Liberty Theatre

By decade88 productions across 4 decades

1. 1900s 24
2. 1910s 25
3. 1920s 27
4. 1930s 12

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

1928	Blackbirds Of 1928 May 9, 1928 · Lew Leslie	518 perf.
1917	Going Up December 25, 1917 · Edward Royce	351 perf.
1924	Lady, Be Good! December 1, 1924 · Felix Edwardes	330 perf.
1920	The Night Boat February 2, 1920 · Fred G. Latham	313 perf.
1908	The Traveling Salesman August 10, 1908	280 perf.
1922	Little Nellie Kelly November 13, 1922 · Julian Mitchell	276 perf.
1929	Subway Express September 24, 1929	271 perf.
1910	The Spring Maid December 26, 1910 · George Marion	208 perf.

Ranked among the 87 runs here that carry a performance count. 1 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here88 productions

1904	In Newport December 26, 1904 · Original	24 perf.
1904	Little Johnny Jones November 7, 1904 · Original	52 perf.
1905	A Fair Exchange December 4, 1905 · Original	21 perf.
1905	Moonshine October 30, 1905 · Original	53 perf.
1905	The Education of Mr. Pipp February 20, 1905 · Original	78 perf.
1905	The Money Makers January 16, 1905 · Original	16 perf.
1905	The Player Maid October 13, 1905 · Original	1 perf.
1905	The Rogers Brothers in Ireland September 4, 1905 · Original	106 perf.
1906	Lincoln March 26, 1906 · Original	21 perf.
1906	Nurse Marjorie October 3, 1906 · Original	49 perf.
1906	The Clansman January 8, 1906 · Original	51 perf.
1906	The Dear Unfair Sex September 10, 1906 · Original	21 perf.
1906	The Redskin March 1, 1906 · Original	26 perf.
1906	The Strength of the Weak April 17, 1906 · Original	27 perf.
1907	Lola from Berlin September 16, 1907 · Original	43 perf.
1907	O'Neill of Derry November 25, 1907 · Original	33 perf.
1907	Polly of the Circus December 23, 1907 · Original	160 perf.
1907	Salomy Jane January 19, 1907 · Original	122 perf.
1907	The Christian Pilgrim November 11, 1907 · Original	14 perf.
1908	The Traveling Salesman August 10, 1908 · Original	280 perf.
1908	Via Wireless November 2, 1908 · Original	88 perf.
1908	Wildfire September 7, 1908 · Original	64 perf.
1909	A Fool There Was March 24, 1909 · Original	93 perf.
1909	The Florist Shop August 9, 1909 · Original	40 perf.
1910	The Arcadians January 17, 1910 · Original	201 perf.
1910	The Country Boy August 30, 1910 · Original	143 perf.
1910	The Spring Maid December 26, 1910 · Original	208 perf.
1911	The Fascinating Widow September 11, 1911 · Original	65 perf.
1911	The Littlest Rebel November 14, 1911 · Original	55 perf.
1911	Uncle Sam October 30, 1911 · Original	48 perf.
1912	Elevating a Husband January 22, 1912 · Original	120 perf.
1912	Modest Suzanne January 1, 1912 · Original	24 perf.
1912	The Opera Ball February 12, 1912 · Original	32 perf.
1913	Her Little Highness October 13, 1913 · Original	16 perf.
1913	The Purple Road April 7, 1913 · Original	136 perf.
1914	He Comes Up Smiling September 16, 1914 · Original	61 perf.
1914	Sari January 13, 1914 · Original	151 perf.
1914	The Silent Voice December 29, 1914 · Original	71 perf.
1916	Sybil January 10, 1916 · Original	168 perf.
1917	Going Up December 25, 1917 · Original	351 perf.
1917	Have a Heart January 11, 1917 · Original	76 perf.
1917	Out There October 8, 1917 · Return-Engagement
1917	The Grass Widow December 3, 1917 · Original	43 perf.
1918	Glorianna October 28, 1918 · Original	96 perf.
1919	Caesar's Wife November 24, 1919 · Original	81 perf.
1919	George White's Scandals [1919] June 2, 1919 · Original	128 perf.
1919	Hitchy-Koo [1919] October 6, 1919 · Original	56 perf.
1919	Moliere March 17, 1919 · Original	64 perf.
1919	The Marquis de Priola January 20, 1919 · Original	70 perf.
1920	Lady Billy December 14, 1920 · Original	188 perf.
1920	The Half Moon November 1, 1920 · Original	48 perf.
1920	The Night Boat February 2, 1920 · Original	313 perf.
1921	George White's Scandals [1921] July 11, 1921 · Original	97 perf.
1921	The O'Brien Girl October 3, 1921 · Original	164 perf.
1922	Little Nellie Kelly November 13, 1922 · Original	276 perf.
1922	Molly Darling September 1, 1922 · Original	101 perf.
1922	To the Ladies February 20, 1922 · Original	128 perf.
1923	Magnolia August 27, 1923 · Original	40 perf.
1923	The Magic Ring October 1, 1923 · Original	96 perf.
1923	The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly December 25, 1923 · Original	87 perf.
1924	Cock O' the Roost October 13, 1924 · Original	24 perf.
1924	Lady, Be Good! December 1, 1924 · Original	330 perf.
1925	Edgar Allan Poe October 5, 1925 · Original	8 perf.
1925	Human Nature September 24, 1925 · Original	4 perf.
1925	The City Chap October 26, 1925 · Original	72 perf.
1925	Tip-Toes December 28, 1925 · Original	192 perf.
1926	Happy-Go-Lucky September 30, 1926 · Revival	52 perf.
1926	Twinkle, Twinkle November 16, 1926 · Original	167 perf.
1927	Black Velvet September 27, 1927 · Original	15 perf.
1927	Lady Do April 18, 1927 · Original	56 perf.
1927	Skin Deep October 17, 1927 · Original	8 perf.
1928	Blackbirds Of 1928 May 9, 1928 · Original	518 perf.
1928	Forbidden Roads April 16, 1928 · Original	16 perf.
1928	Houseboat on the Styx December 25, 1928 · Original	103 perf.
1928	Mr. Moneypenny October 17, 1928 · Original	61 perf.
1929	Subway Express September 24, 1929 · Original	271 perf.
1930	Brown Buddies October 7, 1930 · Original	111 perf.
1930	I Want My Wife March 20, 1930 · Original	12 perf.
1930	Joseph February 12, 1930 · Revival	13 perf.
1930	Marco Millions March 3, 1930 · Revival	8 perf.
1930	Sari January 29, 1930 · Revival	15 perf.
1930	Volpone March 10, 1930 · Revival	8 perf.
1931	Betty, Be Careful May 4, 1931 · Original	8 perf.
1931	Greater Love March 2, 1931 · Original	8 perf.
1931	Singin' the Blues September 16, 1931 · Original	45 perf.
1932	Blackberries of 1932 April 4, 1932 · Original	24 perf.
1932	Cradle Snatchers November 16, 1932 · Revival	6 perf.
1933	Masks and Faces March 18, 1933 · Original	1 perf.

