Richard Rodgers Theatre

By decade88 productions across 10 decades

1. 1920s 1
2. 1930s 13
3. 1940s 11
4. 1950s 11
5. 1960s 11
6. 1970s 8
7. 1980s 6
8. 1990s 12
9. 2000s 6
10. 2010s 9

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

1996	Chicago November 14, 1996 · Walter Bobbie	9,999 perf.
2015	Hamilton Opening date unknown · Thomas Kail	3,500 perf.
1961	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying October 14, 1961 · Abe Burrows	1,417 perf.
1938	Hellzapoppin September 22, 1938 · Edward Duryea Dowling	1,404 perf.
2002	Movin’ Out October 24, 2002	1,303 perf.
1969	1776 March 16, 1969 · Peter Hunt	1,217 perf.
1950	Guys and Dolls November 24, 1950 · George S. Kaufman	1,200 perf.
2008	In the Heights March 9, 2008 · Thomas Kail	1,184 perf.

Everything that played here88 productions

1927	Good News! September 6, 1927 · Original	551 perf.
1933	She Loves Me Not November 20, 1933 · Original	360 perf.
1934	The Farmer Takes a Wife October 30, 1934 · Original	104 perf.
1934	The First Legion October 1, 1934 · Original	112 perf.
1935	Weep for the Virgins November 30, 1935 · Original	9 perf.
1936	Come Angel Band February 18, 1936 · Original	2 perf.
1937	Blow Ye Winds September 23, 1937 · Original	36 perf.
1937	Robin Landing November 18, 1937 · Original	12 perf.
1938	Blossom Time December 26, 1938 · Revival	19 perf.
1938	Hellzapoppin September 22, 1938 · Original	1,404 perf.
1938	Right This Way January 5, 1938 · Original	15 perf.
1939	Du Barry Was a Lady December 6, 1939 · Original	408 perf.
1939	Dubarry Was a Lady December 6, 1939 · Original	408 perf.
1939	Mexicana April 21, 1939 · Revival	35 perf.
1940	Panama Hattie October 30, 1940 · Original	501 perf.
1942	Beat the Band October 14, 1942 · Original	68 perf.
1942	New Priorities of 1943 September 15, 1942 · Original	54 perf.
1942	Priorities of 1942 March 12, 1942 · Original	353 perf.
1943	Army Play-by Play June 14, 1943 · Original	41 perf.
1943	Martha Graham and Company December 26, 1943 · Original	2 perf.
1943	My Dear Public September 9, 1943 · Original	45 perf.
1945	Dark of the Moon March 14, 1945 · Original	318 perf.
1947	Finian’s Rainbow January 10, 1947 · Original	725 perf.
1948	Love Life October 7, 1948 · Original	252 perf.
1949	Regina October 31, 1949 · Original	56 perf.
1950	Arms and the Girl February 2, 1950 · Revival	134 perf.
1950	Guys and Dolls November 24, 1950 · Original	1,200 perf.
1954	On Your Toes October 11, 1954 · Revival	64 perf.
1954	Ondine February 18, 1954 · Original	157 perf.
1954	The Bad Seed December 8, 1954 · Original	334 perf.
1955	Damn Yankees May 5, 1955 · Original	1,019 perf.
1957	New Girl In Town May 14, 1957 · Original	431 perf.
1958	Ages of Man December 28, 1958 · Original	40 perf.
1958	Edwin Booth November 24, 1958 · Original	24 perf.
1958	Howie September 17, 1958 · Original	5 perf.
1959	Redhead February 5, 1959 · Original	452 perf.
1960	Christine April 28, 1960 · Original	12 perf.
1960	Finian’s Rainbow May 23, 1960 · Revival	12 perf.
1960	Tenderloin October 17, 1960 · Original	216 perf.
1961	Donnybrook! May 18, 1961 · Original	68 perf.
1961	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying October 14, 1961 · Original	1,417 perf.
1965	Do I Hear A Waltz? March 18, 1965 · Original	220 perf.
1965	Pickwick October 4, 1965 · Revival	56 perf.
1966	I Do! I Do! December 5, 1966 · Original	560 perf.
1966	Pousse-Café March 18, 1966 · Original	3 perf.
1966	The Wayward Stork January 19, 1966 · Original	5 perf.
1969	1776 March 16, 1969 · Original	1,217 perf.
