Palace Theatre

May still be running1 with no closing date

2026	The Lost Boys Opened April 26, 2026

These opened in the last three years and carry no closing date. That is the strongest claim the data supports: a closing we don't know about looks exactly like a run still going, and the file was last checked in August 2026. A run that closed last week is still sitting in this list.

By decade77 productions across 10 decades

1. 1910s 2
2. 1930s 4
3. 1950s 8
4. 1960s 8
5. 1970s 26
6. 1980s 5
7. 1990s 4
8. 2000s 7
9. 2010s 8
10. 2020s 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	Beauty and the Beast April 18, 1994 · Robert Jess Roth	5,461 perf.
2000	Aida March 23, 2000 · Robert Falls	1,852 perf.
1983	La Cage aux Folles August 21, 1983 · Arthur Laurents	1,761 perf.
1991	The Will Rogers Follies May 1, 1991	981 perf.
1970	Applause March 30, 1970 · Ron Field	896 perf.
1981	Woman of the Year March 29, 1981 · Robert Moore	770 perf.
2009	West Side Story March 19, 2009 · Joey McKneely	748 perf.
2015	An American in Paris April 12, 2015 · Christopher Wheeldon	623 perf.

Ranked among the 62 runs here that carry a performance count. 15 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here77 productions

1913	Sarah Bernhardt May 5, 1913 · Original
1918	Very Good Eddie Opening date unknown · Transfer
1931	Bob Hope at The Palace February 28, 1931 · Original
1931	Eddie Cantor at The Palace October 31, 1931 · Original
1937	On Your Toes February 5, 1937 · Transfer
1938	Countess Maritza July 6, 1938 · Transfer
1951	Judy Garland at the Palace "Two-A-Day" October 16, 1951 · Original	184 perf.
1952	Betty Hutton and Her All-Star International Show April 12, 1952 · Original
1952	Greco's Spanish Ballet March 1, 1952 · Original
1953	Betty Hutton and Her All-Star International Show October 14, 1953 · Return-Engagement
1953	Danny Kaye January 18, 1953 · Original	128 perf.
1956	Judy Garland September 26, 1956 · Original
1957	Jerry Lewis at the Palace February 7, 1957 · Original
1959	Belafonte at the Palace December 15, 1959 · Original
1966	Sweet Charity January 29, 1966 · Revival	608 perf.
1967	Eddie Fisher and Buddy Hackett at the Palace August 28, 1967 · Original	42 perf.
1967	Henry, Sweet Henry October 23, 1967 · Original	80 perf.
1967	Judy Garland "At Home at the Palace" July 31, 1967 · Original	24 perf.
1968	Cabaret February 28, 1968 · Transfer
1968	George M! April 10, 1968 · Original	433 perf.
1968	The Grand Music Hall of Israel February 6, 1968 · Original	63 perf.
1969	The Jimmy Roselli Show May 2, 1969 · Original	13 perf.
1970	Applause March 30, 1970 · Original	896 perf.
1972	From Israel With Love October 2, 1972 · Original	8 perf.
1972	Pacific Paradise October 16, 1972 · Original	5 perf.
1973	An Evening With Josephine Baker December 31, 1973 · Original	7 perf.
1973	Bette Midler December 3, 1973 · Original	19 perf.
1973	Cyrano May 13, 1973 · Original	49 perf.
1973	Don Juan in Hell January 15, 1973 · Revival	24 perf.
1974	Eddy Arnold November 25, 1974 · Original	8 perf.
1974	Jule's Friends at the Palace May 19, 1974 · Original	1 perf.
1974	London Assurance December 5, 1974 · Revival	45 perf.
1974	Lorelei January 27, 1974 · Revival	320 perf.
1975	Goodtime Charley March 3, 1975 · Original	104 perf.
1975	The First Breeze of Summer June 10, 1975 · Original	48 perf.
1976	An Evening With Diana Ross June 14, 1976 · Original	16 perf.
1976	Herzl November 30, 1976 · Original	8 perf.
1976	Home Sweet Homer January 4, 1976 · Original	1 perf.
1976	Shirley MacLaine April 19, 1976 · Original	14 perf.
1976	Siamsa September 27, 1976 · Original	8 perf.
1977	Caesar and Cleopatra February 24, 1977 · Revival	12 perf.
1977	Man of La Mancha September 15, 1977 · Revival	124 perf.
1977	Toller Cranston's "The Ice Show" May 19, 1977 · Original	60 perf.
1978	Elvis: The Legend Lives! January 31, 1978 · Original	101 perf.
1979	A Meeting by the River March 28, 1979 · Original	1 perf.
1979	Break a Leg April 29, 1979 · Original	1 perf.
1979	Oklahoma! December 13, 1979 · Revival	293 perf.
1979	The Grand Tour January 11, 1979 · Revival	61 perf.
1981	Frankenstein January 4, 1981 · Original	1 perf.
1981	Woman of the Year March 29, 1981 · Original	770 perf.
1983	La Cage aux Folles August 21, 1983 · Original	1,761 perf.
1983	Parade of Stars Playing the Palace May 2, 1983 · Original
1987	Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott! June 22, 1987 · Original	1 perf.
1991	The Will Rogers Follies May 1, 1991 · Original	981 perf.
1993	Candles, Snow & Mistletoe December 27, 1993 · Original	7 perf.
1994	Beauty and the Beast April 18, 1994 · Original	5,461 perf.
1999	Minnelli on Minnelli December 8, 1999 · Original	20 perf.
2000	Aida March 23, 2000 · Revival	1,852 perf.
2004	Linda Eder: The Holiday Concert December 17, 2004 · Original	2 perf.
2005	All Shook Up March 24, 2005 · Original	213 perf.
2006	Lestat April 25, 2006 · Original	39 perf.
2007	Legally Blonde April 29, 2007 · Original	595 perf.
2008	Liza's at the Palace.... December 3, 2008 · Original	22 perf.
2009	West Side Story March 19, 2009 · Revival	748 perf.
2011	Priscilla Queen of the Desert March 20, 2011 · Original	526 perf.
2012	Annie November 8, 2012 · Revival	487 perf.
2014	Holler If Ya Hear Me June 19, 2014 · Original	38 perf.
2014	The Temptations and The Four Tops On Broadway December 29, 2014 · Original	7 perf.
2015	An American in Paris April 12, 2015 · Original	623 perf.
2016	The Illusionists - Turn of the Century November 25, 2016 · Return-Engagement	57 perf.
2017	SpongeBob SquarePants December 4, 2017 · Original	327 perf.
2017	Sunset Boulevard February 9, 2017 · Revival	138 perf.
2024	Ben Platt: Live at the Palace May 28, 2024 · Original	18 perf.
2024	Tammy Faye November 14, 2024 · Original	29 perf.
2025	Beetlejuice October 8, 2025 · Revival	103 perf.
2025	Glengarry Glen Ross March 31, 2025 · Revival	104 perf.
2026	The Lost Boys April 26, 2026 · Original

