Discover Seasons

1955-1956

Productions Opening During the Season

Almost Crazy
Musical, Original
Jun 20, 1955
Longacre Theatre
The Skin of Our Teeth
Play, Revival
Aug 17, 1955
ANTA Playhouse
Catch a Star!
Musical, Original
Sep 6, 1955
Plymouth Theatre
Marcel Marceau
Special, Original
Sep 20, 1955
Phoenix Theatre
 
 
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Threepenny Opera
Musical, Return Engagement
Sep 20, 1955
Theatre de Lys
A Day By The Sea
Play, Original
Sep 26, 1955
ANTA Playhouse
Hear! Hear!
Musical, Original
Sep 27, 1955
Ziegfeld Theatre
Maurice Chevalier in an evening of Songs and Impressions
Special, Return Engagement
Sep 28, 1955
Lyceum Theatre
A View From the Bridge
Play, Original
Sep 29, 1955
Coronet Theatre
A Memory of Two Mondays
Play, Original
Sep 29, 1955
Coronet Theatre
The Young and Beautiful
Play, Original
Oct 1, 1955
Longacre Theatre
 
 
ANTA Playhouse
Antonio
Special, Original
Oct 2, 1955
Broadway Theatre
 
 
Mark Hellinger Theatre
Tiger at the Gates
Play, Original
Oct 3, 1955
Plymouth Theatre
 
 
Helen Hayes Theatre
The Yeomen of the Guard
Musical, Revival
Oct 3, 1955
Shubert Theatre
Island of Goats
Play, Original
Oct 4, 1955
Fulton Theatre
The Diary of Anne Frank
Play, Original
Oct 5, 1955
Cort Theatre
 
 
Ambassador Theatre
The Pirates of Penzance
Musical, Revival
Oct 6, 1955
Shubert Theatre
The Wooden Dish
Play, Original
Oct 6, 1955
Booth Theatre
Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure...
Musical, Original
Oct 10, 1955
Bijou Theatre
The Mikado
Musical, Revival
Oct 10, 1955
Shubert Theatre
The Carefree Tree
Play, Original
Oct 11, 1955
Phoenix Theatre
Princess Ida
Musical, Revival
Oct 13, 1955
Shubert Theatre
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Play, Original
Oct 13, 1955
Belasco Theatre
 
 
Shubert Theatre
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical, Revival
Oct 17, 1955
Shubert Theatre
Trial by Jury
Musical, Revival
Oct 17, 1955
Shubert Theatre
A Roomful of Roses
Play, Original
Oct 17, 1955
Playhouse Theatre
Ruddigore
Musical, Revival
Oct 20, 1955
Shubert Theatre
No Time for Sergeants
Play, Original
Oct 20, 1955
Alvin Theatre
Iolanthe
Musical, Revival
Oct 24, 1955
Shubert Theatre
The Desk Set
Play, Original
Oct 24, 1955
Broadhurst Theatre
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Play, Revival
Oct 25, 1955
Broadway Theatre
The Chalk Garden
Play, Original
Oct 26, 1955
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Deadfall
Play, Original
Oct 27, 1955
Holiday Theatre
The Heavenly Twins
Play, Original
Nov 4, 1955
Booth Theatre
Arlequin Poli par l'Amour
Play, Original
Nov 8, 1955
Broadway Theatre
Le Barbier de Seville
Play, Original
Nov 8, 1955
Broadway Theatre
A Hatful of Rain
Play, Original
Nov 9, 1955
Lyceum Theatre
 
 
Plymouth Theatre
The Vamp
Musical, Original
Nov 10, 1955
Winter Garden Theatre
Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard
Play, Original
Nov 15, 1955
Broadway Theatre
Un Caprice
Play, Original
Nov 15, 1955
Broadway Theatre
The Terrible Swift Sword
Play, Original
Nov 15, 1955
Phoenix Theatre
The Lark
Play, Original
Nov 17, 1955
Longacre Theatre
Katherine Dunham and Her Company
Special, Revival
Nov 22, 1955
Broadway Theatre
Carmen Amaya and Her Company
Special, Original
Nov 22, 1955
Broadway Theatre
Janus
Play, Original
Nov 24, 1955
Plymouth Theatre
Pipe Dream
Musical, Original
Nov 30, 1955
Shubert Theatre
The Matchmaker
Play, Original
Dec 5, 1955
Royale Theatre
 
 
Booth Theatre
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Play, Revival
Dec 11, 1955
Phoenix Theatre
The Righteous Are Bold
Play, Original
Dec 22, 1955
Holiday Theatre
The Azuma Kabuki Dancers and Musicians
Special, Revival
Dec 26, 1955
Broadway Theatre
Red Roses for Me
Play, Original
Dec 28, 1955
Booth Theatre
The Great Sebastians
Play, Original
Jan 4, 1956
ANTA Playhouse
 
