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Empire Theatre

1430 Broadway (40th & 41st)
New York, NY

BUILT: 1893

DEMOLISHED: 1953

APPROX. SEATING CAPACITY: 1100

 

Theatre History

DATES PRODUCTION
10/15/1952 - 5/30/1953 The Time of the Cuckoo (1952)
11/28/1951 - 7/12/1952 I Am a Camera (1951)
10/17/1951 - 10/27/1951 Buy Me Blue Ribbons (1951)
4/20/1951 - 4/21/1951 The Long Days (1951)
1/5/1950 - 3/17/1951 The Member of the Wedding (1950)
12/1/1949 - 12/17/1949 The Closing Door (1949)
10/3/1949 - 11/12/1949 Twelfth Night (1949)
10/20/1948 - 6/4/1949 Life With Mother (1948)
5/25/1948 - 5/29/1948 Seeds in the Wind (1948)
12/28/1947 - 2/1/1948 Ruth Draper (1947)
10/29/1947 - 5/1/1948 The Winslow Boy (1947)
1/12/1947 - 2/23/1947 Ruth Draper (1947)
1/23/1946 - 5/31/1947 O Mistress Mine (1946)
11/28/1945 - 1/12/1946 The Mermaids Singing (1945)
10/29/1945 - 11/3/1945 The Next Half Hour (1945)
11/8/1939 - 9/8/1945 Life With Father (1939)
10/2/1939 - 10/21/1939 They Knew What They Wanted (1939)
9/18/1939 - 9/30/1939 Journey's End (1939)
1/3/1939 - ? Mamba's Daughters (1939)
11/28/1938 - ? Soliloquy (1938)
9/19/1938 - ? Missouri Legend (1938)
4/14/1938 - ? The Merry Wives of Windsor (1938)
9/29/1937 - ? The Star-Wagon (1937)
3/10/1937 - 5/8/1937 Candida (1937)
12/23/1936 - ? The Wingless Victory (1936)
10/8/1936 - ? Hamlet (1936)
8/25/1936 - ? Spring Dance (1936)
2/10/1936 - ? Fresh Fields (1936)
1/8/1936 - ? O Evening Star (1936)
12/12/1935 - ? Ghosts (1935)
11/18/1935 - ? For Valor (1935)
10/15/1935 - ? Bright Star (1935)
1/7/1935 - ? The Old Maid (1935)
11/26/1934 - ? But Not For Love (1934)
10/29/1934 - ? Allure (1934)
4/2/1934 - 4/14/1934 Four Saints in Three Acts (1934)
2/14/1934 - ? Richard of Bordeaux (1934)
4/13/1933 - 4/22/1933 The Threepenny Opera (1933)
1/21/1933 - ? We, The People (1933)
11/21/1932 - ? Firebird (1932)
10/27/1932 - ? Dangerous Corner (1932)
2/15/1932 - ? There's Always Juliet (1932)
2/9/1931 - ? The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1931)
12/15/1930 - ? Petticoat Influence (1930)
11/5/1930 - ? Room of Dreams (1930)
10/6/1930 - ? Stepdaughters of War (1930)
6/2/1930 - ? Milestones (1930)
6/2/1930 - ? The Little Father of the Wilderness (1930)
2/4/1930 - ? Dishonored Lady (1930)
9/30/1929 - ? Candle Light (1929)
11/27/1928 - ? The Age of Innocence (1928)
10/16/1928 - ? Olympia (1928)
9/5/1928 - ? Heavy Traffic (1928)
5/7/1928 - ? The Happy Husband (1928)
4/9/1928 - ? The Play's the Thing (1928)
3/8/1928 - ? Napoleon (1928)
1/31/1928 - ? Salvation (1928)
10/18/1927 - ? Interference (1927)
9/5/1927 - ? Pickwick (1927)
3/21/1927 - ? Her Cardboard Lover (1927)
2/21/1927 - ? Set a Thief (1927)
9/29/1926 - ? The Captive (1926)
4/14/1926 - 5/15/1926 Raquel Meller (1926)
12/7/1925 - ? Easy Virtue (1925)
10/20/1925 - ? Antonia (1925)
10/7/1925 - ? A Tale of the Wolf (1925)
8/24/1925 - ? The Dove (1925)
