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St. James Theatre

246 W. 44th St., New York, NY
Seats (approximate): 1710

Warren & Wetmore, architects. Originally built by and named for the founding member of the Theatrical Syndicate, Abraham L. Erlanger. He lost it in the Depression and the Shuberts bought it in 1941 but, fearing monopoly accusations, they turned over its management to Jujamcyn Amusement Corporation, who then renovated and reopened the venue in December, 1958.

Built: 1927

Theatre NamesNamed 
St. James Theatre1932
Erlanger's Theatre1927Named for Abraham L. Erlanger, Opened September 26, 1927

St. James TheatreOpening Date
Finian's Rainbow
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Burton Lane; Book by E.Y. Harburg, Fred Saidy; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
10/29/2009
Desire Under the Elms
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Eugene O'Neill
04/27/2009
Gypsy
Musical, Revival, Drama
Music by Jule Styne; Book by Arthur Laurents; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
03/27/2008
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Mel Marvin; Book by Timothy Mason; Lyrics by Timothy Mason
11/09/2007
The Producers
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Mel Brooks; Book by Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan; Lyrics by Mel Brooks
04/19/2001
Swing!
Musical, Original, Dance, Revue
12/09/1999
The Civil War
Musical, Original,
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Book by Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd; Lyrics by Jack Murphy
04/22/1999
High Society
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Cole Porter; Book by Arthur Kopit; Lyrics by Cole Porter
04/27/1998
Patti La Belle on Broadway
Special, Original, Concert
01/13/1998
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Farce
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
04/18/1996
Sunday in the Park with George
Special, Revival, Concert
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Book by James Lapine; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
05/15/1994
The Who's Tommy
Musical, Original,
Music by Pete Townshend; Book by Des McAnuff, Pete Townshend; Lyrics by Pete Townshend
04/22/1993
The Secret Garden
Musical, Original,
Music by Lucy Simon; Book by Marsha Norman; Lyrics by Marsha Norman
04/25/1991
Gypsy
Musical, Revival, Drama
Music by Jule Styne; Book by Arthur Laurents; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
11/16/1989
Largely New York
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Bill Irwin
05/01/1989
42nd Street
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Harry Warren; Lead Ins and Crossovers by Mark Bramble, Michael Stewart; Lyrics by Al Dubin
04/07/1987
Jerry's Girls
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Jerry Herman; Lyrics by Jerry Herman
12/18/1985
My One And Only
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by George Gershwin; Book by Peter Stone, Timothy S. Mayer; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
05/01/1983
Rock 'N Roll! The First 5,000 Years
Musical, Original, Revue
10/24/1982
Barnum
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Cy Coleman; Book by Mark Bramble; Lyrics by Michael Stewart
04/30/1980
Filumena
Play, Revival,
Written by Eduardo De Filippo
02/10/1980
The 1940's Radio Hour
Musical, Original,
Written by Walton Jones
10/07/1979
Broadway Opry '79
Special, Original, Concert
07/27/1979
Carmelina
Musical, Original,
Music by Burton Lane; Book by Alan Jay Lerner, Joseph Stein; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
04/08/1979
On the Twentieth Century
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Cy Coleman; Book by Adolph Green, Betty Comden; Lyrics by Adolph Green, Betty Comden
02/19/1978
Vieux Carré
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Tennessee Williams
05/11/1977
Music Is
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Richard Adler; Book by George Abbott; Lyrics by Will Holt
12/20/1976
My Fair Lady
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Romantic Comedy
Music by Frederick Loewe; Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
03/25/1976
A Musical Jubilee
Musical, Original, Revue
Written by Max Wilk
11/13/1975
The Misanthrope
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Molière
03/12/1975
Good News
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson; Book by B.G. DeSylva, Frank Mandel, Laurence Schwab; Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson
12/23/1974
A Streetcar Named Desire
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Tennessee Williams
10/01/1973
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Galt MacDermot; Lyrics by John Guare
12/01/1971
Scratch
Play, Original,
Written by Archibald MacLeish
05/06/1971
1776
Musical, Original, Comedy, History
Music by Sherman Edwards; Book by Peter Stone; Lyrics by Sherman Edwards
12/28/1970
Hello, Dolly!
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Jerry Herman; Book by Michael Stewart; Lyrics by Jerry Herman
01/16/1964
Luther
Play, Original,
"De Profundis" composed by Max Walmer; Written by John Osborne
09/25/1963
Mr. President
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Irving Berlin; Book by Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse; Lyrics by Irving Berlin
10/20/1962
Subways Are for Sleeping
