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Internet Broadway Database: Broadway Theatre Details
Theatre Names Named Broadway Theatre 1939 premiered Disney's "Fantasia" Cine Roma 1937 showed Italian films B.S. Moss's Broadway Theatre 1935 Oct 12, 1935 became movie house Broadway Theatre 1933 Opened December 26, 1932, became vaudeville house Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre 1932 Named for Earl Carroll , Reopened September 27, 1932 B.S. Moss's Broadway Theatre 1930 Named for Benjamin S. Moss , Opened December 8, 1930 Universal's Colony Theatre 1926 Opened February 7, 1926 B.S. Moss's Colony Theatre 1924 Named for Benjamin S. Moss , Opened December 25, 1924
Broadway Theatre Opening Date Promises, Promises Burt Bacharach ; Book by Neil Simon ; Lyrics by Hal David 04/25/2010 Shrek The Musical Jeanine Tesori ; Book by David Lindsay-Abaire ; Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire 12/14/2008 Cirque Dreams Jill Winters ; Lyrics by Jill Winters 06/26/2008 The Color Purple Brenda Russell , Allee Willis , Stephen Bray ; Book by Marsha Norman ; Lyrics by Brenda Russell , Allee Willis , Stephen Bray 12/01/2005 Bombay Dreams A.R. Rahman ; Book by Meera Syal , Thomas Meehan ; Lyrics by Don Black 04/29/2004 Sexaholix John Leguizamo 11/11/2003 La Bohème Giacomo Puccini ; Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa , Luigi Illica 12/08/2002 Robin Williams: Live on Broadway 07/11/2002 Blast! 04/17/2001 Miss Saigon Claude-Michel Schönberg ; Book by Alain Boublil , Claude-Michel Schönberg ; Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. , Alain Boublil 04/11/1991 Les Misérables Claude-Michel Schönberg ; Book by Alain Boublil , Claude-Michel Schönberg ; Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer 03/12/1987 Costello Sings Again 10/21/1986 Big Deal Bob Fosse 04/10/1986 The King and I Richard Rodgers ; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II ; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 01/07/1985 The Three Musketeers Rudolf Friml ; Book by William Anthony McGuire ; Lyrics by Clifford Grey , P. G. Wodehouse 11/11/1984 Zorba John Kander ; Book by Joseph Stein ; Lyrics by Fred Ebb 10/16/1983 Evita Andrew Lloyd Webber ; Book by Tim Rice ; Lyrics by Tim Rice 09/25/1979 Saravà Mitch Leigh ; Book by N. Richard Nash ; Lyrics by N. Richard Nash 03/06/1979 The Wiz Charlie Smalls ; Book by William F. Brown ; Lyrics by Charlie Smalls 05/25/1977 Nana Mouskouri on Broadway 04/26/1977 Guys and Dolls Frank Loesser ; Book by Abe Burrows , Jo Swerling ; Lyrics by Frank Loesser 07/21/1976 Candide Leonard Bernstein ; Lyrics by Richard Wilbur 03/10/1974 Dude Galt MacDermot ; Book by Gerome Ragni ; Lyrics by Gerome Ragni 10/09/1972 Fiddler on the Roof Jerry Bock ; Book by Joseph Stein ; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick 12/16/1970 Purlie Gary Geld ; Book by Ossie Davis , Peter Udell , Philip Rose ; Lyrics by Peter Udell 03/15/1970 Mame Jerry Herman ; Book by Jerome Lawrence , Robert E. Lee ; Lyrics by Jerry Herman 10/06/1969 Cabaret John Kander ; Book by Joe Masteroff ; Lyrics by Fred Ebb 10/07/1968 The Happy Time John Kander ; Book by N. Richard Nash ; Lyrics by Fred Ebb 01/18/1968 Funny Girl Jule Styne ; Book by Isobel Lennart ; Lyrics by Bob Merrill 11/28/1966 Annie Get Your Gun Irving Berlin ; Book by Herbert Fields , Dorothy Fields ; Lyrics by Irving Berlin 09/21/1966 A Time for Singing John Morris ; Book by Gerald Freedman , John Morris ; Lyrics by Gerald Freedman , John Morris 05/21/1966 The Devils John Whiting 11/16/1965 Baker Street Marian Grudeff , Raymond Jessel ; Book by Jerome Coopersmith ; Lyrics by Marian Grudeff , Raymond Jessel 02/16/1965 Zizi 11/21/1964 