2/11/1925 - ? The Dove (1925)
1/13/1925 - ? Shall We Join the Ladies? (1925)
1/13/1925 - ? Isabel (1925)
9/23/1924 - ? Grounds for Divorce (1924)
6/9/1924 - ? She Stoops to Conquer (1924)
12/4/1923 - ? The Lady (1923)
9/26/1923 - ? Casanova (1923)
4/9/1923 - ? Zander the Great (1923)
3/12/1923 - ? Pasteur (1923)
12/25/1922 - ? Rose Briar (1922)
11/20/1922 - ? The Texas Nightingale (1922)
9/25/1922 - ? La Tendresse (1922)
6/5/1922 - ? The Rivals (1922)
1/31/1922 - ? The Czarina (1922)
11/21/1921 - ? The Dream Maker (1921)
9/20/1921 - ? Blood and Sand (1921)
4/18/1921 - ? Clair de Lune (1921)
12/22/1920 - ? Mary Rose (1920)
8/31/1920 - ? Call the Doctor (1920)
10/6/1919 - ? Declassee (1919)
12/23/1918 - ? Dear Brutus (1918)
9/30/1918 - ? The Saving Grace (1918)
5/6/1918 - ? Belinda (1918)
5/6/1918 - ? The New Word (1918)
2/14/1918 - ? The Off Chance (1918)
12/24/1917 - ? The Lady of the Camellias (1917)
11/13/1917 - ? The Three Bears (1917)
9/10/1917 - 11/10/1917 Rambler Rose (1917)
5/14/1917 - ? The New Word (1917)
5/14/1917 - ? Old Friends (1917)
5/14/1917 - ? The Old Lady Shows Her Medals (1917)
12/25/1916 - ? A Kiss for Cinderella (1916)
10/30/1916 - ? The Basker (1916)
9/20/1916 - ? Caroline (1916)
4/4/1916 - ? Rio Grande (1916)
3/13/1916 - ? Margaret Schiller (1916)
1/11/1916 - ? The Little Minister (1916)
12/21/1915 - ? Peter Pan (1915)
11/22/1915 - ? The Chief (1915)
11/8/1915 - ? Secret Service (1915)
10/11/1915 - ? Sherlock Holmes (1915)
4/7/1915 - ? A Celebrated Case (1915)
1/25/1915 - ? The Shadow (1915)
1/12/1915 - ? Rosemary (1915)
12/14/1914 - ? Driven (1914)
10/20/1914 - ? Diplomacy (1914)
9/7/1914 - ? The Prodigal Husband (1914)
5/11/1914 - ? A Scrap of Paper (1914)
1/5/1914 - ? The Legend of Leonora (1914)
10/28/1913 - ? Tante (1913)
9/29/1913 - ? The Will (1913)
9/29/1913 - ? The Tyranny of Tears (1913)
9/1/1913 - ? Much Ado About Nothing (1913)
4/28/1913 - ? The Amazons (1913)
3/11/1913 - ? Liberty Hall (1913)
1/13/1913 - ? The Spy (1913)
12/23/1912 - ? Peter Pan (1912)
11/11/1912 - ? Bella Donna (1912)
9/2/1912 - ? The Perplexed Husband (1912)
3/25/1912 - ? Oliver Twist (1912)
2/26/1912 - ? Lady Patricia (1912)
1/29/1912 - ? A Slice of Life (1912)
1/29/1912 - ? Cousin Kate (1912)
12/4/1911 - ? The Witness for the Defense (1911)
9/4/1911 - ? A Single Man (1911)
2/13/1911 - ? The Twelve Pound Look (1911)
2/13/1911 - ? Alice Sit-by-the-Fire (1911)
1/1/1911 - ? Trelawny of the "Wells" (1911)
12/5/1910 - ? Secret Service (1910)
12/5/1910 - ? The Private Secretary (1910)
12/5/1910 - ? Too Much Johnson (1910)
12/5/1910 - ? Held by the Enemy (1910)
12/5/1910 - ? Sherlock Holmes (1910)
9/5/1910 - ? Smith (1910)
4/25/1910 - ? Caste (1910)
1/31/1910 - ? Mid-Channel (1910)
9/29/1909 - ? Inconstant George (1909)
6/7/1909 - ? The Mollusc (1909)
12/23/1908 - ? What Every Woman Knows (1908)
9/14/1908 - ? Jack Straw (1908)
9/3/1908 - ? The Thief (1908)
