Lafayette Theatre

Longest runs hereby performances

1938	Haiti March 2, 1938 · Maurice Clark	168 perf.
1937	One Act Plays of the Sea October 29, 1937 · William Challee	68 perf.
1936	Turpentine June 26, 1936 · Emjo Basshe	62 perf.
1937	The Case of Philip Lawrence June 7, 1937 · J. A. Smith	55 perf.
1936	Noah October 7, 1936	46 perf.
1937	Sweet Land January 19, 1937	35 perf.
1935	Sailor, Beware! May 3, 1935 · Shepard Traube	16 perf.

Ranked among the 7 runs here that carry a performance count. 2 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here9 productions

1935	Sailor, Beware! May 3, 1935 · Revival	16 perf.
1936	Bassa Mona December 8, 1936 · Original
1936	Noah October 7, 1936 · Revival	46 perf.
1936	Turpentine June 26, 1936 · Original	62 perf.
1937	One Act Plays of the Sea October 29, 1937 · Original	68 perf.
1937	Sweet Land January 19, 1937 · Original	35 perf.
1937	The Case of Philip Lawrence June 7, 1937 · Original	55 perf.
1937	The Show Off March 5, 1937 · Revival
1938	Haiti March 2, 1938 · Original	168 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.
• How long 2 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 3 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.