Knickerbocker Theatre

By decade162 productions across 5 decades

1. 1890s 24
2. 1900s 74
3. 1910s 38
4. 1920s 25
5. 1940s 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

1926	Honeymoon Lane September 20, 1926 · Edgar MacGregor	353 perf.
1925	Dearest Enemy September 18, 1925 · John Murray Anderson, Charles Sinclair, Harry Ford	286 perf.
1906	The Red Mill September 24, 1906 · Fred Latham	274 perf.
1918	Listen Lester December 23, 1918 · Robert Marks	272 perf.
1912	Oh! Oh! Delphine September 30, 1912 · Herbert Gresham	258 perf.
1920	Mary October 18, 1920 · Julian Mitchell	220 perf.
1905	Mlle. Modiste December 25, 1905 · Fred Latham	202 perf.
1922	The Clinging Vine December 25, 1922 · Ira Hards	188 perf.

Ranked among the 107 runs here that carry a performance count. 55 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here162 productions

1896	The Seats of the Mighty November 30, 1896 · Original
1896	The Sign of the Cross November 9, 1896 · Original
1897	An American Citizen October 11, 1897 · Original
1897	Six Persons February 15, 1897 · Original
1897	Spiritisme February 22, 1897 · Original
1897	The Hobby Horse January 4, 1897 · Original
1897	The Serenade March 16, 1897 · Revival	79 perf.
1897	When George IV Was King February 8, 1897 · Original
1898	A Virginia Courtship January 31, 1898 · Original
1898	His Last Appearance April 4, 1898 · Original
1898	The Christian October 10, 1898 · Original
1898	The Head of the Family December 6, 1898 · Original
1898	Worth a Million November 21, 1898 · Original
1899	Colinette April 10, 1899 · Original
1899	Cyrano de Bergerac September 18, 1899 · Revival	28 perf.
1899	Lord and Lady Algy October 16, 1899 · Revival	16 perf.
1899	Nance Oldfield October 30, 1899 · Revival
1899	Nathan Hale January 2, 1899 · Original
1899	The Amber Heart October 30, 1899 · Original
1899	The Bells October 30, 1899 · Revival
1899	The Cowboy and the Lady December 25, 1899 · Original	44 perf.
1899	The Elder Miss Blossom November 20, 1899 · Original	39 perf.
1899	The Merchant of Venice October 30, 1899 · Revival
1899	Waterloo October 30, 1899 · Original
1900	L'Aiglon October 22, 1900 · Original	73 perf.
1900	Nance Oldfield March 12, 1900 · Return-Engagement
1900	Robin Hood April 30, 1900 · Revival
1900	Sweet Nell of Old Drury December 31, 1900 · Original	18 perf.
1900	The Amber Heart March 12, 1900 · Return-Engagement
1900	The Bells March 12, 1900 · Return-Engagement
1900	The Merchant of Venice March 12, 1900 · Return-Engagement
1900	The Monks Of Malabar September 14, 1900 · Original	39 perf.
1900	The Sunken Bell March 26, 1900 · Original	40 perf.
1900	The Viceroy April 30, 1900 · Original	28 perf.
1900	Waterloo March 12, 1900 · Return-Engagement
1900	When We Were Twenty-one February 5, 1900 · Original	41 perf.
1901	Charles I October 21, 1901 · Revival
1901	Louis XI October 21, 1901 · Revival
1901	Madame Sans-Gêne October 21, 1901 · Revival
1901	Nance Oldfield October 21, 1901 · Revival
1901	Quality Street November 11, 1901 · Original	64 perf.
1901	The Bells October 21, 1901 · Revival
1901	The Casino Girl April 8, 1901 · Revival	32 perf.
1901	The Land of Heart's Desire / In a Balcony May 6, 1901 · Revival	1 perf.
1901	The Lyons Mail October 21, 1901 · Revival
1901	The Merchant of Venice May 24, 1901 · Revival	3 perf.
1901	The Rogers Brothers in Washington September 2, 1901 · Original	49 perf.
1901	The Strollers June 24, 1901 · Original	70 perf.
1901	To Have and to Hold March 4, 1901 · Original	40 perf.
1901	Waterloo October 21, 1901 · Revival
1901	When We Were Twenty-one January 21, 1901 · Revival	42 perf.
1902	Sherlock Holmes November 3, 1902 · Revival	28 perf.
1902	The Altar of Friendship December 1, 1902 · Original	50 perf.
1902	The Rogers Brothers in Harvard September 1, 1902 · Original	63 perf.
1902	The Toreador January 6, 1902 · Original	121 perf.
1902	The Wild Rose May 5, 1902 · Original	136 perf.
1903	Mam'selle Napoleon December 8, 1903 · Original	43 perf.
1903	Mr. Bluebeard January 21, 1903 · Original	135 perf.
1903	The Blonde in Black June 8, 1903 · Original	35 perf.
1903	The Light That Failed November 9, 1903 · Original	32 perf.
1903	The Rogers Brothers in London September 7, 1903 · Original	80 perf.
1904	A Madcap Princess September 5, 1904 · Original	48 perf.
1904	A Venetian Romance May 2, 1904 · Original	28 perf.
1904	Hamlet March 8, 1904 · Revival	28 perf.
1904	Much Ado About Nothing October 17, 1904 · Revival
1904	Olympe January 18, 1904 · Original	21 perf.
1904	Romeo and Juliet October 17, 1904 · Revival
1904	The Shepherd King April 5, 1904 · Original	27 perf.
1904	The Usurper November 28, 1904 · Original	28 perf.
1904	The Winter's Tale December 26, 1904 · Revival	32 perf.
1904	Yvette May 13, 1904 · Original	1 perf.
1905	La Belle Marseillaise November 27, 1905 · Original	29 perf.
1905	London Assurance April 3, 1905 · Revival	32 perf.
1905	Love and the Man February 20, 1905 · Original	22 perf.
1905	Lucky Durham January 22, 1905 · Original
1905	Miss Dolly Dollars September 4, 1905 · Original	112 perf.
1905	Mlle. Modiste December 25, 1905 · Original	202 perf.
1905	Romeo and Juliet October 16, 1905 · Revival
