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Broadway1564 BroadwayOpened 1895 Closed in 191361 productions on this page, 1866 to 1914

The Olympia Theatre (1514–16 Broadway at 44th Street), also known as Hammerstein's Olympia and later the Lyric Theatre and the New York Theatre, was a theater complex built by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I at Longacre Square (later Times Square) in Manhattan, New York City, opening in 1895. It consisted of a theater, a music hall, a concert hall, and a roof garden. Later, sections of the structure were substantially remodeled and used for both live theatre and for motion pictures. As a cinema, it was also known at various times as the Vitagraph Theatre and the Criterion Theatre. == History == According to The New York Times, the Olympia was a "massive gray stone building", and extended 203…

By decade

61 productions across 4 decades
  1. 1860s 8
  2. 1890s 2
  3. 1900s 40
  4. 1910s 11

Longest runs here

by performances
1899
The Man in the MoonBroadway April 24, 1899. Directed by Carl Marwig
192 performances
1908
Miss InnocenceBroadway November 30, 1908
176 performances
1900
The Giddy ThrongBroadway December 24, 1900. Directed by Frank Smithson
164 performances
1902
The Hall of FameBroadway February 5, 1902. Directed by Ned Wayburn
137 performances
1910
Naughty MariettaBroadway November 7, 1910. Directed by Jacques Coini
136 performances
1909
The Man Who Owns BroadwayBroadway October 11, 1909
128 performances
1908
The Soul KissBroadway January 28, 1908. Directed by Herbert Gresham
122 performances
1911
The EnchantressBroadway October 19, 1911. Directed by Frederick G. Latham
112 performances

Everything that played here

61 productions
1866
A Night in RomeBroadway October 17, 1866. Revival
2 performances
1866
CendrillonBroadway December 13, 1866. Original
36 performances
1866
Griffith GauntBroadway November 7, 1866. Original
1866
The Doctor of AlcantaraBroadway October 3, 1866. Revival
16 performances
1867
A Bird of ParadiseBroadway January 29, 1867. Original
15 performances
1867
KenilworthBroadway February 18, 1867. Original
12 performances
1868
Paris and HelenBroadway April 13, 1868. Original
65 performances
1868
The Grand Duchess of GérolsteinBroadway June 17, 1868. Revival
33 performances
1899
In Gay PareeBroadway November 6, 1899. Revival
48 performances
1899
The Man in the MoonBroadway April 24, 1899. Original
192 performances
1900
A Million DollarsBroadway September 27, 1900. Original
28 performances
1900
Broadway to TokioBroadway January 23, 1900. Original
88 performances
1900
Nell-Go-InBroadway October 31, 1900. Original
25 performances
1900
The Giddy ThrongBroadway December 24, 1900. Original
164 performances
1901
The King's CarnivalBroadway May 13, 1901. Original
64 performances
1902
King HighballBroadway September 6, 1902. Original
33 performances
1902
The ChaperonsBroadway June 5, 1902. Original
60 performances
1902
The Hall of FameBroadway February 5, 1902. Original
137 performances
1902
When Johnny Comes Marching HomeBroadway December 16, 1902. Original
71 performances
1903
Ben HurBroadway September 21, 1903. Revival
96 performances
1903
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon HallBroadway December 14, 1903. Original
40 performances
1903
In DahomeyBroadway February 18, 1903. Original
53 performances
1904
Home FolksBroadway December 26, 1904. Original
34 performances
1904
TerenceBroadway January 5, 1904. Original
56 performances
1904
The Maid and the MummyBroadway July 25, 1904. Original
42 performances
1904
The SouthernersBroadway May 23, 1904. Original
36 performances
1904
The TenderfootBroadway February 22, 1904. Original
81 performances
1904
WoodlandBroadway November 21, 1904. Original
100 performances
1905
HamletBroadway February 14, 1905. Revival
1 performance
1905
Little Johnny JonesBroadway January 23, 1905. Revival
1905
The Ham TreeBroadway August 28, 1905. Original
90 performances
1905
The Mayor of TokioBroadway December 4, 1905. Original
50 performances
1906
Eileen AsthoreBroadway October 22, 1906. Original
16 performances
1906
His Honor the MayorBroadway May 28, 1906. Revival
104 performances
1906
Humpty DumptyBroadway March 12, 1906. Revival
24 performances
1906
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage PatchBroadway September 17, 1906. Revival
24 performances
1906
The Ham TreeBroadway July 30, 1906. Return-Engagement
40 performances
1907
George Washington, Jr.Broadway February 11, 1907. Return-Engagement
40 performances
1907
The Land of Nod and The Song BirdsBroadway April 1, 1907. Original
17 performances
1907
The Squaw ManBroadway March 25, 1907. Revival
8 performances
1907
The Vanderbilt CupBroadway January 7, 1907. Return-Engagement
48 performances
1908
Cohan and Harris Minstrels [1908]Broadway August 3, 1908. Original
32 performances
1908
Mary's LambBroadway May 25, 1908. Original
80 performances
1908
Miss InnocenceBroadway November 30, 1908. Original
176 performances
1908
The American IdeaBroadway October 5, 1908. Original
64 performances
1908
The Soul KissBroadway January 28, 1908. Original
122 performances
1909
Cohan and Harris Minstrels [1909]Broadway August 16, 1909. Return-Engagement
16 performances
1909
Miss InnocenceBroadway September 27, 1909. Revival
16 performances
1909
The Man Who Owns BroadwayBroadway October 11, 1909. Original
128 performances
1909
The Sins of SocietyBroadway August 31, 1909. Original
31 performances
1910
A SkylarkBroadway April 4, 1910. Original
24 performances
1910
Bright EyesBroadway February 28, 1910. Original
48 performances
1910
Naughty MariettaBroadway November 7, 1910. Original
136 performances
1910
The Deacon and the LadyBroadway October 4, 1910. Original
16 performances
1910
The Merry WhirlBroadway May 30, 1910. Original
24 performances
1910
The Young TurkBroadway January 31, 1910. Original
32 performances
1911
Jumping JupiterBroadway March 6, 1911. Original
24 performances
1911
The EnchantressBroadway October 19, 1911. Revival
112 performances
1912
The Pearl MaidenBroadway January 22, 1912. Original
24 performances
1914
Big Jim GarrityBroadway October 16, 1914. Original
27 performances
1914
The TrafficBroadway November 16, 1914. Original
8 performances

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