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Bowery Theatre

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Broadway Closed 18361871 on this page8 productions

By decade8 productions across 4 decades

  1. 1830s 1
  2. 1840s 1
  3. 1850s 4
  4. 1870s 2

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

1836 Norman Leslie January 11, 1836 28 perf.
1856 Life in New York August 18, 1856 18 perf.
1871 On the Track! August 28, 1871 12 perf.
1852 The Bohemian Girl December 22, 1852 9 perf.
1856 Met-A-Mora September 15, 1856 6 perf.
1848 Maritana May 4, 1848 3 perf.

Ranked among the 6 runs here that carry a performance count. 2 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here8 productions

1836 Norman Leslie January 11, 1836 · Original 28 perf.
1848 Maritana May 4, 1848 · Original 3 perf.
1852 The Bohemian Girl December 22, 1852 · Revival 9 perf.
1856 Life in New York August 18, 1856 · Original 18 perf.
1856 Met-A-Mora September 15, 1856 · Revival 6 perf.
1858 Medea December 4, 1858 · Original
1870 Neck and Neck November 28, 1870 · Original
1871 On the Track! August 28, 1871 · Original 12 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 2 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
  • When the building opened.
  • How many seats.
  • Who built it.
  • Any photograph of the building.

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