Majestic Theatre

By decade126 productions across 11 decades

1. 1900s 38
2. 1910s 4
3. 1920s 7
4. 1930s 33
5. 1940s 12
6. 1950s 6
7. 1960s 8
8. 1970s 11
9. 1980s 4
10. 1990s 1
11. 2020s 2

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

1988	The Phantom of the Opera January 26, 1988 · Harold Prince	13,981 perf.
1980	42nd Street August 25, 1980 · Gower Champion	3,486 perf.
1949	South Pacific April 7, 1949 · Joshua Logan	1,925 perf.
1975	The Wiz January 5, 1975 · Geoffrey Holder (Gilbert Moses uncredited)	1,672 perf.
1957	The Music Man December 19, 1957 · Morton DaCosta	1,375 perf.
1945	Carousel April 19, 1945 · Rouben Mamoulian	890 perf.
1954	Fanny November 4, 1954 · Joshua Logan	888 perf.
1960	Camelot December 3, 1960 · Moss Hart (Alan Jay Lerner uncredited)	873 perf.

Ranked among the 115 runs here that carry a performance count. 11 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here126 productions

1903	Arthur Pryor's Band November 15, 1903 · Original	1 perf.
1903	Babes in Toyland October 13, 1903 · Original	192 perf.
1903	The Wizard Of Oz January 20, 1903 · Original	293 perf.
1904	A China Doll November 19, 1904 · Original	18 perf.
1904	Bird Center November 3, 1904 · Original	13 perf.
1904	The Isle of Spice August 23, 1904 · Original	80 perf.
1904	The Man from China May 2, 1904 · Original	41 perf.
1904	The Wizard Of Oz March 21, 1904 · Return-Engagement	171 perf.
1905	Babes in Toyland January 2, 1905 · Return-Engagement	21 perf.
1905	Edmund Burke October 2, 1905 · Original	28 perf.
1905	The Duke of Duluth September 11, 1905 · Original	48 perf.
1905	Victor Herbert's Concert April 30, 1905 · Original	1 perf.
1905	Wonderland October 24, 1905 · Original	73 perf.
1905	York State Folks August 19, 1905 · Original	31 perf.
1906	Abyssinia February 20, 1906 · Original	48 perf.
1906	His Majesty March 19, 1906 · Original	24 perf.
1906	Pippa Passes November 12, 1906 · Original	9 perf.
1906	The Redemption of David Corson January 8, 1906 · Original	16 perf.
1906	The Tourists August 25, 1906 · Original	124 perf.
1907	On Parole February 25, 1907 · Original	32 perf.
1907	The Other House August 30, 1907 · Original	20 perf.
1907	The Primrose Path May 6, 1907 · Original	16 perf.
1907	The Prince Chap April 15, 1907 · Revival	24 perf.
1907	The Rose of Alhambra February 4, 1907 · Original	26 perf.
1907	The Social Whirl April 1, 1907 · Return-Engagement	16 perf.
1907	The Spell September 16, 1907 · Original	16 perf.
1907	The Top o' th' World October 19, 1907 · Original	156 perf.
1908	Agnes October 5, 1908 · Original	16 perf.
1908	Bandanna Land February 3, 1908 · Original	89 perf.
1908	Blue Grass November 9, 1908 · Original	24 perf.
1908	Father and Son September 24, 1908 · Original	12 perf.
1908	The Flower of the Ranch April 20, 1908 · Original	16 perf.
1908	The Great Question October 26, 1908 · Original	16 perf.
1908	The Pied Piper December 3, 1908 · Original	52 perf.
1909	Mr. Lode of Koal November 1, 1909 · Original	40 perf.
1909	The Bridge September 4, 1909 · Original	33 perf.
1909	The Newlyweds and Their Baby March 22, 1909 · Original	40 perf.
1909	The Red Moon May 3, 1909 · Original	32 perf.
1911	Amor di Principe May 2, 1911 · Original	7 perf.
1911	His Honor: The Barber May 8, 1911 · Original	16 perf.
1911	Il Saltimbanchi April 24, 1911 · Original	3 perf.
1911	The Bohemian Girl March 13, 1911 · Revival	24 perf.
1927	Rufus LeMaire's Affairs March 28, 1927 · Original	56 perf.
1927	The Love Call October 24, 1927 · Original	88 perf.
1928	The Big Fight September 18, 1928 · Original	31 perf.
1928	The Jealous Moon November 20, 1928 · Original	71 perf.
1928	The Patriot January 19, 1928 · Revival	12 perf.
1929	A Wonderful Night October 31, 1929 · Original	125 perf.
1929	Pleasure Bound February 18, 1929 · Original	136 perf.
1930	Artists and Models [1930] June 10, 1930 · Original	55 perf.
1930	Nina Rosa September 20, 1930 · Original	137 perf.
1930	The International Revue February 25, 1930 · Original	95 perf.
1931	Simple Simon March 9, 1931 · Revival	16 perf.
1931	The Student Prince January 29, 1931 · Revival	42 perf.
1932	The Round Up March 7, 1932 · Revival	8 perf.
1933	Pardon My English January 20, 1933 · Original	43 perf.
1933	Strike Me Pink March 4, 1933 · Original	122 perf.
1933	The Bohemian Girl July 27, 1933 · Revival	11 perf.
1933	The Pirates Of Penzance August 7, 1933 · Revival	8 perf.
1933	The Yeomen of the Guard August 14, 1933 · Revival	8 perf.
1934	Iolanthe April 30, 1934 · Revival	8 perf.
1934	Music Hath Charms December 29, 1934 · Original	25 perf.
1934	The Mikado April 2, 1934 · Revival	24 perf.
1934	The Pirates Of Penzance April 9, 1934 · Revival	16 perf.
1934	Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore April 16, 1934 · Revival	16 perf.
1935	Aurora's Wedding March 20, 1935 · Original
1935	Bal March 20, 1935 · Original
1935	Boutique Fantasque March 20, 1935 · Original
1935	Firebird March 20, 1935 · Revival
1935	Petrouchka March 20, 1935 · Original
1935	Public Gardens March 20, 1935 · Original
1935	Revisor February 16, 1935 · Original
1935	The Land of Bells May 9, 1935 · Original	5 perf.
1935	Three Cornered Hat March 20, 1935 · Original
1935	Union Pacific March 20, 1935 · Revival
1937	The Bat May 31, 1937 · Revival	18 perf.
1937	The Cat and the Canary June 14, 1937 · Revival	9 perf.
1937	Three Waltzes December 25, 1937 · Original	122 perf.
1937	Uday Shan-Kar and his Hindu Ballet January 10, 1937 · Original	14 perf.
1938	Great Lady December 1, 1938 · Original	20 perf.
1939	Stars in Your Eyes February 9, 1939 · Original	127 perf.
1939	Yokel Boy July 6, 1939 · Original	208 perf.
1940	All in Fun December 27, 1940 · Original	3 perf.
1941	The Ballet Theatre February 11, 1941 · Original
1941	Viva O'Brien October 9, 1941 · Original	20 perf.
1942	Native Son October 23, 1942 · Revival	84 perf.
1942	Porgy and Bess January 22, 1942 · Revival	286 perf.
1943	The Merry Widow August 4, 1943 · Revival	322 perf.
1944	Dream With Music May 18, 1944 · Original	28 perf.
1944	Star Time September 12, 1944 · Original	120 perf.
1945	Carousel April 19, 1945 · Original	890 perf.
1947	Allegro October 10, 1947 · Original	315 perf.
1949	Carousel February 22, 1949 · Revival	32 perf.
1949	South Pacific April 7, 1949 · Revival	1,925 perf.
1953	Me and Juliet May 28, 1953 · Original	358 perf.
1954	By the Beautiful Sea April 8, 1954 · Original	270 perf.
1954	By the Beautiful Sea “The New Musical” April 8, 1954 · Original	270 perf.
1954	Fanny November 4, 1954 · Revival	888 perf.
1956	Happy Hunting December 6, 1956 · Original	412 perf.
1957	The Music Man December 19, 1957 · Original	1,375 perf.
1960	Camelot December 3, 1960 · Original	873 perf.
1963	Hot Spot April 19, 1963 · Original	43 perf.
1963	Jennie October 17, 1963 · Original	82 perf.
1963	The School for Scandal January 24, 1963 · Revival	60 perf.
1964	Anyone Can Whistle April 4, 1964 · Original	9 perf.
1964	Golden Boy October 20, 1964 · Revival	568 perf.
1966	Breakfast At Tiffany’s December 14, 1966 · Original
1967	The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade January 3, 1967 · Revival	55 perf.
1970	Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen December 28, 1970 · Original	19 perf.
1972	Sugar April 9, 1972 · Original	505 perf.
1974	Mack & Mabel October 6, 1974 · Original	66 perf.
1975	The Wiz January 5, 1975 · Original	1,672 perf.
1977	Estrada September 20, 1977 · Original	7 perf.
1977	The Act October 29, 1977 · Original	233 perf.
1978	Ballroom December 14, 1978 · Original	116 perf.
1978	First Monday in October October 3, 1978 · Original	79 perf.
1979	Bette! Divine Madness December 5, 1979 · Original	40 perf.
1979	I Remember Mama May 31, 1979 · Revival	108 perf.
1979	The Most Happy Fella October 11, 1979 · Revival	53 perf.
1980	42nd Street August 25, 1980 · Original	3,486 perf.
1980	Blackstone! May 19, 1980 · Original	104 perf.
1980	Brigadoon October 16, 1980 · Revival	133 perf.
1988	The Phantom of the Opera January 26, 1988 · Original	13,981 perf.
1996	Angela Lansbury - A Celebration November 17, 1996 · Original	1 perf.
2024	Gypsy December 19, 2024 · Revival	269 perf.
2026	Beaches, A New Musical April 22, 2026 · Original	38 perf.

