Standard Theatre

By decade20 productions across 4 decades

1. 1870s 2
2. 1880s 10
3. 1890s 7
4. 1910s 1

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

1893	Charley's Aunt October 2, 1893	240 perf.
1894	Too Much Johnson November 26, 1894	216 perf.
1879	H.M.S. Pinafore January 15, 1879	175 perf.
1887	Dorothy November 5, 1887	51 perf.
1880	Boccaccio April 19, 1880 · Max Freeman	44 perf.
1891	Robin Hood September 28, 1891 · Harry Dixon	40 perf.
1919	The Whirlwind December 23, 1919	31 perf.
1879	Cox and Box April 14, 1879	7 perf.

Ranked among the 10 runs here that carry a performance count. 10 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here20 productions

1879	Cox and Box April 14, 1879 · Original	7 perf.
1879	H.M.S. Pinafore January 15, 1879 · Original	175 perf.
1880	Boccaccio April 19, 1880 · Original	44 perf.
1880	The Upper Crust October 28, 1880 · Original
1881	Patience September 22, 1881 · Original
1882	Iolanthe November 25, 1882 · Original
1883	La Jolie Parfumeuse October 26, 1883 · Revival	1 perf.
1883	Les Cloches De Corneville October 23, 1883 · Revival	2 perf.
1885	My Milliner's Bill December 21, 1885 · Original
1886	A Tin Soldier May 3, 1886 · Original
1887	Dorothy November 5, 1887 · Original	51 perf.
1887	Paul Kauvar December 24, 1887 · Original
1891	Robin Hood September 28, 1891 · Revival	40 perf.
1893	Charley's Aunt October 2, 1893 · Original	240 perf.
1894	The New Boy September 17, 1894 · Original
1894	Too Much Johnson November 26, 1894 · Original	216 perf.
1895	Honour November 11, 1895 · Original
1895	The Capitol September 9, 1895 · Original
1895	The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown December 2, 1895 · Original
1919	The Whirlwind December 23, 1919 · Revival	31 perf.

In the literature3 passages

• The most celebrated American operetta of the 19th century, Robin Hood was produced by a touring company that first presented it in Chicago in June 1890. Though hastily put together at a total cost of $109.50, the musical caught on and was remounted in a more stylish production. It made an auspicious New York bow at the Standard Theatre (t…Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell
• Gilbert and Sullivan are circumspect about fleshly pleasure. More to the point, Sullivan utterly overtook the sophomoric sounds of the native forms and Gilbert was everyone’s first taste of wit in the libretto. Such was the appeal of HMS Pinafore in its premiere season of 1878–1879 that it didn’t just make a hit on Broadway: it saturated…Anything Goes_ A History of American Musical Theatre - Ethan Mordden
• or any group of input lines in any proportion through any speaker or group of speakers in any volume proportion. In flexibility and general usefulness, therefore, this system should surpass any standard theatre installation. The amplifier and control apparatus is grouped in a room adjacent to the stage, and the operator is kept informed b…sim_theatre-arts_1932-07_16_7

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 10 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 12 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.
• How many seats.
• Who built it.