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August Wilson Theatre

245 W. 52nd St., New York, NY
Seats (approximate): 1222

C. Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim, architects. Built by the Theatre Guild after they outgrew the Garrick, but the new house proved unsatisfactory. They leased it to the WOR Mutual Network for use as a radio station in 1943. In 1950, the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) purchased the theatre. They remained there until 1981, when Jujamcyn bought the venue and named it the Virginia, then renamed it for playwright August Wilson in 2005.

Built: 1925

Theatre NamesNamed 
August Wilson Theatre2005Named for August Wilson, on October 16, 2005.
Virginia Theatre1981Named for Virginia Binger, member of the Jujamcyn Board. Reopened June 27, 1982
American Academy of Dramatic Arts1953Leased to AADA for 2 years
ANTA Playhouse1950a.k.a. ANTA Theatre. Reopened March 31, 1950
WOR Mutual Radio1943radio
Guild Theatre1925Named for Theatre Guild, Inc., Opened April 13, 1925

August Wilson TheatreOpening Date
Jersey Boys
Musical, Original,
Music by Bob Gaudio; Book by Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice; Lyrics by Bob Crewe
11/06/2005
Virginia TheatreOpening Date
Little Women
Musical, Original,
Music by Jason Howland; Book by Allan Knee; Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
01/23/2005
Little Shop of Horrors
Musical, Original, Comedy, Puppets
Music by Alan Menken; Book by Howard Ashman; Lyrics by Howard Ashman
10/02/2003
Bill Maher: Victory Begins At Home
Special, Original, Solo, Comedy
Written by Bill Maher
05/05/2003
Flower Drum Song
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by David Henry Hwang; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
10/17/2002
The Crucible
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Arthur Miller
03/07/2002
King Hedley II
Play, Original, Drama
Written by August Wilson
05/01/2001
Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Play, Revival,
Written by Gore Vidal
09/17/2000
The Wild Party
Musical, Original, Drama
Music by Michael John LaChiusa; Book by Michael John LaChiusa, George C. Wolfe; Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa
04/13/2000
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller; Lyrics by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
03/02/1995
My Fair Lady
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Romantic Comedy
Music by Frederick Loewe; Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
12/09/1993
Jelly's Last Jam
Musical, Original,
Music by Jelly Roll Morton; Book by George C. Wolfe; Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead
04/26/1992
City of Angels
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Cy Coleman; Book by Larry Gelbart; Lyrics by David Zippel
12/11/1989
Shenandoah
Musical, Revival,
Music by Gary Geld; Book by James Lee Barrett, Peter Udell, Philip Rose; Lyrics by Peter Udell
08/08/1989
Run for Your Wife
Play, Original,
Written by Ray Cooney
03/07/1989
Carrie
Musical, Original,
Music by Michael Gore; Book by Lawrence D. Cohen; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
05/12/1988
The Mikado
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
04/02/1987
Wild Honey
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Michael Frayn
12/18/1986
Execution of Justice
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Emily Mann
03/13/1986
On Your Toes
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by George Abbott, Rodgers & Hart; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
03/06/1983
Alice in Wonderland
Play, Revival, Fantasy, Play with music
Adapted for the stage by Eva Le Gallienne, Florida Friebus
12/23/1982
Play Me a Country Song
Musical, Original,
Music by John R. Briggs, Harry Manfredini; Book by Jay Broad; Lyrics by John R. Briggs, Harry Manfredini
06/27/1982
ANTA PlayhouseOpening Date
Oh, Brother!
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Michael Valenti; *Book by Donald Driver; *Lyrics by Donald Driver
11/10/1981
Annie
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Charles Strouse; Book by Thomas Meehan; Lyrics by Martin Charnin
09/16/1981
Copperfield
Musical, Original,
Music by Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn; Book by Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn; Lyrics by Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
04/13/1981
The Stitch in Time
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Marc Connelly
02/03/1981
The Suicide
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Nikolai Erdman
10/09/1980
Heartaches of a Pussycat
Play, Original,
03/19/1980
Night and Day
Play, Original,
Written by Tom Stoppard
11/27/1979
Whoopee!