 
Coronet Theatre
King Lear
Play, Revival
Jan 12, 1956
City Center
Fallen Angels
Play, Revival
Jan 17, 1956
Playhouse Theatre
Tamburlaine the Great
Play, Original
Jan 19, 1956
Winter Garden Theatre
Time Limit!
Play, Original
Jan 24, 1956
Booth Theatre
The Hot Corner
Play, Original
Jan 25, 1956
John Golden Theatre
The Innkeepers
Play, Original
Feb 2, 1956
John Golden Theatre
Middle of the Night
Play, Original
Feb 8, 1956
ANTA Playhouse
Someone Waiting
Play, Original
Feb 14, 1956
John Golden Theatre
A Streetcar Named Desire
Play, Revival
Feb 15, 1956
City Center
The Ponder Heart
Play, Original
Feb 16, 1956
Music Box Theatre
Debut
Play, Original
Feb 22, 1956
Holiday Theatre
My Fair Lady
Musical, Original
Mar 15, 1956
Mark Hellinger Theatre
 
 
Broadhurst Theatre
 
 
Broadway Theatre
Mr. Wonderful
Musical, Original
Mar 22, 1956
Broadway Theatre
Little Glass Clock
Play, Original
Mar 26, 1956
John Golden Theatre
Mister Johnson
Play, Original
Mar 29, 1956
Martin Beck Theatre
A Month in the Country
Play, Revival
Apr 3, 1956
Phoenix Theatre
Affair of Honor
Play, Original
Apr 6, 1956
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Waiting for Godot
Play, Original
Apr 19, 1956
John Golden Theatre
Goodbye Again
Play, Revival
Apr 24, 1956
Helen Hayes Theatre
Wake Up, Darling
Play, Original
May 2, 1956
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
The Most Happy Fella
Musical, Original
May 3, 1956
Imperial Theatre
 
 
Broadway Theatre
The Lovers
Play, Original
May 10, 1956
Martin Beck Theatre
The Littlest Revue
Musical, Original
May 22, 1956
Phoenix Theatre
1955-1956

Productions Closing During the Season

Guys and Dolls
Musical, Revival
Jun 12, 1955
City Center
Tea and Sympathy
Play, Original
Jun 18, 1955
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
 
 
Longacre Theatre
 
 
48th Street Theatre
3 for Tonight
Musical, Original
Jun 18, 1955
Plymouth Theatre
Can-Can
Musical, Original
Jun 25, 1955
Shubert Theatre
Seventh Heaven
Musical, Original
Jul 2, 1955
ANTA Playhouse
Almost Crazy
Musical, Original
Jul 2, 1955
Longacre Theatre
Phoenix '55
Musical, Original
Jul 17, 1955
Phoenix Theatre
The Seven Year Itch
Play, Original
Aug 13, 1955
Fulton Theatre
The Desperate Hours
Play, Original
Aug 13, 1955
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
The Skin of Our Teeth
Play, Revival
Sep 3, 1955
ANTA Playhouse
Ankles Aweigh
Musical, Original
Sep 17, 1955
Mark Hellinger Theatre
Anniversary Waltz
Play, Original
Sep 24, 1955
Broadhurst Theatre
 
 
Booth Theatre
Anastasia
Play, Original
Sep 24, 1955
Lyceum Theatre
Catch a Star!
Musical, Original
Sep 24, 1955
Plymouth Theatre
The Bad Seed
Play, Original
Sep 27, 1955
46th Street Theatre
 
 
Coronet Theatre
Lunatics and Lovers
Play, Original
Oct 1, 1955
Broadhurst Theatre
The Yeomen of the Guard
Musical, Revival
Oct 5, 1955
Shubert Theatre
Island of Goats
Play, Original
Oct 8, 1955
Fulton Theatre
The Pirates of Penzance
Musical, Revival
Oct 8, 1955
Shubert Theatre
The Mikado
Musical, Revival
Oct 12, 1955
Shubert Theatre
A Day By The Sea
Play, Original
Oct 15, 1955
ANTA Playhouse
The Wooden Dish
Play, Original
Oct 15, 1955
Booth Theatre
Princess Ida
Musical, Revival
Oct 15, 1955
Shubert Theatre
Marcel Marceau
Special, Original
Oct 16, 1955
Phoenix Theatre
 
