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Broadway Open 1913–2026 on this page182 productions

The Shubert Theatre is a Broadway theater at 225 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1913, the theater was designed by Henry Beaumont Herts in the Italian Renaissance style and was built for the Shubert brothers. Lee and J. J. Shubert had named the theater in memory of their brother Sam S. Shubert, who died in an accident several years before the theater's opening. It has 1,502 seats across three levels and is operated by The Shubert Organization. The facade and interior are New York City landmarks. The Shubert's facade is made of brick and terracotta, with sgraffito decorations designed in stucco. Three arches face south o…

By decade182 productions across 12 decades

  1. 1910s 31
  2. 1920s 30
  3. 1930s 36
  4. 1940s 24
  5. 1950s 17
  6. 1960s 11
  7. 1970s 12
  8. 1980s 1
  9. 1990s 3
  10. 2000s 7
  11. 2010s 5
  12. 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

1975 A Chorus Line April 15, 1975 · Michael Bennett 6,137 perf.
1992 Crazy for You February 19, 1992 · Mike Ockrent 1,622 perf.
2005 Monty Python’s Spamalot March 17, 2005 · Mike Nichols 1,575 perf.
2005 Spamalot Opening date unknown · Mike Nichols 1,575 perf.
2013 Matilda The Musical April 11, 2013 · Matthew Warchus 1,554 perf.
1968 Promises, Promises December 1, 1968 · Robert Moore 1,281 perf.
2009 Memphis October 19, 2009 · Christopher Ashley 1,165 perf.
1956 Bells Are Ringing November 29, 1956 · Jerome Robbins 924 perf.

Ranked among the 157 runs here that carry a performance count. 25 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here182 productions

