Hudson Theatre

By decade156 productions across 8 decades

1. 1900s 24
2. 1910s 27
3. 1920s 41
4. 1930s 20
5. 1940s 18
6. 1960s 9
7. 2010s 7
8. 2020s 10

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

1945	State of the Union November 14, 1945 · Bretaigne Windust	765 perf.
1949	Detective Story March 23, 1949 · Sidney Kingsley	581 perf.
1960	Toys in the Attic February 25, 1960 · Arthur Penn	456 perf.
2023	Merrily We Roll Along October 12, 2023 · Maria Friedman	352 perf.
1922	So This Is London August 30, 1922 · John Meehan	343 perf.
1919	Clarence September 20, 1919 · Frederick Stanhope	300 perf.
1906	The Hypocrites August 30, 1906 · William Seymour	209 perf.
1945	The Hasty Heart January 3, 1945 · Bretaigne Windust	204 perf.

Ranked among the 152 runs here that carry a performance count. 4 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here156 productions

1903	The Marriage of Kitty November 30, 1903 · Original	51 perf.
1904	Letty September 12, 1904 · Original	64 perf.
1904	Man Proposes March 11, 1904 · Original	24 perf.
1904	Ranson's Folly January 18, 1904 · Original	61 perf.
1904	Sunday November 15, 1904 · Original	79 perf.
1905	A Blot in the 'Scutcheon April 7, 1905 · Revival	5 perf.
1905	Man and Superman September 5, 1905 · Original	192 perf.
1905	Strongheart January 30, 1905 · Original	66 perf.
1905	The Heir to the Hoorah April 10, 1905 · Original	59 perf.
1905	The Lady Shore March 27, 1905 · Original	16 perf.
1905	The Land of Heart's Desire / Kathleen ni Houlihan / The Hour Glass February 21, 1905 · Revival	1 perf.
1906	The American Lord April 16, 1906 · Original	32 perf.
1906	The Duel February 12, 1906 · Original	73 perf.
1906	The Hypocrites August 30, 1906 · Original	209 perf.
1907	Classmates August 29, 1907 · Original	102 perf.
1907	Her Sister December 25, 1907 · Original	61 perf.
1907	The Chorus Lady November 25, 1907 · Return-Engagement	33 perf.
1908	Lady Frederick November 9, 1908 · Original	96 perf.
1908	Love's Comedy March 23, 1908 · Original
1908	Pierre of the Plains October 12, 1908 · Original	32 perf.
1908	The Call of the North August 24, 1908 · Original	32 perf.
1908	The Honor of the Family February 17, 1908 · Original	104 perf.
1908	The Offenders September 28, 1908 · Original	22 perf.
1909	Disengaged March 11, 1909 · Original	1 perf.
1911	The Price November 1, 1911 · Original	77 perf.
1912	Honest Jim Blunt September 16, 1912 · Original	16 perf.
1912	The High Road November 19, 1912 · Original	71 perf.
1912	The Lady of Dreams February 28, 1912 · Original	21 perf.
1912	The Return from Jerusalem January 10, 1912 · Original	53 perf.
1913	General John Regan November 10, 1913 · Original	72 perf.
1913	Nan January 13, 1913 · Original	1 perf.
1913	The Fight September 2, 1913 · Revival	80 perf.
1914	A Little Water on the Side January 6, 1914 · Original	63 perf.
1914	A Perfect Lady October 28, 1914 · Original	21 perf.
1914	As You Like It March 16, 1914 · Revival
1914	Lady Windermere's Fan March 30, 1914 · Revival	72 perf.
1914	The Big Idea November 16, 1914 · Original	24 perf.
1914	The Dummy April 13, 1914 · Original	200 perf.
1914	The Show Shop December 31, 1914 · Original	156 perf.
1914	The Taming of the Shrew March 16, 1914 · Revival
1914	Twelfth Night March 16, 1914 · Revival
1914	What Would You Do? March 2, 1914 · Original	16 perf.
1915	Under Fire September 11, 1915 · Original	129 perf.
1916	Pollyanna September 18, 1916 · Original	112 perf.
1917	Good Night, Paul September 3, 1917 · Original	40 perf.
1917	The Rescuing Angel October 8, 1917 · Original	32 perf.
1918	Democracy's King February 19, 1918 · Original	15 perf.
1918	Nancy Lee April 9, 1918 · Original	63 perf.
1918	The Indestructible Wife January 30, 1918 · Original	22 perf.
