George Gershwin Theatre

By decade74 productions across 4 decades

1. 1970s 29
2. 1980s 24
3. 1990s 15
4. 2000s 6

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

2003	Wicked October 30, 2003 · Joe Mantello	8,500 perf.
1994	Show Boat October 2, 1994 · Harold Prince	947 perf.
1981	The Pirates Of Penzance January 8, 1981 · Wilford Leach	772 perf.
1987	Starlight Express March 15, 1987 · Trevor Nunn	761 perf.
1977	The King and I May 2, 1977 · Yuriko	695 perf.
2000	Riverdance - On Broadway March 16, 2000 · John McColgan	605 perf.
1979	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street March 1, 1979 · Harold Prince	557 perf.
2002	Oklahoma! March 21, 2002 · Trevor Nunn	388 perf.

Ranked among the 68 runs here that carry a performance count. 6 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here74 productions

1972	Via Galactica November 28, 1972 · Original	7 perf.
1973	Gigi November 13, 1973 · Revival	103 perf.
1973	The Desert Song September 5, 1973 · Revival	15 perf.
1974	Andy Williams with Michel Legrand October 16, 1974 · Original	15 perf.
1974	Anthony Newley / Henry Mancini October 31, 1974 · Original	15 perf.
1974	Enrico Macias and his La Fete Orientale Co. October 1, 1974 · Original	7 perf.
1974	Johnny Mathis and The Miracles November 13, 1974 · Original	15 perf.
1974	Mott the Hoople May 7, 1974 · Original	6 perf.
1974	Nureyev and Friends December 26, 1974 · Original
1974	Raphael in Concert with The Voices of New York December 19, 1974 · Original	6 perf.
1974	Sammy April 23, 1974 · Original	14 perf.
1974	The Fifth Dimension with Jo Jo's Dance Factory November 27, 1974 · Original	15 perf.
1975	American Ballet Theatre December 22, 1975 · Original
1975	Fonteyn & Nureyev on Broadway November 18, 1975 · Original	13 perf.
1975	Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie September 8, 1975 · Original	16 perf.
1975	Paul Anka December 4, 1975 · Original	10 perf.
1975	Seals and Crofts, with Walter Heath March 11, 1975 · Original	6 perf.
1975	Treemonisha October 21, 1975 · Original	64 perf.
1976	Al Green / Ashford & Simpson June 3, 1976 · Original	7 perf.
1976	Barry Manilow on Broadway December 21, 1976 · Original	12 perf.
1976	Bing Crosby on Broadway December 7, 1976 · Original	12 perf.
1976	H.M.S. Pinafore May 16, 1976 · Revival	4 perf.
1976	Porgy and Bess September 25, 1976 · Revival	122 perf.
1976	The Mikado May 5, 1976 · Revival	9 perf.
1976	The Pirates Of Penzance May 6, 1976 · Revival	8 perf.
1977	Béjart: Ballet of the Twentieth Century March 22, 1977 · Original
1977	Nureyev March 1, 1977 · Original
1977	The King and I May 2, 1977 · Revival	695 perf.
1979	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street March 1, 1979 · Original	557 perf.
1980	Boston Ballet Company November 6, 1980 · Original	19 perf.
1980	Coppelia September 9, 1980 · Original	10 perf.
1980	Dance Theatre of Harlem February 25, 1980 · Original
1980	Makarova and Company October 7, 1980 · Original	28 perf.
1980	Marcel Proust Remembered September 12, 1980 · Original	4 perf.
1980	The Bat August 20, 1980 · Revival	20 perf.
1981	My Fair Lady August 18, 1981 · Revival	119 perf.
1981	The Pirates Of Penzance January 8, 1981 · Revival	772 perf.
1983	Boston Ballet Company January 18, 1983 · Revival	21 perf.
1983	Mame July 24, 1983 · Revival	41 perf.
1983	Show Boat April 24, 1983 · Revival	73 perf.
1984	Cyrano de Bergerac October 16, 1984 · Revival	59 perf.
1984	Gladys Knight & the Pips & Kashif August 28, 1984 · Original	8 perf.
1984	Much Ado About Nothing October 14, 1984 · Revival	53 perf.
1984	Nureyev and Friends August 16, 1984 · Revival	13 perf.
1984	Patti LaBelle on Broadway: The 'Look to the Rainbow' Tour September 11, 1984 · Original	8 perf.
1984	Shirley MacLaine on Broadway April 19, 1984 · Original	46 perf.
1984	Twyla Tharp Dance on Broadway July 11, 1984 · Original	15 perf.
1985	An Evening with Smokey Robinson February 12, 1985 · Original	8 perf.
1985	Patti LaBelle on Broadway: The 'Look to the Rainbow' Tour January 29, 1985 · Return-Engagement	16 perf.
1985	Singin' in the Rain July 2, 1985 · Original	367 perf.
1987	Starlight Express March 15, 1987 · Original	761 perf.
1989	Barry Manilow at the Gershwin April 18, 1989 · Original	44 perf.
1989	Meet Me in St. Louis November 2, 1989 · Original	252 perf.
1990	Bugs Bunny on Broadway October 4, 1990 · Original
1990	Fiddler on the Roof November 18, 1990 · Revival	241 perf.
1991	Moscow Circus - Cirk Valentin November 6, 1991 · Original	32 perf.
1992	Tommy Tune Tonite! December 28, 1992 · Original	10 perf.
1993	Camelot June 21, 1993 · Revival	56 perf.
1993	Raffi April 7, 1993 · Original	6 perf.
1993	The Red Shoes December 16, 1993 · Original	5 perf.
1993	Yanni June 8, 1993 · Original	8 perf.
1994	Show Boat October 2, 1994 · Revival	947 perf.
1995	Something Wonderful July 12, 1995 · Original	1 perf.
1997	Candide April 29, 1997 · Revival	104 perf.
1997	Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus January 27, 1997 · Original	7 perf.
1998	On the Town November 19, 1998 · Revival	69 perf.
1999	Peter Pan April 7, 1999 · Return-Engagement	166 perf.
1999	Tango Argentino November 16, 1999 · Revival	63 perf.
2000	Riverdance - On Broadway March 16, 2000 · Original	605 perf.
2001	Linda Eder at the Gershwin December 26, 2001 · Original	5 perf.
2002	Oklahoma! March 21, 2002 · Revival	388 perf.
2002	Something Good June 28, 2002 · Original	1 perf.
2003	Wicked October 30, 2003 · Original	8,500 perf.
2008	The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken October 27, 2008 · Original	1 perf.