1913 Caesar and Cleopatra October 20, 1913 · Revival
1913 Mice and Men October 3, 1913 · Revival
1913 Othello December 15, 1913 · Revival
1913 The Light That Failed October 9, 1913 · Revival
1913 The Passing of the Third Floor Back November 3, 1913 · Revival
1913 The Sacrament of Judas November 3, 1913 · Revival
1914 A Thousand Years Ago January 6, 1914 · Original 87 perf.
1914 Madam Moselle May 23, 1914 · Original 9 perf.
1914 Miss Daisy September 9, 1914 · Original 29 perf.
1914 The Belle of Bond Street March 30, 1914 · Original 48 perf.
1914 The Hawk September 28, 1914 · Original 136 perf.
1914 To-Night's the Night December 24, 1914 · Original 112 perf.
1915 Alone at Last October 19, 1915 · Original 180 perf.
1916 If I Were King April 29, 1916 · Revival 33 perf.
1916 Mr. Lazarus September 5, 1916 · Original 39 perf.
1916 So Long Letty October 23, 1916 · Original 96 perf.
1916 Step This Way May 29, 1916 · Original 88 perf.
1916 The Great Pursuit March 22, 1916 · Original 29 perf.
1916 The Happy Ending August 21, 1916 · Original 16 perf.
1917 Eileen March 19, 1917 · Original 64 perf.
1917 Love o' Mike January 15, 1917 · Original 233 perf.
1917 Maytime August 16, 1917 · Original 492 perf.
1918 Sometime October 4, 1918 · Original 283 perf.
1918 The Copperhead February 18, 1918 · Original 120 perf.
1919 A Lonely Romeo June 10, 1919 · Original 215 perf.
1919 Good Morning, Judge February 6, 1919 · Original 140 perf.
1919 Hamlet October 6, 1919 · Revival
1919 Oh, What A Girl! July 28, 1919 · Original 68 perf.
1919 The Magic Melody November 11, 1919 · Original 143 perf.
1919 The Taming of the Shrew October 6, 1919 · Revival
1919 Twelfth Night October 6, 1919 · Revival
1920 Hamlet April 26, 1920 · Revival
1920 Paddy the Next Best Thing August 27, 1920 · Original 54 perf.
1920 The Blue Flame March 15, 1920 · Original 48 perf.
1921 Phoebe of Quality Street May 9, 1921 · Original 16 perf.
1921 The All-Star Idlers of 1921 July 15, 1921 · Original
1921 The Greenwich Village Follies [1921] August 31, 1921 · Original 167 perf.
1921 The Trial of Joan of Arc April 12, 1921 · Original 31 perf.
1922 Pins And Needles February 1, 1922 · Original 46 perf.
1922 Red Pepper May 29, 1922 · Original 24 perf.
1922 The Greenwich Village Follies [1922] September 12, 1922 · Original 209 perf.
1922 The Hotel Mouse March 13, 1922 · Original 88 perf.
1923 Artists and Models [1923] August 20, 1923 · Original 312 perf.
1923 Blossom Time May 21, 1923 · Revival 24 perf.
1924 Marjorie August 11, 1924 · Original 144 perf.
1924 The Greenwich Village Follies [1924] September 16, 1924 · Original 127 perf.
1924 The Magnolia Lady November 25, 1924 · Original 16 perf.
1924 Vogues of 1924 March 27, 1924 · Original 114 perf.
1925 Beggar on Horseback March 23, 1925 · Revival 16 perf.
1925 Gay Paree [1925] August 18, 1925 · Original 181 perf.
1925 Othello January 10, 1925 · Revival 57 perf.
1925 Princess Ida April 13, 1925 · Revival 40 perf.
1926 Countess Maritza September 18, 1926 · Original 321 perf.
1927 And So To Bed November 9, 1927 · Original 189 perf.
1927 Harry Delmar's Revels November 28, 1927 · Original 112 perf.
1927 My Princess October 6, 1927 · Original 20 perf.
1927 Padlocks of 1927 July 5, 1927 · Original 95 perf.
1928 The Furies March 7, 1928 · Original 45 perf.
1928 The Red Robe December 25, 1928 · Original 167 perf.
1929 A Night in Venice May 21, 1929 · Original 175 perf.
1929 The Street Singer September 17, 1929 · Revival 191 perf.
1930 As You Like It March 24, 1930 · Revival
1930 Hamlet March 24, 1930 · Revival
1930 Hello, Paris November 15, 1930 · Revival 33 perf.
1930 Julius Caesar March 24, 1930 · Revival
1930 King Lear March 24, 1930 · Revival
1930 King Richard III March 24, 1930 · Revival
1930 Macbeth March 24, 1930 · Revival
1930 Meet My Sister December 30, 1930 · Original 167 perf.
1930 Symphony in Two Flats September 16, 1930 · Original 47 perf.
1930 The Last Enemy October 30, 1930 · Original 4 perf.
1930 The Merchant of Venice March 24, 1930 · Revival
1930 The Taming of the Shrew March 24, 1930 · Revival
