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Ziegfeld Theatre

Broadway1341 Sixth AvenueOpened 1927 Closed in 196640 productions on this page, 1927 to 1965

The Ziegfeld Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 1341 Sixth Avenue, corner of 54th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1927 and despite public protests, it was razed in 1966. == History == With a seating capacity of 1,638, the Ziegfeld Theatre was named for the famed Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., who built it with financial backing from William Randolph Hearst. Designed by Joseph Urban and Thomas W. Lamb, it opened February 2, 1927, with the musical Rio Rita. The theater's second show was also its most famous—Jerome Kern's landmark musical Show Boat, which opened December 27, 1927, and ran for 572 performances. Due to the decline in new Broadway shows durin…

By decade

40 productions across 5 decades
  1. 1920s 4
  2. 1930s 4
  3. 1940s 14
  4. 1950s 13
  5. 1960s 5

Longest runs here

by performances
1949
Gentlemen Prefer BlondesBroadway December 8, 1949. Directed by John C. Wilson
740 performances
1953
KismetBroadway December 3, 1953. Directed by Albert Marre
583 performances
1947
BrigadoonBroadway March 13, 1947. Directed by Robert Lewis
581 performances
1927
Show BoatBroadway December 27, 1927. Directed by Zeke Colvan
572 performances
1945
The Red MillBroadway October 16, 1945. Directed by Aida Broadbent
531 performances
1927
Rio RitaBroadway February 2, 1927. Directed by John Harwood
494 performances
1946
Show BoatBroadway January 5, 1946. Directed by Hassard Short
418 performances
1944
Seven Lively ArtsBroadway December 7, 1944. Directed by Hassard Short, Philip Loeb
183 performances

Everything that played here

40 productions
1927
Rio RitaBroadway February 2, 1927. Original
494 performances
1927
Show BoatBroadway December 27, 1927. Original
572 performances
1929
Bitter SweetBroadway November 5, 1929. Original
159 performances
1929
Show GirlBroadway July 2, 1929. Original
111 performances
1930
Simple SimonBroadway February 18, 1930. Original
135 performances
1930
SmilesBroadway November 18, 1930. Original
63 performances
1931
Ziegfeld Follies of 1931Broadway July 1, 1931. Original
165 performances
1932
Hot-Cha!Broadway March 8, 1932. Original
119 performances
1944
Seven Lively ArtsBroadway December 7, 1944. Original
183 performances
1945
Concert VarietiesBroadway June 1, 1945. Original
36 performances
1945
The Red MillBroadway October 16, 1945. Revival
531 performances
1946
Show BoatBroadway January 5, 1946. Revival
418 performances
1947
BarbaraBroadway April 20, 1947. Original
1947
BrigadoonBroadway March 13, 1947. Original
581 performances
1947
Harald KreutzbergBroadway November 9, 1947. Original
1947
Martha GrahamBroadway February 24, 1947. Revival
1948
Benefit: Spanish Refugee AppealBroadway January 25, 1948. Original
1948
Iva KitchellBroadway January 11, 1948. Original
1948
MagdalenaBroadway September 20, 1948. Original
88 performances
1948
The Rape of LucretiaBroadway December 29, 1948. Original
23 performances
1949
Blackouts of 1949Broadway September 6, 1949. Original
51 performances
1949
Gentlemen Prefer BlondesBroadway December 8, 1949. Revival
740 performances
1950
ANTA AlbumBroadway January 29, 1950. Original
1951
Antony and CleopatraBroadway December 20, 1951. Revival
66 performances
1951
Caesar and CleopatraBroadway December 19, 1951. Revival
67 performances
1951
Music in the AirBroadway October 8, 1951. Revival
56 performances
1952
Amphitryon / Les Fourberies de ScapinBroadway November 20, 1952. Original
12 performances
1952
HamletBroadway December 1, 1952. Revival
8 performances
1952
La Repetition ou L'Amour PuniBroadway November 27, 1952. Original
4 performances
1952
Le ProcesBroadway November 17, 1952. Original
4 performances
1952
Les Fausses Confidences / BaptisteBroadway November 12, 1952. Original
13 performances
1952
Occupe-toi d'AmelieBroadway November 24, 1952. Original
4 performances
1952
Of Thee I SingBroadway May 5, 1952. Revival
72 performances
1953
KismetBroadway December 3, 1953. Revival
583 performances
1955
Hear! Hear!Broadway September 27, 1955. Original
38 performances
1963
An Evening with Maurice ChevalierBroadway January 28, 1963. Original
29 performances
1963
Danny KayeBroadway April 10, 1963. Revival
47 performances
1963
The Jack Benny ShowBroadway February 27, 1963. Original
50 performances
1964
FoxyBroadway February 16, 1964. Original
72 performances
1965
AnyaBroadway November 29, 1965. Original
16 performances

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