Hippodrome Theatre

By decade19 productions across 3 decades

1. 1900s 5
2. 1910s 10
3. 1920s 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

1905	A Society Circus December 13, 1905 · Edward P. Temple	596 perf.
1917	Cheer Up August 23, 1917	456 perf.
1920	Good Times August 9, 1920 · Cissie Hayden	456 perf.
1919	Happy Days August 23, 1919	452 perf.
1908	Sporting Days September 5, 1908 · R.H. Burnside	448 perf.
1909	A Trip to Japan September 4, 1909	447 perf.
1911	Around the World September 2, 1911 · William J. Wilson	445 perf.
1912	Under Many Flags August 31, 1912 · William J. Wilson	445 perf.

Everything that played here19 productions

1905	A Society Circus December 13, 1905 · Original	596 perf.
1905	A Yankee Circus on Mars / The Raiders April 12, 1905 · Original	296 perf.
1907	The Auto Race November 25, 1907 · Original	312 perf.
1908	Sporting Days September 5, 1908 · Original	448 perf.
1909	A Trip to Japan September 4, 1909 · Original	447 perf.
1910	The International Cup, the Ballet of Niagra, and the Earthquake September 3, 1910 · Original	333 perf.
1911	Around the World September 2, 1911 · Original	445 perf.
1912	Under Many Flags August 31, 1912 · Original	445 perf.
1913	America August 30, 1913 · Original	360 perf.
1914	H.M.S. Pinafore April 9, 1914 · Revival	77 perf.
1914	Wars of the World September 5, 1914 · Original	229 perf.
1915	Hip! Hip! Hooray! [1915] September 30, 1915 · Original	425 perf.
1916	The Big Show August 31, 1916 · Original	425 perf.
1917	Cheer Up August 23, 1917 · Original	456 perf.
1919	Happy Days August 23, 1919 · Original	452 perf.
1920	Good Times August 9, 1920 · Original	456 perf.
1921	Get Together September 3, 1921 · Original	397 perf.
1922	Better Times September 2, 1922 · Original	405 perf.
1929	The Freiburg Passion Play April 29, 1929 · Original	48 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 2 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.