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Winter Garden Theatre

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Broadway Open 1859–2026 on this page146 productions

The Winter Garden Theatre is a Broadway theatre at 1634 Broadway in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, U.S. Originally designed by architect William Albert Swasey, it opened in 1911. The Winter Garden's current design dates to 1922, when it was completely remodeled by Herbert J. Krapp. Due to the size of its auditorium, stage, and backstage facilities, it is favored for large musical productions. It has 1,600 seats and is operated by The Shubert Organization. The auditorium interior is a New York City landmark. The Winter Garden Theatre was adapted from the old building of the American Horse Exchange, completed in 1896. Its original façade consisted of several arches on Bro…

By decade146 productions across 13 decades

  1. 1850s 2
  2. 1860s 10
  3. 1910s 26
  4. 1920s 20
  5. 1930s 10
  6. 1940s 7
  7. 1950s 26
  8. 1960s 11
  9. 1970s 17
  10. 1980s 6
  11. 2000s 1
  12. 2010s 4
  13. 2020s 6

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

1982 Cats October 7, 1982 · Trevor Nunn 7,485 perf.
2001 Mamma Mia ! October 18, 2001 · Phyllida Lloyd 5,758 perf.
1966 Mame May 24, 1966 · Gene Saks 1,508 perf.
1964 Funny Girl March 26, 1964 · Jerome Robbins, Garson Kanin 1,348 perf.
2015 The School of Rock December 6, 2015 · Laurence Connor 1,309 perf.
1977 Beatlemania May 31, 1977 · Robert D. Mitchell 1,006 perf.
1941 Sons o' Fun December 1, 1941 · Edward Duryea Dowling 742 perf.
1957 West Side Story September 26, 1957 · Jerome Robbins 732 perf.

Ranked among the 137 runs here that carry a performance count. 9 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here146 productions