In the literature8 passages

• Carousel ’s premiere took place at the Majestic Theatre on April 19, and the show closed a little more than two years later on May 24, 1947, after a run of 890 performances. Following a successful national tour, Carousel began another impressive run of 566 performances at London’s Drury Lane on June 7, 1950 (closing on October 13, 1951).…Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block
• 8 . Robert Garland, “‘Carousel’ Makes Bow at Majestic Theatre,” New York Journal-American , April 20, 1945; quoted in Suskin, Opening Night on Broadway , 146; reprinted in New York Theatre Critics’ Reviews , vol. 6, 227.Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block
• On October 16, 1980, a lavish revival was seen at the Majestic Theatre for 133 performances; the cast included Martin Vidnovic (Tommy), Meg Bussert (Fiona), and John Curry (Harry). The production was thrillingly sung, but sadly didn’t leave behind a cast recording.Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• Theatre : Majestic Theatre (during run, the musical transferred to the Imperial Theatre)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• The original Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 19, 1945, for 890 performances, and the cast included John Raitt (Billy), Jan Clayton (Julie), Bambi Linn (Louise), Jean Darling (Carrie), Eric Mattson (Mister Snow), Christine Johnson (Nettie), Murvyn Vye (Jigger), and Russell Collins (The Starkeeper). Iva Withers w…Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz

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 11 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 31 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.
• Any photograph of the building.