Located at 235 West 44th Street, right next door to the Shubert Theatre, The Broadhurst Theatre opened in 1917. The theatre was designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp, one of the major theatre designers of that era.
The theatre was named for playwright-director-producer George Broadhurst, who was made co-manager of the playhouse. Several of his plays ran at the theatre, starting with his musical He Didn't Want to Do It in 1918.
The Broadhurst Theatre's opening show was George Bernard Shaw’s Misalliance on September 27, 1917, starring Maclyn Arbuckle.
With a seating capacity of 1,155 (later augmented to 1,186) and a wide auditorium that offered unobstructed views of the stage, the theatre was constructed to house both musicals and straight fare, which it has done successfully for 100 years.
READ THE FULL “AT THIS THEATRE” FOR THE BROADHURST
Flip through 37 of the shows to play on the Broadhurst stage over the past 100 years:
0
of
The Broadhurst Theatre Celebrates 100 Years on Broadway: Look Back at 37 Shows to Have Graced Its Historic Stage
The Broadhurst Theatre Celebrates 100 Years on Broadway: Look Back at 37 Shows to Have Graced Its Historic Stage
The Broadhurst’s opening show was George Bernard Shaw’s Misalliance on September 27, 1917, starring Maclyn Arbuckle.
74 PHOTOS
The Broadhurst Stage (1926)
Sylvia Field in Broadway (1926)
Lee Tracy and chorus girls in Broadway (1926)
The Hot Mikado – 1939
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Freddie Robinson, Rosetta LeNoire, Gwendolyn Reyde, and Frances Brook in The Hot Mikado
Ten Little Indians – 1944
Flahooley – 1951
Barbara Cook, Jerome Courtland, Ernest Truex, and Edith Atwater in Flahooley
Pal Joey – 1952
Harold Lang, Patricia Northrup, Gordon Peters, and Vivienne Segal in Pal Joey
John Bennewitz / The New York Public Library
Auntie Mame Playbill - Dec 1956
Rosalind Russell in Auntie Mame
Vandamm Studio/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Fiorello! – 1959
Tom Bosley in Fiorello!
Sail Away – 1961
Cast of Sail Away
My Fair Lady Playbill - Feb 1962
Margot Moser in My Fair Lady
No Strings – 1962
Diahann Carroll in No Strings
110 in the Shade – 1963
Robert Horton, Inga Swenson, and Stephen Douglass in 110 in the Shade
Half a Sixpence – 1965
Tommy Steele and Polly James in Half a Sixpence
Cabaret Playbill - March 1967
Joel Grey with the cast of Cabaret
Friedman-Abeles/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Play It Again, Sam Playbill - Opening Night, Feb 1969
Diane Keaton, Woody Allen, and Jerry Lacy in Play It Again, Sam
Grease Playbill - July 1972
A scene from the original New York production of Grease .
The Sunshine Boys Playbill - January 1973
Lee Meredith and Jack Albertson in The Sunshine Boys
Godspell Playbill - July 1976
Cast of Godspell
Martha Swope / The New York Public Library
Sly Fox – 1976
Cast of Sly Fox
Amadeus Playbill - Opening Night, Dec 1980
Cast in Amadeus
Death of a Salesman Playbill - April 1984
Kate Reid and Dustin Hoffman in Death of a Salesman
The Odd Couple Playbill - June 1985
Sally Struthers and Rita Moreno in The Odd Couple
Martha Swope / The New York Public Library
Broadway Bound Playbill - Opening Night, Dec 1986
Jonathan Silverman and Jason Alexander in Broadway Bound
Rumors Playbill - Opening Night, Nov 1988
Ron Leibman, Joyce Van Patten, Jessica Walter, Lisa Emery, Dick Latessa, and Larry Linville in Rumors
Aspects of Love Playbill - June 1990
Ann Crumb and Michael Ball in Aspects of Love
Bob Marshak
Kiss of the Spider Woman Playbill - Opening Night, May 1993
Brent Carver, Chita Rivera, and Anthony Crivello in Kiss of the Spider Woman
Martha Swope / The New York Public Library
Once Upon a Mattress Playbill - Opening Night
Sarah Jessica Parker in Once Upon a Mattress
Photo by Carol Rosegg
Fosse Playbill - Opening Night, Jan 1999
Cast of Fosse
700 Sundays Playbill - Opening Night
Billy Crystal in 700 Sundays
The History Boys Playbill - Opening Night
Jamie Parker, Andrew Knott, Dominic Cooper, and James Corden in The History Boys.
Joan Marcus
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill - Opening Night
Anika Noni Rose and Terrence Howard in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Joan Marcus
Equus Playbill - Opening Night
Richard Griffiths and Daniel Radcliffe in Equus
Carol Rosegg
Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway Playbill, Opening Night
Hugh Jackman in Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway
Lucky Guy Playbill - Opening Night
Tom Hanks in Lucky Guy
Photo by Joan Marcus
Mamma Mia! Playbill - Nov 2013
Felicia Finley, Judy McLane, and Lauren Cohn in Mamma Mia
Joan Marcus
Tuck Everlasting Playbill - Opening Night
Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Sarah Charles Lewis in Tuck Everlasting
Joan Marcus
The Front Page – 2016
Nathan Lane and John Goodman in The Front Page
Anastasia Playbill - Opening Night
Christy Altomare and Derek Klena in Anastasia
Matthew Murphy