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Richard Rodgers Theatre

Broadway226 W 46th StOpened 1924 Still open88 productions on this page, 1927 to 2015

The Richard Rodgers Theatre (formerly Chanin's 46th Street Theatre and the 46th Street Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 226 West 46th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1925, it was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was constructed for Irwin Chanin. It has approximately 1,400 seats across two levels and is operated by the Nederlander Organization. Both the facade and the auditorium interior are New York City landmarks. The facade is divided into two sections. The eastern section, containing the auditorium, is designed in the neo-Renaissance style with white brick and terracotta. The auditorium's ground floor has an entrance under a…

46th Street Theatre

Other names this building has used.

By decade

88 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

Longest runs here

by performances
1996
ChicagoBroadway November 14, 1996. Directed by Walter Bobbie
9,999 performances
2015
HamiltonBroadway Directed by Thomas Kail
3,500 performances
1961
How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingBroadway October 14, 1961. Directed by Abe Burrows
1,417 performances
1938
HellzapoppinBroadway September 22, 1938. Directed by Edward Duryea Dowling
1,404 performances
2002
Movin’ OutBroadway October 24, 2002
1,303 performances
1969
1776Broadway March 16, 1969. Directed by Peter Hunt
1,217 performances
1950
Guys and DollsBroadway November 24, 1950. Directed by George S. Kaufman
1,200 performances
2008
In the HeightsBroadway March 9, 2008. Directed by Thomas Kail
1,184 performances

