Helen Hayes Theatre

By decade81 productions across 7 decades

1. 1950s 5
2. 1960s 14
3. 1970s 23
4. 1980s 11
5. 1990s 12
6. 2000s 12
7. 2010s 4

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

1961	Mary, Mary March 8, 1961 · Joseph Anthony	1,572 perf.
1995	Rob Becker's Defending the Caveman March 26, 1995 · Terrence M. O'Keefe	671 perf.
1997	The Last Night of Ballyhoo February 27, 1997 · Ron Lagomarsino	556 perf.
2003	Golda's Balcony October 15, 2003 · Scott Schwartz	493 perf.
1987	The Nerd March 22, 1987 · Charles Nelson Reilly	441 perf.
1990	Prelude to a Kiss May 1, 1990 · Norman René	440 perf.
1956	Long Day's Journey Into Night November 7, 1956	390 perf.
1968	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie January 16, 1968 · Michael Langham	379 perf.

Everything that played here81 productions

1956	Goodbye Again April 24, 1956 · Revival	7 perf.
1956	Long Day's Journey Into Night November 7, 1956 · Original	390 perf.
1958	A Touch of the Poet October 2, 1958 · Original	284 perf.
1958	Love Me Little April 14, 1958 · Original	9 perf.
1959	The Warm Peninsula October 20, 1959 · Original	86 perf.
1960	Duel of Angels April 19, 1960 · Original	51 perf.
1960	Farewell, Farewell Eugene September 27, 1960 · Original	7 perf.
1960	Period of Adjustment November 10, 1960 · Original	132 perf.
1960	The Tumbler February 24, 1960 · Original	5 perf.
1961	Mary, Mary March 8, 1961 · Original	1,572 perf.
1964	Poor Richard December 2, 1964 · Original	118 perf.
1966	Philadelphia, Here I Come! February 16, 1966 · Original	326 perf.
1966	The Loves of Cass McGuire October 6, 1966 · Original	20 perf.
1966	UTBU January 4, 1966 · Original	7 perf.
1967	That Summer - That Fall March 16, 1967 · Original	12 perf.
1967	The Astrakhan Coat January 12, 1967 · Original	20 perf.
1967	What Did We Do Wrong? October 22, 1967 · Original	48 perf.
1968	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie January 16, 1968 · Original	379 perf.
1969	Hadrian VII January 8, 1969 · Original	359 perf.
1970	Hay Fever November 9, 1970 · Revival	24 perf.
1970	Sheep on the Runway January 31, 1970 · Original	105 perf.
1970	The Engagement Baby May 21, 1970 · Original	4 perf.
1971	To Live Another Summer, To Pass Another Winter October 21, 1971 · Original	173 perf.
1972	6 Rms Riv Vu October 17, 1972 · Original	247 perf.
1972	The Little Black Book April 25, 1972 · Revival	7 perf.
1972	Wise Child January 27, 1972 · Original	4 perf.
1973	Crown Matrimonial October 2, 1973 · Original	79 perf.
1973	Nash at Nine May 17, 1973 · Original	21 perf.
1974	Clarence Darrow March 26, 1974 · Original	29 perf.
1974	Love for Love November 11, 1974 · Revival	24 perf.
1974	The Rules of the Game December 12, 1974 · Revival	12 perf.
1974	Will Rogers' USA May 6, 1974 · Original	8 perf.
1975	Don't Call Back March 18, 1975 · Original	1 perf.
1975	Rodgers & Hart May 13, 1975 · Original	108 perf.
1975	The Member of the Wedding January 2, 1975 · Revival	12 perf.
1975	The Royal Family December 30, 1975 · Revival	233 perf.
1977	A Touch of the Poet December 28, 1977 · Revival	141 perf.
1977	The Night of the Tribades October 13, 1977 · Original	12 perf.
1978	The Crucifer of Blood September 28, 1978 · Original	236 perf.
1979	Knockout May 6, 1979 · Original	154 perf.
1979	Once a Catholic October 10, 1979 · Original	6 perf.
1979	Strider November 14, 1979 · Original	214 perf.
1980	Perfectly Frank November 30, 1980 · Original	17 perf.
1981	I Won't Dance May 10, 1981 · Original	1 perf.
1981	The Five O'Clock Girl January 28, 1981 · Revival	14 perf.
1985	The News November 7, 1985 · Original	4 perf.
1986	Corpse! January 5, 1986 · Original	121 perf.
1986	Mummenschanz: "The New Show" June 17, 1986 · Original	152 perf.
1986	Oh Coward! November 17, 1986 · Original	56 perf.
1987	The Nerd March 22, 1987 · Original	441 perf.
1988	Romance / Romance May 1, 1988 · Original	297 perf.
1989	Artist Descending a Staircase November 30, 1989 · Original	36 perf.
1989	Mandy Patinkin in Concert: "Dress Casual" July 25, 1989 · Original	62 perf.
1990	Miss Margarida's Way February 15, 1990 · Revival	11 perf.
1990	Prelude to a Kiss May 1, 1990 · Original	440 perf.
1992	3 From Brooklyn November 19, 1992 · Original	45 perf.
1992	The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club April 21, 1992 · Original	13 perf.
1993	Shakespeare for My Father April 26, 1993 · Original	266 perf.
1994	Sally Marr...and her escorts May 5, 1994 · Original	50 perf.
1994	The Flying Karamazov Brothers "Do The Impossible" November 20, 1994 · Original	50 perf.
1995	Rob Becker's Defending the Caveman March 26, 1995 · Original	671 perf.
1997	The Last Night of Ballyhoo February 27, 1997 · Original	556 perf.
1998	Colin Quinn -- An Irish Wake August 27, 1998 · Original	22 perf.
1998	Getting and Spending October 25, 1998 · Original	41 perf.
1999	Epic Proportions September 30, 1999 · Original	93 perf.
2000	Dirty Blonde May 1, 2000 · Original	352 perf.
2000	Squonk February 29, 2000 · Original	32 perf.
2001	George Gershwin Alone April 30, 2001 · Original	96 perf.
2002	Say Goodnight Gracie October 10, 2002 · Original	364 perf.
2002	The Smell of the Kill March 26, 2002 · Original	40 perf.
2003	Golda's Balcony October 15, 2003 · Original	493 perf.
2005	Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed March 23, 2005 · Original	172 perf.
2005	Latinologues October 13, 2005 · Original	93 perf.
2006	Bridge & Tunnel January 26, 2006 · Original	213 perf.
2006	Jay Johnson: The Two and Only September 28, 2006 · Original	70 perf.
2006	Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway August 15, 2006 · Original	27 perf.
2008	Slava's Snowshow December 7, 2008 · Original	35 perf.
2010	Colin Quinn: Long Story Short November 9, 2010 · Original	135 perf.
2010	Next Fall March 11, 2010 · Original	132 perf.
2015	Dames at Sea October 22, 2015 · Original	85 perf.
2016	The Humans February 18, 2016 · Original	365 perf.

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.
• When the building opened.
• How many seats.
• Who built it.
• Any photograph of the building.