1859 Chamooni III October 19, 1859 · Original
1859 The Octoroon December 5, 1859 · Original
1860 Oliver Twist February 14, 1860 · Original
1861 Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella September 9, 1861 · Revival 24 perf.
1862 King Cotton June 21, 1862 · Original 5 perf.
1862 The Wizard's Tempest June 9, 1862 · Original 21 perf.
1864 Fra Diavolo/Thrice Married May 23, 1864 · Original 24 perf.
1864 Julius Caesar November 25, 1864 · Revival 1 perf.
1865 Hamlet March 22, 1865 · Revival
1865 Othello March 23, 1865 · Revival
1866 Columbus Reconstructed July 9, 1866 · Revival 24 perf.
1866 Jenny Lind July 30, 1866 · Revival 12 perf.
1911 La Belle Paree September 11, 1911 · Original 8 perf.
1911 La Belle Paree / Bow-Sing / Tortajada March 20, 1911 · Original 96 perf.
1911 The Revue of Revues September 27, 1911 · Original 55 perf.
1911 Undine November 20, 1911 · Original 112 perf.
1911 Vera Violetta November 20, 1911 · Original 112 perf.
1912 A Night with the Pierrots / Sesostra / The Whirl of Society March 5, 1912 · Original 136 perf.
1912 (From) Broadway to Paris November 20, 1912 · Original 77 perf.
1912 The Ballet of 1830 July 22, 1912 · Original 136 perf.
1913 The Honeymoon Express February 6, 1913 · Original 156 perf.
1913 The Passing Show of 1913 July 24, 1913 · Original 58 perf.
1913 The Pleasure Seekers November 3, 1913 · Original 72 perf.
1914 Dancing Around October 10, 1914 · Original 145 perf.
1914 The Passing Show of 1914 June 10, 1914 · Original 133 perf.
1914 The Whirl of the World January 10, 1914 · Original 161 perf.
1915 A World of Pleasure October 14, 1915 · Original 116 perf.
1915 Maid in America February 18, 1915 · Original 108 perf.
1915 The Passing Show of 1915 May 29, 1915 · Original 145 perf.
1916 Robinson Crusoe, Jr. February 17, 1916 · Original 139 perf.
1916 The Passing Show of 1916 June 22, 1916 · Original 140 perf.
1916 The Show of Wonders October 26, 1916 · Original 209 perf.
1917 Doing Our Bit October 18, 1917 · Original 130 perf.
1917 The Passing Show of 1917 April 26, 1917 · Original 196 perf.
1918 Sinbad February 14, 1918 · Revival 388 perf.
1918 The Passing Show of 1918 July 25, 1918 · Original 142 perf.
1919 Monte Cristo, Jr. February 12, 1919 · Original 254 perf.
1919 The Passing Show of 1919 October 23, 1919 · Original 280 perf.
1920 Broadway Brevities of 1920 September 29, 1920 · Original 105 perf.
1920 Cinderella on Broadway June 24, 1920 · Original 126 perf.
1920 The Passing Show of 1921 December 29, 1920 · Original 191 perf.
1921 The Whirl of New York June 13, 1921 · Revival 124 perf.
1922 Make It Snappy April 13, 1922 · Original 96 perf.
1922 Spice of 1922 July 6, 1922 · Original 85 perf.
1922 The Passing Show of 1922 September 20, 1922 · Original 85 perf.
1923 Bombo May 14, 1923 · Return-Engagement 32 perf.
1923 The Dancing Girl January 24, 1923 · Revival 142 perf.
1923 The Greenwich Village Follies [1923] September 20, 1923 · Original 140 perf.
1923 The Passing Show of 1923 June 14, 1923 · Original 118 perf.
1924 Innocent Eyes May 20, 1924 · Original 126 perf.
1924 The Passing Show of 1924 September 3, 1924 · Original 106 perf.
1925 Artists and Models [1925] June 24, 1925 · Original 416 perf.
1925 Big Boy January 7, 1925 · Original 56 perf.
1926 Gay Paree [1926] November 9, 1926 · Original 192 perf.
1926 The Great Temptations May 18, 1926 · Original 223 perf.
1927 Artists and Models [1927] November 15, 1927 · Original 151 perf.
1927 The Circus Princess April 25, 1927 · Original 192 perf.
1928 The Greenwich Village Follies [1928] April 9, 1928 · Original 128 perf.
1933 Hold Your Horses September 25, 1933 · Original 88 perf.
1934 Life Begins at 8:40 August 27, 1934 · Original 237 perf.
1934 Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 January 4, 1934 · Original 182 perf.
1935 At Home Abroad September 19, 1935 · Original 198 perf.
1935 Earl Carroll's Sketch Book [1935] June 4, 1935 · Original 207 perf.
1936 The Show Is On December 25, 1936 · Original 237 perf.
1936 Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 January 30, 1936 · Original 115 perf.
1937 Hooray For What! December 1, 1937 · Original 200 perf.
1937 The Show Is On September 18, 1937 · Return-Engagement 17 perf.
1938 You Never Know September 21, 1938 · Original 78 perf.
1941 Sons o' Fun December 1, 1941 · Original 742 perf.
1943 Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 April 1, 1943 · Original 553 perf.
1944 Laffing Room Only December 23, 1944 · Original 232 perf.
1944 Mexican Hayride January 28, 1944 · Original 481 perf.
1945 Marinka July 18, 1945 · Original 165 perf.
1948 As The Girls Go November 13, 1948 · Original 420 perf.
1949 Roland Petit's Les Ballets de Paris October 6, 1949 · Original 116 perf.
1950 Alive and Kicking January 17, 1950 · Original 46 perf.
1950 Great to Be Alive! March 23, 1950 · Original 52 perf.
1950 Michael Todd's Peep Show June 28, 1950 · Original 278 perf.
1951 Make A Wish April 18, 1951 · Original 102 perf.
1951 Top Banana November 1, 1951 · Original 350 perf.
1952 My Darlin' Aida October 27, 1952 · Original 89 perf.
1953 Wonderful Town February 25, 1953 · Original 559 perf.
