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Helen Hayes Theater

Broadway240 W 44th StOpened 1912 Still open105 productions on this page, 1912 to 2007

The Hayes Theater (formerly the Little Theatre, New York Times Hall, Winthrop Ames Theatre, and Helen Hayes Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 240 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Named for actress Helen Hayes, the venue is operated by Second Stage Theater. It is the smallest Broadway theater, with 597 seats across two levels. The theater was constructed in 1912 for impresario Winthrop Ames and designed by Ingalls & Hoffman in a neo-Georgian style. The original single-level, 299-seat configuration was modified in 1920, when Herbert J. Krapp added a balcony to expand the Little Theatre. The theater has served as a legitimate playhou…

Little TheatreWinthrop Ames Theatre

Other names this building has used.

By decade

105 productions across 8 decades
  1. 1910s 9
  2. 1920s 34
  3. 1930s 38
  4. 1940s 4
  5. 1960s 6
  6. 1970s 8
  7. 1980s 4
  8. 2000s 2

Longest runs here

by performances
1977
GeminiBroadway May 21, 1977. Directed by Peter Mark Schifter
1,819 performances
1920
The First YearBroadway October 20, 1920. Directed by Michell Smith
760 performances
1970
The Me Nobody KnowsBroadway December 18, 1970. Directed by Robert H. Livingston
586 performances
2007
XanaduBroadway July 10, 2007. Directed by Christopher Ashley
512 performances
1976
The Runner StumblesBroadway May 18, 1976. Directed by Austin Pendleton
396 performances
1929
Let Us Be GayBroadway February 19, 1929
353 performances
1926
Two Girls WantedBroadway September 9, 1926. Directed by Winchell Smith
324 performances
1933
One Sunday AfternoonBroadway February 15, 1933. Directed by Leo Bulgakov
322 performances

