Brooks Atkinson Theatre

By decade187 productions across 11 decades

1. 1920s 26
2. 1930s 24
3. 1940s 33
4. 1950s 3
5. 1960s 27
6. 1970s 15
7. 1980s 21
8. 1990s 15
9. 2000s 14
10. 2010s 8
11. 2020s 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

2009	Rock of Ages April 7, 2009 · Kristin Hanggi	2,328 perf.
2016	Waitress Opening date unknown · Diane Paulus	1,544 perf.
1975	Same Time, Next Year March 13, 1975 · Gene Saks	1,453 perf.
2021	SIX: The Musical Opening date unknown · Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage	1,200 perf.
1944	Anna Lucasta August 30, 1944 · Harry Wagstaff Gribble	957 perf.
1961	Come Blow Your Horn February 22, 1961 · Stanley Prager	677 perf.
1926	The Ladder October 22, 1926	640 perf.
1930	The Green Pastures February 26, 1930	640 perf.

Ranked among the 185 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 here187 productions

1926	Beau-Strings April 26, 1926 · Original	24 perf.
1926	Beyond the Horizon November 30, 1926 · Revival	79 perf.
1926	If I Was Rich September 2, 1926 · Original	92 perf.
1926	My Magnolia July 8, 1926 · Original	4 perf.
1926	Schweiger March 23, 1926 · Original	30 perf.
1926	The Dybbuk December 13, 1926 · Revival	111 perf.
1926	The Ladder October 22, 1926 · Original	640 perf.
1926	The Masque of Venice March 2, 1926 · Original	15 perf.
1926	The Night Duel February 15, 1926 · Original	17 perf.
1927	Caste December 23, 1927 · Revival	11 perf.
1927	For Better or Worse January 31, 1927 · Original	16 perf.
1927	Ghosts January 10, 1927 · Revival	24 perf.
1927	Lost March 28, 1927 · Original	8 perf.
1927	New York November 14, 1927 · Revival	8 perf.
1927	Speak Easy September 26, 1927 · Original	57 perf.
1927	The Adventurous Age February 7, 1927 · Original	16 perf.
1927	The Gossipy Sex April 19, 1927 · Original	23 perf.
1927	The Springboard October 12, 1927 · Original	37 perf.
1927	Window Panes February 21, 1927 · Original	32 perf.
1928	Atlas and Eva February 6, 1928 · Original	24 perf.
1928	Chee-Chee September 25, 1928 · Original	31 perf.
1928	Hello, Daddy December 26, 1928 · Original	198 perf.
1928	Present Arms April 26, 1928 · Original	155 perf.
1929	Cortez November 4, 1929 · Original	8 perf.
1929	Indiscretion March 4, 1929 · Original	40 perf.
1929	Philadelphia September 16, 1929 · Original	32 perf.
1930	The Green Pastures February 26, 1930 · Original	640 perf.
1931	1931- December 10, 1931 · Original	12 perf.
1932	Lost Boy January 5, 1932 · Original	15 perf.
1932	Monkey February 11, 1932 · Original	28 perf.
1932	Shuffle Along December 26, 1932 · Revival	17 perf.
1933	A Church Mouse June 26, 1933 · Revival	9 perf.
1933	Kultur September 26, 1933 · Original	10 perf.
1933	Marathon January 27, 1933 · Original	5 perf.
1933	Marilyn's Affairs March 15, 1933 · Original	1 perf.
1934	Dance With Your Gods October 6, 1934 · Original	9 perf.
1934	I, Myself May 9, 1934 · Original	7 perf.
1934	Late Wisdom April 23, 1934 · Original	2 perf.
1934	Page Miss Glory November 27, 1934 · Original	63 perf.
1934	The Gods We Make January 3, 1934 · Original	13 perf.
1934	Whatever Possessed Her January 25, 1934 · Original	4 perf.
1935	Field of Ermine February 8, 1935 · Original	11 perf.
1935	Lady of Letters March 28, 1935 · Original	20 perf.
1935	On Stage October 29, 1935 · Original	48 perf.
1936	Summer Wives April 13, 1936 · Original	8 perf.
