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Martin Beck Theatre

Address:
302 W. 45th St.

New York, NY 10036

BUILT: 1924

SEATING CAPACITY: 1437
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Shows at the Martin Beck Theatre

DATES PRODUCTION
11/23/2002 - 8/31/2003 Man of La Mancha (2002)
2/23/2002 - 6/15/2002 Sweet Smell of Success (2002)
10/25/1999 - 12/30/2001 Kiss Me, Kate (1999)
2/6/1998 - 6/20/1999 The Sound of Music (1998)
11/19/1997 - 11/23/1997 Eugene Onegin (1997)
10/29/1997 - 11/9/1997 The Cherry Orchard (1997)
3/14/1997 - 10/19/1997 Annie (1997)
11/26/1996 - 12/29/1996 David Copperfield: Dreams and Nightmares (1996)
9/13/1995 - 6/30/1996 Moon Over Buffalo (1995)
4/21/1995 - 5/14/1995 My Thing Of Love (1995)
3/16/1992 - 1/8/1995 Guys and Dolls (1992)
10/16/1989 - 1/27/1992 Grand Hotel (1989)
9/29/1987 - 9/3/1989 Into the Woods (1987)
4/9/1985 - 4/14/1985 Take Me Along (1985)
2/28/1985 - 3/9/1985 Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985)
1/12/1984 - 8/4/1984 The Rink (1984)
4/2/1983 - 5/15/1983 All's Well that Ends Well (1983)
11/26/1982 - 12/26/1982 A Little Family Business (1982)
2/8/1982 - 4/4/1982 Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
10/19/1981 - 12/12/1981 The First (1981)
4/29/1981 - 9/5/1981 The Little Foxes (1981)
1/26/1981 - 3/7/1981 Bring Back Birdie (1981)
11/25/1980 - 12/14/1980 Onward Victoria (1980)
5/13/1980 - 6/8/1980 It's So Nice to be Civilized (1980)
1/19/1980 - 2/9/1980 Harold and Maude (1980)
10/13/1977 - 1/6/1980 Dracula (1977)
5/7/1977 - 7/10/1977 Happy End (1977)
4/5/1977 - 4/23/1977 Ladies at the Alamo (1977)
12/1/1976 - 12/1/1976 The Baker's Wife (1976)
11/18/1975 - 2/15/1976 Habeas Corpus (1975)
11/14/1974 - 11/30/1974 Saturday Sunday Monday (1974)
3/20/1973 - 4/8/1973 No Hard Feelings (1973)
4/27/1972 - 4/29/1972 Ring Around the Bathtub (1972)
10/28/1971 - 11/6/1971 The Grass Harp (1971)
3/15/1971 - 5/1/1971 All Over (1971)
3/20/1968 - 3/1/1971 Man of La Mancha (1965)
4/6/1967 - 1/13/1968 Hallelujah, Baby! (1967)
9/12/1966 - 1/14/1967 A Delicate Balance (1966)
12/21/1965 - 4/30/1966 The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1965)
11/3/1965 - 11/14/1965 Baker Street (1965)
9/30/1965 - 10/23/1965 Drat! The Cat! (1965)
8/2/1965 - 9/25/1965 Oliver! (1965)
12/8/1964 - 6/12/1965 I Had a Ball (1964)
10/7/1964 - 11/28/1964 The Physicists (1964)
3/21/1964 - 4/18/1964 Cafe Crown (1964)
10/28/1963 - 2/15/1964 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1963)
5/27/1963 - 6/29/1963 Strange Interlude (1963)
3/25/1963 - 5/11/1963 Mother Courage and Her Children (1963)
10/9/1961 - 1/26/1963 Milk and Honey (1961)
4/3/1961 - 6/24/1961 The Happiest Girl in the World (1961)
