President Theatre

By decade15 productions across 4 decades

1. 1920s 2
2. 1930s 6
3. 1940s 3
4. 1950s 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

1929	The Guinea Pig January 7, 1929 · Walter Greenough	64 perf.
1930	Launcelot and Elaine March 8, 1930 · Calvin Thomas	25 perf.
1952	The Sacred Flame October 6, 1952 · John Reich	24 perf.
1952	Whistler's Grandmother December 11, 1952 · Eugene O'Sullivan	24 perf.
1932	The Lancashire Lass December 30, 1932	21 perf.
1929	Mountain Fury September 25, 1929 · E. J. Blunkall	13 perf.
1949	The Millionairess April 6, 1949 · Benno D. Frank	13 perf.
1931	The Camels Are Coming October 2, 1931	11 perf.

Everything that played here15 productions

1929	Mountain Fury September 25, 1929 · Original	13 perf.
1929	The Guinea Pig January 7, 1929 · Original	64 perf.
1930	Courtesan April 29, 1930 · Original	3 perf.
1930	Launcelot and Elaine March 8, 1930 · Revival	25 perf.
1931	Thais June 19, 1931 · Original	4 perf.
1931	The Camels Are Coming October 2, 1931 · Original	11 perf.
1932	The Lancashire Lass December 30, 1932 · Original	21 perf.
1934	Legal Murder February 15, 1934 · Original	7 perf.
1944	Spook Scandals December 8, 1944 · Original	2 perf.
1945	Sweet Genevieve March 20, 1945 · Original	1 perf.
1949	The Millionairess April 6, 1949 · Original	13 perf.
1952	The Rehearsal May 26, 1952 · Original	1 perf.
1952	The Sacred Flame October 6, 1952 · Revival	24 perf.
1952	Whistler's Grandmother December 11, 1952 · Original	24 perf.
1954	Stockade February 4, 1954 · Original	4 perf.

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.
• When 8 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.
• When the building opened.
• How many seats.
• Who built it.
• Any photograph of the building.