Martin Beck Theatre

Address:
302 W. 45th St.
New York, NY 10036

Built: 1924

Seating Capacity: 1437

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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