Discover Seasons

1939-1940

Productions Opening During the Season

Streets of Paris
Musical, Original
Jun 19, 1939
Broadhurst Theatre
 
 
Majestic Theatre
From Vienna
Musical, Original
Jun 20, 1939
Music Box Theatre
Yokel Boy
Musical, Original
Jul 6, 1939
Majestic Theatre
The American Way
Play, Return Engagement
Jul 17, 1939
Center Theatre
George White's Scandals [1939]
Musical, Original
Aug 28, 1939
Alvin Theatre
 
 
Hollywood Theatre
Journey's End
Play, Revival
Sep 18, 1939
Empire Theatre
See My Lawyer
Play, Original
Sep 27, 1939
Biltmore Theatre
The Straw Hat Revue
Musical, Original
Sep 29, 1939
Ambassador Theatre
They Knew What They Wanted
Play, Revival
Oct 2, 1939
Empire Theatre
Skylark
Play, Original
Oct 11, 1939
Morosco Theatre
The Three Sisters
Play, Revival
Oct 14, 1939
Longacre Theatre
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Play, Original
Oct 16, 1939
Music Box Theatre
Ladies and Gentlemen
Play, Original
Oct 17, 1939
Martin Beck Theatre
Too Many Girls
Musical, Original
Oct 18, 1939
Imperial Theatre
 
 
Broadway Theatre
The Possessed
Play, Original
Oct 24, 1939
Lyceum Theatre
Cure For Matrimony
Play, Original
Oct 25, 1939
Provincetown Playhouse
The Time of Your Life
Play, Original
Oct 25, 1939
Booth Theatre
Pastoral
Play, Original
Nov 1, 1939
Henry Miller's Theatre
Summer Night
Play, Original
Nov 2, 1939
St. James Theatre
Margin for Error
Play, Original
Nov 3, 1939
Plymouth Theatre
 
 
Majestic Theatre
Sea Dogs
Play, Original
Nov 6, 1939
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
Life With Father
Play, Original
Nov 8, 1939
Empire Theatre
 
 
Bijou Theatre
 
 
Alvin Theatre
Thunder Rock
Play, Original
Nov 14, 1939
Mansfield Theatre
Very Warm for May
Musical, Original
Nov 17, 1939
Alvin Theatre
The World We Make
Play, Original
Nov 20, 1939
Guild Theatre
Aries Is Rising
Play, Original
Nov 21, 1939
John Golden Theatre
Ring Two
Play, Original
Nov 22, 1939
Henry Miller's Theatre
I Know What I Like
Play, Original
Nov 24, 1939
Hudson Theatre
Key Largo
Play, Original
Nov 27, 1939
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Farm of Three Echoes
Play, Original
Nov 28, 1939
Cort Theatre
Swingin' The Dream
Musical, Original
Nov 29, 1939
Center Theatre
Morning's at Seven
Play, Original
Nov 30, 1939
Longacre Theatre
Hamlet
Play, Revival
Dec 4, 1939
44th Street Theatre
Foreigners
Play, Original
Dec 5, 1939
Belasco Theatre
Du Barry Was a Lady
Musical, Original
Dec 6, 1939
46th Street Theatre
 
 
Royale Theatre
The Woman Brown
Play, Original
Dec 8, 1939
Biltmore Theatre
Steel
Play, Original
Dec 19, 1939
Provincetown Playhouse
Once Upon A Time
Play, Original
Dec 20, 1939
Labor Stage Theatre
Billy Draws a Horse
Play, Original
Dec 21, 1939
Playhouse Theatre
When We Are Married
Play, Original
Dec 25, 1939
Lyceum Theatre
Folies Bergère [1939]
Musical, Original
Dec 25, 1939
Broadway Theatre
Kindred
Play, Original
Dec 26, 1939
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
Christmas Eve
Play, Original
Dec 27, 1939
Henry Miller's Theatre
The Male Animal
Play, Original
Jan 9, 1940
Cort Theatre
John Henry
Musical, Original
Jan 10, 1940
44th Street Theatre
Gizelle
Special, Original
Jan 12, 1940
Center Theatre
Earl Carroll's Vanities [1940]
Musical, Original
Jan 13, 1940
St. James Theatre
Juno and the Paycock
Play, Revival
Jan 16, 1940
Mansfield Theatre
The Man Who Killed Lincoln
Play, Original
Jan 17, 1940
Longacre Theatre
Two On An Island
Play, Original
Jan 22, 1940
Broadhurst Theatre
 
