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George Gershwin Theatre

Broadway222 W 51st StOpened 1972 Still open74 productions on this page, 1972 to 2008

Gershwin TheatreUris Theatre

Other names this building has used.

By decade

74 productions across 4 decades
  1. 1970s 29
  2. 1980s 24
  3. 1990s 15
  4. 2000s 6

Longest runs here

by performances
2003
WickedBroadway October 30, 2003. Directed by Joe Mantello
8,500 performances
1994
Show BoatBroadway October 2, 1994. Directed by Harold Prince
947 performances
1981
The Pirates Of PenzanceBroadway January 8, 1981. Directed by Wilford Leach
772 performances
1987
Starlight ExpressBroadway March 15, 1987. Directed by Trevor Nunn
761 performances
1977
The King and IBroadway May 2, 1977. Directed by Yuriko
695 performances
2000
Riverdance - On BroadwayBroadway March 16, 2000. Directed by John McColgan
605 performances
1979
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetBroadway March 1, 1979. Directed by Harold Prince
557 performances
2002
Oklahoma!Broadway March 21, 2002. Directed by Trevor Nunn
388 performances

Everything that played here

74 productions
1972
Via GalacticaBroadway November 28, 1972. Original
7 performances
1973
GigiBroadway November 13, 1973. Revival
103 performances
1973
The Desert SongBroadway September 5, 1973. Revival
15 performances
1974
Andy Williams with Michel LegrandBroadway October 16, 1974. Original
15 performances
1974
Anthony Newley / Henry ManciniBroadway October 31, 1974. Original
15 performances
1974
Enrico Macias and his La Fete Orientale Co.Broadway October 1, 1974. Original
7 performances
1974
Johnny Mathis and The MiraclesBroadway November 13, 1974. Original
15 performances
1974
Mott the HoopleBroadway May 7, 1974. Original
6 performances
1974
Nureyev and FriendsBroadway December 26, 1974. Original
1974
Raphael in Concert with The Voices of New YorkBroadway December 19, 1974. Original
6 performances
1974
SammyBroadway April 23, 1974. Original
14 performances
1974
The Fifth Dimension with Jo Jo's Dance FactoryBroadway November 27, 1974. Original
15 performances
1975
American Ballet TheatreBroadway December 22, 1975. Original
1975
Fonteyn & Nureyev on BroadwayBroadway November 18, 1975. Original
13 performances
1975
Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count BasieBroadway September 8, 1975. Original
16 performances
1975
Paul AnkaBroadway December 4, 1975. Original
10 performances
1975
Seals and Crofts, with Walter HeathBroadway March 11, 1975. Original
6 performances
1975
TreemonishaBroadway October 21, 1975. Original
64 performances
1976
Al Green / Ashford & SimpsonBroadway June 3, 1976. Original
7 performances
1976
Barry Manilow on BroadwayBroadway December 21, 1976. Original
12 performances
1976
Bing Crosby on BroadwayBroadway December 7, 1976. Original
12 performances
1976
H.M.S. PinaforeBroadway May 16, 1976. Revival
4 performances
1976
Porgy and BessBroadway September 25, 1976. Revival
122 performances
1976
The MikadoBroadway May 5, 1976. Revival
9 performances
1976
The Pirates Of PenzanceBroadway May 6, 1976. Revival
8 performances
1977
Béjart: Ballet of the Twentieth CenturyBroadway March 22, 1977. Original
1977
NureyevBroadway March 1, 1977. Original
1977
The King and IBroadway May 2, 1977. Revival
695 performances
1979
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetBroadway March 1, 1979. Original
557 performances
1980
Boston Ballet CompanyBroadway November 6, 1980. Original
19 performances
1980
CoppeliaBroadway September 9, 1980. Original
10 performances
1980
Dance Theatre of HarlemBroadway February 25, 1980. Original
1980
Makarova and CompanyBroadway October 7, 1980. Original
28 performances
1980
Marcel Proust RememberedBroadway September 12, 1980. Original
4 performances
1980
The BatBroadway August 20, 1980. Revival
20 performances
1981
My Fair LadyBroadway August 18, 1981. Revival
119 performances
1981
The Pirates Of PenzanceBroadway January 8, 1981. Revival
772 performances
1983
Boston Ballet CompanyBroadway January 18, 1983. Revival
21 performances
1983
MameBroadway July 24, 1983. Revival
41 performances
1983
Show BoatBroadway April 24, 1983. Revival
73 performances
1984
Cyrano de BergeracBroadway October 16, 1984. Revival
59 performances
1984
Gladys Knight & the Pips & KashifBroadway August 28, 1984. Original
8 performances
1984
Much Ado About NothingBroadway October 14, 1984. Revival
53 performances
1984
Nureyev and FriendsBroadway August 16, 1984. Revival
13 performances
1984
Patti LaBelle on Broadway: The 'Look to the Rainbow' TourBroadway September 11, 1984. Original
8 performances
1984
Shirley MacLaine on BroadwayBroadway April 19, 1984. Original
46 performances
1984
Twyla Tharp Dance on BroadwayBroadway July 11, 1984. Original
15 performances
1985
An Evening with Smokey RobinsonBroadway February 12, 1985. Original
8 performances
1985
Patti LaBelle on Broadway: The 'Look to the Rainbow' TourBroadway January 29, 1985. Return-Engagement
16 performances
1985
Singin' in the RainBroadway July 2, 1985. Original
367 performances
1987
Starlight ExpressBroadway March 15, 1987. Original
761 performances
1989
Barry Manilow at the GershwinBroadway April 18, 1989. Original
44 performances
1989
Meet Me in St. LouisBroadway November 2, 1989. Original
252 performances
1990
Bugs Bunny on BroadwayBroadway October 4, 1990. Original
1990
Fiddler on the RoofBroadway November 18, 1990. Revival
241 performances
1991
Moscow Circus - Cirk ValentinBroadway November 6, 1991. Original
32 performances
1992
Tommy Tune Tonite!Broadway December 28, 1992. Original
10 performances
1993
CamelotBroadway June 21, 1993. Revival
56 performances
1993
RaffiBroadway April 7, 1993. Original
6 performances
1993
The Red ShoesBroadway December 16, 1993. Original
5 performances
1993
YanniBroadway June 8, 1993. Original
8 performances
1994
Show BoatBroadway October 2, 1994. Revival
947 performances
1995
Something WonderfulBroadway July 12, 1995. Original
1 performance
1997
CandideBroadway April 29, 1997. Revival
104 performances
1997
Men are from Mars, Women are From VenusBroadway January 27, 1997. Original
7 performances
1998
On the TownBroadway November 19, 1998. Revival
69 performances
1999
Peter PanBroadway April 7, 1999. Return-Engagement
166 performances
1999
Tango ArgentinoBroadway November 16, 1999. Revival
63 performances
2000
Riverdance - On BroadwayBroadway March 16, 2000. Original
605 performances
2001
Linda Eder at the GershwinBroadway December 26, 2001. Original
5 performances
2002
Oklahoma!Broadway March 21, 2002. Revival
388 performances
2002
Something GoodBroadway June 28, 2002. Original
1 performance
2003
WickedBroadway October 30, 2003. Original
8,500 performances
2008
The Yellow Brick Road Not TakenBroadway October 27, 2008. Original
1 performance

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