1937	Antony and Cleopatra November 10, 1937 · Revival	5 perf.
1937	Behind Red Lights January 13, 1937 · Original	177 perf.
1937	Sea Legs May 18, 1937 · Original	15 perf.
1938	Glorious Morning November 26, 1938 · Original	9 perf.
1939	Thunder Rock November 14, 1939 · Original	23 perf.
1940	Horse Fever November 23, 1940 · Original	25 perf.
1940	Juno and the Paycock January 16, 1940 · Revival	105 perf.
1940	Meet the People December 25, 1940 · Original	160 perf.
1941	As You Like It October 20, 1941 · Revival	8 perf.
1941	In Time to Come December 28, 1941 · Original	40 perf.
1941	The Seventh Trumpet November 21, 1941 · Original	11 perf.
1942	Sweet Charity December 28, 1942 · Original	8 perf.
1942	The Time, the Place and the Girl October 21, 1942 · Revival	13 perf.
1942	They Should Have Stood in Bed February 13, 1942 · Original	11 perf.
1943	Apology March 22, 1943 · Original	8 perf.
1943	For Your Pleasure February 5, 1943 · Original	11 perf.
1943	Victory Belles October 26, 1943 · Original	32 perf.
1944	According to Law / A Strange Play June 1, 1944 · Original	4 perf.
1944	Anna Lucasta August 30, 1944 · Original	957 perf.
1944	Hickory Stick May 8, 1944 · Original	8 perf.
1944	Public Relations April 6, 1944 · Original	28 perf.
1944	Thank You, Svoboda March 1, 1944 · Original	6 perf.
1946	Years Ago December 3, 1946 · Original	206 perf.
1947	Dear Judas October 5, 1947 · Original	17 perf.
1947	The Cradle Will Rock December 26, 1947 · Revival	34 perf.
1947	The Gentleman From Athens December 9, 1947 · Original	7 perf.
1948	Charles Weidman Dancers April 18, 1948 · Original
1948	Holiday on Broadway April 27, 1948 · Original	6 perf.
1948	John Bull's Other Island February 10, 1948 · Revival	8 perf.
1948	Kathleen February 3, 1948 · Original	7 perf.
1948	Lament for Ignacio Sanches Mejias January 4, 1948 · Original
1948	Red Gloves December 4, 1948 · Original	113 perf.
1948	The Men We Marry January 16, 1948 · Original	3 perf.
1948	The Old Lady Says "No!" February 17, 1948 · Original	8 perf.
1948	Where Stars Walk February 24, 1948 · Original	14 perf.
1949	Concerto for Fun May 9, 1949 · Original	1 perf.
1949	Magnolia Alley April 18, 1949 · Original	8 perf.
1949	The Biggest Thief in Town March 30, 1949 · Original	13 perf.
1950	All You Need Is One Good Break February 9, 1950 · Original	4 perf.
1950	Cry of the Peacock April 11, 1950 · Original	2 perf.
1950	Design for a Stained Glass Window January 23, 1950 · Original	8 perf.
1960	Send Me No Flowers December 5, 1960 · Original	40 perf.
1961	Come Blow Your Horn February 22, 1961 · Original	677 perf.
1961	How to Make a Man February 2, 1961 · Original	12 perf.
1962	Night Life October 23, 1962 · Original	63 perf.
1963	Bérénice October 29, 1963 · Revival	8 perf.
1963	Man and Boy November 12, 1963 · Original	54 perf.
1963	Phèdre October 20, 1963 · Revival	8 perf.
1963	Photo Finish February 12, 1963 · Original	159 perf.
1964	Josephine Baker February 4, 1964 · Original	16 perf.
1964	Ready When You Are, C.B.! December 7, 1964 · Original	80 perf.
1964	The Deputy February 26, 1964 · Original	316 perf.
1964	The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore January 1, 1964 · Revival	5 perf.
1965	Postmark Zero November 1, 1965 · Original	8 perf.
1965	The Glass Menagerie May 4, 1965 · Revival	175 perf.
1965	The Playroom December 5, 1965 · Original	33 perf.