Everything that played here

88 productions
1927
Good News!Broadway September 6, 1927. Original
551 performances
1933
She Loves Me NotBroadway November 20, 1933. Original
360 performances
1934
The Farmer Takes a WifeBroadway October 30, 1934. Original
104 performances
1934
The First LegionBroadway October 1, 1934. Original
112 performances
1935
Weep for the VirginsBroadway November 30, 1935. Original
9 performances
1936
Come Angel BandBroadway February 18, 1936. Original
2 performances
1937
Blow Ye WindsBroadway September 23, 1937. Original
36 performances
1937
Robin LandingBroadway November 18, 1937. Original
12 performances
1938
Blossom TimeBroadway December 26, 1938. Revival
19 performances
1938
HellzapoppinBroadway September 22, 1938. Original
1,404 performances
1938
Right This WayBroadway January 5, 1938. Original
15 performances
1939
Du Barry Was a LadyBroadway December 6, 1939. Original
408 performances
1939
Dubarry Was a LadyBroadway December 6, 1939. Original
408 performances
1939
MexicanaBroadway April 21, 1939. Revival
35 performances
1940
Panama HattieBroadway October 30, 1940. Original
501 performances
1942
Beat the BandBroadway October 14, 1942. Original
68 performances
1942
New Priorities of 1943Broadway September 15, 1942. Original
54 performances
1942
Priorities of 1942Broadway March 12, 1942. Original
353 performances
1943
Army Play-by PlayBroadway June 14, 1943. Original
41 performances
1943
Martha Graham and CompanyBroadway December 26, 1943. Original
2 performances
1943
My Dear PublicBroadway September 9, 1943. Original
45 performances
1945
Dark of the MoonBroadway March 14, 1945. Original
318 performances
1947
Finian’s RainbowBroadway January 10, 1947. Original
725 performances
1948
Love LifeBroadway October 7, 1948. Original
252 performances
1949
ReginaBroadway October 31, 1949. Original
56 performances
1950
Arms and the GirlBroadway February 2, 1950. Revival
134 performances
1950
Guys and DollsBroadway November 24, 1950. Original
1,200 performances
1954
On Your ToesBroadway October 11, 1954. Revival
64 performances
1954
OndineBroadway February 18, 1954. Original
157 performances
1954
The Bad SeedBroadway December 8, 1954. Original
334 performances
1955
Damn YankeesBroadway May 5, 1955. Original
1,019 performances
1957
New Girl In TownBroadway May 14, 1957. Original
431 performances
1958
Ages of ManBroadway December 28, 1958. Original
40 performances
1958
Edwin BoothBroadway November 24, 1958. Original
24 performances
1958
HowieBroadway September 17, 1958. Original
5 performances
1959
RedheadBroadway February 5, 1959. Original
452 performances
1960
ChristineBroadway April 28, 1960. Original
12 performances
1960
Finian’s RainbowBroadway May 23, 1960. Revival
12 performances
1960
TenderloinBroadway October 17, 1960. Original
216 performances
1961
Donnybrook!Broadway May 18, 1961. Original
68 performances
1961
How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingBroadway October 14, 1961. Original
1,417 performances
1965
Do I Hear A Waltz?Broadway March 18, 1965. Original
220 performances
1965
PickwickBroadway October 4, 1965. Revival
56 performances
1966
I Do! I Do!Broadway December 5, 1966. Original
560 performances
1966
Pousse-CaféBroadway March 18, 1966. Original
3 performances
1966
The Wayward StorkBroadway January 19, 1966. Original
5 performances
1969
1776Broadway March 16, 1969. Original
1,217 performances
1971
No, No, NanetteBroadway January 19, 1971. Revival
861 performances
1973
RaisinBroadway October 18, 1973. Original
847 performances
1973
The WomenBroadway April 25, 1973. Revival
63 performances
1975
ChicagoBroadway June 3, 1975. Revival
936 performances
1975
Private LivesBroadway February 6, 1975. Revival
92 performances
1977
BullyBroadway November 1, 1977. Original
7 performances
1978
Do You Turn Somersaults?Broadway January 9, 1978. Original
16 performances
1978
WorkingBroadway May 14, 1978. Original
24 performances
1982
NineBroadway May 9, 1982. Original
729 performances
1986
Arsenic and Old LaceBroadway June 26, 1986. Revival
221 performances
1987
FencesBroadway March 26, 1987. Original
525 performances
1988
CheckmatesBroadway August 4, 1988. Original
172 performances
1989
Born YesterdayBroadway January 29, 1989. Revival
153 performances
1989
The Merchant of VeniceBroadway December 19, 1989. Revival
80 performances
1990
AccompliceBroadway April 26, 1990. Original
52 performances
1990
Oh, Kay!Broadway November 1, 1990. Revival
77 performances
1991
Lost in YonkersBroadway February 21, 1991. Original
780 performances
1993
Fool MoonBroadway February 25, 1993. Original
215 performances
1993
Laughter on the 23rd FloorBroadway November 22, 1993. Original
320 performances
1993
The Boys Choir of Harlem and FriendsBroadway January 19, 1993. Original
14 performances
1994
A Christmas CarolBroadway December 22, 1994. Return-Engagement
18 performances
1994
Lamb Chop on BroadwayBroadway December 6, 1994. Original
8 performances
1994
Nanci Griffith on BroadwayBroadway November 2, 1994. Original
6 performances
1996
ChicagoBroadway November 14, 1996. Revival
9,999 performances
1997
Steel PierBroadway April 24, 1997. Original
76 performances
1998
FootlooseBroadway October 22, 1998. Revival
709 performances
2001
45 Seconds From BroadwayBroadway November 11, 2001. Original
73 performances
2002
Movin’ OutBroadway October 24, 2002. Original
1,303 performances
2002
Private LivesBroadway April 28, 2002. Revival
127 performances
2006
TarzanBroadway May 10, 2006. Original
486 performances
2007
Cyrano de BergeracBroadway November 1, 2007. Revival
56 performances
2008
In the HeightsBroadway March 9, 2008. Original
1,184 performances
2011
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad ZooBroadway March 31, 2011. Original
108 performances
2012
Porgy and BessBroadway January 12, 2012. Revival
322 performances
2012
Running On EmptyBroadway October 9, 2012. Original
8 performances
2012
The Gershwins' Porgy and BessBroadway January 12, 2012. Revival
293 performances
2013
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofBroadway January 17, 2013. Revival
84 performances
2013
Romeo and JulietBroadway September 19, 2013. Revival
93 performances
2013
The Rascals: Once Upon A DreamBroadway April 16, 2013. Original
14 performances
2014
If/ThenBroadway March 30, 2014. Original
401 performances
2015
HamiltonBroadway Original
3,500 performances

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