2/1/1961 - 2/18/1961 Midgie Purvis (1961)
12/7/1960 - 12/10/1960 Love and Libel (1960)
11/5/1960 - 11/12/1960 The Rape of the Belt (1960)
4/14/1960 - 10/22/1960 Bye Bye Birdie (1960)
3/10/1960 - 3/12/1960 Semi-Detached (1960)
2/10/1960 - 2/13/1960 Beg, Borrow, or Steal (1960)
3/10/1959 - 1/30/1960 Sweet Bird of Youth (1959)
2/16/1959 - 2/28/1959 Les Ballets Africains (1959)
12/8/1958 - 1/17/1959 Say, Darling (1958)
11/5/1958 - 11/8/1958 Maria Golovin (1958)
10/1/1958 - 10/4/1958 Handful of Fire (1958)
3/3/1958 - 8/30/1958 Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? (1958)
2/4/1958 - 2/22/1958 The Tunnel of Love (1957)
10/17/1957 - 11/16/1957 Copper and Brass (1957)
3/21/1957 - 5/18/1957 Orpheus Descending (1957)
12/1/1956 - 2/2/1957 Candide (1956)
10/29/1956 - 11/17/1956 Major Barbara (1956)
5/10/1956 - 5/12/1956 The Lovers (1956)
3/29/1956 - 5/5/1956 Mister Johnson (1956)
10/15/1953 - 3/24/1956 The Teahouse of the August Moon (1953)
1/22/1953 - 7/11/1953 The Crucible (1953)
12/17/1952 - 12/20/1952 The Grey-Eyed People (1952)
11/13/1952 - 11/22/1952 The Climate of Eden (1952)
3/27/1952 - 4/26/1952 The Grass Harp (1952)
2/20/1952 - 3/22/1952 Mrs. McThing (1952)
12/10/1951 - 12/15/1951 The Grand Tour (1951)
10/31/1951 - 11/24/1951 Barefoot in Athens (1951)
2/3/1951 - 10/27/1951 The Rose Tattoo (1951)
11/23/1950 - 1/13/1951 Ring Round the Moon (1950)
10/24/1950 - 11/18/1950 The Curious Savage (1950)
3/29/1950 - 9/16/1950 The Wisteria Trees (1950)
11/22/1949 - 1/28/1950 That Lady (1949)
9/19/1949 - 11/19/1949 Goodbye, My Fancy (1948)
9/30/1948 - 5/14/1949 Edward, My Son (1948)
5/6/1948 - 6/5/1948 Sally (1948)
3/16/1948 - 4/17/1948 You Never Can Tell (1948)
11/26/1947 - 3/13/1948 Antony and Cleopatra (1947)
10/15/1947 - 11/22/1947 The Voice of the Turtle (1943)
4/3/1947 - 7/5/1947 Barefoot Boy With Cheek (1947)
10/9/1946 - 3/15/1947 The Iceman Cometh (1946)
3/30/1946 - 7/6/1946 St. Louis Woman (1946)
3/6/1946 - 3/9/1946 Little Brown Jug (1946)
2/21/1946 - 2/28/1946 Jeb (1946)
7/30/1945 - 2/2/1946 On the Town (1944)
3/13/1945 - 6/9/1945 Foolish Notion (1945)
3/14/1944 - 3/10/1945 Jacobowsky and the Colonel (1944)
11/17/1943 - 3/11/1944 A Connecticut Yankee (1943)
9/19/1943 - 11/15/1943 Tropical Revue (1943)
5/3/1943 - 6/19/1943 The Corn Is Green (1943)
11/25/1942 - 4/27/1943 The Pirate (1942)
8/4/1942 - 11/21/1942 My Sister Eileen (1940)
6/16/1942 - 6/20/1942 The Cat Screams (1942)
4/7/1942 - 6/6/1942 The Moon Is Down (1942)
4/1/1941 - 2/21/1942 Watch on the Rhine (1941)
10/25/1940 - 3/8/1941 Cabin in the Sky (1940)
3/27/1940 - 6/8/1940 Lady in Waiting (1940)
10/17/1939 - 1/13/1940 Ladies and Gentlemen (1939)
5/22/1939 - 5/27/1939 Susanna, Don't You Cry (1939)