1918	The Master February 19, 1918 · Revival	39 perf.
1919	Clarence September 20, 1919 · Original	300 perf.
1920	Crooked Gamblers July 31, 1920 · Original	82 perf.
1920	The Meanest Man in the World October 12, 1920 · Original	202 perf.
1921	Nemesis April 4, 1921 · Original	56 perf.
1921	The Man in the Making September 20, 1921 · Original	22 perf.
1921	The Poppy God August 29, 1921 · Original	16 perf.
1921	The Six-Fifty October 24, 1921 · Original	24 perf.
1921	The Tavern May 23, 1921 · Revival	27 perf.
1921	The Varying Shore December 5, 1921 · Original	66 perf.
1922	Fedora February 10, 1922 · Revival	12 perf.
1922	So This Is London August 30, 1922 · Original	343 perf.
1922	The Rubicon February 21, 1922 · Original	132 perf.
1922	The Voice From the Minaret January 30, 1922 · Original	13 perf.
1923	Sancho Panza November 26, 1923 · Original	40 perf.
1923	The Crooked Square September 10, 1923 · Original	88 perf.
1923	The Song and Dance Man December 31, 1923 · Original	96 perf.
1924	Across the Street March 24, 1924 · Original	32 perf.
1924	Cobra April 22, 1924 · Original	63 perf.
1924	High Stakes September 9, 1924 · Original	120 perf.
1924	The Bully December 25, 1924 · Original	37 perf.
1924	The Fake October 6, 1924 · Original	88 perf.
1925	American Born October 5, 1925 · Original	88 perf.
1925	Out of Step January 29, 1925 · Original	20 perf.
1925	The Backslapper April 11, 1925 · Original	33 perf.
1925	The Devil Within March 16, 1925 · Original	24 perf.
1925	The Morning After July 27, 1925 · Original	24 perf.
1926	The Home Towners August 23, 1926 · Original	64 perf.
1926	The Noose October 20, 1926 · Original	197 perf.
1927	Blood Money August 22, 1927 · Original	64 perf.
1927	Kempy May 11, 1927 · Revival	46 perf.
1927	Los Angeles December 19, 1927 · Original	16 perf.
1927	The Plough and the Stars November 28, 1927 · Original	32 perf.
1927	Wall Street April 20, 1927 · Original	21 perf.
1927	Weather Clear-Track Fast October 18, 1927 · Original	63 perf.
1928	A Distant Drum January 20, 1928 · Original	11 perf.
1928	Goin' Home August 23, 1928 · Original	76 perf.
1928	To-Night at 12 November 13, 1928 · Original	60 perf.
1928	Whispering Friends February 20, 1928 · Original	112 perf.
1929	Appearances April 1, 1929 · Revival	24 perf.
1929	City Haul December 30, 1929 · Original	77 perf.
1929	Deep Harlem January 7, 1929 · Original	8 perf.
1929	Messin' Around April 22, 1929 · Original	33 perf.
1930	Bad Girl October 2, 1930 · Original	85 perf.
1930	The Inspector General December 23, 1930 · Revival	7 perf.
1930	Troyka April 1, 1930 · Original	15 perf.
1930	Virtue's Bed April 15, 1930 · Original	71 perf.
1931	A Regular Guy June 4, 1931 · Original	13 perf.
1931	Doctor X February 9, 1931 · Original	80 perf.
1931	Enemy Within October 5, 1931 · Original	8 perf.
1931	Miss Gulliver Travels November 25, 1931 · Original	21 perf.
1931	Perfectly Scandalous May 13, 1931 · Original	5 perf.
1932	Never No More January 7, 1932 · Original	12 perf.
1932	The Budget September 20, 1932 · Original	7 perf.
1932	The Show Off December 12, 1932 · Revival	119 perf.
1933	Eight Bells October 28, 1933 · Original	17 perf.
1933	It's a Wise Child May 16, 1933 · Revival	34 perf.
1933	Riddle Me This March 14, 1933 · Revival	70 perf.
1937	Too Many Heroes November 15, 1937 · Original	16 perf.
1938	Sunup to Sundown February 1, 1938 · Original	7 perf.
1939	I Know What I Like November 24, 1939 · Original	11 perf.
1939	Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939 February 11, 1939 · Original	9 perf.
1939	Mr. Banks of Birmingham January 20, 1939 · Original	3 perf.
1940	Fledgling November 27, 1940 · Original	13 perf.
1940	Grey Farm May 3, 1940 · Original	35 perf.
1940	Love for Love June 3, 1940 · Revival	8 perf.