1966	Let's Sing Yiddish November 9, 1966 · Original	107 perf.
1966	Nathan Weinstein, Mystic, Connecticut February 25, 1966 · Original	3 perf.
1966	The Best Laid Plans March 25, 1966 · Original	3 perf.
1967	A Minor Adjustment October 6, 1967 · Original	3 perf.
1967	Halfway Up the Tree November 7, 1967 · Original	64 perf.
1967	Love in E Flat February 13, 1967 · Original	24 perf.
1967	Sing Israel, Sing May 11, 1967 · Original	22 perf.
1968	A Day in the Death of Joe Egg February 1, 1968 · Original	154 perf.
1968	Jimmy Shine December 5, 1968 · Original	161 perf.
1968	Lovers and Other Strangers September 18, 1968 · Original	70 perf.
1969	Indians October 13, 1969 · Original	96 perf.
1969	Trumpets of the Lord April 29, 1969 · Original	7 perf.
1970	Charley's Aunt July 4, 1970 · Revival	9 perf.
1970	Not Now, Darling October 29, 1970 · Original	21 perf.
1970	Paris Is Out! February 2, 1970 · Original	96 perf.
1971	Abelard and Heloise March 10, 1971 · Original	53 perf.
1971	Lenny May 26, 1971 · Original	453 perf.
1972	Lysistrata November 13, 1972 · Revival	8 perf.
1973	Status Quo Vadis February 18, 1973 · Original	1 perf.
1973	The River Niger March 27, 1973 · Original	280 perf.
1974	Find Your Way Home January 2, 1974 · Original	135 perf.
1974	My Fat Friend March 31, 1974 · Original	288 perf.
1974	Of Mice and Men December 18, 1974 · Revival	61 perf.
1975	Same Time, Next Year March 13, 1975 · Original	1,453 perf.
1978	Tribute June 1, 1978 · Original	212 perf.
1979	Bedroom Farce March 29, 1979 · Original	276 perf.
1979	Teibele and Her Demon December 16, 1979 · Original	25 perf.
1980	Mixed Couples December 28, 1980 · Original	9 perf.
1980	Talley's Folly February 20, 1980 · Original	286 perf.
1980	Tricks of the Trade November 6, 1980 · Original	1 perf.
1981	Lolita March 19, 1981 · Original	12 perf.
1981	The Dresser November 9, 1981 · Original	200 perf.
1981	Wally's Cafe June 12, 1981 · Original	12 perf.
1982	Beyond Therapy May 26, 1982 · Original	21 perf.
1982	Ghosts August 30, 1982 · Revival	40 perf.
1982	Steaming December 12, 1982 · Original	65 perf.
1983	Edmund Kean September 27, 1983 · Original	29 perf.
1983	K2 March 30, 1983 · Original	85 perf.
1983	Noises Off December 11, 1983 · Original	553 perf.
1985	Aren't We All? April 29, 1985 · Revival	93 perf.
1985	Benefactors December 22, 1985 · Original	217 perf.
1986	Jackie Mason's The World According to Me! December 22, 1986 · Original	367 perf.
1986	Rowan Atkinson at the Atkinson October 14, 1986 · Original	7 perf.
1988	Jackie Mason's The World According to Me! May 2, 1988 · Return-Engagement	202 perf.
1989	Café Crown March 28, 1989 · Original	3 perf.
1989	Peter, Paul & Mary "A Holiday Celebration" December 12, 1989 · Original	6 perf.
1989	Stephanie Mills Comes "Home" to Broadway December 26, 1989 · Original	8 perf.
1989	The Victor Borge Holiday Show on Broadway December 5, 1989 · Original	7 perf.
1990	Shadowlands November 11, 1990 · Original	169 perf.
1990	The Cemetery Club May 15, 1990 · Original	56 perf.
1992	Death and the Maiden March 17, 1992 · Original	159 perf.
1992	Mike Nichols and Elaine May: Together Again on Broadway May 4, 1992 · Original	1 perf.
1993	Redwood Curtain March 30, 1993 · Original	40 perf.
1994	What's Wrong With This Picture? December 8, 1994 · Original	12 perf.
1995	On the Waterfront May 1, 1995 · Original	8 perf.