In the literature8 passages

• Thirty-eight years before the first preview of Turn Off the Dark —thirty-eight years to the day —a Broadway show opened at the newly built Uris Theatre. The 1972 show was Via Galactica, starring Raul Julia, and I had never heard of it, but in the January 1, 2011, edition of the New York Times there was a remarkable editorial written by th…Song of Spider-Man_ The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History - Glen Berger
• The most recent revival, which was based on a 1998 London production, opened on March 21, 2002, at the Gershwin Theatre for 388 performances. Patrick Wilson was Curly, and Josefina Gabrielle (who had appeared in the London cast) was Laurey.Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• The musical was again revived on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre for 103 performances beginning on April 29, 1997, and was recorded by RCA Victor (CD # 09026-68835-2).Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• And yet when Lansbury opens on a Tuesday night, she sees a sea of empty seats in the less-than-half-full Uris Theatre. Granted, this is Broadway’s biggest house, capable of accommodating more than 1,900 theatergoers. But last week it was filled.B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia
• During the run, the production moved to the Gershwin Theatre. David Carroll was replaced by John Schneider and later by Rex Smith; Liliane Montevecchi by Zina Bethune and later by Cyd Charisse (making her Broadway debut); Michael Jeter by Austin Pendelton; Jane Krakowski by Lynette Perry; Karen Akers by Valerie Cutko.Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell

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 6 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 1 of these run ended. They carry an opening date and no closing date, and they are old enough that they certainly closed. Nobody wrote down the date.
• Who built it.
• Any photograph of the building.