Folies Bergère [1964] Henri Betti , Georges Ulmer ; Lyrics by Henri Betti , Philippe Gerard , Georges Ulmer 06/02/1964 The Girl Who Came to Supper Noël Coward ; Book by Harry Kurnitz ; Lyrics by Noël Coward 12/08/1963 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp Nina Gernet 10/02/1963 An Unusual Concert Nina Gernet 10/02/1963 Tovarich Lee Pockriss ; Book by David Shaw ; Lyrics by Anne Croswell 03/18/1963 I Can Get It for You Wholesale Jerome Weidman 10/01/1962 My Fair Lady Frederick Loewe ; Book by Alan Jay Lerner ; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner 04/18/1962 Kean George Forrest , Robert Wright ; Book by Peter Stone ; Lyrics by George Forrest , Robert Wright 11/02/1961 Fiorello! Jerry Bock ; Book by George Abbott , Jerome Weidman ; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick 05/09/1961 The Music Man Meredith Willson ; Book by Meredith Willson ; Lyrics by Meredith Willson 10/24/1960 Gypsy Jule Styne ; Book by Arthur Laurents ; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim 05/21/1959 West Side Story Leonard Bernstein ; Book by Arthur Laurents ; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim 03/02/1959 King Henry V William Shakespeare 12/25/1958 Hamlet William Shakespeare 12/16/1958 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare 12/09/1958 Beryozka Russian Dance Company 11/04/1958 Le Cid Pierre Corneille 10/30/1958 Don Juan Molière 10/28/1958 Marie Tudor Victor Hugo 10/21/1958 Le Triomphe de l'Amour 10/16/1958 Lorenzaccio Alfred De Musset 10/14/1958 Ballet Español 10/07/1958 Carmen Darius Milhaud , Jean Françaix , Marius Constant 04/07/1958 Contre-Pointe Darius Milhaud , Jean Françaix , Marius Constant 04/07/1958 La Dame Dans La Lune Darius Milhaud , Jean Françaix , Marius Constant 04/07/1958 La Rose Des Vents Darius Milhaud , Jean Françaix , Marius Constant 04/07/1958 The Body Beautiful Jerry Bock ; Book by Joseph Stein , Will Glickman ; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick 01/23/1958 The Most Happy Fella Frank Loesser ; Book by Frank Loesser ; Lyrics by Frank Loesser 10/21/1957 Shinbone Alley George Kleinsinger ; Book by Joe Darion , Mel Brooks ; Lyrics by Joe Darion 04/13/1957 Mr. Wonderful Jerry Bock , George Weiss ; Book by Joseph Stein , Will Glickman ; Lyrics by Jerry Bock , George Weiss 03/22/1956 The Azuma Kabuki Dancers and Musicians 12/26/1955 Katherine Dunham and Her Company 11/22/1955 Carmen Amaya and Her Company 11/22/1955 Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard Alfred De Musset 11/15/1955 Un Caprice Alfred De Musset 11/15/1955 Arlequin Poli par l'Amour 11/08/1955 Le Barbier de Seville 11/08/1955 Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Lulli ; Written by Molière 10/25/1955 Antonio 10/02/1955 The Saint of Bleecker Street Gian-Carlo Menotti ; Libretto by Gian-Carlo Menotti ; Lyrics by Gian-Carlo Menotti 12/27/1954 Jose Greco 04/26/1954 Roland Petit's Les Ballets de Paris 01/19/1954 South Pacific Richard Rodgers ; Book by Joshua Logan , Oscar Hammerstein II ; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 06/29/1953 Shuffle Along [1952] Eubie Blake ; Revised Book by Paul Gerard Smith ; Lyrics by Noble Sissle 05/08/1952 Four Saints in Three Acts Virgil Thomson ; Libretto by Gertrude Stein 04/16/1952 Kiss Me, Kate Cole Porter ; Book by Bella Spewack , Sam Spewack ; Lyrics by Cole Porter 01/08/1952 Diamond Lil Mae West 09/14/1951 Oklahoma! Richard Rodgers ; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II ; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 05/29/1951 The Green Pastures Marc Connelly 03/15/1951 Where's Charley? Frank Loesser ; Book by George Abbott ; Lyrics by Frank Loesser 01/29/1951 