1930 Three Little Girls April 14, 1930 · Original 104 perf.
1930 Twelfth Night March 24, 1930 · Revival
1931 Everybody's Welcome October 13, 1931 · Original 139 perf.
1931 Peter Ibbetson April 8, 1931 · Revival 37 perf.
1932 Americana October 5, 1932 · Revival 77 perf.
1932 Hey Nonny Nonny! June 6, 1932 · Original 32 perf.
1932 Smiling Faces August 30, 1932 · Original 31 perf.
1933 Her Man of Wax October 11, 1933 · Original 14 perf.
1933 Shady Lady July 5, 1933 · Original 30 perf.
1933 The Drums Begin November 24, 1933 · Original 11 perf.
1934 All the King's Horses January 30, 1934 · Original 120 perf.
1934 Dodsworth February 24, 1934 · Original 147 perf.
1935 A Journey By Night April 16, 1935 · Original 7 perf.
1935 A Sunny Morning December 7, 1935 · Original 1 perf.
1935 Camille December 4, 1935 · Revival 7 perf.
1935 Escape Me Never January 21, 1935 · Original 96 perf.
1935 Rosmersholm December 2, 1935 · Revival 8 perf.
1935 Sweet Mystery of Life October 11, 1935 · Original 11 perf.
1935 Tapestry in Gray December 27, 1935 · Original 24 perf.
1937 Amphitryon 38 November 1, 1937 · Original 153 perf.
1937 Babes in Arms April 14, 1937 · Original 289 perf.
1938 I Married an Angel May 11, 1938 · Original 338 perf.
1938 The Seagull March 28, 1938 · Revival 41 perf.
1939 The Philadelphia Story March 28, 1939 · Original 417 perf.
1940 Higher and Higher April 4, 1940 · Original 84 perf.
1940 Hold on to Your Hats September 11, 1940 · Original 158 perf.
1941 Candle in the Wind October 22, 1941 · Original 95 perf.
1941 Liberty Jones February 5, 1941 · Original 22 perf.
1941 The Doctor's Dilemma March 11, 1941 · Revival 121 perf.
1942 Argentinita March 1, 1942 · Original
1942 By Jupiter June 3, 1942 · Original 427 perf.
1942 Candida April 27, 1942 · Revival 27 perf.
1942 The Rivals January 14, 1942 · Revival 54 perf.
1942 Yours, A. Lincoln July 9, 1942 · Original 2 perf.
1943 Laugh Time September 8, 1943 · Original 126 perf.
1943 Othello October 19, 1943 · Revival 296 perf.
1943 The Vagabond King June 29, 1943 · Revival 56 perf.
1944 Bloomer Girl October 5, 1944 · Original 654 perf.
1944 Catherine Was Great August 2, 1944 · Original 191 perf.
1944 War President April 24, 1944 · Original 2 perf.
1946 Park Avenue November 4, 1946 · Original 72 perf.
1946 Yours Is My Heart September 5, 1946 · Original 36 perf.
1947 Sweethearts January 21, 1947 · Revival 288 perf.
1947 The First Mrs. Fraser November 5, 1947 · Revival 38 perf.
1947 Under the Counter October 3, 1947 · Original 27 perf.
1948 Anne of the Thousand Days December 8, 1948 · Original 288 perf.
1948 My Romance October 19, 1948 · Original 95 perf.
1949 I Know My Love November 2, 1949 · Original 247 perf.
1951 Jose Greco Ballet October 1, 1951 · Original 65 perf.
1951 Paint Your Wagon November 12, 1951 · Original 289 perf.
1952 The Millionairess October 17, 1952 · Revival 83 perf.
1953 Can-Can May 7, 1953 · Original 892 perf.
1953 The Love of Four Colonels January 15, 1953 · Original 141 perf.
1955 Iolanthe October 24, 1955 · Revival 7 perf.
1955 Pipe Dream November 30, 1955 · Original 246 perf.
1955 Princess Ida October 13, 1955 · Revival 8 perf.
1955 Ruddigore October 20, 1955 · Revival 8 perf.
1955 The Mikado October 10, 1955 · Revival 12 perf.
1955 The Pirates Of Penzance October 6, 1955 · Revival 8 perf.
1955 The Yeomen of the Guard October 3, 1955 · Revival 8 perf.
1955 Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore October 17, 1955 · Revival 13 perf.
1956 Bells Are Ringing November 29, 1956 · Original 924 perf.
1958 Whoop-Up December 22, 1958 · Original 56 perf.
1959 A Majority of One February 16, 1959 · Original 556 perf.
1959 Take Me Along October 22, 1959 · Original 448 perf.
1961 The Gay Life November 18, 1961 · Revival 113 perf.
1962 I Can Get It For You Wholesale March 22, 1962 · Original 300 perf.
1962 Stop the World- I Want to Get Off October 3, 1962 · Original 555 perf.
1963 Here’s Love October 3, 1963 · Original 334 perf.
1964 Bajour November 23, 1964 · Original 232 perf.