1905	Sergeant Brue April 24, 1905 · Original	101 perf.
1905	The Brighter Side February 6, 1905 · Revival
1905	The Middleman January 23, 1905 · Revival
1905	The Professor's Love Story January 23, 1905 · Revival
1905	The Taming of the Shrew October 16, 1905 · Revival
1905	Twelfth Night January 11, 1905 · Revival	2 perf.
1905	When We Dead Awake March 7, 1905 · Original	27 perf.
1906	Mlle. Modiste September 1, 1906 · Return-Engagement	22 perf.
1906	The Red Mill September 24, 1906 · Original	274 perf.
1907	Mlle. Modiste September 9, 1907 · Return-Engagement	21 perf.
1907	The Alaskan August 12, 1907 · Original	29 perf.
1907	The Evangelist September 30, 1907 · Original	19 perf.
1907	The Hoyden October 19, 1907 · Original	66 perf.
1907	The Talk of New York December 3, 1907 · Original	173 perf.
1908	The Girls of Gottenberg September 2, 1908 · Original	103 perf.
1908	The Prima Donna November 30, 1908 · Revival	72 perf.
1908	The Yankee Prince April 20, 1908 · Original	112 perf.
1909	The Candy Shop April 27, 1909 · Original	49 perf.
1909	The Fair Co-ed February 1, 1909 · Original	136 perf.
1909	The Gay Hussars July 29, 1909 · Original	44 perf.
1910	Our Miss Gibbs August 29, 1910 · Original	57 perf.
1911	Chantecler January 23, 1911 · Original	96 perf.
1911	Dr. De Luxe April 17, 1911 · Original	32 perf.
1911	Kismet December 25, 1911 · Original	184 perf.
1911	The Siren August 28, 1911 · Original	116 perf.
1912	Oh! Oh! Delphine September 30, 1912 · Original	258 perf.
1913	The Marriage Market September 22, 1913 · Original	88 perf.
1913	The New Henrietta December 22, 1913 · Original	48 perf.
1913	The Sunshine Girl February 3, 1913 · Original	181 perf.
1914	The Crinoline Girl March 16, 1914 · Original	96 perf.
1914	The Debutante December 7, 1914 · Original	48 perf.
1914	The Girl From Utah August 24, 1914 · Original	120 perf.
1914	The Laughing Husband February 2, 1914 · Original	48 perf.
1915	90 in the Shade January 25, 1915 · Original	40 perf.
1915	Fads and Fancies March 8, 1915 · Original	48 perf.
1915	The Girl From Utah August 9, 1915 · Return-Engagement	24 perf.
1916	The Music Master October 10, 1916 · Revival	159 perf.
1917	Art and Opportunity November 26, 1917 · Original	32 perf.
1917	Cendres D'Opium September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	Du Theatre au Champ D'Honneur September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	Hecube September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	L'Aiglon September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	L'Anglais tel Qu'on le Parle September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	L'Holocauste September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	La Chance du Mari September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	La Dame aux Camelias September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	La Faux Modele September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	La Mort de Cleopatre September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	La Paix Chez Soi September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	Le Proces de Jeanne d'Arc September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	Le Vitrail September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	Rosalie September 1, 1917 · Revival
1917	Shylock September 1, 1917 · Revival
1918	Josephine January 28, 1918 · Original	24 perf.
1918	Listen Lester December 23, 1918 · Original	272 perf.
1918	Some One in the House September 9, 1918 · Original	32 perf.
1919	Angel Face December 29, 1919 · Original	57 perf.
1919	Roly-Boly Eyes September 25, 1919 · Original	108 perf.
1920	Mary October 18, 1920 · Original	220 perf.
1920	Shavings February 16, 1920 · Original	122 perf.
1920	The Girl in the Spotlight July 12, 1920 · Original	56 perf.
1920	The Sweetheart Shop August 31, 1920 · Original	55 perf.
1921	Bulldog Drummond December 26, 1921 · Original	162 perf.
1921	June Love April 25, 1921 · Original	48 perf.
1921	The Merry Widow September 5, 1921 · Revival	56 perf.
1921	The Wandering Jew October 26, 1921 · Original	69 perf.
1922	The Clinging Vine December 25, 1922 · Original	188 perf.
1922	The Yankee Princess October 2, 1922 · Original	80 perf.
1923	The Lullaby September 17, 1923 · Original	144 perf.
1924	Hassan September 22, 1924 · Original	16 perf.
1924	Lollipop January 21, 1924 · Original	152 perf.
1924	Peter Pan November 6, 1924 · Revival	96 perf.
1925	Dearest Enemy September 18, 1925 · Original	286 perf.
1926	Honeymoon Lane September 20, 1926 · Original	353 perf.
1926	King Henry IV, Part I May 31, 1926 · Revival	8 perf.
1927	Sidewalks of New York October 3, 1927 · Original	112 perf.
1928	Cross My Heart September 17, 1928 · Original	64 perf.
1928	Macbeth November 19, 1928 · Revival	64 perf.
1928	The Merry Wives of Windsor March 19, 1928 · Revival	24 perf.
1929	Becky Sharp June 3, 1929 · Revival	8 perf.
1929	Houseparty September 9, 1929 · Original	177 perf.
1929	Ned Wayburn's Gambols January 15, 1929 · Original	31 perf.
1929	Sweet Land of Liberty September 23, 1929 · Original	8 perf.
1946	Naughty Naught '00 October 19, 1946 · Revival	17 perf.