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Walter Donaldson; Book by William Anthony McGuire; Lyrics by Gus Kahn
02/14/1979
First Monday in October
Play, Original,
Written by Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
11/14/1978
A History of the American Film
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Mel Marvin; Book by Christopher Durang; Lyrics by Christopher Durang
03/30/1978
Bubbling Brown Sugar
Musical, Original, Revue
Book by Loften Mitchell
03/02/1976
Summer Brave
Play, Original, Comedy
The revised version of the Pulitzer-Prize winning comedy "Picnic" by William Inge
10/26/1975
A Letter for Queen Victoria
Musical, Original,
Music by Alan Lloyd; Book by Robert Wilson; Lyrics by Alan Lloyd
03/22/1975
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Tennessee Williams
09/24/1974
Full Circle
Play, Revival,
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
11/07/1973
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Play, Original,
Written by James Prideaux
12/12/1972
Different Times
Musical, Original,
Music by Michael Brown; Book by Michael Brown; Lyrics by Michael Brown
05/01/1972
The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks
Play, Original,
Written by Romulus Linney
02/09/1972
Purlie
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Gary Geld; Book by Ossie Davis, Peter Udell, Philip Rose; Lyrics by Peter Udell
03/15/1971
Othello
Play, Revival, Drama, Tragedy
Written by William Shakespeare
09/14/1970
Wilson in the Promise Land
Play, Original,
Written by Roland van Zandt
05/26/1970
The Cherry Orchard
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Anton Chekhov
05/06/1970
Harvey
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Mary Chase
02/24/1970
Gloria and Esperanza
Play, Original,
Written by Julie Bovasso
02/04/1970
Criss-Crossing
Play, Original,
Written by Philip Magdalany
01/21/1970
Watercolor
Play, Original,
Written by Philip Magdalany
01/21/1970
Sganarelle
Play, Revival, Pantomime, Sign Language
Written by Molière
01/12/1970
Songs From Milk Wood
Play, Original, Pantomime, Sign Language
Written by Molière
01/12/1970
No Place to Be Somebody
Play, Original,
Written by Charles Gordone
12/30/1969
Our Town
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Thornton Wilder
11/27/1969
King Henry V
Play, Revival, History
Written by William Shakespeare
11/10/1969
The Three Sisters
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Anton Chekhov
10/09/1969
A Flea in Her Ear
Play, Revival, Farce
Written by Georges Feydeau
10/03/1969
Tiny Alice
Play, Revival,
Written by Edward Albee
09/29/1969
A Teaspoon Every Four Hours
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Jackie Mason, Mike Mortman
06/14/1969
A Way of Life
Play, Original,
Written by Murray Schisgal
02/01/1969
Maggie Flynn
Musical, Original,
Music by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore; Book by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore; Lyrics by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
10/23/1968
Spofford
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Herman Shumlin
12/14/1967
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Play, Original,
Written by Amram Ducovny, Leon Friedman
11/05/1967
Song of the Grasshopper
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Alfonso Paso
09/28/1967
Fumed Oak
Play, Revival, Comedy, One Act
Written by Noël Coward
05/03/1967
Still Life
Play, Revival, One Act
Written by Noël Coward
05/03/1967
Ways and Means
Play, Revival, Comedy, One Act
Written by Noël Coward
05/03/1967
A Touch of the Poet
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Eugene O'Neill
05/02/1967
The Imaginary Invalid
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Molière
05/01/1967
Of Love Remembered
Play, Original,
Written by Arnold Sundgaard
02/18/1967
Those That Play the Clowns
Play, Original,
Written by Michael Stewart
11/24/1966
Manuela Vargas
Special, Original,
"Andalucia Gitana" Script and Adapation: Antonio R. Buzon, Rafael Montero
09/26/1966
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Play, Original,
Written by Peter Shaffer
10/26/1965
The Owl and the Pussycat
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Bill Manhoff
11/18/1964
Traveller Without Luggage
Play, Original,
