Lyric Theatre

By decade151 productions across 8 decades

1. 1900s 76
2. 1910s 36
3. 1920s 24
4. 1930s 4
5. 1990s 1
6. 2000s 5
7. 2010s 4
8. 2020s 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

2018	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child April 22, 2018 · John Tiffany	2,231 perf.
1998	Ragtime January 18, 1998 · Frank Galati Musical staging: Graciela Daniele	834 perf.
2007	Young Frankenstein November 8, 2007	485 perf.
2014	On the Town October 16, 2014 · John Rando	368 perf.
2016	Cirque du Soleil Paramour May 25, 2016 · Jean-François Bouchard	366 perf.
1928	The Three Musketeers March 13, 1928 · William Anthony McGuire, Richard Boleslawsky	318 perf.
1905	Fantana January 14, 1905 · R.H. Burnside	298 perf.
1909	The Chocolate Soldier September 13, 1909 · Stanislaus Stange	296 perf.

Ranked among the 97 runs here that carry a performance count. 54 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here151 productions

1903	Red Feather November 9, 1903 · Original	68 perf.
1904	Amoureuse November 7, 1904 · Original
1904	Incognito November 7, 1904 · Original
1904	L'Hirondelle November 7, 1904 · Original
1904	La Dame aux Camelias November 7, 1904 · Revival
1904	La Douleureuse November 7, 1904 · Original
1904	La Parisienne November 7, 1904 · Original
1904	La Pasarelle November 7, 1904 · Original
1904	La Petite Marquise November 7, 1904 · Original
1904	La Robe Rouge November 7, 1904 · Original
1904	Lolotte November 7, 1904 · Original
1904	Ma Cousine November 7, 1904 · Revival
1904	Pillars of Society April 15, 1904 · Revival	1 perf.
1904	Sapho November 7, 1904 · Revival
1904	Taps September 17, 1904 · Original	25 perf.
1904	The Fortunes of the King December 6, 1904 · Original	38 perf.
1904	The Harvester October 10, 1904 · Original	32 perf.
1904	The Merchant of Venice January 18, 1904 · Revival
1904	The Pit February 10, 1904 · Original	77 perf.
1904	The Royal Chef September 1, 1904 · Original	17 perf.
1904	The School for Scandal January 18, 1904 · Revival
1904	The Taming of the Shrew January 18, 1904 · Revival
1904	Wang April 18, 1904 · Revival	57 perf.
1904	Zaza November 7, 1904 · Revival
1905	Fantana January 14, 1905 · Original	298 perf.
1905	Happyland October 2, 1905 · Original	146 perf.
1905	La Dame aux Camelias December 12, 1905 · Revival
1905	The Babes and the Baron December 25, 1905 · Original	45 perf.
1906	Arms and the Man April 16, 1906 · Revival	48 perf.
1906	How He Lied to Her Husband May 14, 1906 · Revival	16 perf.
1906	Mexicana January 29, 1906 · Original	82 perf.
1907	A Curious Accident March 18, 1907 · Original
1907	Alleluia March 18, 1907 · Original
1907	Hamlet January 21, 1907 · Revival
1907	Hedda Gabler November 11, 1907 · Revival	2 perf.
1907	Jeanne D'arc January 21, 1907 · Revival
1907	John the Baptist January 21, 1907 · Original
1907	Kean, or Disorder and Genius March 18, 1907 · Original
1907	King Lear March 18, 1907 · Revival
1907	Louis XI March 18, 1907 · Revival
1907	Miss Pocahontas October 28, 1907 · Original	16 perf.
1907	My Wife Is Not Stylish March 18, 1907 · Original
1907	Nero December 2, 1907 · Revival
1907	Oedipus Rex March 18, 1907 · Original
1907	Othello March 18, 1907 · Revival
1907	Our Boys December 2, 1907 · Revival
1907	Papa Lebonnard March 18, 1907 · Original
1907	Papa Martin March 18, 1907 · Original
1907	Poor People March 18, 1907 · Original
1907	Romeo and Juliet January 21, 1907 · Revival
1907	Rosmersholm December 30, 1907 · Revival	30 perf.
1907	Sappho and Phaon October 21, 1907 · Original	7 perf.
1907	The Beneficent Bear March 18, 1907 · Original
1907	The Girls of Holland November 18, 1907 · Original	15 perf.
1907	The Lady from Lane's August 19, 1907 · Original	47 perf.
1907	The Merchant of Venice January 21, 1907 · Revival
1907	The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith November 11, 1907 · Revival	2 perf.
1907	The Outlaw March 18, 1907 · Revival
1907	The Royal Box December 2, 1907 · Revival
1907	The Secret Orchard December 16, 1907 · Original	32 perf.
1907	The Seizure of the Sabines March 18, 1907 · Original
1907	The Sunken Bell January 21, 1907 · Revival
1907	The Taming of the Shrew March 18, 1907 · Revival
1907	Twelfth Night January 21, 1907 · Revival
1907	Virginius September 16, 1907 · Revival	22 perf.
1908	Don Quixote January 27, 1908 · Original
1908	Glorious Betsy September 7, 1908 · Original	24 perf.
1908	Hamlet January 27, 1908 · Revival
1908	If I Were King January 27, 1908 · Revival
1908	Mlle. Mischief September 28, 1908 · Original	96 perf.
1908	Our American Cousin January 27, 1908 · Revival
1908	The Blue Mouse November 30, 1908 · Original	232 perf.