1965 The Roar of the Greasepaint The Smell of the Crowd May 16, 1965 · Original 232 perf.
1966 Ivanov May 3, 1966 · Revival 47 perf.
1966 Malcolm January 11, 1966 · Original 7 perf.
1966 The Apple Tree October 18, 1966 · Original 463 perf.
1968 Golden Rainbow February 4, 1968 · Original 385 perf.
1968 Promises, Promises December 1, 1968 · Original 1,281 perf.
1972 An Evening With Richard Nixon and... April 30, 1972 · Original 16 perf.
1972 The Creation of the World and Other Business November 30, 1972 · Original 20 perf.
1972 The Selling of the President March 22, 1972 · Original 5 perf.
1973 A Little Night Music February 25, 1973 · Original 601 perf.
1973 Sondheim: A Musical Tribute March 11, 1973 · Original
1974 Over Here! March 6, 1974 · Revival 341 perf.
1975 A Chorus Line April 15, 1975 · Original 6,137 perf.
1975 Seascape January 26, 1975 · Original 65 perf.
1975 The Constant Wife April 14, 1975 · Revival 32 perf.
1976 George Abbott...A Celebration May 2, 1976 · Original 1 perf.
1978 The Neighborhood Playhouse at 50 December 3, 1978 · Original
1979 V.I.P. Night on Broadway April 22, 1979 · Original
1988 A Celebration of Paul Robeson October 30, 1988 · Original 1 perf.
1990 Buddy November 4, 1990 · Original 225 perf.
1992 Crazy for You February 19, 1992 · Original 1,622 perf.
1996 Big April 28, 1996 · Original 193 perf.
2003 Gypsy May 1, 2003 · Revival 451 perf.
2004 Forever Tango July 24, 2004 · Revival 114 perf.
2005 A Wonderful Life December 12, 2005 · Original 1 perf.
2005 Monty Python’s Spamalot March 17, 2005 · Original 1,575 perf.
2005 Spamalot Opening date unknown · Original 1,575 perf.
2009 Blithe Spirit March 15, 2009 · Revival 145 perf.
2009 Memphis October 19, 2009 · Original 1,165 perf.
2010 Brigadoon June 14, 2010 · Revival 1 perf.
2011 Camelot June 6, 2011 · Revival 1 perf.
2013 Matilda The Musical April 11, 2013 · Original 1,554 perf.
2017 Hello, Dolly! April 20, 2017 · Revival 699 perf.
2018 To Kill a Mockingbird December 13, 2018 · Original 626 perf.
2022 POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive April 27, 2022 · Original 126 perf.
2022 Some Like It Hot Opening date unknown · Original 326 perf.
2024 Hell's Kitchen April 20, 2024 · Original 767 perf.
2026 Celebrity Autobiography May 18, 2026 · Revival 39 perf.
2026 Galileo December 6, 2026 · Revival

In the literature8 passages

  • In December 2004, Eric Idle and John Du Prez premiered a new comedy musical at Chicago’s Shubert Theatre, with a prominent cast that included David Hyde Pierce, Hank Azaria, Sara Ramirez and, in the lead role of King Arthur, Tim Curry. Directed by Mike Nichols and sub-headed ‘A new musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Monty…Still the Beast is Feeding_ 40 Years of Rocky Horror - Rob Bagnall & Phil Barden
  • 48 “Kanagawa” is a reference to Pacific Overtures . Tryouts for this show started at the Shubert Theatre, Boston (8–29 November 1975), and then the Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, D.C. (4–27 December 1975), before opening on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on 11 January 1976.Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein
  • Theatres and Performance Dates : The musical opened at the Shubert Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, on December 25, 1951, and closed at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 26, 1952.Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
  • Theatre : St. James Theatre (during run, the musical transferred to the Shubert Theatre)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
  • Theatres and Performance Dates : The musical opened on December 26, 1955, at the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and closed on January 21, 1956, at the Shubert Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts.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 25 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
  • When 41 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.

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