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Richard Rodgers Theatre

226 W. 46th St., New York, NY
Seats (approximate): 1380

Herbert J. Krapp, architect. Built by Irwin and Henry Chanin but immediately leased to the Shuberts, who eventually bought it in 1931. The Nederlanders bought it in 1982, refurbished it, and renamed it the Richard Rodgers in 1990.

Built: 1925

Theatre NamesNamed 
Richard Rodgers Theatre1990Named for Richard Rodgers, composer. Re-opened April 26, 1990
46th Street Theatre1932Opened October 10, 1932
Chanin's 46th Street Theatre1925Named for Henry I. and Irwin S. Chanin, Opened February 7, 1925

Richard Rodgers TheatreOpening Date
In the Heights
Musical, Original,
Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes; Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
03/09/2008
Cyrano de Bergerac
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Edmond Rostand
11/01/2007
Tarzan
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Phil Collins; Book by David Henry Hwang; Lyrics by Phil Collins
05/10/2006
Movin' Out
Musical, Original, Dance
Music by Billy Joel; Lyrics by Billy Joel
10/24/2002
Private Lives
Play, Revival, Comedy, Romantic Comedy
Written by Noël Coward
04/28/2002
45 Seconds From Broadway
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
11/11/2001
Seussical
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Book by Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
11/30/2000
Footloose
Musical, Original,
Music by Tom Snow; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
10/22/1998
Side Show
Musical, Original,
Music by Henry Krieger; Book by Bill Russell; Lyrics by Bill Russell
10/16/1997
Steel Pier
Musical, Original,
Music by John Kander; Book by David Thompson; Lyrics by Fred Ebb
04/24/1997
Chicago
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by John Kander; Book by Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb; Lyrics by Fred Ebb
11/14/1996
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Frank Loesser; Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, Willie Gilbert; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
03/23/1995
A Christmas Carol
Play, Revival, Solo
Written by Charles Dickens
12/22/1994
Lamb Chop on Broadway
Special, Original, Puppets
Music by Stormy Sacks; Book by Sol Turtletaub; Lyrics by Rob Battan
12/06/1994
Nanci Griffith on Broadway
Special, Original,
11/02/1994
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
11/22/1993
Fool Moon
Special, Original, Comedy
02/25/1993
The Boys Choir of Harlem and Friends
Special, Original, Concert
01/19/1993
Lost in Yonkers
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
02/21/1991
Oh, Kay!
Musical, Revival, All Black Cast
Music by George Gershwin; Book by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
11/01/1990
Accomplice
Play, Original, Comedy, Thriller
Written by Rupert Holmes
04/26/1990
46th Street TheatreOpening Date
The Merchant of Venice
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by William Shakespeare
12/19/1989
Born Yesterday
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Garson Kanin
01/29/1989
Checkmates
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Ron Milner
08/04/1988
Fences
Play, Original, Drama
Written by August Wilson
03/26/1987
Arsenic and Old Lace
Play, Revival, Comedy
06/26/1986
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
02/26/1985
Nine
Musical, Original, Drama
Music by Maury Yeston; Book by Arthur Kopit; Lyrics by Maury Yeston
05/09/1982
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Carol Hall; Book by Larry L. King, Peter Masterson; Lyrics by Carol Hall
06/19/1978
Working
Musical, Original,
Original songs with music by Craig Carnelia, Mary Rodgers, Stephen Schwartz, Micki Grant, James Taylor; Original songs with lyrics by Craig Carnelia, Stephen Schwartz, Susan Birkenhead, Micki Grant, James Taylor
05/14/1978
Do You Turn Somersaults?
Play, Original, Romance
Written by Aleksei Arbuzov; Circus Song Lyrics by Ian Kellam
01/09/1978
Bully
Play, Original, Solo
Written by Jerome Alden
11/01/1977
Chicago
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by John Kander; Book by Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb; Lyrics by Fred Ebb
06/03/1975
Private Lives
Play, Revival, Comedy, Romantic Comedy
Written by Noël Coward
02/06/1975
Raisin
Musical, Original,
Music by Judd Woldin; Book by Charlotte Zaltzberg, Robert Nemiroff; Lyrics by Robert Brittan
10/18/1973
The Women
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Clare Boothe Luce
04/25/1973
No, No, Nanette
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Vincent Youmans; Book by Frank Mandel, Otto Harbach; Lyrics by Otto Harbach, Irving Caesar
01/19/1971
1776
Musical, Original, Comedy, History
Music by Sherman Edwards; Book by Peter Stone; Lyrics by Sherman Edwards
03/16/1969
The Price
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Arthur Miller
11/18/1968
I Do! I Do!
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Harvey Schmidt; Book by Tom Jones; Lyrics by Tom Jones
12/05/1966
Pousse-Café
Musical, Original,
Music by Duke Ellington; Book by Jerome Weidman; Lyrics by Marshall Barer