1908	The Fool Hath Said: "There is No God" March 9, 1908 · Original
1909	The Chocolate Soldier September 13, 1909 · Original	296 perf.
1909	The Great John Ganton May 3, 1909 · Original	40 perf.
1909	The Motor Girl June 15, 1909 · Original	111 perf.
1910	Jim the Penman May 10, 1910 · Revival	31 perf.
1910	Madame Troubadour October 10, 1910 · Original	80 perf.
1910	Madame X September 5, 1910 · Return-Engagement
1910	The Cheater June 29, 1910 · Original	78 perf.
1910	The Chocolate Soldier Opening date unknown · Transfer
1911	Little Boy Blue November 27, 1911 · Revival	184 perf.
1911	The Deep Purple January 9, 1911 · Original	152 perf.
1911	The Duchess October 16, 1911 · Original	24 perf.
1911	The Great Name October 4, 1911 · Original	21 perf.
1911	The Lady from the Sea November 6, 1911 · Original
1911	The Learned Ladies November 9, 1911 · Original
1911	The Lights o' London May 1, 1911 · Revival	32 perf.
1911	The Thunderbolt November 16, 1911 · Revival
1912	All for the Ladies December 30, 1912 · Original	112 perf.
1912	Patience May 6, 1912 · Revival	32 perf.
1912	The Firefly December 2, 1912 · Revival	120 perf.
1912	The Ne'er-do-well September 2, 1912 · Original	40 perf.
1913	High Jinks December 10, 1913 · Original	213 perf.
1913	When Dreams Come True August 18, 1913 · Original	64 perf.
1914	Evidence October 7, 1914 · Original	21 perf.
1914	Omar, the Tentmaker January 13, 1914 · Original	103 perf.
1914	Othello February 9, 1914 · Revival	16 perf.
1914	The Battle Cry October 31, 1914 · Original	17 perf.
1914	The Red Canary April 13, 1914 · Original	16 perf.
1915	The Girl Who Smiles August 9, 1915 · Original	104 perf.
1915	Two Is Company September 22, 1915 · Original	29 perf.
1916	The Flame September 4, 1916 · Original	96 perf.
1917	My Lady's Glove June 18, 1917 · Original	16 perf.
1917	The Inner Man August 13, 1917 · Original	48 perf.
1917	The Masquerader September 3, 1917 · Original	160 perf.
1918	Getting Together March 18, 1918 · Original	112 perf.
1918	The Unknown Purple September 14, 1918 · Original	273 perf.
1919	Nothing But Love October 14, 1919 · Original	64 perf.
1919	The Five Million July 8, 1919 · Original	91 perf.
1919	The Lady in Red May 12, 1919 · Original	48 perf.
1919	The Rose of China November 25, 1919 · Original	47 perf.
1920	George Washington March 1, 1920 · Original	16 perf.
1920	Her Family Tree December 27, 1920 · Original	90 perf.
1920	Kissing Time October 11, 1920 · Original	65 perf.
1920	The Light of the World January 6, 1920 · Original	31 perf.
1922	For Goodness Sake February 21, 1922 · Original	103 perf.
1922	Up in the Clouds January 2, 1922 · Original	89 perf.
1924	Flossie June 3, 1924 · Original	31 perf.
1924	Leah Kleschna April 21, 1924 · Revival	32 perf.
1924	The Chiffon Girl February 19, 1924 · Original	103 perf.
1925	Aloma of the South Seas April 20, 1925 · Original	66 perf.
1925	Bringing Up Father March 30, 1925 · Original	24 perf.
1925	Florida Girl November 2, 1925 · Original	40 perf.
1925	Holka Polka October 14, 1925 · Original	21 perf.
1925	The Cocoanuts December 8, 1925 · Original	276 perf.
1926	Sunshine August 17, 1926 · Original	15 perf.
1927	Footlights August 19, 1927 · Original	43 perf.
1927	Kiss Me! July 18, 1927 · Original	28 perf.
1927	Out of the Night October 17, 1927 · Original	56 perf.
1927	Tales of Rigo May 30, 1927 · Original	8 perf.
1927	The Woman of Bronze June 15, 1927 · Revival	30 perf.
1928	The Three Musketeers March 13, 1928 · Revival	318 perf.
1929	Fifty Million Frenchmen November 27, 1929 · Original	254 perf.
1929	Polly January 8, 1929 · Revival	15 perf.
1929	The Ghost Parade October 28, 1929 · Original	13 perf.
1931	Gasoline Gypsies June 6, 1931 · Original	3 perf.
1933	Run, Little Chillun March 1, 1933 · Original	126 perf.
1933	Teatro Dei Piccoli December 22, 1933 · Original	129 perf.
1934	Gypsy Blonde June 25, 1934 · Original	24 perf.
1998	Ragtime January 18, 1998 · Original	834 perf.
2005	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang April 28, 2005 · Original	285 perf.
2006	Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas November 8, 2006 · Original	107 perf.
2006	Hot Feet April 30, 2006 · Original	97 perf.
2007	Young Frankenstein November 8, 2007 · Original	485 perf.
2009	Spring Awakening January 23, 2009 · Transfer
2014	On the Town October 16, 2014 · Revival	368 perf.
2015	Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games November 10, 2015 · Original	67 perf.
2016	Cirque du Soleil Paramour May 25, 2016 · Original	366 perf.
2018	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child April 22, 2018 · Original	2,231 perf.
2022	Tammy Faye Opening date unknown · Transfer