In the literature6 passages

• Let’s look at Act One, pausing, as we enter the Knickerbocker Theatre, on Broadway and Thirty-Eighth (and long since demolished) to admire producer Charles Dillingham’s unique PR manifestation of a windmill with moving arms, outlined in electric light. It was Broadway’s first mobile illumination, and the talk it inspired supposedly contri…Anything Goes_ A History of American Musical Theatre - Ethan Mordden
• The Red Mill was an instant success after its premiere at the Knickerbocker Theatre on 24 September 1906; after 274 performances in New York, it continued to do good business on tour. Blossom’s libretto contained all the requisite features of comic opera, but integrated them into a scenario far better than most. Two penniless American tou…Cambridge Companion to the Musical (Cambridge Companions to Music), The - The Cambridge Companion To The Musical Cambridge Companions To Music
• lished 1908? Produced New York, Knickerbocker Theatre, Sept. 30, 1907. 55. The Goal. Play, 1 act. Pubbshed 1915. Produced Chicago, 1907;McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N)
• Unless otherwise noted, the plays were first performed in New York. 1. (With Larry Evans and Walter Percival). Someone in the House. Play. Produced Knickerbocker Theatre, Sept. 9, 1918. 2. (With Marc Connelly). Dulcy. Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1921. Produced Frayzee Theatre, Aug. 13, 1921. 3. (With Connelly). To the Ladies. Comedy, 3 acts…McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N)
• While the Coin's Good," "I'm Always Doing Something I Don't Want to Do," and "Because You're You." Produced New York, Knickerbocker Theatre, September 24,McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N)

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 55 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 80 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.