03/18/1966
The Wayward Stork
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Harry Tugend
01/19/1966
Pickwick
Musical, Original,
Music by Cyril Ornadel; Book by Wolf Mankowitz; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
10/04/1965
Do I Hear a Waltz?
Musical, Original,
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Arthur Laurents; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
03/18/1965
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Frank Loesser; Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, Willie Gilbert; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
10/14/1961
Donnybrook!
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Johnny Burke; Book by Robert E. McEnroe; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
05/18/1961
Tenderloin
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Jerry Bock; Book by George Abbott, Jerome Weidman; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
10/17/1960
Finian's Rainbow
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Burton Lane; Book by E.Y. Harburg, Fred Saidy; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
05/23/1960
Christine
Musical, Original,
Music by Sammy Fain; Book by Charles K. Peck, Jr., Pearl S. Buck; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
04/28/1960
Redhead
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Albert Hague; Book by Herbert Fields, David Shaw, Dorothy Fields, Sidney Sheldon; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
02/05/1959
Ages of Man
Play, Original, Solo, Drama
Scenes and sonnets by William Shakespeare
12/28/1958
Edwin Booth
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Milton Geiger
11/24/1958
Howie
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Phoebe Ephron
09/17/1958
New Girl in Town
Musical, Original,
Music by Bob Merrill; Book by George Abbott; Lyrics by Bob Merrill
05/14/1957
Damn Yankees
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross; Book by Douglass Wallop , George Abbott; Lyrics by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross
05/05/1955
The Bad Seed
Play, Original,
Written by Maxwell Anderson
12/08/1954
On Your Toes
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Lorenz Hart, George Abbott, Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
10/11/1954
Ondine
Play, Original, Romance
Music by Virgil Thomson; Written by Jean Giraudoux
02/18/1954
Guys and Dolls
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Frank Loesser; Book by Abe Burrows, Jo Swerling; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
11/24/1950
Arms and the Girl
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Morton Gould; Book by Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields, Rouben Mamoulian; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
02/02/1950
Regina
Musical, Original, Drama, Opera
Music by Marc Blitzstein; Libretto by Marc Blitzstein
10/31/1949
Love Life
Musical, Original, Comedy
Assistant to Mr. Weill on ballet music: Irving Schlein; Music by Kurt Weill; Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
10/07/1948
Finian's Rainbow
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Burton Lane; Book by E.Y. Harburg, Fred Saidy; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
01/10/1947
The Red Mill
Musical, Revival,
Music by Victor Herbert; Book by Henry Blossom; Additional lyrics by Forman Brown; Lyrics by Henry Blossom
12/24/1945
Dark of the Moon
Play, Original,
Written by Howard Richardson, William Berney
03/14/1945
One Touch of Venus
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Kurt Weill; Book by Ogden Nash, S. J. Perelman; Lyrics by Ogden Nash
01/26/1944
Martha Graham and Company
Special, Original, Dance
12/26/1943
Rosalinda
Musical, Original, Operetta
Lyrics by Paul Kerby
11/15/1943
My Dear Public
Musical, Original,
Music by Gerald Marks, Samuel M. Lerner, Irving Caesar; Book by Charles Gottesfeld, Irving Caesar; Lyrics by Gerald Marks, Samuel M. Lerner, Irving Caesar
09/09/1943
Button Your Lip
Play, Original,
Written by Pfc. John B. O'Dea
06/14/1943
First Cousins
Play, Original,
Written by Pfc. John B. O'Dea
06/14/1943
Mail Call
Play, Original,
Written by Pfc. John B. O'Dea
06/14/1943
Pack Up Your Troubles
Play, Original,
Written by Pfc. John B. O'Dea
06/14/1943
Where'er We Go
Play, Original,
Written by Pfc. John B. O'Dea
06/14/1943
Sons o' Fun
Musical, Original, Comedy, Revue
"La Cancion de las Flores" composed by Silvio Masciarelli; Interpolated dance music composed by Will Irwin; Music by Jack Yellen; Book by Chic Johnson, Hal Block, Ole Olsen; Lyrics by Jack Yellen
03/29/1943
Beat the Band
Musical, Original, Comedy
Book by George Abbott, George Marion, Jr.; Lyrics by George Marion, Jr.
10/14/1942
New Priorities of 1943
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Jerry Seelen, Lester Lee; Lyrics by Jerry Seelen, Lester Lee
09/15/1942
Priorities of 1942
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Charles Barnes, Marjery Fielding; Lyrics by Charles Barnes, Marjery Fielding
03/12/1942
Junior Miss
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Jerome Chodorov