1941	All Men Are Alike October 6, 1941 · Original	32 perf.
1941	My Fair Ladies March 23, 1941 · Original	32 perf.
1941	Night of Love January 7, 1941 · Original	7 perf.
1941	Theatre November 12, 1941 · Original	69 perf.
1942	Jason January 21, 1942 · Original	125 perf.
1943	Run, Little Chillun August 11, 1943 · Revival	16 perf.
1944	Love on Leave June 20, 1944 · Original	7 perf.
1944	Snafu October 25, 1944 · Original	158 perf.
1945	State of the Union November 14, 1945 · Original	765 perf.
1945	The Hasty Heart January 3, 1945 · Original	204 perf.
1947	How I Wonder September 30, 1947 · Original	63 perf.
1948	Harvest of Years January 12, 1948 · Original	16 perf.
1948	Jenny Kissed Me December 23, 1948 · Original	20 perf.
1948	Set My People Free November 3, 1948 · Original	29 perf.
1949	Detective Story March 23, 1949 · Original	581 perf.
1960	A Lovely Light February 8, 1960 · Original	17 perf.
1960	Toys in the Attic February 25, 1960 · Original	456 perf.
1961	Becket May 8, 1961 · Return-Engagement	27 perf.
1961	Look, We've Come Through October 25, 1961 · Original	5 perf.
1963	Strange Interlude March 11, 1963 · Revival	97 perf.
1965	This Was Burlesque March 16, 1965 · Original	124 perf.
1967	How to Be a Jewish Mother December 28, 1967 · Original	20 perf.
1968	Mike Downstairs April 18, 1968 · Original	4 perf.
1968	The Guide March 6, 1968 · Original	5 perf.
2017	1984 June 22, 2017 · Original	125 perf.
2017	Sunday in the Park with George February 23, 2017 · Revival	61 perf.
2017	The Parisian Woman November 30, 2017 · Original	116 perf.
2018	Head Over Heels July 26, 2018 · Revival	188 perf.
2019	American Utopia October 20, 2019 · Original	106 perf.
2019	Burn This April 16, 2019 · Revival	102 perf.
2019	Sea Wall/A Life August 8, 2019 · Original	60 perf.
2022	Death of a Salesman October 9, 2022 · Revival	112 perf.
2022	Plaza Suite March 28, 2022 · Revival	110 perf.
2023	A Doll's House March 9, 2023 · Revival	107 perf.
2023	Just For Us June 26, 2023 · Original	60 perf.
2023	Merrily We Roll Along October 12, 2023 · Revival	352 perf.
2024	All In: Comedy About Love December 22, 2024 · Original	65 perf.
2024	Once Upon A Mattress August 12, 2024 · Revival	128 perf.
2025	The Last Five Years April 6, 2025 · Revival	90 perf.
2025	Waiting for Godot September 28, 2025 · Revival	113 perf.
2026	Every Brilliant Thing March 12, 2026 · Original	169 perf.

In the literature8 passages

• November 28, 1927; staged C. Tyler at the Hudson Theatre, Tony Quinn; Corby Arthur Sinclair. Lieutenant Langon, poral Stoddard,A Treasury of the Theatre, v. 2
• Ralph Bellamy (center) as Detective McLeod in Detective Story. New York, Hudson Theatre, 1949. [Friedman-Abeles]McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N)
• Rose Coghlan in Our Betters. New York, Hudson Theatre, 1917. [Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations]McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N)
• The Hasty Heart, with John Lund (third from right). New York, Hudson Theatre, 1945. [Photograph by Vandamm. Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations]McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 4 (O-S)
• duced New York, Hudson Theatre, January 3, 1945. The Teahouse of the August Moon (1953). Comedy in which Captain Fisby, sent to Tobiki, Okinawa, to introduce democracy and make the village self-supporting, finds that the only marketable item the villagers produce is potato brandy. Fisby therefore launches them into the brandy business, an…McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 4 (O-S)

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 4 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 92 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.
• Who built it.