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Manhattan Theatre

Manhattan Theatre

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Broadway Closed 1897–1936 on this page55 productions

The Manhattan Theatre was located at 102 West 33rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, directly across from Greeley Square at Sixth Avenue and 33rd Street. The 1,100-seat theatre opened in 1875 as the Eagle Theatre, and was renamed the Standard Theatre in 1878. All but destroyed by a fire in 1883, it was rebuilt in a more modern style and re-opened in December 1884. In 1898, the Standard was refurbished by architect Howard Constable and renamed the Manhattan Theatre. The theatre was demolished in 1909 for the construction of a flagship Gimbels department store, now the Manhattan Mall. == Early history == During its first two decades of existence, the theatre played host to many of th…

By decade55 productions across 3 decades

  1. 1890s 13
  2. 1900s 38
  3. 1930s 4

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

1903 The Earl of Pawtucket March 23, 1903 191 perf.
1898 Way Down East February 7, 1898 152 perf.
1899 Papa's Wife November 13, 1899 147 perf.
1904 The Virginian January 5, 1904 · John Stapleton 138 perf.
1904 Leah Kleschna December 12, 1904 131 perf.
1901 Lover's Lane February 6, 1901 127 perf.
1906 Clothes September 11, 1906 113 perf.
1902 Mary of Magdala November 12, 1902 · Carl Marwig 105 perf.

Ranked among the 45 runs here that carry a performance count. 10 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here55 productions

1897 A Close Shave November 22, 1897 · Original
1897 A Night Session November 29, 1897 · Original
1897 His Little Dodge November 22, 1897 · Original
1897 Miss Francis of Yale November 8, 1897 · Original
1897 The First Born October 5, 1897 · Original
1897 What Happened to Jones August 30, 1897 · Original
1898 The Turtle September 3, 1898 · Original
1898 Way Down East February 7, 1898 · Original 152 perf.
1899 A Stranger in a Strange Land September 25, 1899 · Original 57 perf.
1899 Mlle. Fifi February 1, 1899 · Original
1899 Mr. Smooth September 2, 1899 · Original 25 perf.
1899 Papa's Wife November 13, 1899 · Original 147 perf.
1899 The Manicure April 24, 1899 · Original
1900 Caleb West September 17, 1900 · Original 32 perf.
1900 Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark October 15, 1900 · Original 58 perf.
1900 Sweet Anne Page December 3, 1900 · Original 29 perf.
1900 The Burgomaster December 31, 1900 · Original 33 perf.
1900 The Weather Hen April 13, 1900 · Original 1 perf.
1900 Woman and Wine April 11, 1900 · Original 69 perf.
1901 Lover's Lane February 6, 1901 · Original 127 perf.
1901 Miranda of the Balcony September 24, 1901 · Original 62 perf.
1901 The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch November 25, 1901 · Original 63 perf.
1902 A Doll's House May 21, 1902 · Revival 1 perf.
1902 A Rose o' Plymouth-town September 29, 1902 · Original 21 perf.
1902 Captain Molly September 8, 1902 · Original 21 perf.
1902 Divorçons May 26, 1902 · Revival 24 perf.
1902 Her Lord and Master February 24, 1902 · Original 69 perf.
1902 Hon. John Grigsby January 28, 1902 · Original 27 perf.
1902 Little Italy May 26, 1902 · Revival 24 perf.
1902 Mary of Magdala November 12, 1902 · Original 105 perf.
1902 Tess of the D'Urbervilles May 6, 1902 · Revival 20 perf.
1903 Mary of Magdala September 14, 1903 · Return-Engagement
1903 The Bishop's Move March 2, 1903 · Original 32 perf.
1903 The Earl of Pawtucket March 23, 1903 · Original 191 perf.
1904 Becky Sharp September 14, 1904 · Revival 70 perf.
1904 Leah Kleschna December 12, 1904 · Original 131 perf.
1904 The Virginian January 5, 1904 · Original 138 perf.
1905 Before and After December 12, 1905 · Original 72 perf.
1905 Mary and John September 11, 1905 · Original 12 perf.
1905 Monna Vanna October 23, 1905 · Original 50 perf.
1905 Richter's Wife February 27, 1905 · Original 5 perf.
1905 The Proud Laird April 24, 1905 · Original 7 perf.
1906 Charley's Aunt March 19, 1906 · Revival 80 perf.
1906 Clothes September 11, 1906 · Original 113 perf.
1906 Dolce April 24, 1906 · Original 3 perf.
1906 The Eyes of the Heart April 24, 1906 · Revival 3 perf.
1906 The Kreutzer Sonata August 13, 1906 · Original 29 perf.
1906 The Light from St. Agnes April 24, 1906 · Revival 3 perf.
1906 The Triangle February 20, 1906 · Original 14 perf.
1907 Mrs. Warren's Profession March 9, 1907 · Revival 25 perf.
1907 The Girl and the Governor February 4, 1907 · Original 26 perf.
1931 East Wind October 27, 1931 · Original 23 perf.
1931 Free For All September 8, 1931 · Original 15 perf.
1932 Through the Years January 28, 1932 · Original 20 perf.
1936 Help Yourself July 14, 1936 · Original 82 perf.

In the literature8 passages

  • Founded in 1972 by 49 off-off-Broadway companies, including Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizon, Classic Stage Company, and Repertorio Español, this trade group was first known as the Off Off Broadway Alliance (OOBA). Today it is made up of 266 professional not-for-profit theaters in New York City and is known as the Alliance of R…Stage Money_ The Business of the Professional Theater - Tim Donahue & Jim Patterson
  • In New York City enhancement money supported not-for-profit Manhattan Theatre Club's musical The Wild Party and a nonmusical play, Current Events , in 2000. Neither transferred to Broadway. Also in the year 2000, the Jewish Repertory Theatre had enhancement money for Arthur Laurent's play Big Potato: no transfer to a commercial run. The N…Stage Money_ The Business of the Professional Theater - Tim Donahue & Jim Patterson
  • Remember that three not-for-profit theaters produce on Broadway: the Lincoln Center Theatre, the Manhattan Theatre Club, and Roundabout Theatre. They are sometimes called the super-nfps. By producing on Broadway, these organizations and the artists whose work appears on their Broadway stages are eligible for Tony Awards. Perhaps because o…Stage Money_ The Business of the Professional Theater - Tim Donahue & Jim Patterson
  • One of the super-nfps began as an off-off-Broadway showcase producer in 1970. Manhattan Theatre Club is “solely dedicated to producing new plays and musicals.” It has a subscriber base of twenty thousand and produces seven plays a year in Broadway's recently restored Biltmore Theatre on West 47th Street, now named the Samuel J. Friedman T…Stage Money_ The Business of the Professional Theater - Tim Donahue & Jim Patterson
  • Meanwhile, Ain’t Misbehavin ’ had opened quietly at the eight-year-old Manhattan Theatre Company that was located in a quite out-of-the-way dump on East Seventy-third Street. But when a good show opens, no matter where it is, New Yorkers usually find it—and producers are eager to move it.Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia

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 10 of these runs 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.
  • How many seats.

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