Times Square Theatre

By decade39 productions across 2 decades

1. 1920s 26
2. 1930s 13

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

1924	Andre Charlot’s Revue Of 1924 January 9, 1924 · Andre Charlot	298 perf.
1928	The Front Page August 14, 1928 · George S. Kaufman	276 perf.
1922	The Fool October 23, 1922	272 perf.
1921	The Demi-Virgin October 18, 1921 · Charles Mather	268 perf.
1931	Private Lives January 27, 1931	256 perf.
1925	The Enemy October 20, 1925 · Robert Milton	203 perf.
1926	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes September 28, 1926	199 perf.
1920	The Mirage September 30, 1920	192 perf.

Everything that played here39 productions

1920	The Mirage September 30, 1920 · Original	192 perf.
1921	Honors Are Even August 10, 1921 · Original	70 perf.
1921	Love Dreams October 10, 1921 · Original	40 perf.
1921	The Broadway Whirl June 8, 1921 · Original	85 perf.
1921	The Demi-Virgin October 18, 1921 · Original	268 perf.
1921	The Right Girl March 15, 1921 · Original	98 perf.
1922	Strut, Miss Lizzie June 19, 1922 · Original	80 perf.
1922	Sue, Dear July 10, 1922 · Original	96 perf.
1922	The Charlatan April 24, 1922 · Revival	61 perf.
1922	The Exciters September 22, 1922 · Original	43 perf.
1922	The Fool October 23, 1922 · Original	272 perf.
1923	Pelleas and Melisande December 4, 1923 · Original	13 perf.
1924	Andre Charlot’s Revue Of 1924 January 9, 1924 · Original	298 perf.
1924	Annie Dear November 4, 1924 · Original	103 perf.
1924	Dear Sir September 23, 1924 · Original	15 perf.
1925	Kosher Kitty Kelly June 15, 1925 · Original	166 perf.
1925	Mismates April 13, 1925 · Original	32 perf.
1925	She Had To Know February 2, 1925 · Original	80 perf.
1925	The Enemy October 20, 1925 · Original	203 perf.
1925	The Pelican September 21, 1925 · Original	65 perf.
1926	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes September 28, 1926 · Original	199 perf.
1926	Number 7 September 8, 1926 · Original	37 perf.
1928	The Front Page August 14, 1928 · Original	276 perf.
1929	Borrowed Love June 17, 1929 · Original	13 perf.
1929	Other Men's Wives November 12, 1929 · Original	23 perf.
1929	The Middle Watch October 16, 1929 · Original	29 perf.
1930	As Good as New November 3, 1930 · Original	56 perf.
1930	Blind Mice October 15, 1930 · Original	14 perf.
1930	Hot Rhythm August 21, 1930 · Original	68 perf.
1930	Queen at Home December 29, 1930 · Original	16 perf.
1930	Strike Up the Band January 14, 1930 · Original	191 perf.
1931	I Love an Actress September 17, 1931 · Original	20 perf.
1931	Private Lives January 27, 1931 · Original	256 perf.
1931	Steel November 17, 1931 · Original	14 perf.
1932	Bloodstream March 30, 1932 · Original	29 perf.
1932	Clear All Wires September 14, 1932 · Original	93 perf.
1932	Wild Waves February 19, 1932 · Original	25 perf.
1933	Foolscap January 11, 1933 · Original	13 perf.
1933	Forsaking All Others March 1, 1933 · Original	110 perf.

In the literature8 passages

• It was originally announced that the National would be called the Times Square Theatre, but the Selwyns, theater owners one block over, claimed they had a previous right to use this name. The Selwyns opened their Times Square Theatre on 42nd Street in 1920. It was a Broadway house for only 13 years, before it was seized by the bank during…Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 2, The - Jennifer Ashley Tepper
• Osgood Perkins, Frances Fuller, and Lee Tracy in The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. New York, Times Square Theatre, 1928. [Photograph by Vandamm. Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations]McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 1 (A-C)
• Got a Crush on You," "How About a Boy Like Me?" "Ring a Ding a Ding-Dong Bell," and "The Man I Love." Produced New York, Times Square Theatre, January 14, 1930.McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N)
• January 14 Strike Up the Band opens at the Times Square Theatre, New York City; 191 performances. SEPTEMBER 29 First performance of Girl Crazy at the Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia.The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983
• York run: Times Square Theatre, opened January 14, 1930. 191 performances. Music by George Gershwin. Produced by Edgar Selwyn. Book by Morrie Ryskind, based on the 1927 Strike Up the Band libretto by George S. Kaufman. Book staged by Alexander Leftwich. Dances staged by George Hale. Orchestra under the direction of Hilding Anderson. Cast,…The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983

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 24 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.
• Who built it.
• Any photograph of the building.