Pardon Our French Victor Young ; Book by Chic Johnson , Ole Olsen ; Lyrics by Edward Heyman 10/05/1950 Katherine Dunham and Her Company 04/19/1950 Touch and Go Genevieve Pitot ; Music by Jay Gorney ; Sketches by Jean Kerr , Walter Kerr ; Lyrics by Jean Kerr , Walter Kerr 02/27/1950 As the Girls Go Jimmy McHugh ; Book by William Roos ; Lyrics by Harold Adamson 09/14/1949 Cabalgata Ramon Bastida 07/07/1949 High Button Shoes Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne ; Book by Stephen Longstreet ; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne 10/18/1948 Oedipus Rex Sophocles 05/22/1948 The Golem H. Levik 05/15/1948 David's Crown 05/08/1948 The Dybbuk S. Ansky 05/01/1948 The Cradle Will Rock Marc Blitzstein ; Book by Marc Blitzstein ; Lyrics by Marc Blitzstein 01/28/1948 Beggar's Holiday Duke Ellington ; Book by John La Touche ; Lyrics by John La Touche 12/26/1946 A Flag Is Born Ben Hecht 11/18/1946 Fancy Free Morton Gould , Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Leonard Bernstein , Arnold Schoenberg 09/30/1946 Interplay Morton Gould , Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Leonard Bernstein , Arnold Schoenberg 09/30/1946 Pas de Deux Morton Gould , Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Leonard Bernstein , Arnold Schoenberg 09/30/1946 Pillar of Fire Morton Gould , Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Leonard Bernstein , Arnold Schoenberg 09/30/1946 Song of Norway George Forrest , Robert Wright ; Book by Milton Lazarus ; Lyrics by George Forrest , Robert Wright 04/15/1946 Up in Central Park Sigmund Romberg ; Book by Herbert Fields , Dorothy Fields ; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields 06/11/1945 Memphis Bound! Don Walker ; Book by Albert Wineman Barker , Sally Benson ; Lyrics by Don Walker 05/24/1945 The Tempest William Shakespeare 03/19/1945 Carmen Jones Georges Bizet ; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II ; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 12/02/1943 Artists and Models [1943] Philip Charig , Milton Pascal , Dan Shapiro ; Book by Don Ross , Frank Luther , Lou Walters ; Lyrics by Philip Charig , Milton Pascal , Dan Shapiro 11/05/1943 The Student Prince Sigmund Romberg ; Libretto by Dorothy Donnelly 06/08/1943 Lady in the Dark Kurt Weill ; Book by Moss Hart ; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin 02/27/1943 My Sister Eileen Joseph A. Fields , Jerome Chodorov 12/13/1942 La Vie Parisienne Jacques Offenbach ; Additional Dialogue by Frank Torloff , Leo Riskin ; New Lyrics: Marion Farquhar 11/10/1942 Ballet Imperial 11/03/1942 The Fair at Sorochinsk 11/03/1942 This Is the Army Irving Berlin ; Book by Irving Berlin ; Dialogue for Minstrel Show by: Pvt. Jack Mendelsohn , Pfc. Richard Burdick , Pvt. Tom McDonnell ; Lyrics by Irving Berlin 07/04/1942 Mamba's Daughters Dorothy Heyward , DuBose Heyward 03/23/1940 Too Many Girls Richard Rodgers ; Book by George Marion, Jr. ; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart 00/00/1940 Folies Bergère [1939] 12/25/1939 Broadway Theatre Opening Date Broadway Sho-Window Gus Edwards ; Sketches by Eugene Conrad ; Lyrics by Eugene Conrad 04/12/1936 The O'Flynn Franklin Hauser ; Book by Brian Hooker , Russell Janney ; Lyrics by Brian Hooker , Russell Janney 12/27/1934 Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre Opening Date Earl Carroll's Vanities [1932] Harold Arlen ; Additional dialogue by Eugene Conrad ; Book by Jack McGowan ; Lyrics by Ted Koehler 09/27/1932 B.S. Moss's Broadway Theatre Opening Date Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare 06/06/1932 The New Yorkers Cole Porter ; Book by Herbert Fields ; Lyrics by Cole Porter 12/08/1930