 
Hudson Theatre
Young Couple Wanted
Play, Original
Jan 24, 1940
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
Geneva
Play, Original
Jan 30, 1940
Henry Miller's Theatre
My Dear Children
Play, Original
Jan 31, 1940
Belasco Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew
Play, Benefit
Feb 5, 1940
Alvin Theatre
Two For The Show
Musical, Original
Feb 8, 1940
Booth Theatre
The Unconquered
Play, Original
Feb 13, 1940
Biltmore Theatre
Reunion in New York
Musical, Original
Feb 21, 1940
Little Theatre
Night Music
Play, Original
Feb 22, 1940
Broadhurst Theatre
Another Sun
Play, Original
Feb 23, 1940
National Theatre
Leave Her To Heaven
Play, Original
Feb 27, 1940
Longacre Theatre
The Burning Deck
Play, Original
Mar 1, 1940
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
The Weak Link
Play, Original
Mar 4, 1940
John Golden Theatre
The Fifth Column
Play, Original
Mar 6, 1940
Alvin Theatre
A Passenger to Bali
Play, Original
Mar 14, 1940
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Goodbye in the Night
Play, Original
Mar 18, 1940
Biltmore Theatre
According to Law
Play, Original
Mar 19, 1940
Provincetown Playhouse
What D' You Call It
Play, Original
Mar 19, 1940
Provincetown Playhouse
The Devil Is A Good Man
Play, Original
Mar 19, 1940
Provincetown Playhouse
Separate Rooms
Play, Original
Mar 23, 1940
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
 
 
Mansfield Theatre
 
 
Plymouth Theatre
A Case of Youth
Play, Original
Mar 23, 1940
National Theatre
Mamba's Daughters
Play, Return Engagement
Mar 23, 1940
Broadway Theatre
Liliom
Play, Revival
Mar 25, 1940
44th Street Theatre
Ladies in Retirement
Play, Original
Mar 26, 1940
Henry Miller's Theatre
Lady in Waiting
Play, Original
Mar 27, 1940
Martin Beck Theatre
The Scene of the Crime
Play, Original
Mar 28, 1940
Fulton Theatre
King Richard II
Play, Revival
Apr 1, 1940
St. James Theatre
An International Incident
Play, Original
Apr 2, 1940
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Higher and Higher
Musical, Original
Apr 4, 1940
Shubert Theatre
Suspect
Play, Original
Apr 9, 1940
Playhouse Theatre
Medicine Show
Play, Original
Apr 12, 1940
New Yorker Theatre
Morning Star
Play, Original
Apr 16, 1940
Longacre Theatre
Heavenly Express
Play, Original
Apr 18, 1940
National Theatre
There Shall Be No Night
Play, Original
Apr 29, 1940
Alvin Theatre
Love's Old Sweet Song
Play, Original
May 2, 1940
Plymouth Theatre
Grey Farm
Play, Original
May 3, 1940
Hudson Theatre
Out From Under
Play, Original
May 4, 1940
Biltmore Theatre
The Strangler Fig
Play, Original
May 6, 1940
Lyceum Theatre
Romeo and Juliet
Play, Revival
May 9, 1940
51st Street Theatre
The Return of the Vagabond
Play, Original
May 17, 1940
National Theatre
At The Stroke of Eight
Play, Original
May 20, 1940
Belasco Theatre
Keep Off the Grass
Musical, Original
May 23, 1940
Broadhurst Theatre
Russian Bank
Play, Original
May 24, 1940
St. James Theatre
Louisiana Purchase
Musical, Original
May 28, 1940
Imperial Theatre
Love for Love
Play, Revival
Jun 3, 1940
Hudson Theatre
Walk With Music
Musical, Original
Jun 4, 1940
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
1939-1940