 
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical, Revival
Oct 19, 1955
Shubert Theatre
Trial by Jury
Musical, Revival
Oct 19, 1955
Shubert Theatre
Ruddigore
Musical, Revival
Oct 22, 1955
Shubert Theatre
Hear! Hear!
Musical, Original
Oct 23, 1955
Ziegfeld Theatre
Iolanthe
Musical, Revival
Oct 26, 1955
Shubert Theatre
The Carefree Tree
Play, Original
Oct 30, 1955
Phoenix Theatre
Antonio
Special, Original
Nov 5, 1955
Broadway Theatre
 
 
Mark Hellinger Theatre
Maurice Chevalier in an evening of Songs and Impressions
Special, Return Engagement
Nov 6, 1955
Lyceum Theatre
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Play, Revival
Nov 7, 1955
Broadway Theatre
Deadfall
Play, Original
Nov 12, 1955
Holiday Theatre
Arlequin Poli par l'Amour
Play, Original
Nov 13, 1955
Broadway Theatre
Le Barbier de Seville
Play, Original
Nov 13, 1955
Broadway Theatre
Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard
Play, Original
Nov 20, 1955
Broadway Theatre
Un Caprice
Play, Original
Nov 20, 1955
Broadway Theatre
The Terrible Swift Sword
Play, Original
Nov 20, 1955
Phoenix Theatre
The Boy Friend
Musical, Original
Nov 26, 1955
Royale Theatre
The Young and Beautiful
Play, Original
Nov 26, 1955
Longacre Theatre
 
 
ANTA Playhouse
Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure...
Musical, Original
Dec 3, 1955
Bijou Theatre
The Heavenly Twins
Play, Original
Dec 3, 1955
Booth Theatre
Carmen Amaya and Her Company
Special, Original
Dec 11, 1955
Broadway Theatre
Katherine Dunham and Her Company
Special, Revival
Dec 17, 1955
Broadway Theatre
A Roomful of Roses
Play, Original
Dec 31, 1955
Playhouse Theatre
The Vamp
Musical, Original
Dec 31, 1955
Winter Garden Theatre
The Azuma Kabuki Dancers and Musicians
Special, Revival
Jan 1956
Broadway Theatre
Comedy in Music
Special, Original
Jan 21, 1956
John Golden Theatre
Red Roses for Me
Play, Original
Jan 21, 1956
Booth Theatre
The Hot Corner
Play, Original
Jan 28, 1956
John Golden Theatre
King Lear
Play, Revival
Jan 29, 1956
City Center
Tamburlaine the Great
Play, Original
Feb 4, 1956
Winter Garden Theatre
The Innkeepers
Play, Original
Feb 4, 1956
John Golden Theatre
A View From the Bridge
Play, Original
Feb 4, 1956
Coronet Theatre
A Memory of Two Mondays
Play, Original
Feb 4, 1956
Coronet Theatre
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Play, Revival
Feb 5, 1956
Phoenix Theatre
The Righteous Are Bold
Play, Original
Feb 18, 1956
Holiday Theatre
Someone Waiting
Play, Original
Feb 25, 1956
John Golden Theatre
Debut
Play, Original
Feb 25, 1956
Holiday Theatre
A Streetcar Named Desire
Play, Revival
Feb 26, 1956
City Center
Plain and Fancy
Musical, Original
Mar 3, 1956
Mark Hellinger Theatre
 
 
Winter Garden Theatre
 
 
Mark Hellinger Theatre
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Play, Original
Mar 24, 1956
Martin Beck Theatre
Little Glass Clock
Play, Original
Mar 31, 1956
John Golden Theatre
The Chalk Garden
Play, Original
Mar 31, 1956
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Tiger at the Gates
Play, Original
Apr 7, 1956
Plymouth Theatre
 
 
Helen Hayes Theatre
Silk Stockings
Musical, Original
Apr 14, 1956
Imperial Theatre
Bus Stop
Play, Original
Apr 21, 1956
Music Box Theatre
 
 
Winter Garden Theatre
Affair of Honor
Play, Original
Apr 28, 1956
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Goodbye Again
Play, Revival
Apr 28, 1956
Helen Hayes Theatre
Mister Johnson
Play, Original
May 5, 1956
Martin Beck Theatre
Wake Up, Darling
Play, Original
May 5, 1956
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Time Limit!
Play, Original
May 12, 1956
Booth Theatre
The Lovers
Play, Original
May 12, 1956
Martin Beck Theatre
A Month in the Country
Play, Revival
May 13, 1956
Phoenix Theatre
The Great Sebastians
Play, Original
Jun 2, 1956
ANTA Playhouse
 
 
Coronet Theatre
The Lark
Play, Original
Jun 2, 1956
Longacre Theatre