12/26/1941
Panama Hattie
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields, B.G. DeSylva; Lyrics by Cole Porter
10/30/1940
Du Barry Was a Lady
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields, B.G. DeSylva; Lyrics by Cole Porter
12/06/1939
Mexicana
Musical, Original, Extravaganza, Revue
04/21/1939
Knickerbocker Holiday
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Kurt Weill; Book by Maxwell Anderson; Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
02/13/1939
Blossom Time
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music adapted by Sigmund Romberg; Music by Franz Schubert; Written by Heinz Reichert, Dr. A. M. Willner
12/26/1938
Hellzapoppin
Musical, Original, Revue, Vaudeville
Music by Sammy Fain, Charles Tobias; Book by Olsen & Johnson; Lyrics by Sammy Fain, Charles Tobias
09/22/1938
Censored
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Conrad Seiler, Max Marcin
02/26/1938
Right This Way
Musical, Original, Comedy
Ballet music and interludes by Fabian Storey; Music by Brad Greene; Additional dialogue by Alan Lipscott, Parke Levy; Book by Marianne Brown Waters; Lyrics by Marianne Brown Waters
01/05/1938
Robin Landing
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Stanley Young
11/18/1937
Blow Ye Winds
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Valentine Davies
09/23/1937
Plumes in the Dust
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Sophie Treadwell
11/06/1936
So Proudly We Hail
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Joseph M. Viertel
09/22/1936
Come Angel Band
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Dudley Nichols, Stuart Anthony
02/18/1936
A Room in Red and White
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Roy Hargrave
01/18/1936
Weep for the Virgins
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Nellise Child
11/30/1935
Anything Goes
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Cole Porter; Book by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse; Book revised by Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse; Lyrics by Cole Porter
09/30/1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Frank B. Elser, Marc Connelly
10/30/1934
The First Legion
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Emmet Lavery
10/01/1934
She Loves Me Not
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Howard Lindsay
11/20/1933
Counsellor-at-Law
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Elmer Rice
05/15/1933
Of Thee I Sing
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by George Gershwin; Book by George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
10/10/1932
Earl Carroll's Sketch Book [1929]
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by E.Y. Harburg, Jay Gorney; Book by Sidney Skolsky, Earl Carroll, Eddie Cantor; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, Jay Gorney
03/10/1930
Mozart
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Sacha Guitry
12/27/1926
Chanin's 46th Street TheatreOpening Date
Happy Landing
Play, Original,
Written by John B. Hymer
03/26/1932
Marching By
Musical, Original,
Music by Jean Gilbert; Book by Harry B. Smith, Harry Clarke; Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
03/03/1932
Here Goes the Bride
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by John W. Green; Book by Peter Arno; Lyrics by Edward Heyman
11/03/1931
You Said It
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Harold Arlen; Book by Jack Yellen, Sid Silvers; Lyrics by Jack Yellen
01/19/1931
Sweet and Low
Musical, Original, Revue
Sketches by: David Freedman
11/17/1930
Who Cares
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Percy Wenrich; Book by John Cantwell, Bertrand Robinson, Edward Clarke Lilley, Kenneth Webb; Lyrics by Harry Clarke
07/08/1930
Top Speed
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Harry Ruby; Book by Bert Kalmar, Guy Bolton, Harry Ruby; Lyrics by Bert Kalmar
12/25/1929
Follow Thru
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Ray Henderson; Book by B.G. DeSylva, Laurence Schwab; Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown
01/09/1929
Good News
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Ray Henderson; Book by B.G. DeSylva, Laurence Schwab; Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown
09/06/1927
Baby Mine
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Margaret Mayo
06/09/1927
The Spider
Play, Original, Mystery, Melodrama
Written by Fulton Oursler, Lowell Brentano
03/22/1927
Piggy
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Cliff Friend; Book by Daniel Kusell; Lyrics by Lew Brown
02/07/1927
L'Illusioniste
Play, Original,
Written by Sacha Guitry
12/27/1926
The Shanghai Gesture
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by John Colton
09/00/1926
My Country
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by William J. Perlman
08/09/1926
Is Zat So?
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Richard Taber, James Gleason
03/15/1926
The Greenwich Village Follies [1925]
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Owen Murphy; Lyrics by Owen Murphy
12/24/1925