Productions Closing During the Season

Pinocchio
Musical, Original
Jun 30, 1939
Ritz Theatre
Sing for Your Supper
Musical, Original
Jun 30, 1939
Adelphi Theatre
What a Life
Play, Original
Jul 8, 1939
Biltmore Theatre
 
 
Mansfield Theatre
Leave It to Me!
Musical, Original
Jul 15, 1939
Imperial Theatre
Outward Bound
Play, Revival
Jul 22, 1939
Playhouse Theatre
I Must Love Someone
Play, Original
Jul 22, 1939
Longacre Theatre
From Vienna
Musical, Original
Aug 26, 1939
Music Box Theatre
The American Way
Play, Return Engagement
Sep 23, 1939
Center Theatre
No Time for Comedy
Play, Original
Sep 30, 1939
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Journey's End
Play, Revival
Sep 30, 1939
Empire Theatre
They Knew What They Wanted
Play, Revival
Oct 21, 1939
Empire Theatre
The Three Sisters
Play, Revival
Oct 21, 1939
Longacre Theatre
The Possessed
Play, Original
Nov 4, 1939
Lyceum Theatre
Summer Night
Play, Original
Nov 4, 1939
St. James Theatre
Pastoral
Play, Original
Nov 11, 1939
Henry Miller's Theatre
Sea Dogs
Play, Original
Nov 18, 1939
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Play, Original
Nov 25, 1939
Plymouth Theatre
 
 
Adelphi Theatre
Cure For Matrimony
Play, Original
Nov 25, 1939
Provincetown Playhouse
Aries Is Rising
Play, Original
Nov 25, 1939
John Golden Theatre
Ring Two
Play, Original
Nov 25, 1939
Henry Miller's Theatre
The Straw Hat Revue
Musical, Original
Dec 2, 1939
Ambassador Theatre
Thunder Rock
Play, Original
Dec 2, 1939
Mansfield Theatre
I Know What I Like
Play, Original
Dec 2, 1939
Hudson Theatre
Foreigners
Play, Original
Dec 9, 1939
Belasco Theatre
George White's Scandals [1939]
Musical, Original
Dec 9, 1939
Alvin Theatre
 
 
Hollywood Theatre
Swingin' The Dream
Musical, Original
Dec 9, 1939
Center Theatre
The Woman Brown
Play, Original
Dec 16, 1939
Biltmore Theatre
Once Upon A Time
Play, Original
Dec 21, 1939
Labor Stage Theatre
Steel
Play, Original
Dec 30, 1939
Provincetown Playhouse
Christmas Eve
Play, Original
Dec 30, 1939
Henry Miller's Theatre
Billy Draws a Horse
Play, Original
Dec 31, 1939
Playhouse Theatre
Gizelle
Special, Original
Jan 1940
Center Theatre
Very Warm for May
Musical, Original
Jan 6, 1940
Alvin Theatre
Yokel Boy
Musical, Original
Jan 6, 1940
Majestic Theatre
Farm of Three Echoes
Play, Original
Jan 6, 1940
Cort Theatre
Morning's at Seven
Play, Original
Jan 6, 1940
Longacre Theatre
Hamlet
Play, Revival
Jan 6, 1940
44th Street Theatre
Kindred
Play, Original
Jan 6, 1940
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
Ladies and Gentlemen
Play, Original
Jan 13, 1940
Martin Beck Theatre
John Henry
Musical, Original
Jan 15, 1940
44th Street Theatre
The Man Who Killed Lincoln
Play, Original
Jan 20, 1940
Longacre Theatre
The World We Make
Play, Original
Jan 27, 1940
Guild Theatre
The Little Foxes
Play, Original
Feb 3, 1940
National Theatre
Earl Carroll's Vanities [1940]
Musical, Original
Feb 3, 1940
St. James Theatre
Young Couple Wanted
Play, Original
Feb 3, 1940
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew
Play, Benefit
Feb 10, 1940
Alvin Theatre
Streets of Paris
Musical, Original
Feb 10, 1940
Broadhurst Theatre
 
