Minskoff Theatre

By decade41 productions across 4 decades

1. 1970s 20
2. 1980s 10
3. 1990s 6
4. 2000s 5

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

1994	Sunset Boulevard November 17, 1994 · Trevor Nunn Musical Staging: Bob Avian	977 perf.
1989	Black and Blue January 26, 1989 · Claudio Segovia	829 perf.
2004	Fiddler on the Roof February 26, 2004 · Jerome Robbins	781 perf.
1997	The Scarlet Pimpernel November 9, 1997 · Peter Hunt	772 perf.
1973	Irene March 13, 1973 · Gower Champion	594 perf.
1999	Saturday Night Fever October 21, 1999 · Tony Edge	501 perf.
1980	West Side Story February 14, 1980 · Jerome Robbins	333 perf.
1993	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat November 10, 1993 · Steven Pimlott	231 perf.

Ranked among the 38 runs here that carry a performance count. 3 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here41 productions

1973	Irene March 13, 1973 · Revival	594 perf.
1974	Charles Aznavour on Broadway October 15, 1974 · Original	16 perf.
1974	Tony & Lena Sing October 30, 1974 · Original	37 perf.
1975	Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell Revue April 14, 1975 · Original	80 perf.
1975	Clarence Darrow March 3, 1975 · Return-Engagement	18 perf.
1975	Hello, Dolly! November 6, 1975 · Revival	42 perf.
1976	Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan November 23, 1976 · Original	16 perf.
1976	Debbie September 16, 1976 · Original	14 perf.
1976	Rockabye Hamlet February 17, 1976 · Original	7 perf.
1977	Cleo on Broadway October 5, 1977 · Original	6 perf.
1977	Merce Cunningham and Dance Company January 18, 1977 · Original
1978	Angel May 10, 1978 · Original	5 perf.
1978	Dutch National Ballet April 18, 1978 · Original	14 perf.
1978	Icedancing December 19, 1978 · Original	16 perf.
1978	King of Hearts October 22, 1978 · Revival	48 perf.
1978	Murray Louis Dance Company April 11, 1978 · Original
1979	Béjart: Ballet of the Twentieth Century March 6, 1979 · Revival
1979	Chinese Acrobats & Magicians of Taiwan December 18, 1979 · Original	16 perf.
1979	Got Tu Go Disco June 25, 1979 · Original	8 perf.
1979	Shirley Bassey September 10, 1979 · Original	12 perf.
1980	West Side Story February 14, 1980 · Revival	333 perf.
1981	Can-Can April 30, 1981 · Revival	5 perf.
1983	Dance a Little Closer May 11, 1983 · Original	1 perf.
1983	Marilyn November 20, 1983 · Original	17 perf.
1986	Patti LaBelle February 18, 1986 · Original	32 perf.
1986	Peter, Paul & Mary "From Bleecker to Broadway" March 18, 1986 · Original	7 perf.
1986	The Temptations and The Four Tops March 25, 1986 · Original	8 perf.
1987	Teddy & Alice November 12, 1987 · Original	77 perf.
1988	Canciones de mi Padre July 12, 1988 · Original	18 perf.
1989	Black and Blue January 26, 1989 · Original	829 perf.
1991	Peter Pan November 26, 1991 · Return-Engagement	48 perf.
1992	Metro April 16, 1992 · Original	13 perf.
1993	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat November 10, 1993 · Revival	231 perf.
1994	Sunset Boulevard November 17, 1994 · Original	977 perf.
1997	The Scarlet Pimpernel November 9, 1997 · Original	772 perf.
1999	Saturday Night Fever October 21, 1999 · Original	501 perf.
2001	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer April 26, 2001 · Original	21 perf.
2002	Dance of the Vampires December 9, 2002 · Original	56 perf.
2004	Fiddler on the Roof February 26, 2004 · Revival	781 perf.
2009	Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert for Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares November 9, 2009 · Original	1 perf.
2009	Chance & Chemistry October 26, 2009 · Original	1 perf.

In the literature8 passages

• 4 This important (and acclaimed) revival of West Side Story opened at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre in February 1980 and ran for 333 performances. It was directed by Robbins – his first work on Broadway for sixteen years – with the close involvement of several people involved in the original 1957 production, including sets by Oliver Smith,…Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein
• When you saunter down the passageway between Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth streets to enter the Minskoff Theatre, are you aware that you’re walking in “The Jerry Lewis Arcade”?B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia
• Cabaret opened October 27, 1987, at the Imperial Theatre before transferring to the Minskoff Theatre (June 4, 1988). It ran a total of 261 performances. The cast was as follows:Making of Cabaret, The - Keith Garebian
• Nixon’s prediction proved true. Though Irene opened at the new Minskoff Theatre to mixed but fairly positive reviews, it became a box office bonanza thanks to a steady stream of out-of-towners who reveled in its star, spectacle, and good old-fashioned fun. Gower’s intervention had not only saved the show, but also helped it earn a highly…Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey
• 75 “Rockabye Hamlet,” Playbill, Minskoff Theatre: January 1976: no pagination; Sidney Fields, “Only Human: Hamlet Without Dialogue,” New York Daily News , 17 February 1976: 30; Alan Weeks, telephone interview, 15 March 2005.Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey

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 3 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.