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Edison Theatre

Broadway240 W 47th StOpened 1931 Closed in 199114 productions on this page, 1970 to 1990

The Edison Theatre was a Broadway theatre in the Hotel Edison at 240 West 47th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Opened in 1931 as the hotel's ballroom, it became the Arena Theatre on May 31, 1950, with a revival of George Kelly's The Show Off. The following year it was returned to the hotel's ballroom and remained as such until the early 1970s, when it was re-converted to a theatre. Its most notable production was Oh! Calcutta!, which opened on September 24, 1976, and ran for 13 years, with a total of 5,959 performances. Other shows staged here included Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Me and Bessie, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, The Island, and Love Letters. The theatre closed on February 2…

By decade

14 productions across 3 decades
  1. 1970s 11
  2. 1980s 1
  3. 1990s 2

Longest runs here

by performances
1976
Oh! Calcutta!Broadway September 24, 1976. Directed by Margo Sappington
5,959 performances
1974
Sizwe Banzi Is DeadBroadway November 13, 1974
159 performances
1971
Only Fools Are SadBroadway November 22, 1971. Directed by Yossi Yzraely
144 performances
1990
Those Were the DaysBroadway November 7, 1990
126 performances
1970
Happy Birthday, Wanda JuneBroadway December 22, 1970. Directed by Michael J. Kane
96 performances
1989
Love LettersBroadway October 31, 1989. Directed by John Tillinger
96 performances
1974
The IslandBroadway November 24, 1974
52 performances
1990
A Change in the HeirBroadway April 29, 1990. Directed by David H. Bell
23 performances

Everything that played here

14 productions
1970
Happy Birthday, Wanda JuneBroadway December 22, 1970. Original
96 performances
1970
OpiumBroadway October 5, 1970. Original
8 performances
1970
The CandyappleBroadway November 23, 1970. Original
1 performance
1971
Johnny JohnsonBroadway April 11, 1971. Revival
1 performance
1971
Only Fools Are SadBroadway November 22, 1971. Original
144 performances
1972
Hard Job Being GodBroadway May 15, 1972. Original
6 performances
1972
That’s EntertainmentBroadway April 14, 1972. Original
4 performances
1974
Sizwe Banzi Is DeadBroadway November 13, 1974. Original
159 performances
1974
The IslandBroadway November 24, 1974. Original
52 performances
1975
BoccaccioBroadway November 24, 1975. Revival
7 performances
1976
Oh! Calcutta!Broadway September 24, 1976. Revival
5,959 performances
1989
Love LettersBroadway October 31, 1989. Original
96 performances
1990
A Change in the HeirBroadway April 29, 1990. Original
23 performances
1990
Those Were the DaysBroadway November 7, 1990. Original
126 performances

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