5/18/1939 - 5/18/1939 The Devil and Daniel Webster (1939)
1/5/1939 - 1/5/1939 The Pirates of Penzance (1939)
1/5/1939 - The Mikado (1939)
1/5/1939 - Iolanthe (1939)
1/5/1939 - The Gondoliers (1939)
1/5/1939 - The Yeomen of the Guard (1939)
1/5/1939 - Patience (1939)
10/3/1938 - Victoria Regina (1938)
3/21/1938 - Spring Thaw (1938)
2/28/1938 - Save Me the Waltz (1938)
2/8/1938 - How to Get Tough About It (1938)
11/30/1937 - Barchester Towers (1937)
1/9/1937 - High Tor (1937)
10/22/1936 - 12/16/1936 Ruddigore (1936)
10/12/1936 - 12/5/1936 Princess Ida (1936)
10/5/1936 - 11/30/1936 Patience (1936)
9/21/1936 - Iolanthe (1936)
9/14/1936 - 12/19/1936 The Yeomen of the Guard (1936)
9/7/1936 - The Gondoliers (1936)
8/31/1936 - 8/31/1936 The Pirates of Penzance (1936)
8/20/1936 - The Mikado (1936)
3/9/1936 - Saint Joan (1936)
12/23/1935 - Romeo and Juliet (1935)
9/25/1935 - Winterset (1935)
4/8/1935 - Flowers of the Forest (1935)
2/25/1935 - The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1935)
12/20/1934 - Romeo and Juliet (1934)
10/11/1934 - 12/4/1934 Patience (1934)
9/27/1934 - 12/8/1934 Princess Ida (1934)
9/24/1934 - 11/27/1934 Ruddigore (1934)
9/20/1934 - 12/1/1934 The Yeomen of the Guard (1934)
9/17/1934 - 12/7/1934 The Mikado (1934)
9/13/1934 - 11/29/1934 Trial by Jury (1934)
9/13/1934 - 11/29/1934 H.M.S. Pinafore (1934)
9/10/1934 - 12/15/1934 Iolanthe (1934)
9/6/1934 - 12/11/1934 The Pirates of Penzance (1934)
9/6/1934 - 12/11/1934 Cox and Box (1934)
9/3/1934 - 12/15/1934 The Gondoliers (1934)
3/6/1934 - Yellow Jack (1934)
12/26/1933 - The Lake (1933)
5/4/1933 - Hilda Cassidy (1933)
3/21/1933 - Far-Away Horses (1933)
11/15/1932 - Chrysalis (1932)
10/21/1932 - The New Gossoon (1932)
10/18/1932 - The Far-off Hills (1932)
10/17/1932 - Things That Are Caesar's (1932)
11/16/1931 - Reunion in Vienna (1931)
9/28/1931 - The House of Connelly (1931)
3/16/1931 - Miracle at Verdun (1931)
10/27/1930 - Roar China (1930)
4/14/1930 - Hotel Universe (1930)
2/24/1930 - The Apple Cart (1930)
12/17/1929 - Red Rust (1929)
11/27/1929 - 12/14/1929 The Silver Swan (1929)
9/13/1929 - Porgy (1929)
4/15/1929 - The Camel Through the Needle's Eye (1929)
2/11/1929 - Dynamo (1929)
12/10/1928 - Wings Over Europe (1928)
9/12/1928 - Night Hostess (1928)
9/26/1927 - The Shannons of Broadway (1927)
8/17/1927 - 9/24/1927 A la Carte (1927)
4/4/1927 - Spread Eagle (1927)
12/27/1926 - Wooden Kimono (1926)
10/20/1926 - 12/11/1926 The Wild Rose (1926)
2/1/1926 - The Shanghai Gesture (1926)
9/8/1925 - 1/30/1926 Captain Jinks (1925)
2/16/1925 - Cape Smoke (1925)
1/19/1925 - 2/14/1925 China Rose (1925)
11/11/1924 - 1/17/1925 Madame Pompadour (1924)

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