In the literature8 passages

• On 24 March 2009 it opened at the Palace Theatre in London with Sheldon in the role of Bernadette (created in the original film by Terrence Stamp ), starring alongside former soap star Jason Donovan . Sheldon told the Australian Times , “To play an Australian character in an Australian musical on Broadway or the West End has always been m…Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey
• Priscilla opened at Broadway’s Palace Theatre on 20 March 2011. The New York Times’ Charles Isherwood wrote, “While it is performed with gleaming verve and infusions of bawdy humor – Tony Sheldon , who has been with the show from its Australian debut, is particularly winning as the gracious-lady transsexual Bernadette – Priscilla feels mo…Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey
• [410] Michael Billington , “Priscilla: queen of the desert but not the Palace theatre”, The Guardian , 24 March 2009, p. 9.Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey
• When Spamalot opened at London’s Palace Theatre on 30 September 2006, Curry returned to the role of King Arthur for a three-month West End season – his first time performing on a British stage in two decades – giving most UK Rocky Horror fans their first ever opportunity to see one of their most elusive heroes in the flesh. Though initial…Still the Beast is Feeding_ 40 Years of Rocky Horror - Rob Bagnall & Phil Barden
• The London production opened at the Palace Theatre on February 20, 1958, for 404 performances; Norman Wisdom was Charley, and this time around the dances were created by Hanya Holm.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 15 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 9 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.