Bandbox Theatre

Official Broadway League sites:

East 57th Street near Third Avenue, New York, NY

Seats (approximate): 1736

The venue opened under the direction of Adolf Phillip who dedicated the playhouse to the production of "light German and Viennese operettas." In December 1914, the New York Play Actors, Inc. announced they would remodel and take over the venue; it would reopen as the Bandbox.

Built: 1912 Closed: 1926 Demolished: 1969

Theatre Names	Named
Bandbox Theatre	1914
Adolf Philipp's Fifty-Seventh Street Theatre	1912 Named for Adolf Philipp,

Productions

Productions	Production Dates
Nju Play, Original Written by Ossip Dymow	Mar 22, 1917 - Apr 1917
The Lodger Play, Original Written by Horace Annesley Vachell	Jan 15, 1917 - Closing date unknown
The Master Play, Original Written by Benjamin F. Glazer	Jan 08, 1917 - Jan 1917
The Example Play, Original, Comedy Written by Ludwig Fulda	Sep 28, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Seagull Play, Original, Drama, Comedy Written by Anton Chekhov	May 20, 1916 - May 31, 1916
The Age of Reason Play, Original Written by Cecil Dorrian	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
The Magical City Play, Original Written by Zoe Akins	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
Pierre Patelin Play, Original Written by Zoe Akins	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
Fire and Water Play, Original Written by Hervey White	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
Night of Snow Play, Original Written by Roberto Bracco	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
Helena's Husband Play, Original Written by Philip Moeller	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
The Antick Play, Original Written by Percy MacKaye	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
Interior Play, Revival Written by Maurice Maeterlinck	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
Literature Play, Original Written by Arthur Schnitzler	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
Overtones Play, Original Written by Alice Gerstenberg	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
The Honorable Lover Play, Original Written by Roberto Bracco	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
Whims Play, Original Written by Alfred De Musset	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
The Roadhouse in Arden, 1616-1916 Play, Original Written by Philip Moeller	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
The Clod Play, Original Written by Lewis Beach	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
The Tenor Play, Original Written by Franz Wedekind	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
The Red Cloak Play, Original Written by Josephine A. Meyer, Lawrence Langner	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
Children Play, Original Written by Guy Bolton, Tom Carlton	Oct 04, 1915 - May 20, 1916
Licensed Play, Original Written by Basil Lawrence	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
Eugenically Speaking Play, Original Written by Edward Goodman	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
Interior Play, Original Written by Maurice Maeterlinck	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
Another Interior Play, Original Written by Murdock Pemberton	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
My Lady's Honor Play, Original Written by Murdock Pemberton	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
Moondown Play, Original Written by John Reed	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
The Shepherd in the Distance Play, Original Written by Holland Hudson	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
Two Blind Beggars and One Less Blind Play, Original Written by Philip Moeller	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
Love of One's Neighbor Play, Original Written by Leonid Andreyev	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
In April Play, Original Written by Rose Pastor Stokes	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
Forbidden Fruit Play, Original Written by George Jay Smith	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
Saviors Play, Original Written by Edward Goodman	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
A Miracle of St. Anthony Play, Original Written by Maurice Maeterlinck	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
A Bear Play, Original Written by Anton Chekhov	Feb 19, 1915 - May 30, 1915
Poor Little Thing Play, Original, Comedy Written by Jerome K. Jerome	Dec 22, 1914 - Jan 1915
Adolf Philipp's Fifty-Seventh Street Theatre
Auction Pinochle Musical, Original, Farce, Vaudeville Music by Jean Briquet; Book by Paul Herve	Nov 23, 1912 - Closing date unknown