St. James Theatre

By decade101 productions across 10 decades

1. 1930s 15
2. 1940s 17
3. 1950s 9
4. 1960s 6
5. 1970s 12
6. 1980s 8
7. 1990s 10
8. 2000s 4
9. 2010s 11
10. 2020s 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

1964	Hello, Dolly! January 16, 1964 · Gower Champion	2,844 perf.
2001	The Producers April 19, 2001	2,502 perf.
1943	Oklahoma! March 31, 1943 · Rouben Mamoulian	2,212 perf.
1951	The King and I March 29, 1951 · John van Druten	1,246 perf.
1954	The Pajama Game May 13, 1954 · George Abbott & Jerome Robbins	1,063 perf.
1993	The Who\ April 22, 1993 · Des McAnuff	899 perf.
1993	Tommy April 22, 1993 · Des McAnuff	899 perf.
1980	Barnum April 30, 1980 · Joe Layton	854 perf.

Ranked among the 99 runs here that carry a performance count. 2 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here101 productions

1930	Fine And Dandy September 23, 1930 · Original	255 perf.
1932	Walk a Little Faster December 7, 1932 · Original	116 perf.
1933	Hangman's Whip February 24, 1933 · Original	11 perf.
1933	The Mikado April 17, 1933 · Revival	16 perf.
1933	Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore May 8, 1933 · Revival	16 perf.
1934	Lost Horizons October 15, 1934 · Original	56 perf.
1934	The Chocolate Soldier May 2, 1934 · Revival	13 perf.
1934	Thumbs Up! December 27, 1934 · Original	156 perf.
1934	Union Pacific April 25, 1934 · Original	4 perf.
1935	May Wine December 5, 1935 · Original	213 perf.
1935	Play, Genius, Play! October 30, 1935 · Original	5 perf.
1936	Ten Million Ghosts October 23, 1936 · Original	11 perf.
1937	Father Malachy's Miracle November 17, 1937 · Original	125 perf.
1937	King Richard II September 15, 1937 · Return-Engagement	38 perf.
1939	Summer Night November 2, 1939 · Original	4 perf.
1940	Earl Carroll's Vanities [1940] January 13, 1940 · Original	25 perf.
1940	King Richard II April 1, 1940 · Revival	32 perf.
1940	Russian Bank May 24, 1940 · Original	11 perf.
1940	Twelfth Night November 19, 1940 · Revival	129 perf.
1941	Anne of England October 7, 1941 · Original	7 perf.
1941	Native Son March 24, 1941 · Original	114 perf.
1941	Sunny River December 4, 1941 · Original	36 perf.
1942	H.M.S. Pinafore / The Green Table January 21, 1942 · Revival	18 perf.
1942	Iolanthe February 23, 1942 · Revival	5 perf.
1942	The Gondoliers March 3, 1942 · Revival	3 perf.
1942	The Mikado / The Big City / A Ball in Old Vienna February 3, 1942 · Revival	19 perf.
1942	The Pirates of Penzance / The Prodigal Son February 17, 1942 · Revival	11 perf.
1942	Trial by Jury February 28, 1942 · Revival	7 perf.
1942	Without Love November 10, 1942 · Original	113 perf.
1943	Oklahoma! March 31, 1943 · Original	2,212 perf.
1948	Sleepy Hollow June 3, 1948 · Original	12 perf.
1948	Where’s Charley? October 11, 1948 · Original	792 perf.
1951	Cox and Box February 19, 1951 · Revival	8 perf.
1951	Iolanthe February 15, 1951 · Revival	4 perf.
1951	The Gondoliers February 12, 1951 · Revival	4 perf.
1951	The King and I March 29, 1951 · Original	1,246 perf.
1951	The Mikado January 29, 1951 · Revival	8 perf.
1951	Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore February 5, 1951 · Revival
1954	The Pajama Game May 13, 1954 · Original	1,063 perf.
1956	Li’l Abner November 15, 1956 · Original	693 perf.
1958	Flower Drum Song December 1, 1958 · Original	600 perf.
1960	Becket October 5, 1960 · Original	193 perf.
1960	Do Re Mi December 26, 1960 · Original	400 perf.
1961	Subways Are For Sleeping December 27, 1961 · Original	205 perf.
1962	Mr. President October 20, 1962 · Original	265 perf.
1963	Luther September 25, 1963 · Original	211 perf.
1964	Hello, Dolly! January 16, 1964 · Original	2,844 perf.
1971	Scratch May 6, 1971 · Original	4 perf.
1971	Two Gentlemen of Verona December 1, 1971 · Revival	614 perf.
1974	Good News! December 23, 1974 · Revival	16 perf.
1975	A Musical Jubilee November 13, 1975 · Original	92 perf.
1975	The Misanthrope March 12, 1975 · Revival	94 perf.
1976	Music Is December 20, 1976 · Original	8 perf.
1976	My Fair Lady March 25, 1976 · Revival	377 perf.
1977	Vieux Carré May 11, 1977 · Original	6 perf.
1978	On the Twentieth Century February 19, 1978 · Original	449 perf.