Written by Jean Anouilh
09/17/1964
Blues for Mister Charlie
Play, Original,
Written by James Baldwin
04/23/1964
Marathon '33
Play, Original,
Written by June Havoc
12/22/1963
The Advocate
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Robert Noah
10/14/1963
A Man for All Seasons
Play, Original,
Written by Robert Bolt
11/22/1961
The Garden of Sweets
Play, Original,
Music by John Balamos; Written by Waldemar Hansen
10/31/1961
Afternoon of a Faun
Special, Revival, Ballet
"Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune" by Claude Debussy; Music by Frédéric Chopin, Robert Prince
10/08/1961
Moves
Special, Original, Ballet
"Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune" by Claude Debussy; Music by Frédéric Chopin, Robert Prince
10/08/1961
New York Export: Opus Jazz
Special, Revival, Ballet
"Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune" by Claude Debussy; Music by Frédéric Chopin, Robert Prince
10/08/1961
The Concert
Special, Revival, Ballet
"Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune" by Claude Debussy; Music by Frédéric Chopin, Robert Prince
10/08/1961
Big Fish, Little Fish
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Hugh Wheeler
03/15/1961
The Conquering Hero
Musical, Original,
Book by Larry Gelbart; Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
01/16/1961
A Thurber Carnival
Play, Original, Revue
Written by James Thurber
02/26/1960
The Fighting Cock
Play, Original,
Written by Jean Anouilh
12/08/1959
J.B.
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Archibald MacLeish
12/11/1958
Say, Darling
Play, Original, Comedy, Play with music
Music by Jule Styne; Book by Abe Burrows, Marian Bissell, Richard Bissell; Lyrics by Adolph Green, Betty Comden
04/03/1958
Interlock
Play, Original,
Written by Ira Levin
02/06/1958
A Shadow of My Enemy
Play, Original,
Music by Seymour Barab; Written by Sol Stein
12/11/1957
Middle of the Night
Play, Original,
Written by Paddy Chayefsky
02/08/1956
The Great Sebastians
Play, Original, Melodrama, Comedy
Written by Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
01/04/1956
The Young and Beautiful
Play, Original,
Written by Sally Benson
11/07/1955
A Day By The Sea
Play, Original,
Written by N. C. Hunter
09/26/1955
The Skin of Our Teeth
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Thornton Wilder
08/17/1955
Seventh Heaven
Musical, Original,
Music by Victor Young; Book by Stella Unger, Victor Wolfson; Lyrics by Stella Unger
05/26/1955
The Dark Is Light Enough
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Christopher Fry
02/23/1955
Portrait of a Lady
Play, Original, Drama
Written by William Archibald
12/21/1954
Golden Boy
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Clifford Odets
03/12/1952
Angna Enters
Special, Revival, Dance
03/01/1952
Desire Under the Elms
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Eugene O'Neill
01/16/1952
Getting Married
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by George Bernard Shaw
05/13/1951
The Little Blue Light
Play, Original,
Written by Edmund Wilson
04/29/1951
Night Music
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Clifford Odets
04/08/1951
L'Ecole Des Femmes
Play, Original, Comedy
Music by Vittorio Rieti; Written by Molière
03/18/1951
The School for Wives
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Molière
03/18/1951
Mary Rose
Play, Revival,
Written by James M. Barrie
03/04/1951
Peer Gynt
Play, Revival,
Written by Henrik Ibsen
01/28/1951
The House of Bernarda Alba
Play, Original,
Written by Frederico Garcia Lorca
01/07/1951
Twentieth Century
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
12/24/1950
The Cellar and the Well
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Phillip Pruneau
12/10/1950
The Tower Beyond Tragedy
Play, Original,
Written by Robinson Jeffers
11/26/1950
Guild TheatreOpening Date
The Russian People
Play, Original,
Written by Konstantine Simonov
12/29/1942
Mr. Sycamore
Play, Original,
Written by Ketti Frings
11/13/1942
Yesterday's Magic
Play, Original,
Written by Emlyn Williams
04/14/1942
Papa Is All
Play, Original,
Written by Patterson Greene
01/06/1942
Le Meri and Natya Dancers
Special, Original, Dance
12/01/1941
Hope for a Harvest
Play, Original,
Written by Sophie Treadwell
11/26/1941
Ah, Wilderness!