In the literature8 passages

• Following tryouts in at the Pavillion Theatre , Bournemouth (where it opened 24 June) and Brighton, Irma la Douce opened at London’s Lyric Theatre on 17July, 1958, where it ran for a record-breaking 1,512 performances starring Elizabeth Seal and Australian actor Keith Michel (later replaced by Shani Wallace and John Neville ). The music w…Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey
• There were only three non-Disney-owned Broadway theatres that could comfortably house Turn Off the Dark and two of them were booked (with Wicked and Shrek ). This left the Hilton Theatre. Since first opening in 1998 as the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, the 1,800-seat theatre had been consistently described as a barn. You usually do…Song of Spider-Man_ The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History - Glen Berger
• T imes Square is a monument to impermanence. Near what would eventually be the site of the Hilton Theatre on Forty-third Street, a juvenile mastodon draped in reddish-brown hair was stalked and then attacked by a saber-toothed cat in the black spruce swamps that covered Midtown. Lifeblood gushing from its punctured neck, the six-ton shagg…Song of Spider-Man_ The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History - Glen Berger
• Separate from the show’s budget, additional millions had been budgeted to convert the Hilton Theatre into a space that could actually hold this circus-rock-and-roll-drama. (And millions more had to sit in a bank to ensure there was a means to restore the theatre to its pre-renovation state once Spider-Man closed, even if Spider-Man wasn’t…Song of Spider-Man_ The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History - Glen Berger
• And every now and then, Julie would check in on the progress being made at the Foxwoods Theatre. By the end of August, nearly all the set pieces had been installed, and the enormous ring truss—looking like a section of a Six Flags roller coaster—was suspended high over the seats. Soon they’d be testing the deployment of the web net.Song of Spider-Man_ The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History - Glen Berger

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 54 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 69 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.