Hayes Theatre on Broadway

Hayes Theatre (Broadway) History

Originally built by Winthrop Ames in 1912, "The Little Theatre" was an intimate 300-seat theater dedicated to presenting new playwrights and experimental dramas deemed too risky to stage in large Broadway theater. Through the years, the theater served as the television studio for "The Merv Griffin Show" and "The Dick Clark Show," as well as the original home of The New York Times town hall. In the 1970s the building was returned to use as a legitimate theater, and in 1987 New York’s Landmark Preservation commission designated the building as a Landmark Site. Notable engagements at the Helen Hayes over the years have included a five-year run of Albert Innaurato's Gemini, Harvey Fierstein's Tony-winning Torch Song Trilogy, Tony-winner The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Dirty Blonde, Golda's Balcony, Xanadu, Rock of Ages, and most recently, Stephen Karam's Tony-winning The Humans. Renamed in 1983 to honor the great "First Lady of American Theater," the Helen Hayes Theater remains the smallest house on Broadway - a perfect fit for the work Second Stage produces.

Rock of Ages achieved the box office record for the Helen Hayes Theatre! The production grossed $744,667 over nine performances for the week ending December 30, 2012. Rock of Ages opened in 2009 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre before transferring to the Helen Hayes Theatre in 2011. 

Other productions that called the Helen Hayes Theatre home include Xanadu (2007); Dames at Sea (2015); The Humans (2016); Torch Song (2018); What the Constitution Means to Me (2019).