3/2/1908 - ? Father and the Boys (1908)
1/15/1908 - ? The Jesters (1908)
1/6/1908 - ? Quality Street (1908)
8/31/1907 - ? My Wife (1907)
5/6/1907 - ? Cousin Kate (1907)
4/4/1907 - ? His Excellency the Governor (1907)
3/18/1907 - ? The Silver Box (1907)
2/18/1907 - ? Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (1907)
1/28/1907 - ? The Good Hope (1907)
1/28/1907 - ? Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1907)
1/28/1907 - ? Nance Oldfield (1907)
12/24/1906 - ? Peter Pan (1906)
9/3/1906 - ? His House in Order (1906)
11/6/1905 - ? Peter Pan (1905)
9/4/1905 - ? De Lancey (1905)
4/19/1905 - ? The Freedom of Suzanne (1905)
3/6/1905 - ? Sherlock Holmes (1905)
2/6/1905 - ? Op-o'-Me Thumb (1905)
12/26/1904 - ? The Little Minister (1904)
9/5/1904 - ? The Duke of Killicrankie (1904)
5/16/1904 - 5/16/1904 Ingomar (1904)
5/2/1904 - ? When Knighthood Was in Flower (1904)
1/25/1904 - ? The Other Girl (1903)
1/5/1904 - ? Little Mary (1904)
11/10/1903 - ? The Pretty Sister of Jose (1903)
10/13/1903 - ? Captain Dieppe (1903)
4/20/1903 - ? The Mummy and the Humming Bird (1903)
1/13/1903 - ? The Unforeseen (1903)
11/17/1902 - ? Imprudence (1902)
9/4/1902 - ? The Mummy and the Humming Bird (1902)
4/14/1902 - ? The Importance of Being Earnest (1902)
3/3/1902 - ? The Twin Sister (1902)
12/23/1901 - ? The Wilderness (1901)
9/2/1901 - ? The Second in Command (1901)
4/15/1901 - ? Diplomacy (1901)
4/8/1901 - ? Brother Officers (1901)
12/31/1900 - ? Mrs. Dane's Defense (1900)
9/11/1900 - ? Richard Carvel (1900)
8/27/1900 - ? Brother Officers (1900)
1/16/1900 - ? Brother Officers (1900)
12/25/1899 - ? My Lady's Lord (1899)
9/11/1899 - ? The Tyranny of Tears (1899)
5/8/1899 - ? Romeo and Juliet (1899)
2/16/1899 - ? The Man of Destiny (1899)
2/14/1899 - ? Lord and Lady Algy (1899)
12/26/1898 - ? Phroso (1898)
9/26/1898 - ? The Liars (1898)
4/26/1898 - ? His Honor the Mayor (1898)
1/4/1898 - ? The Conquerors (1898)
11/8/1897 - ? A Marriage of Convenience (1897)
9/27/1897 - ? The Little Minister (1897)
3/6/1897 - 3/6/1897 A Man and His Wife (1897)
12/28/1896 - ? Under the Red Robe (1896)
8/31/1896 - ? Rosemary (1896)
3/9/1896 - ? Bohemia (1896)
2/17/1896 - ? Marse Van (1896)
2/17/1896 - ? Marriage (1896)
1/27/1896 - ? A Woman's Reason (1896)
1/15/1896 - ? Michael and His Lost Angel (1896)
12/24/1895 - ? Carmen (1895)
10/7/1895 - ? Christopher, Jr. (1895)
9/23/1895 - ? The Imprudent Young Couple (1895)
9/2/1895 - ? The City of Pleasure (1895)
4/22/1895 - 5/1/1895 The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
3/18/1895 - ? John-a-Dreams (1895)
12/3/1894 - ? The Masqueraders (1894)
9/11/1894 - ? The Bauble Shop (1894)
2/15/1894 - ? A Doll's House (1894)
10/24/1893 - ? The Younger Son (1893)
8/21/1893 - ? Liberty Hall (1893)
1/25/1893 - ? The Girl I Left Behind Me (1893)
? - ? The Little Minister (1897)

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