In the literature7 passages

• Little Johnny Jones opened at the Liberty Theatre on 7November 1904. Its first Broadway run lasted only fifty-two performances, but Cohan continued to tinker with it during its road tour. When he brought it back to New York the following year, it amassed over two hundred performances. The score contains two of Cohan’s most unforgettable n…Cambridge Companion to the Musical (Cambridge Companions to Music), The - The Cambridge Companion To The Musical Cambridge Companions To Music
• Produced Liberty Theatre, Feb. 20, 1922. 4. (With Connelly). Merton of the Moines. Comedy, 4 acts. Published 1925. Produced Cort Theatre, Nov. 13, 1922. 5. (With Connelly). Helen of Troy, N.Y. Musical comedy, prologue and 2 acts. Produced Selwyn Theatre, June 19, 1923. Music and lyrics: Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. (With Connelly). The Dee…McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N)
• "Sweet and Low Down," "Our Little Captain," "Harbor of Dreams," "Nightie Night," and "Tip Toes." Produced New York, Liberty Theatre, December 28, 1925. Revived New York, Brooklyn Academy of Music,McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N)
• Robinson in Blackbirds of 1928, Liberty Theatre, New York. (Photograph by Vandamm. Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations] BillMcGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N)
• 1924. New York run: Liberty Theatre, opened December 1, 1924. 330 performances. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics almost entirely by Ira Gershwin. Produced by Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley. Book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. Book staged by Felix Edwardes. Dances staged by Sammy Lee. Orchestra under the direction of Paul Lannin. Orc…The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983

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 1 of these run lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 39 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.