Comedy Theatre

By decade103 productions across 4 decades

1. 1900s 1
2. 1910s 60
3. 1920s 37
4. 1930s 5

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

1921	Just Married April 26, 1921 · J. C. Huffman	402 perf.
1920	The Bad Man August 30, 1920 · Lester Lonergan	342 perf.
1914	Kitty Mackay January 7, 1914	278 perf.
1919	My Lady Friends December 3, 1919	214 perf.
1919	Toby's Bow February 10, 1919 · Norman Trevor	144 perf.
1924	The Farmer's Wife October 9, 1924 · Charles Coburn	120 perf.
1923	Children of the Moon August 17, 1923	117 perf.
1922	Thin Ice September 30, 1922	105 perf.

Ranked among the 61 runs here that carry a performance count. 42 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here103 productions

1909	In the Long Run December 3, 1909 · Original	1 perf.
1913	Her First Divorce May 5, 1913 · Original	8 perf.
1913	Her Own Money September 1, 1913 · Original	55 perf.
1914	A Modern Girl September 12, 1914 · Original	17 perf.
1914	At the Barn November 30, 1914 · Original	24 perf.
1914	Kitty Mackay January 7, 1914 · Original	278 perf.
1914	Mary Goes First November 2, 1914 · Original	32 perf.
1914	The Dumb and the Blind December 18, 1914 · Original	27 perf.
1914	The Marriage of Kitty December 18, 1914 · Revival	27 perf.
1915	Mr. Myd's Mystery August 16, 1915 · Original	16 perf.
1915	The Fallen Idol January 23, 1915 · Original	9 perf.
1916	A Bear August 30, 1916 · Revival
1916	A Merry Death August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	A Miracle of St. Anthony August 30, 1916 · Revival
1916	A Private Account August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	Altruism August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	Another Way Out August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	Bushido August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	Eugenically Speaking August 30, 1916 · Revival
1916	Ghosts May 7, 1916 · Revival
1916	Literature August 30, 1916 · Revival
1916	Lover's Luck August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	Pariah August 30, 1916 · Revival
1916	Plots and Playwrights August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	Sganarelle August 30, 1916 · Revival
1916	Sisters of Susanne August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	The Death of Tintagiles August 30, 1916 · Revival
1916	The Hero of Santa Maria August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	The Last Straw August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	The Poor Fool August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	The Sugar House August 30, 1916 · Original
1916	Trifles August 30, 1916 · Original
1917	Blind Alleys October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	Enter the Hero October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	Habit October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	His Widow's Husband October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	In The Zone October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	Lonesome Like October 31, 1917 · Revival
1917	Neighbors October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	Suppressed Desires October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	The Avenue October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	The Barton Mystery October 13, 1917 · Original	20 perf.
1917	The Beautiful Legend of Pokey October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	The Critic's Comedy October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	The Girl in the Coffin October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	The Home of the Free October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	The Life of Man January 14, 1917 · Original
1917	The Poisoned Flower October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	The Sandbar Queen October 31, 1917 · Original
1917	Yum Chapab October 31, 1917 · Original
1918	A Place in the Sun November 28, 1918 · Original	44 perf.
1918	An Ideal Husband September 16, 1918 · Revival	80 perf.
1918	Mrs. Warren's Profession March 11, 1918 · Revival
1918	Salome April 22, 1918 · Revival
1918	Youth February 20, 1918 · Original
1919	Augustus Does His Bit March 12, 1919 · Original	5 perf.
1919	Fifty-Fifty, Ltd. October 27, 1919 · Original	40 perf.
1919	My Lady Friends December 3, 1919 · Original	214 perf.
1919	The Climax January 16, 1919 · Revival	28 perf.
1919	Toby's Bow February 10, 1919 · Original	144 perf.
1919	Up from Nowhere September 8, 1919 · Original	40 perf.
1920	The Americans in France August 3, 1920 · Original	7 perf.
1920	The Bad Man August 30, 1920 · Original	342 perf.
1921	Just Married April 26, 1921 · Original	402 perf.
1921	Pot Luck September 29, 1921 · Original	28 perf.
1921	The Mad Dog November 8, 1921 · Original	15 perf.
1921	The Right to Strike October 24, 1921 · Original	8 perf.
1921	The Triumph of X August 24, 1921 · Original	30 perf.
1921	The White Peacock December 26, 1921 · Original	102 perf.
1922	Gringo December 12, 1922 · Original	35 perf.
1922	The Hindu March 21, 1922 · Original	71 perf.
1922	The Romantic Age November 14, 1922 · Original	31 perf.
1922	Thin Ice September 30, 1922 · Original	105 perf.
1923	Anything Might Happen February 20, 1923 · Original	63 perf.
1923	Children of the Moon August 17, 1923 · Original	117 perf.
1923	Jitta's Atonement January 17, 1923 · Original	37 perf.
1924	Nerves September 1, 1924 · Revival	16 perf.
1924	The Farmer's Wife October 9, 1924 · Original	120 perf.
1925	Candida November 9, 1925 · Revival	24 perf.
1925	Lass O'Laughter January 8, 1925 · Original	28 perf.
1925	Morals November 30, 1925 · Original	40 perf.
1925	Ostriches March 30, 1925 · Original	8 perf.
1925	The Book of Charm September 3, 1925 · Original	34 perf.
1925	The Call of Life October 9, 1925 · Original	19 perf.
1925	Thrills April 16, 1925 · Original	12 perf.
1926	Black Boy October 6, 1926 · Original	37 perf.
1926	Black Cockatoo December 30, 1926 · Original	4 perf.
1926	Ghosts March 16, 1926 · Revival	34 perf.
1926	Hedda Gabler January 26, 1926 · Revival	59 perf.
1926	Kept September 17, 1926 · Original	11 perf.
1926	The Importance of Being Earnest May 3, 1926 · Revival	70 perf.
1927	The Love Nest December 22, 1927 · Original	23 perf.
1927	The Scarlet Lily January 29, 1927 · Original	57 perf.
1928	Exceeding Small October 22, 1928 · Original	72 perf.
1928	Maya February 21, 1928 · Original	15 perf.
1928	So Am I January 27, 1928 · Original	27 perf.
1929	Ruth Draper April 14, 1929 · Original
1929	The Seagull April 9, 1929 · Revival	31 perf.
1930	Cinderelative September 18, 1930 · Original	4 perf.
1931	People on the Hill September 25, 1931 · Original	5 perf.
1936	Black Rhythm December 19, 1936 · Original	6 perf.
1936	Dorian Gray July 20, 1936 · Revival	16 perf.
1937	Wall Street Scene October 18, 1937 · Original	3 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 42 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 73 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.