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Eugene O'Neill
10/02/1941
Flight to the West
Play, Original,
Written by Elmer Rice
12/30/1940
Every Man for Himself
Play, Original,
Written by Milton Lazarus
12/09/1940
Quiet, Please!
Play, Original,
Written by F. Hugh Herbert, Hans Kraly
11/08/1940
The World We Make
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Sidney Kingsley
11/20/1939
My Heart's in the Highlands
Play, Original,
Music by Paul Bowles; Written by William Saroyan
04/13/1939
Dorothy Crawford
Special, Original, Sketches
Written by Dorothy Crawford
03/12/1939
Jeremiah
Play, Original,
Music by Chemjo Vinaver; Written by Stefan Zweig
02/03/1939
The Merchant of Yonkers
Play, Original, Farce
Written by Thornton Wilder
12/28/1938
Ringside Seat
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Leonard Ide
11/22/1938
I Have Been Here Before
Play, Original, Drama, Mystery
Written by J.B. Priestley
10/13/1938
Washington Jitters
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by John Boruff, Walter Hart
05/02/1938
Wine of Choice
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by S. N. Behrman
02/21/1938
The Ghost of Yankee Doodle
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Sidney Howard
11/22/1937
To Quito and Back
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Ben Hecht
10/06/1937
Storm Over Patsy
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Bruno Frank
03/08/1937
But For the Grace of God
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Leopold L. Atlas
01/12/1937
The Miner's Wife
Play, Original, Solo
12/01/1936
In County Kerry
Play, Original, Solo
12/01/1936
In a Church in Italy
Play, Original, Solo
12/01/1936
Love in the Balkans
Play, Original, Solo
12/01/1936
Prelude to Exile
Play, Original, Drama
Written by William J. McNally
11/30/1936
And Stars Remain
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
10/12/1936
End of Summer
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by S. N. Behrman
02/17/1936
The Taming of the Shrew
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by William Shakespeare
09/30/1935
Parade
Musical, Original, Revue, Satire
Sketches by David Lesan, Frank Gabrielson, George Sklar, Paul Peters; Lyrics by George Sklar, Kyle Crichton, Paul Peters
05/20/1935
The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles
Play, Original, Fantasy
Written by George Bernard Shaw
02/18/1935
Valley Forge
Play, Original, Drama, History
Written by Maxwell Anderson
12/10/1934
A Sleeping Clergyman
Play, Original,
Written by James Bridie
10/08/1934
Ah, Wilderness!