Shows at the Hayes Theatre (Broadway)
DATES			PRODUCTION
2/25/2025	-	8/31/2025	Purpose (2025)
11/20/2024	-	2/2/2025	Cult of Love (2024)
7/29/2024	-	11/1/2024	Forbidden Broadway on Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song (2024)
7/15/2024	-	10/27/2024	Job (2024)
4/2/2024	-	6/16/2024	Mother Play (2024)
12/31/2023	-	6/11/2023	The Thanksgiving Play (2023)
11/28/2023	-	6/30/2024	Appropriate (2023)
7/7/2023	-	10/29/2023	The Cottage (2023)
11/30/2022	-	2/12/2023	Between Riverside and Crazy (2022)
7/6/2022	-	10/30/2022	The Kite Runner (2022)
3/10/2022	-	5/29/2022	Take Me Out (2022)
11/3/2021	-	1/16/2022	Clyde's (2021)
12/20/2019	-	3/1/2019	Grand Horizons (2020)
9/19/2019	-	11/10/2019	Linda Vista (2019)
3/14/2019	-	8/24/2019	What the Constitution Means to Me (2019)
10/1/2018	-	1/6/2019	Torch Song (2018)
7/1/2018	-	9/9/2018	Straight White Men (2018)
3/1/2018	-	5/13/2018	Lobby Hero (2018)
1/23/2016	-	7/24/2016	The Humans (2016)
9/24/2015	-	1/3/2016	Dames at Sea (2015)
3/24/2011	-	1/18/2015	Rock of Ages (2009)
10/22/2010	-	3/5/2011	Long Story Short (2010)
2/16/2010	-	7/4/2010	Next Fall (2010)
1/21/2009	-	1/10/2010	The 39 Steps (2008)
12/2/2008	-	1/4/2009	Slava's Snowshow (2008)
5/23/2007	-	9/28/2008	Xanadu (2007)
9/19/2006	-	11/26/2006	Jay Johnson: The Two and Only (2006)
8/11/2006	-	9/10/2006	Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway (2006)
1/13/2006	-	8/6/2006	Bridge & Tunnel (2006)
9/13/2005	-	12/31/2005	Latinologues (2005)
3/8/2005	-	9/4/2005	Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed (2005)
10/3/2003	-	1/2/2005	Golda's Balcony (2003)
9/17/2002	-	8/24/2003	Say Goodnight, Gracie (2002)
3/7/2002	-	4/28/2002	The Smell of the Kill (2002)
10/16/2001	-	12/30/2001	By Jeeves (2001)
4/17/2001	-	7/22/2001	George Gershwin Alone (2001)
4/14/2000	-	3/4/2001	Dirty Blonde (2000)
2/8/2000	-	3/26/2000	Squonk (2000)
9/7/1999	-	12/19/1999	Epic Proportions (1999)
4/19/1999	-	6/27/1999	Night Must Fall (1999)
2/19/1999	-	3/21/1999	Band in Berlin (1999)
10/6/1998	-	11/29/1998	Getting and Spending (1998)
8/25/1998	-	9/19/1998	Colin Quinn -- An Irish Wake (1998)
2/7/1997	-	6/28/1998	The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1997)
2/28/1995	-	1/4/1997	Rob Becker's Defending the Caveman (1995)
11/15/1994	-	1/1/1995	The Flying Karamazov Brothers "Do The Impossible" (1994)
4/13/1994	-	6/19/1994	Sally Marr...and her escorts (1994)
4/19/1993	-	1/2/1994	Shakespeare for My Father (1993)
11/11/1992	-	12/27/1992	3 from Brooklyn (1992)
4/7/1992	-	5/2/1992	The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club (1992)
4/29/1990	-	5/19/1991	Prelude to a Kiss (1990)
2/6/1990	-	2/25/1990	Miss Margarida's Way (1990)
11/22/1989	-	12/31/1989	Artist Descending a Staircase (1989)
7/25/1989	-	9/16/1989	Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Dress Casual (1989)
4/20/1988	-	1/15/1989	Romance / Romance (1988)
3/10/1987	-	4/10/1988	The Nerd (1987)
11/5/1986	-	1/3/1987	Oh Coward! (1986)
6/17/1986	-	10/26/1986	Mummenschanz: "The New Show" (1986)
12/12/1985	-	4/20/1986	Corpse! (1986)
10/18/1985	-	11/9/1985	The News (1985)
5/1/1981	-	5/10/1981	I Won't Dance (1981)
1/22/1981	-	2/8/1981	The Five O'Clock Girl (1981)
11/10/1980	-	12/13/1980	Perfectly Frank (1980)
9/4/1980	-	9/28/1980	Charlie and Algernon (1980)
11/7/1979	-	5/18/1980	Strider (1979)
10/2/1979	-	10/14/1979	Once a Catholic (1979)
4/27/1979	-	9/16/1979	Knockout (1979)
9/14/1978	-	4/22/1979	The Crucifer of Blood (1978)
12/26/1977	-	4/30/1978	A Touch of the Poet (1977)
10/7/1977	-	10/22/1977	The Night of the Tribades (1977)
10/5/1976	-	10/2/1977	Equus (1974)
12/30/1975	-	7/18/1976	The Royal Family (1975)
4/25/1975	-	8/16/1975	Rodgers & Hart (1975)
3/6/1975	-	3/18/1975	Don't Call Back (1975)
12/26/1974	-	1/11/1975	The Member of the Wedding (1975)
12/5/1974	-	12/21/1974	The Rules of the Game (1974)
11/6/1974	-	11/30/1974	Love for Love (1974)
5/3/1974	-	5/11/1974	Will Rogers' USA (1974)
3/25/1974	-	4/21/1974	Clarence Darrow (1974)
9/22/1973	-	12/8/1973	Crown Matrimonial (1973)
5/1/1973	-	6/2/1973	Nash at Nine (1973)
10/9/1972	-	1/27/1973	6 Rms Riv Vu (1972)
4/24/1972	-	4/29/1972	The Little Black Book (1972)
1/15/1972	-	1/29/1972	Wise Child (1972)
10/6/1971	-	1/8/1972	To Live Another Summer, To Pass Another Winter (1971)
12/18/1970	-	8/28/1971	The Me Nobody Knows (1970)
10/29/1970	-	11/28/1970	Hay Fever (1970)
5/21/1970	-	5/23/1970	The Engagement Baby (1970)
1/31/1970	-	5/2/1970	Sheep on the Runway (1970)
1/8/1969	-	11/15/1969	Hadrian VII (1969)
12/26/1967	-	12/14/1968	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1968)
10/9/1967	-	12/2/1967	What Did We Do Wrong? (1967)
3/15/1967	-	3/25/1967	That Summer - That Fall (1967)
1/7/1967	-	1/28/1967	The Astrakhan Coat (1967)
10/24/1966	-	1/7/1967	Luv (1964)
10/5/1966	-	10/22/1966	The Loves of Cass McGuire (1966)
2/15/1966	-	10/1/1966	Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1966)
12/27/1965	-	1/8/1966	UTBU (1966)
3/23/1965	-	12/18/1965	The Subject Was Roses (1964)
11/30/1964	-	3/13/1965	Poor Richard (1964)
3/6/1961	-	11/28/1964	Mary, Mary (1961)
11/9/1960	-	3/4/1961	Period of Adjustment (1960)
9/27/1960	-	10/1/1960	Farewell, Farewell Eugene (1960)
4/19/1960	-	6/1/1960	Duel of Angels (1960)
2/24/1960	-	2/27/1960	The Tumbler (1960)
10/20/1959	-	1/2/1960	The Warm Peninsula (1959)
10/2/1958	-	6/13/1959	A Touch of the Poet (1958)
4/15/1958	-	4/19/1958	Love Me Little (1958)
11/7/1956	-	3/29/1958	Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956)
4/24/1956	-	4/28/1956	Goodbye Again (1956)
11/21/1955	-	4/7/1956	Tiger at the Gates (1955)

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