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Jule Styne; Book by Adolph Green, Betty Comden; Lyrics by Adolph Green, Betty Comden
12/27/1961
Do Re Mi
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Jule Styne; Book by Garson Kanin; Lyrics by Adolph Green, Betty Comden
12/26/1960
Becket
Play, Original,
Written by Jean Anouilh
10/05/1960
Once Upon a Mattress
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Mary Rodgers; Book by Dean Fuller, Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer; Lyrics by Marshall Barer
05/09/1960
Flower Drum Song
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
12/01/1958
Li'l Abner
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Gene de Paul; Book by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
11/15/1956
The Pajama Game
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross; Book by George Abbott, Richard Bissell; Lyrics by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross
05/13/1954
The King and I
Musical, Original, Comedy, Drama
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
03/29/1951
Cox and Box
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/19/1951
The Pirates of Penzance
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/19/1951
Iolanthe
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/15/1951
The Gondoliers
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/12/1951
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/05/1951
Trial by Jury
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/05/1951
The Mikado
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
01/29/1951
Peter Pan
Play, Revival,
Written by James M. Barrie
10/02/1950
Where's Charley?
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Frank Loesser; Book by George Abbott; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
10/11/1948
Sleepy Hollow
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by George Lessner; Book by Miriam Battista, Russell Maloney; Lyrics by Miriam Battista, Russell Maloney
06/03/1948
Oklahoma!
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
03/31/1943
Without Love
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Philip Barry
11/10/1942
Claudia
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Rose Franken
05/24/1942
The Gondoliers
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by R.H. Burnside, Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
03/03/1942
Trial by Jury
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/28/1942
Iolanthe
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/23/1942
The Pirates of Penzance
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Frederic Cohen, Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/17/1942
The Prodigal Son
Special, Original, Ballet
Music by Frederic Cohen, Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/17/1942
The Mikado
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Alexander Tansman, Joseph Lanner, Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/03/1942
The Big City
Special, Original, Operetta, Ballet
Music by Alexander Tansman, Joseph Lanner, Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/03/1942
A Ball in Old Vienna
Special, Original, Ballet
Music by Alexander Tansman, Joseph Lanner, Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
02/03/1942
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Frederic Cohen, Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
01/21/1942
The Green Table
Special, Original, Dance, Drama
Music by Frederic Cohen, Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
01/21/1942
Sunny River
Musical, Original,
Music by Sigmund Romberg; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
12/04/1941
Pal Joey
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by John O'Hara; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
10/21/1941
Anne of England
Play, Original,
Written by Ethel Borden, Mary Cass Canfield
10/07/1941
Native Son
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Paul Green, Richard Wright
03/24/1941
Twelfth Night
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by William Shakespeare
11/19/1940
Russian Bank
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Theodore Komisarjevsky, Stuart Mims
05/24/1940
King Richard II
Play, Revival, History
Written by William Shakespeare
04/01/1940
Earl Carroll's Vanities [1940]
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Charles Rosoff; Lyrics by Dorcas Cochran
01/13/1940
Summer Night
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Vicki Baum
11/02/1939
King Henry IV, Part I
Play, Revival, History
Written by William Shakespeare
01/30/1939
Hamlet
Play, Revival, Tragedy
Written by William Shakespeare
10/12/1938
Trojan Incident
Play, Original, Dance, Drama
Music by Wallingford Riegger; Written by Euripides, Homer
04/21/1938
Empress of Destiny
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Jessica Lee, Joseph Lee Walsh
03/09/1938
Father Malachy's Miracle
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Brian Doherty
11/17/1937
King Richard II
Play, Revival, History
Written by William Shakespeare
09/15/1937
King Richard II
Play, Original, History
Written by William Shakespeare
02/05/1937
Hamlet
Play, Revival, Tragedy
Written by William Shakespeare
01/00/1937
Ten Million Ghosts
Play, Original, Drama
10/23/1936
May Wine
Musical, Original, Play
Music by Sigmund Romberg; Book by Frank Mandel; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
12/05/1935
Play, Genius, Play!
