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Cherry Lane Theatre

Off Broadway38 Commerce StOpened 1924 Still open12 productions on this page, 1924 to 1934

The Cherry Lane Theatre is the oldest continuously running off-Broadway theater in New York City. The theater is located at 38 Commerce Street between Barrow and Bedford Streets in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. The Cherry Lane Theatre contains a 167-seat main stage and a 60-seat studio. == History == === Origins and conversion === The building was constructed as a farm silo in 1817, and also served as a brewery, tobacco warehouse, and box factory before Evelyn Vaughn, William S. Rainey, Reginald Travers & Edna St. Vincent Millay converted the structure into a theater they christened the Cherry Lane Playhouse. It opened in 1923. Its first review…

By decade

12 productions across 2 decades
  1. 1920s 10
  2. 1930s 2

Longest runs here

by performances
1924
The Way of the WorldBroadway November 17, 1924
120 performances
1924
The Man Who Ate the PopomackBroadway March 24, 1924. Directed by Reginald Travers
56 performances
1925
Wild BirdsBroadway April 9, 1925. Directed by John Wray
44 performances
1925
PollyBroadway October 10, 1925. Directed by Gordon Davis
43 performances
1928
The Waltz of the DogsBroadway April 25, 1928
35 performances
1929
The SubwayBroadway January 25, 1929. Directed by Adele Gutman Nathan
35 performances
1928
The Dark MirrorBroadway November 9, 1928. Directed by Adele Gutman Nathan
32 performances
1929
A Trip to ScarboroughBroadway March 18, 1929. Directed by Bushnell Cheney
30 performances

Everything that played here

12 productions
1924
The Man Who Ate the PopomackBroadway March 24, 1924. Original
56 performances
1924
The Way of the WorldBroadway November 17, 1924. Revival
120 performances
1925
PollyBroadway October 10, 1925. Original
43 performances
1925
Wild BirdsBroadway April 9, 1925. Original
44 performances
1928
The Dark MirrorBroadway November 9, 1928. Original
32 performances
1928
The Waltz of the DogsBroadway April 25, 1928. Original
35 performances
1929
A Trip to ScarboroughBroadway March 18, 1929. Original
30 performances
1929
The DragonBroadway March 25, 1929. Original
5 performances
1929
The SubwayBroadway January 25, 1929. Original
35 performances
1929
The VegetableBroadway April 10, 1929. Original
13 performances
1933
Man CrazyBroadway June 18, 1933. Original
8 performances
1934
A Successful CalamityBroadway February 12, 1934. Revival

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