Harlem Opera House

By decade9 productions across 3 decades

1. 1880s 1
2. 1890s 7
3. 1900s 1

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

1889	The Charlatan December 5, 1889 · H.A. Cripps	82 perf.
1897	Courted Into Court October 18, 1897	16 perf.
1897	The Gold Bug January 11, 1897	8 perf.

Ranked among the 3 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 here9 productions

1889	The Charlatan December 5, 1889 · Original	82 perf.
1894	A Back Number December 17, 1894 · Original
1894	Daughters of Eve October 22, 1894 · Original
1897	Courted Into Court October 18, 1897 · Revival	16 perf.
1897	The Gold Bug January 11, 1897 · Original	8 perf.
1897	The Old Homestead January 6, 1897 · Revival
1898	Vagabondia December 19, 1898 · Original
1899	The Profligate May 22, 1899 · Original
1908	Untitled Play April 20, 1908 · Original

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 7 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.