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Judith Kandel
10/30/1935
Thumbs Up!
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Henry Sullivan, James Hanley; Book by Alan Baxter, H. I. Phillips, Harold Atteridge; Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Earle Crooker
12/27/1934
Lost Horizons
Play, Original, Fantasy
Written by Harry Segall
10/15/1934
The Chocolate Soldier
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Oscar Strauss; Original German libretto ("Dertapfere Soldat") by Leopold Jacobson, Rudolph Bernauer
05/02/1934
Union Pacific
Musical, Original, Ballet
Music by Nicolas Nabokoff; Written by Archibald MacLeish
04/25/1934
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Special, Original, Ballet
01/00/1934
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
05/08/1933
Trial by Jury
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
05/08/1933
The Mikado
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
04/17/1933
Hangman's Whip
Play, Original,
Written by Frank Butler, Norman Reilly Raine
02/24/1933
Walk a Little Faster
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Vernon Duke; Book by Robert MacGunigle, S. J. Perelman; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
12/07/1932
Erlanger's TheatreOpening Date
Love from a Stranger
Play, Original, Drama, Mystery
Written by Frank Vosper
09/21/1936
The Merry Widow
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Franz Lehár; Book by Leo Stein, Victor Leon
02/22/1932
Robin Hood
Musical, Revival, Operetta, Romantic Comedy
Music by Reginald De Koven; Book by Harry B. Smith; Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
01/27/1932
The Gondoliers
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
01/11/1932
The Mikado
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
12/25/1931
Naughty Marietta
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Opera
Music by Victor Herbert; Libretto by Rida Johnson Young
12/07/1931
The Firefly
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Opera
Music by Rudolf Friml; Book by Otto Harbach; Lyrics by Otto Harbach
11/30/1931
Naughty Marietta
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Opera
Music by Victor Herbert; Book by Rida Johnson Young; Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young
11/16/1931
The Chimes of Normandy
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Opera
Music by Robert Planquette
11/02/1931
The Mikado
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
10/26/1931
The Geisha
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Sidney Jones; Book by Owen Hall; Lyrics by Harry Greenbank
10/05/1931
The Chocolate Soldier
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Oscar Strauss; American Book by Hugh Stanislaus Stange; American Lyrics by Hugh Stanislaus Stange
09/21/1931
The Merry Widow
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Franz Lehár; Book by Leo Stein, Victor Leon
09/07/1931
The Mikado
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
08/24/1931
Ruddigore
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
08/10/1931
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
07/27/1931
Trial by Jury
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
07/27/1931
Iolanthe
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
07/13/1931
The Pirates of Penzance
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
06/29/1931
Patience
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
06/15/1931
The Gondoliers
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
06/01/1931
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
05/18/1931
The Mikado
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
05/04/1931
Fine and Dandy
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Kay Swift; Book by Donald Ogden Stewart; Uncredited book by Joe Cook; Lyrics by Paul James
09/23/1930
The Rivals
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
03/13/1930
Gala Night
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Laurence Eyre
02/25/1930
Josef Suss
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Ashley Dukes
01/20/1930
Ladies of the Jury
Play, Original, Comedy
10/21/1929
Murray Anderson's Almanac
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Milton Ager, Henry Sullivan; Book by Noël Coward, Anna Wynne, Harry Ruskin, Paul Gerard Smith, Peter Arno, Ronald Jeans, Rube Goldberg; Lyrics by Jack Yellen
08/14/1929
Hello, Daddy
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Jimmy McHugh; Book by Herbert Fields; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
05/06/1929
Buckaroo
Play, Original, Melodrama, Comedy
Written by Albert Wineman Barker, Charles Beahan, Edwin L. Barker
03/16/1929
Vermont
Play, Original,
Written by A. E. Thomas
01/07/1929
Billie
Musical, Original,
Music by George M. Cohan; Book by George M. Cohan; Lyrics by George M. Cohan
10/01/1928
Diplomacy
Play, Revival,
Written by Victorien Sardou
05/28/1928
She Stoops to Conquer
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Oliver Goldsmith
05/14/1928
The Merry Malones
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by George M. Cohan; Book by George M. Cohan; Lyrics by George M. Cohan
04/09/1928
The Behavior of Mrs. Crane
Play, Original,
Written by Harry Segall
03/20/1928
The Merry Malones
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by George M. Cohan; Book by George M. Cohan; Lyrics by George M. Cohan
09/26/1927