1971	No, No, Nanette January 19, 1971 · Revival	861 perf.
1973	Raisin October 18, 1973 · Original	847 perf.
1973	The Women April 25, 1973 · Revival	63 perf.
1975	Chicago June 3, 1975 · Revival	936 perf.
1975	Private Lives February 6, 1975 · Revival	92 perf.
1977	Bully November 1, 1977 · Original	7 perf.
1978	Do You Turn Somersaults? January 9, 1978 · Original	16 perf.
1978	Working May 14, 1978 · Original	24 perf.
1982	Nine May 9, 1982 · Original	729 perf.
1986	Arsenic and Old Lace June 26, 1986 · Revival	221 perf.
1987	Fences March 26, 1987 · Original	525 perf.
1988	Checkmates August 4, 1988 · Original	172 perf.
1989	Born Yesterday January 29, 1989 · Revival	153 perf.
1989	The Merchant of Venice December 19, 1989 · Revival	80 perf.
1990	Accomplice April 26, 1990 · Original	52 perf.
1990	Oh, Kay! November 1, 1990 · Revival	77 perf.
1991	Lost in Yonkers February 21, 1991 · Original	780 perf.
1993	Fool Moon February 25, 1993 · Original	215 perf.
1993	Laughter on the 23rd Floor November 22, 1993 · Original	320 perf.
1993	The Boys Choir of Harlem and Friends January 19, 1993 · Original	14 perf.
1994	A Christmas Carol December 22, 1994 · Return-Engagement	18 perf.
1994	Lamb Chop on Broadway December 6, 1994 · Original	8 perf.
1994	Nanci Griffith on Broadway November 2, 1994 · Original	6 perf.
1996	Chicago November 14, 1996 · Revival	9,999 perf.
1997	Steel Pier April 24, 1997 · Original	76 perf.
1998	Footloose October 22, 1998 · Revival	709 perf.
2001	45 Seconds From Broadway November 11, 2001 · Original	73 perf.
2002	Movin’ Out October 24, 2002 · Original	1,303 perf.
2002	Private Lives April 28, 2002 · Revival	127 perf.
2006	Tarzan May 10, 2006 · Original	486 perf.
2007	Cyrano de Bergerac November 1, 2007 · Revival	56 perf.
2008	In the Heights March 9, 2008 · Original	1,184 perf.
2011	Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo March 31, 2011 · Original	108 perf.
2012	Porgy and Bess January 12, 2012 · Revival	322 perf.
2012	Running On Empty October 9, 2012 · Original	8 perf.
2012	The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess January 12, 2012 · Revival	293 perf.
2013	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof January 17, 2013 · Revival	84 perf.
2013	Romeo and Juliet September 19, 2013 · Revival	93 perf.
2013	The Rascals: Once Upon A Dream April 16, 2013 · Original	14 perf.
2014	If/Then March 30, 2014 · Original	401 perf.
2015	Hamilton Opening date unknown · Original	3,500 perf.

In the literature8 passages

• 169 Regina is an opera by Marc Blitzstein based on Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes . It opened at the 46th Street Theatre on Broadway on 31 October 1949, the day before Bernstein wrote this letter.Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein
• Theatre : 46th Street Theatre (during run, the musical transferred to the Adelphi Theatre)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• The 46th Street Theatre was the venue of choice for Verdon and Fosse: Damn Yankees was their first of four musicals to premiere there (the others were New Girl in Town , Redhead , and Chicago ).Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• Ondine by Jean Giraudoux, as adapted by Maurice Valency (46th Street Theatre, February 18, 1954, 157 performances)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• Edwin Booth by Milton Geiger (46th Street Theatre, November 24, 1958, 24 performances)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.
• When 5 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.