17, 2002 · Revival	169 perf.
2002	The Crucible March 7, 2002 · Revival	101 perf.
2003	Bill Maher: Victory Begins At Home May 5, 2003 · Original	16 perf.
2003	Little Shop of Horrors October 2, 2003 · Original	372 perf.
2005	Jersey Boys November 6, 2005 · Original	4,642 perf.
2005	Little Women January 23, 2005 · Revival	137 perf.
2006	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas October 16, 2006 · Revival	1 perf.
2017	Groundhog Day April 17, 2017 · Original	176 perf.
2017	Home for the Holidays November 21, 2017 · Original	47 perf.
2018	Mean Girls April 8, 2018 · Original	833 perf.
2021	Pass Over August 22, 2021 · Original	57 perf.
2021	Slave Play December 2, 2021 · Return-Engagement	57 perf.
2022	Funny Girl April 24, 2022 · Revival	476 perf.
2024	Cabaret April 21, 2024 · Revival	592 perf.
2026	Dog Day Afternoon March 30, 2026 · Original
2026	Paranormal Activity: A New Story Live on Broadway September 15, 2026 · Original

In the literature8 passages

• The most recent revival opened at the Virginia Theatre on May 1, 1994, for 165 performances, and starred Richard Chamberlain (Higgins), Melissa Errico (Eliza), and Julian Holloway (as Doolittle, in the role originally created by his father in 1956). The production annoyed purists, but the surreal décor of Higgins’s study was amusing, and…Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• Theatre : ANTA Theatre (during run, the play with music transferred to the Martin Beck Theatre)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• The revised Broadway revival opened at the Virginia Theatre on October 17, 2002, for 169 performances. David Henry Hwang’s adaptation wisely dropped the Helen Chao character (and that ballet), and assigned “Love, Look Away” to Mei-Li. Besides the ballet, the revival also dropped “The Other Generation” but added “My Best Love,” which had b…Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• Portrait of a Lady by William Archibald (ANTA Theatre, December 21, 1954, 7 performances)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• Middle of the Night by Paddy Chayefsky (ANTA Theatre, February 8, 1956, 477 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 4 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 43 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.