1954 Peter Pan October 20, 1954 · Revival 152 perf.
1955 The Vamp November 10, 1955 · Original 60 perf.
1956 King Richard II October 23, 1956 · Revival 27 perf.
1956 Macbeth October 29, 1956 · Revival 25 perf.
1956 Romeo and Juliet October 24, 1956 · Revival 29 perf.
1956 Shangri-La June 13, 1956 · Original 21 perf.
1956 Tamburlaine the Great January 19, 1956 · Original 20 perf.
1956 Troilus and Cressida December 26, 1956 · Revival 14 perf.
1957 Christophe Colomb January 30, 1957 · Original 6 perf.
1957 Intermezzo February 14, 1957 · Original 5 perf.
1957 Le Chien du Jardinier / Les Adieux February 18, 1957 · Original 8 perf.
1957 Le Misanthrope February 7, 1957 · Revival 5 perf.
1957 Les Nuits de la Colere / Feu la Mere de Madame February 11, 1957 · Original 4 perf.
1957 Volpone February 4, 1957 · Revival 3 perf.
1957 West Side Story September 26, 1957 · Original 732 perf.
1957 Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 March 1, 1957 · Original 123 perf.
1959 Bayanihan October 13, 1959 · Original
1959 Juno March 9, 1959 · Original 16 perf.
1959 Saratoga December 7, 1959 · Revival 80 perf.
1960 The Unsinkable Molly Brown November 3, 1960 · Original 532 perf.
1960 West Side Story April 27, 1960 · Return-Engagement 249 perf.
1962 All American March 19, 1962 · Original 80 perf.
1962 Eddie Fisher at the Winter Garden October 2, 1962 · Original 40 perf.
1962 Nowhere To Go But Up November 10, 1962 · Original 9 perf.
1963 Pajama Tops May 31, 1963 · Revival 52 perf.
1963 Sophie April 15, 1963 · Revival 8 perf.
1963 The Lady of the Camellias March 20, 1963 · Revival 13 perf.
1964 Funny Girl March 26, 1964 · Original 1,348 perf.
1966 Mame May 24, 1966 · Original 1,508 perf.
1969 Jimmy October 23, 1969 · Original 84 perf.
1970 Georgy February 26, 1970 · Original 4 perf.
1971 Follies April 4, 1971 · Original 522 perf.
1972 Much Ado About Nothing November 11, 1972 · Revival 136 perf.
1972 Neil Diamond: One Man Show October 5, 1972 · Original
1974 Gypsy September 23, 1974 · Revival 120 perf.
1974 Liza January 6, 1974 · Revival 23 perf.
1974 Ulysses in Nighttown March 10, 1974 · Original 69 perf.
1975 Doctor Jazz March 19, 1975 · Original 5 perf.
1976 Fiddler on the Roof December 28, 1976 · Revival 167 perf.
1976 Natalie Cole November 23, 1976 · Original 6 perf.
1976 Pacific Overtures January 11, 1976 · Original 193 perf.
1977 Beatlemania May 31, 1977 · Original 1,006 perf.
1979 Bruce Forsyth on Broadway! June 12, 1979 · Original 5 perf.
1979 Comin' Uptown December 20, 1979 · Original 45 perf.
1979 Gilda Radner - Live From New York August 2, 1979 · Original 52 perf.
1979 Lerner and Loewe: A Very Special Evening May 14, 1979 · Original
1979 Zoot Suit March 25, 1979 · Original 41 perf.
1980 The Roast May 8, 1980 · Original 4 perf.
1980 Twyla Tharp and Dancers March 24, 1980 · Original 24 perf.
1981 Camelot November 15, 1981 · Return-Engagement 48 perf.
1981 Twyla Tharp Dance September 22, 1981 · Original 28 perf.
1982 Cats October 7, 1982 · Original 7,485 perf.
1982 Othello February 3, 1982 · Revival 123 perf.
2001 Mamma Mia ! October 18, 2001 · Original 5,758 perf.
2014 Rocky March 13, 2014 · Original 188 perf.
2015 The School of Rock December 6, 2015 · Original 1,309 perf.
2015 Wolf Hall Parts One & Two April 9, 2015 · Original 103 perf.
2019 Beetlejuice April 25, 2019 · Original 590 perf.
2022 The Music Man Opening date unknown · Revival 376 perf.
2023 Back to the Future August 3, 2023 · Original 383 perf.
2025 Good Night, and Good Luck April 3, 2025 · Original 77 perf.
2025 Mamma Mia ! August 14, 2025 · Revival 195 perf.
2026 Death of a Salesman April 9, 2026 · Revival 129 perf.
2026 Much Ado About Nothing November 19, 2026 · Revival

In the literature8 passages

  • 58 Wonderful Town had opened at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre on 25 February 1953, directed by George Abbott. The show had a book and lyrics by Comden and Green, and a score (composed in four weeks) by Bernstein.Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein
  • West Side Story opened at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre on 26 September 1957 – and the day after, Bernstein and Felicia flew to Israel for the inaugural concerts of the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv. Bernstein wasn't in New York for the cast recording of West Side Story , but Sondheim was, and he sent Bernstein a wonderfully detailed acc…Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein
  • First New York performance: 26 September 1957, Winter Garden Theatre, cast as aboveLeonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein
  • First New York performance: 26 February 1926, Winter Garden Theatre, cast as aboveLeonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein
  • Theatre : Mark Hellinger Theatre (during run, the musical transferred to the Winter Garden Theatre and then back to the Mark Hellinger Theatre)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 9 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.

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