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Broadway Open 1986–2025 on this page43 productions

The Marquis Theatre is a Broadway theater on the third floor of the New York Marriott Marquis hotel in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1986, it is operated by the Nederlander Organization. There are about 1,612 seats in the auditorium, spread across an orchestra level and a balcony. The Marquis was designed by John C. Portman Jr., who designed the Marriott Marquis and included the theater to increase the size of the hotel. The theater's main entrance and box office are at 210 West 46th Street. The box office is at ground level, and there are escalators leading from the ground floor to the auditorium. Due to a lack of space, the wings on ea…

By decade43 productions across 5 decades

  1. 1980s 2
  2. 1990s 12
  3. 2000s 10
  4. 2010s 13
  5. 2020s 6

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

1986 Me And My Girl August 10, 1986 · Mike Ockrent 1,412 perf.
1999 Annie Get Your Gun March 4, 1999 · Graciela Daniele 1,045 perf.
2002 Thoroughly Modern Millie April 18, 2002 · Michael Mayer 903 perf.
2015 On Your Feet! November 5, 2015 · Jerry Mitchell 746 perf.
1995 Victor/Victoria October 25, 1995 · Blake Edwards 734 perf.
1994 Damn Yankees March 3, 1994 · Jack O'Brien 718 perf.
2006 The Drowsy Chaperone May 1, 2006 674 perf.
2012 Evita April 5, 2012 · André Ptaszynski 337 perf.

Ranked among the 42 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 here43 productions

1986 Me And My Girl August 10, 1986 · Original 1,412 perf.
1986 Shirley Bassey July 9, 1986 · Revival 4 perf.
1990 Oba Oba '90 March 15, 1990 · Original 45 perf.
1990 Shogun, The Musical November 20, 1990 · Original 72 perf.
1991 Nick & Nora December 8, 1991 · Original 9 perf.
1992 Man of La Mancha April 24, 1992 · Revival 108 perf.
1992 Oba Oba '93 October 1, 1992 · Original 22 perf.
1993 The Goodbye Girl March 4, 1993 · Original 188 perf.
1994 Damn Yankees March 3, 1994 · Revival 718 perf.
1995 Victor/Victoria October 25, 1995 · Original 734 perf.
1998 Aznavour October 21, 1998 · Revival 23 perf.
1998 Peter Pan November 23, 1998 · Revival 48 perf.
1998 The Capeman January 29, 1998 · Original 68 perf.
1999 Annie Get Your Gun March 4, 1999 · Revival 1,045 perf.
2001 A Christmas Carol December 24, 2001 · Return-Engagement 8 perf.
2002 Thoroughly Modern Millie April 18, 2002 · Original 903 perf.
2004 La Cage aux Folles December 9, 2004 · Revival 229 perf.
2005 The Woman in White November 17, 2005 · Original 109 perf.
2006 The Drowsy Chaperone May 1, 2006 · Original 674 perf.
2008 Cry-Baby April 24, 2008 · Original 68 perf.
2008 Irving Berlin’s White Christmas November 23, 2008 · Original 53 perf.
2009 9 to 5: The Musical April 30, 2009 · Original 148 perf.
2009 Irving Berlin’s White Christmas November 22, 2009 · Return-Engagement 51 perf.
2009 Soul of Shaolin January 15, 2009 · Original 21 perf.
2010 Come Fly Away March 25, 2010 · Original 188 perf.
2010 Donny & Marie December 9, 2010 · Original 20 perf.
2011 Follies September 12, 2011 · Revival 152 perf.
2012 Evita April 5, 2012 · Revival 337 perf.
2013 Il Divo - A Musical Affair November 7, 2013 · Original 6 perf.
2013 Jekyll & Hyde April 18, 2013 · Revival 30 perf.
2014 The Illusionists - Witness the Impossible December 4, 2014 · Original 45 perf.
2015 On Your Feet! November 5, 2015 · Original 746 perf.
2015 Penn & Teller On Broadway July 12, 2015 · Original 41 perf.
2016 Black to the Future September 12, 2016 · Original 6 perf.
2018 Celebrity Autobiography November 26, 2018 · Original 3 perf.
2018 Escape to Margaritaville March 15, 2018 · Original 124 perf.
2018 The Illusionists - Magic of the Holidays November 23, 2018 · Return-Engagement 56 perf.
2022 Beetlejuice April 8, 2022 · Return-Engagement 312 perf.
2023 Jonas Brothers on Broadway March 14, 2023 · Original 5 perf.
2023 Once Upon a One More Time June 22, 2023 · Original 83 perf.
2024 Elf November 17, 2024 · Revival 56 perf.
2024 The Wiz April 17, 2024 · Revival 142 perf.
2025 Stranger Things: The First Shadow April 22, 2025 · Original

In the literature8 passages

  • In 2006 The Drowsy Chaperone , with book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar , and music and lyrics by Greg Morrison and Lisa Lambert , opened at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway, where it broke box office records after winning five Tony Awards (including best book and best score.) The musical, in which a lonely divorcee sits in his apartment l…Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey
  • The sparkling 1994 Broadway revival opened at the Marquis Theatre on March 3, 1994, for 510 performances; the book was slightly revised by director Jack O’Brien, who wisely kept the story in the 1950s and added clever scenic and choral touches that added to the nostalgia. The cast included Bebe Neuwirth (Lola), Victor Garber (Applegate),…Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
  • The misguided 1999 revival opened on March 4 at the Marquis Theatre for a surprising 1,046 performances. Tom Wopat made a fine Frank, but Bernadette Peters was a disappointing Annie and the production bowed to political correctness.Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
  • The Drowsy Chaperone to take him away from its dreary horrors. But the musical that played the Marquis Theatre for nineteen months made Bob Martin and many others very happy people indeed.B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia
  • New York run: Marquis Theatre, November 23, 2008; 53 p.; November 22, 2009; 51 p.Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell

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.

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