1996	Buried Child April 30, 1996 · Original	72 perf.
1996	Taking Sides October 17, 1996 · Original	85 perf.
1997	Play On! March 20, 1997 · Original	61 perf.
1997	Street Corner Symphony November 24, 1997 · Original	79 perf.
1998	Fool Moon November 23, 1998 · Return-Engagement	49 perf.
1998	Wait Until Dark April 5, 1998 · Revival	97 perf.
1999	The Iceman Cometh April 8, 1999 · Revival	102 perf.
1999	The Rainmaker November 11, 1999 · Revival	74 perf.
2000	Jane Eyre December 10, 2000 · Revival	209 perf.
2000	Uncle Vanya April 30, 2000 · Revival	49 perf.
2001	Noises Off November 1, 2001 · Revival	348 perf.
2002	Medea December 10, 2002 · Revival	78 perf.
2003	Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only November 19, 2003 · Original	14 perf.
2003	The Look of Love May 4, 2003 · Original	49 perf.
2004	Democracy November 18, 2004 · Original	173 perf.
2005	Mark Twain Tonight! June 9, 2005 · Return-Engagement	15 perf.
2005	The Blonde in the Thunderbird July 17, 2005 · Original	9 perf.
2005	The Odd Couple October 27, 2005 · Revival	249 perf.
2006	The Times They Are A-Changin' October 26, 2006 · Original	28 perf.
2007	A Moon for the Misbegotten April 9, 2007 · Revival	71 perf.
2007	Grease August 19, 2007 · Revival	554 perf.
2009	Rock of Ages April 7, 2009 · Original	2,328 perf.
2011	Relatively Speaking October 20, 2011 · Original	117 perf.
2012	Peter and the Starcatcher April 15, 2012 · Original	319 perf.
2013	After Midnight November 3, 2013 · Revival	273 perf.
2013	Hands on a Hardbody March 21, 2013 · Original	28 perf.
2014	Love Letters September 18, 2014 · Revival	95 perf.
2015	It Shoulda Been You April 14, 2015 · Original	135 perf.
2015	Spring Awakening September 27, 2015 · Revival	135 perf.
2016	Waitress Opening date unknown · Original	1,544 perf.
2021	SIX: The Musical Opening date unknown · Original	1,200 perf.

In the literature8 passages

• The play with music premiered at the Mansfield Theatre on February 26, 1930, to raves from all the critics (Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times said it was “the divine comedy of the modern theatre” and Robert Littell in the New York World found it one of the “finest” plays of the generation). The work played for 640 performances, won th…Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• New York run: Brooks Atkinson Theatre, October 7, 1993; 294 p. (61 p. previously at the Roundabout Theatre)Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell
• 1960; Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Feb. 22, 1961. 4. Little Me. Musical comedy in 2 acts. Music: Cy Coleman, lyrics: Carolyn Leigh. Adapted from Patrick Dennis's satire, "Little Me" (1961). Produced Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Nov. 17, 1962. 5. Barefoot in the Park. Comedy in 3 acts. Published 1964. ProducedMcGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 4 (O-S)
• BROOKS ATKINSON THEATRE Opened Monday, November 13, 1972* David Black and David Seltzer present:Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis)
• BROOKS ATKINSON THEATRE Opened Sunday, February 18, 1973.* George Keathley and Jack Lenny present:Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis)

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 38 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.