Criterion Theatre

By decade73 productions across 4 decades

1. 1890s 2
2. 1900s 43
3. 1910s 25
4. 1920s 3

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

1918	Three Wise Fools October 31, 1918	316 perf.
1901	When Knighthood Was in Flower January 14, 1901	176 perf.
1906	The Little Cherub August 6, 1906 · Ben Teal	176 perf.
1901	Du Barry December 25, 1901	165 perf.
1903	The Other Girl December 29, 1903	160 perf.
1910	The Commuters August 15, 1910	160 perf.
1908	Samson October 19, 1908 · William Seymour	152 perf.
1917	Happiness December 31, 1917	136 perf.

Ranked among the 70 runs here that carry a performance count. 3 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here73 productions

1899	Barbara Frietchie October 23, 1899 · Original	83 perf.
1899	The Girl from Maxim's August 29, 1899 · Original	54 perf.
1900	The Gay Lord Quex November 12, 1900 · Original	67 perf.
1900	The Pride of Jennico March 6, 1900 · Original	111 perf.
1901	A Royal Rival August 26, 1901 · Original	112 perf.
1901	Du Barry December 25, 1901 · Original	165 perf.
1901	Prince Charlie October 22, 1901 · Original
1901	The Helmet of Navarre December 2, 1901 · Original	24 perf.
1901	When Knighthood Was in Flower January 14, 1901 · Original	176 perf.
1902	David Harum September 8, 1902 · Revival	16 perf.
1902	Iris September 23, 1902 · Original	77 perf.
1902	The Cavalier December 8, 1902 · Original	70 perf.
1903	A Message from Mars March 30, 1903 · Revival	56 perf.
1903	Lord and Lady Algy December 14, 1903 · Revival	16 perf.
1903	The Jewel of Asia February 16, 1903 · Original	64 perf.
1903	The Little Princess January 14, 1903 · Original	34 perf.
1903	The Man from Blankley's September 16, 1903 · Original	79 perf.
1903	The Other Girl December 29, 1903 · Original	160 perf.
1904	A Wife Without a Smile December 19, 1904 · Original	16 perf.
1904	Business Is Business September 19, 1904 · Original	57 perf.
1904	The Dictator April 4, 1904 · Original	64 perf.
1904	The Light That Lies in Woman's Eyes January 25, 1904 · Original	23 perf.
1904	The Rich Mrs. Repton November 16, 1904 · Original	5 perf.
1904	The Second Fiddle November 21, 1904 · Original	32 perf.
1904	The Triumph of Love February 8, 1904 · Original	1 perf.
1905	Cousin Billy January 2, 1905 · Original	76 perf.
1905	Her Great Match September 4, 1905 · Original	93 perf.
1905	Jinny, the Carrier April 10, 1905 · Original	21 perf.
1905	Nancy Stair March 15, 1905 · Original	29 perf.
1905	On the Quiet December 11, 1905 · Revival	16 perf.
1905	Pantaloon / Alice Sit-by-the-Fire December 25, 1905 · Original	81 perf.
1906	The Little Cherub August 6, 1906 · Original	176 perf.
1906	The Little Father of the Wilderness/The Mountain Climber April 23, 1906 · Original	24 perf.
1906	The Mountain Climber March 5, 1906 · Original	55 perf.
1907	Miss Hook of Holland December 31, 1907 · Original	119 perf.
1907	The Dairymaids August 26, 1907 · Original	86 perf.
1907	The Morals of Marcus November 18, 1907 · Original	44 perf.
1907	The Tattooed Man February 18, 1907 · Original	59 perf.
1907	The Truth January 7, 1907 · Original	34 perf.
1908	Fluffy Ruffles September 7, 1908 · Original	48 perf.
1908	Samson October 19, 1908 · Original	152 perf.
1909	An Englishman's Home March 22, 1909 · Original	40 perf.
1909	The Flag Lieutenant August 30, 1909 · Original	24 perf.
1909	The Outpost October 11, 1909 · Original
1909	The Richest Girl March 1, 1909 · Original	24 perf.
1910	The Commuters August 15, 1910 · Original	160 perf.
1911	Sire January 24, 1911 · Original	31 perf.
1911	The Girl of My Dreams August 7, 1911 · Original	40 perf.
1911	The Happiest Night of His Life February 20, 1911 · Original	24 perf.
1912	Chains December 16, 1912 · Original	1 perf.
1912	Tantalizing Tommy October 1, 1912 · Original	31 perf.
1912	The Girl from Montmartre August 5, 1912 · Original	72 perf.
1912	The Grain of Dust January 1, 1912 · Original	24 perf.
1912	What Ails You? November 18, 1912 · Original	24 perf.
1912	White Magic January 24, 1912 · Original	21 perf.
1913	Indian Summer October 27, 1913 · Revival	24 perf.
1914	Young Wisdom January 5, 1914 · Original	56 perf.
1916	Major Pendennis October 26, 1916 · Original	75 perf.
1916	Paganini September 11, 1916 · Original	48 perf.
1917	Anthony in Wonderland October 23, 1917 · Original	7 perf.
1917	Happiness December 31, 1917 · Revival	136 perf.
1917	Madame Sand November 19, 1917 · Original	64 perf.
1917	Seremonda January 1, 1917 · Original	48 perf.
1918	Laurette Taylor in Scenes from Shakespeare April 5, 1918 · Revival
1918	Mr. Barnum September 9, 1918 · Original	24 perf.
1918	The Awakening October 1, 1918 · Revival	29 perf.
1918	Three Wise Fools October 31, 1918 · Original	316 perf.
1919	On the Hiring Line October 20, 1919 · Original	48 perf.
1919	One Night in Rome December 2, 1919 · Original	107 perf.
1919	Thunder September 22, 1919 · Original	33 perf.
1920	Pietro January 19, 1920 · Original	41 perf.
1920	The Letter of the Law February 23, 1920 · Original	83 perf.
1925	Fool's Bells December 22, 1925 · Original	5 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 3 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 55 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.
• Who built it.
• Any photograph of the building.