Everything that played here

105 productions
1912
Snow White and the Seven DwarfsBroadway November 7, 1912. Original
72 performances
1913
PrunellaBroadway October 27, 1913. Original
104 performances
1913
The PhilandererBroadway December 30, 1913. Original
103 performances
1914
A Pair of Silk StockingsBroadway October 20, 1914. Original
223 performances
1914
The TruthBroadway April 14, 1914. Revival
55 performances
1916
Hush!Broadway October 3, 1916. Original
39 performances
1918
A Little JourneyBroadway December 26, 1918. Original
252 performances
1919
PapaBroadway April 10, 1919. Original
12 performances
1919
Please Get MarriedBroadway February 10, 1919. Original
160 performances
1920
A Midsummer Night's DreamBroadway May 18, 1920. Revival
7 performances
1920
He and SheBroadway February 12, 1920. Original
28 performances
1920
Mamma's AffairBroadway January 19, 1920. Original
98 performances
1920
Marry the Poor GirlBroadway September 25, 1920. Original
18 performances
1920
The First YearBroadway October 20, 1920. Original
760 performances
1922
A Serpent's ToothBroadway August 24, 1922. Original
36 performances
1922
Michio Itow's Pin WheelBroadway July 31, 1922. Original
16 performances
1922
Spite CornerBroadway September 25, 1922. Original
121 performances
1923
Chicken FeedBroadway September 24, 1923. Original
144 performances
1923
Polly PreferredBroadway January 11, 1923. Original
184 performances
1924
PigsBroadway September 1, 1924. Original
312 performances
1925
Don't Bother MotherBroadway February 3, 1925. Original
2 performances
1925
The Master of the InnBroadway December 21, 1925. Original
41 performances
1925
The School for ScandalBroadway October 22, 1925. Revival
85 performances
1925
The Sea WomanBroadway August 24, 1925. Original
32 performances
1926
Seed of the BruteBroadway November 1, 1926. Original
80 performances
1926
The Love CityBroadway January 25, 1926. Original
42 performances
1926
The Wisdom ToothBroadway February 15, 1926. Original
160 performances
1926
Two Girls WantedBroadway September 9, 1926. Original
324 performances
1927
IfBroadway October 25, 1927. Original
27 performances
1927
Lovers and EnemiesBroadway September 20, 1927. Original
2 performances
1927
Romancin' RoundBroadway October 3, 1927. Original
24 performances
1927
TriggerBroadway December 6, 1927. Original
47 performances
1928
Box SeatsBroadway April 19, 1928. Original
28 performances
1928
Eva the FifthBroadway August 28, 1928. Original
63 performances
1928
Gods of the LightningBroadway October 24, 1928. Original
29 performances
1928
La GringaBroadway February 1, 1928. Original
13 performances
1928
March HaresBroadway April 2, 1928. Revival
19 performances
1928
Married-and How!Broadway June 14, 1928. Original
36 performances
1928
Spring 3100Broadway February 15, 1928. Original
29 performances
1928
That Ferguson FamilyBroadway December 22, 1928. Original
129 performances
1928
The Lady LiesBroadway November 26, 1928. Original
24 performances
1929
House UnguardedBroadway January 15, 1929. Original
39 performances
1929
Let Us Be GayBroadway February 19, 1929. Original
353 performances
1930
Dora MobridgeBroadway April 19, 1930. Original
9 performances
1930
House AfireBroadway March 31, 1930. Original
16 performances
1930
Life is Like ThatBroadway December 22, 1930. Original
32 performances
1930
London CallingBroadway October 18, 1930. Original
13 performances
1930
Many a SlipBroadway February 3, 1930. Original
56 performances
1930
Mr. SamuelBroadway November 10, 1930. Original
8 performances
1930
The TraitorBroadway May 2, 1930. Original
17 performances
1931
The Left BankBroadway October 5, 1931. Original
242 performances
1932
HoneymoonBroadway December 23, 1932. Original
76 performances
1932
The Girl OutsideBroadway October 24, 1932. Original
8 performances
1933
One Sunday AfternoonBroadway February 15, 1933. Original
322 performances
1933
Our Stage and StarsBroadway November 11, 1933. Original
6 performances
1933
The World WaitsBroadway October 25, 1933. Original
30 performances
1933
Two Strange WomenBroadway January 10, 1933. Original
15 performances
1934
Broomsticks, Amen!Broadway February 9, 1934. Original
41 performances
1934
Continental VarietiesBroadway October 3, 1934. Original
44 performances
1934
False Dreams, FarewellBroadway January 15, 1934. Original
25 performances
1934
KykunkorBroadway June 10, 1934. Original
65 performances
1934
One More HoneymoonBroadway March 31, 1934. Original
17 performances
1934
Slightly DeliriousBroadway December 31, 1934. Original
8 performances
1934
The Lady from the SeaBroadway May 1, 1934. Revival
15 performances
1936
PromiseBroadway December 30, 1936. Original
29 performances
1937
Abie's Irish RoseBroadway May 12, 1937. Revival
46 performances
1937
Characters and CaricaturesBroadway March 1, 1937. Original
1937
Edna His WifeBroadway December 7, 1937. Original
32 performances
1937
The Bough BreaksBroadway November 19, 1937. Original
3 performances
1938
Colin and His WifeBroadway January 11, 1938. Original
1938
Don QuixoteBroadway January 4, 1938. Revival
1938
Every Maid Her Own MistressBroadway January 11, 1938. Original
1938
GlorianaBroadway November 25, 1938. Original
5 performances
1938
Jack at the OperaBroadway January 11, 1938. Original
1938
Love in a Coffee CupBroadway January 11, 1938. Original
1938
Peggy PerkinsBroadway January 11, 1938. Original
1938
The Brickdust ManBroadway January 4, 1938. Revival
1938
The GrenadierBroadway January 11, 1938. Original
1938
The TokenBroadway January 11, 1938. Original
1938
Thomas and SallyBroadway January 4, 1938. Original
1938
True Blue or The Press GangBroadway January 4, 1938. Revival
1940
Reunion in New YorkBroadway February 21, 1940. Original
89 performances
1941
Tanyard StreetBroadway February 4, 1941. Original
23 performances
1941
Twelfth NightBroadway December 2, 1941. Revival
15 performances
1941
Your Loving SonBroadway April 4, 1941. Original
3 performances
1963
Double DublinBroadway December 26, 1963. Original
4 performances
1963
Tambourines to GloryBroadway November 2, 1963. Original
24 performances
1964
Baby Want a KissBroadway April 19, 1964. Original
148 performances
1964
Children of the ShadowsBroadway February 26, 1964. Original
17 performances
1964
Each Had Six WingsBroadway March 11, 1964. Original
14 performances
1964
The DybbukBroadway February 3, 1964. Revival
24 performances
1970
The Me Nobody KnowsBroadway December 18, 1970. Original
586 performances
1974
Medea and JasonBroadway October 2, 1974. Revival
2 performances
1974
My Sister, My SisterBroadway April 30, 1974. Original
238 performances
1975
Lamppost ReunionBroadway October 16, 1975. Original
77 performances
1975
Man on the MoonBroadway January 29, 1975. Original
5 performances
1976
The Runner StumblesBroadway May 18, 1976. Original
396 performances
1977
GeminiBroadway May 21, 1977. Original
1,819 performances
1977
Unexpected GuestsBroadway March 2, 1977. Original
6 performances
1980
Charlie and AlgernonBroadway September 14, 1980. Original
17 performances
1981
Ned and JackBroadway November 8, 1981. Original
1 performance
1982
Solomon's ChildBroadway April 8, 1982. Original
4 performances
1982
The Curse of an Aching HeartBroadway January 25, 1982. Original
31 performances
2001
By JeevesBroadway October 28, 2001. Original
73 performances
2007
XanaduBroadway July 10, 2007. Original
512 performances

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