1979	Broadway Opry '79 July 27, 1979 · Original	6 perf.
1979	Carmelina April 8, 1979 · Original	17 perf.
1979	The 1940's Radio Hour October 7, 1979 · Original	105 perf.
1980	Barnum April 30, 1980 · Original	854 perf.
1980	Filumena February 10, 1980 · Revival	33 perf.
1982	Rock 'N Roll! The First 5,000 Years October 24, 1982 · Original	9 perf.
1983	My One and Only May 1, 1983 · Original	767 perf.
1985	Jerry's Girls December 18, 1985 · Original	141 perf.
1989	Gypsy November 16, 1989 · Revival	581 perf.
1989	Largely New York May 1, 1989 · Original	144 perf.
1989	Lou Reed on Broadway March 19, 1989 · Original	6 perf.
1991	The Secret Garden April 25, 1991 · Original	709 perf.
1993	The Who\ April 22, 1993 · Original	899 perf.
1993	Tommy April 22, 1993 · Revival	899 perf.
1994	Sunday in the Park with George May 15, 1994 · Revival	1 perf.
1996	A Funny Thing... Forum (1996 Revival) April 18, 1996 · Revival	715 perf.
1996	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum April 18, 1996 · Revival	715 perf.
1998	High Society April 27, 1998 · Original	144 perf.
1998	Patti LaBelle on Broadway January 13, 1998 · Original	12 perf.
1999	Swing! December 9, 1999 · Original	461 perf.
1999	The Civil War April 22, 1999 · Original	61 perf.
2001	The Producers April 19, 2001 · Original	2,502 perf.
2007	Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas November 9, 2007 · Return-Engagement	96 perf.
2008	Gypsy March 27, 2008 · Revival	332 perf.
2009	Finian’s Rainbow October 29, 2009 · Revival	92 perf.
2010	American Idiot April 20, 2010 · Original	422 perf.
2011	Hair July 13, 2011 · Return-Engagement	67 perf.
2011	On A Clear Day You Can See Forever December 11, 2011 · Revival	57 perf.
2012	Bring It On: The Musical August 1, 2012 · Original	173 perf.
2012	Leap of Faith April 26, 2012 · Original	20 perf.
2013	Let It Be July 24, 2013 · Original	46 perf.
2013	Manilow On Broadway January 29, 2013 · Original	25 perf.
2014	Bullets Over Broadway April 10, 2014 · Original	156 perf.
2014	Side Show November 17, 2014 · Revival	56 perf.
2017	Present Laughter April 5, 2017 · Revival	101 perf.
2018	Frozen March 22, 2018 · Revival	825 perf.
2021	American Utopia October 17, 2021 · Return-Engagement	134 perf.
2021	Springsteen on Broadway June 26, 2021 · Return-Engagement	30 perf.
2022	Into the Woods July 10, 2022 · Revival	425 perf.
2023	New York, New York The Musical April 26, 2023 · Original	108 perf.
2023	Spamalot November 16, 2023 · Revival	164 perf.
2024	Illinoise April 24, 2024 · Original	117 perf.
2024	Sunset Boulevard October 20, 2024 · Revival	312 perf.
2025	The Queen of Versailles November 9, 2025 · Original	49 perf.
2026	Titaníque April 12, 2026 · Original

In the literature8 passages

• Theatre : Imperial Theatre (during run, the musical transferred to the St. James Theatre)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• Where’s Charley? originally opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on October 11, 1948, and when it closed on September 9, 1950, it had chalked up 792 performances, enjoyed two hit songs (“Once in Love with Amy” and “My Darling, My Darling”), and won a Tony Award for Ray Bolger as Best Leading Actor in a Musical. Upon its closing, Bo…Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• The musical about farmers and cowboys in the Indian Territory in the early 1900s first opened at the St. James Theatre on March 30, 1943, for a then record-breaking run of 2,212 performances. The original cast included Alfred Drake (Curly), Joan Roberts (Laurey), Celeste Holm (Ado Annie), Howard Da Silva (Jud Fry), Betty Garde (Aunt Eller…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
• With the opening of Flower Drum Song , theatergoers were also treated to a completely refurbished St. James Theatre. Early programs offered a special insert that included six photographs of the new interiors as well as background information about the makeover. The building had been “stripped to its skeleton” and an entirely new theatre w…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 2 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 7 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.