 
Majestic Theatre
Geneva
Play, Original
Feb 10, 1940
Henry Miller's Theatre
Folies Bergère [1939]
Musical, Original
Feb 11, 1940
Broadway Theatre
The Unconquered
Play, Original
Feb 17, 1940
Biltmore Theatre
Key Largo
Play, Original
Feb 24, 1940
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Another Sun
Play, Original
Mar 2, 1940
National Theatre
The Burning Deck
Play, Original
Mar 2, 1940
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
Night Music
Play, Original
Mar 9, 1940
Broadhurst Theatre
Leave Her To Heaven
Play, Original
Mar 9, 1940
Longacre Theatre
A Passenger to Bali
Play, Original
Mar 16, 1940
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Goodbye in the Night
Play, Original
Mar 23, 1940
Biltmore Theatre
A Case of Youth
Play, Original
Mar 27, 1940
National Theatre
The Philadelphia Story
Play, Original
Mar 30, 1940
Shubert Theatre
The Weak Link
Play, Original
Mar 30, 1940
John Golden Theatre
The Scene of the Crime
Play, Original
Apr 4, 1940
Fulton Theatre
See My Lawyer
Play, Original
Apr 6, 1940
Biltmore Theatre
The Time of Your Life
Play, Original
Apr 6, 1940
Booth Theatre
Mamba's Daughters
Play, Return Engagement
Apr 6, 1940
Broadway Theatre
Juno and the Paycock
Play, Revival
Apr 13, 1940
Mansfield Theatre
Two On An Island
Play, Original
Apr 13, 1940
Broadhurst Theatre
 
 
Hudson Theatre
An International Incident
Play, Original
Apr 13, 1940
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
According to Law
Play, Original
Apr 24, 1940
Provincetown Playhouse
What D' You Call It
Play, Original
Apr 24, 1940
Provincetown Playhouse
The Devil Is A Good Man
Play, Original
Apr 24, 1940
Provincetown Playhouse
King Richard II
Play, Revival
Apr 27, 1940
St. James Theatre
When We Are Married
Play, Original
May 4, 1940
Lyceum Theatre
Reunion in New York
Musical, Original
May 4, 1940
Little Theatre
Suspect
Play, Original
May 4, 1940
Playhouse Theatre
Heavenly Express
Play, Original
May 4, 1940
National Theatre
Liliom
Play, Revival
May 11, 1940
44th Street Theatre
Medicine Show
Play, Original
May 11, 1940
New Yorker Theatre
Out From Under
Play, Original
May 11, 1940
Biltmore Theatre
The Strangler Fig
Play, Original
May 11, 1940
Lyceum Theatre
The Fifth Column
Play, Original
May 18, 1940
Alvin Theatre
Too Many Girls
Musical, Original
May 18, 1940
Imperial Theatre
 
 
Broadway Theatre
My Dear Children
Play, Original
May 18, 1940
Belasco Theatre
The Return of the Vagabond
Play, Original
May 18, 1940
National Theatre
At The Stroke of Eight
Play, Original
May 25, 1940
Belasco Theatre
Skylark
Play, Original
May 25, 1940
Morosco Theatre
Two For The Show
Musical, Original
May 25, 1940
Booth Theatre
Grey Farm
Play, Original
Jun 1, 1940
Hudson Theatre
Russian Bank
Play, Original
Jun 1, 1940
St. James Theatre
Love for Love
Play, Revival
Jun 8, 1940
Hudson Theatre
Love's Old Sweet Song
Play, Original
Jun 8, 1940
Plymouth Theatre
Lady in Waiting
Play, Original
Jun 8, 1940
Martin Beck Theatre
Morning Star
Play, Original
Jun 8, 1940
Longacre Theatre
Romeo and Juliet
Play, Revival
Jun 8, 1940
51st Street Theatre
Margin for Error
Play, Original
Jun 15, 1940
Plymouth Theatre
 
 
Majestic Theatre
Higher and Higher
Musical, Original
Jun 15, 1940
Shubert Theatre