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Eugene O'Neill
10/02/1933
Both Your Houses
Play, Original, Drama
06/11/1933
The Mask and the Face
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by W. Somerset Maugham
05/08/1933
American Dream
Play, Original, Drama
Written by George O'Neil
02/21/1933
La Nativite
Play, Original,
Arranged by Natalie Hays Hammond
02/05/1933
The Miraculous Birth and the Midwives
Play, Original,
Written by Natalie Hays Hammond
02/05/1933
Les Trois Rois
Play, Original,
Written by Natalie Hays Hammond
02/05/1933
Les Trois Maries
Play, Original,
Written by Natalie Hays Hammond
02/05/1933
The Lamentation of the Virgin Mary
Play, Original,
Written by Natalie Hays Hammond
02/05/1933
The Magdalen
Play, Original,
Written by Natalie Hays Hammond
02/05/1933
Biography
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by S. N. Behrman
12/12/1932
The Good Earth
Play, Original,
Written by Donald Davis, Owen Davis
10/17/1932
Too True to Be Good
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by George Bernard Shaw
04/04/1932
The Moon in the Yellow River
Play, Original,
Written by Denis Johnston
02/29/1932
Mourning Becomes Electra
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Eugene O'Neill
10/26/1931
He
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Alfred Savoir
09/21/1931
The Way of the World
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by William Congreve
06/01/1931
Getting Married
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by George Bernard Shaw
03/30/1931
Green Grow the Lilacs
Play, Original, Play with music
Written by Lynn Riggs
01/26/1931
Midnight
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Claire Sifton, Paul Sifton
12/29/1930
Elizabeth the Queen
Play, Original, Drama, History
Written by Maxwell Anderson
11/03/1930
Garrick Gaieties
Musical, Original, Revue
10/16/1930
Garrick Gaieties
Musical, Revival, Revue
Music by Ned Lehac, Everett Miller, Richard Myers, Peter Nolan, Willard Robison, Charles M. Schwab, Kay Swift, Harold Goodman, Harold Goldman, Marc Blitzstein, Vernon Duke; Book by Benjamin M. Kaye, Sally Humason, Sterling Holloway, Carroll Carroll, Gretchen Damrosch Finletter, Landon Herrick, Leopoldine Damrosch, Newman Levy, Louis M. Simon; Lyrics by Paul James, Josiah Titzell, Edward Eliscu, Allen Boretz, Thomas McKnight, E.Y. Harburg, Henry Myers, Ira Gershwin, Marc Blitzstein, Newman Levy, Ronald Jeans
06/04/1930
Meteor
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by S. N. Behrman
12/23/1929
The Game of Love and Death
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Romain Rolland
11/25/1929
Karl and Anna
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Leonhard Frank
10/07/1929
Caprice
Play, Original,
Written by Sil-Vara
12/31/1928
Major Barbara
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by George Bernard Shaw
11/19/1928
Faust
Play, Revival,
Music by Wolfgang Zeller; Written by Goethe
10/08/1928
Volpone
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Ben Jonson
04/09/1928
Marco Millions
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Eugene O'Neill
01/09/1928
The Doctor's Dilemma
Play, Revival,
Written by George Bernard Shaw
11/21/1927
Porgy
Play, Original,
Written by Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward
10/10/1927
The Second Man
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by S. N. Behrman
04/11/1927
Right You Are If You Think You Are
Play, Original,
Written by Luigi Pirandello
03/02/1927
The Brothers Karamazov
Play, Original,
Written by Jacques Copeau, Jean Croue
01/03/1927
Pygmalion
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by George Bernard Shaw
11/15/1926
Juarez and Maximilian
Play, Original, Drama, History
Written by Franz Werfel
10/11/1926
Garrick Gaieties
Musical, Revival, Revue
Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
05/10/1926
At Mrs. Beam's
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by C. K. Munro
04/26/1926
The Chief Thing
Play, Original, Comedy, Drama
Written by Nikolai Evreinov
03/22/1926
Little Eyolf
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Henrik Ibsen
02/02/1926
The Goat Song
Play, Original,
Written by Franz Werfel
01/25/1926
Merchants of Glory
Play, Original,
Written by Marcel Pagnol, Paul Nivoix
12/14/1925
The Glass Slipper
Play, Original,
Written by Ferenc Molnár
10/19/1925
Arms and the Man
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by George Bernard Shaw
09/14/1925
Caesar and Cleopatra
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by George Bernard Shaw
04/13/1925

August Wilson TheatreOpening Date
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Special, Revival, Benefit, Comedy, Concert
Music by Carol Hall; Book by Larry L. King, Peter Masterson; Lyrics by Carol Hall
10/16/2006