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The Madison Square Theatre was a Broadway theatre in Manhattan, on the south side of 24th Street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway (which intersects Fifth Avenue near that point). It was built in 1863, operated as a theater from 1865 to 1908, and demolished in 1908 to make way for an office building. The Madison Square Theatre was the scene of important developments in stage technology, theatre design, and theatrical tour management. For about half its history it had other names including the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre, Hoyt's Madison Square Theatre, and Hoyt's Theatre. == History == Merchant and real estate magnate Amos R. Eno leased land next to his Fifth Avenue Hote…
By decade12 productions across 2 decades
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
| 1891 | A Trip to Chinatown November 9, 1891 · Charles H. Hoyt | 657 perf. |
| 1880 | Hazel Kirke February 4, 1880 | 486 perf. |
| 1883 | The Rajah June 5, 1883 | 256 perf. |
Ranked among the 3 runs here that carry a performance count. 9 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.
Everything that played here12 productions
| 1880 | Hazel Kirke February 4, 1880 · Original | 486 perf. |
| 1882 | Young Mrs. Winthrop October 9, 1882 · Original | |
| 1883 | A Russian Honeymoon April 9, 1883 · Original | |
| 1883 | The Rajah June 5, 1883 · Original | 256 perf. |
| 1884 | May Blossom April 12, 1884 · Original | |
| 1885 | Anselma September 7, 1885 · Original | |
| 1886 | Held by the Enemy August 16, 1886 · Original | |
| 1886 | Jim the Penman November 1, 1886 · Original | |
| 1887 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde September 12, 1887 · Original | |
| 1888 | Partners April 9, 1888 · Original | |
| 1890 | A Pair of Spectacles October 30, 1890 · Original | |
| 1891 | A Trip to Chinatown November 9, 1891 · Original | 657 perf. |
In the literature3 passages
- patented several technological devices for the theatre, designed an entirely new kind of stage for the Madison Square Theatre, and conceived a vast "Spectatorium" for the Columbian World Exposition in 1893. He also wrote nineteen plays, the most successful for the opening of the Madison Square Theatre Hazel Kirke (1880). It ran for 486 co…McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 1 (A-C)
- Plays Unless otherwise noted, the plays were first performed in New York. 1. The Rector. Play, 1 act. Published 1905. Produced Madison Square Theatre, Apr. 3, 1902. 2. Criss-Cross. Play, 1 act. Published 1904. 3. The Three of Us. Play, 4 acts. Published 1916. Produced Madison Square Theatre, Oct. 17, 1906. 4. The Coming of Mrs. Patrick. P…McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 1 (A-C)
- numbers: "The Bowery," "Reuben, Reuben," "Push the Clouds Away," and "After the Ball" (by Charles K. Harris). Produced New York, Madison Square Theatre, August 7, 1893.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 9 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
- When 7 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.
- How many seats.
- Who built it.
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