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Princess Theatre

Address:
104 W. 39th St.

New York, NY

BUILT: 1913

CLOSED: 1926

DEMOLISHED: 1955

SEATING CAPACITY: 300
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Princess Theatre History

Opened March 14, 1913

Shows at the Princess Theatre

DATES PRODUCTION
2/4/1982 - 6/18/1983 Pump Boys and Dinettes (1982)
6/23/1981 - 7/20/1981 This Was Burlesque (1981)
6/23/1981 - 7/17/1981 This Was Burlesque (1981)
6/15/1980 - 6/25/1980 Fearless Frank (1980)
3/6/1980 - 3/9/1980 Censored Scenes From King Kong (1980)
10/20/1961 - 10/20/1961 The Sound of Music (1961)
4/13/1947 - 4/20/1947 Virginia Reel (1947)
3/30/1947 - 4/7/1947 The Great Campaign (1947)
3/9/1947 - 3/16/1947 As We Forgive Our Debtors (1947)
2/23/1947 - 3/2/1947 O'Daniel (1947)
2/9/1947 - 2/16/1947 The Wanhope Building (1947)
6/10/1929 - Adam's Apple (1929)
4/4/1929 - He Walked in Her Sleep (1929)
2/6/1928 - Meek Mose (1928)
6/27/1927 - 7/13/1927 Bottomland (1927)
4/20/1927 - Goat Alley (1927)
1/18/1927 - The Virgin Man (1927)
12/22/1926 - The Great Adventure (1926)
11/8/1926 - Naked (1926)
10/7/1926 - Buy, Buy, Baby (1926)
9/6/1926 - What's the Use (1926)
3/18/1926 - Easter One Day More (1926)
2/15/1926 - The Unchastened Woman (1926)
11/23/1925 - Me (1925)
10/19/1925 - Barefoot (1925)
9/14/1925 - Brother Elks (1925)
8/5/1925 - The Little Poor Man (1925)
6/9/1925 - 6/9/1925 The Family Failing (1925)
5/7/1925 - Flesh (1925)
1/6/1925 - Jack in the Pulpit (1925)
11/10/1924 - The Steam Roller (1924)
10/27/1924 - Alloy (1924)
9/17/1924 - My Son (1924)
10/18/1923 - White Desert (1923)
2/26/1923 - Mister Malatesta (1923)
10/30/1922 - Six Characters in Search of an Author (1922)
5/8/1922 - The Red Geranium (1922)
3/13/1922 - The First Fifty Years (1922)
2/13/1922 - Desert Sands (1922)
12/24/1921 - The Married Woman (1921)
11/24/1921 - 11/26/1921 Suzette (1921)
9/21/1921 - The Spring (1921)
8/22/1921 - The Mask of Hamlet (1921)
2/4/1921 - Diff'rent (1921)
1/4/1921 - Pagans (1921)
11/9/1920 - The Mandarin (1920)
8/28/1920 - Blue Bonnet (1920)
3/29/1920 - Mrs. Jimmie Thompson (1920)
2/23/1920 - 3/20/1920 Tick-Tack-Toe (1920)
9/9/1919 - Nighty-Night (1919)
5/7/1919 - Toot Sweet (1919)
12/24/1918 - 1/5/1918 The Grass Widow (1917)
11/27/1918 - Oh, My Dear! (1918)
9/10/1918 - Jonathan Makes a Wish (1918)
2/1/1918 - 2/1/1918 Oh, Lady! Lady! (1918)
2/1/1918 - Oh, Lady! Lady! (1918)
11/29/1917 - Six Months' Option (1917)
2/20/1917 - 2/20/1917 Oh, Boy! (1917)
2/20/1917 - Oh, Boy! (1917)
1/10/1917 - Ception Shoals (1917)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil (1916)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 Nevertheless (1916)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 The Gods of the Mountain (1916)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 The Trimplet (1916)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 The Golden Doom (1916)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 The Birthday of the Infanta (1916)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 Voices (1916)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 Gammer Gurton's Needle (1916)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior (1916)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 The Crier by Night (1916)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 The Very Naked Boy (1916)
12/11/1916 - 1/6/1917 The Lady of the Weeping Willow Tree (1916)
12/4/1916 - Margery Daw (1916)
11/25/1916 - Such Is Life (1916)
10/24/1916 - Go to It (1916)
10/2/1916 - 10/2/1916 Very Good Eddie (1915)
10/2/1916 - 10/14/1916 Very Good Eddie (1915)
12/23/1915 - 12/23/1915 Very Good Eddie (1915)
12/23/1915 - Very Good Eddie (1915)
11/29/1915 - The Unborn (1915)
11/2/1915 - Hobson's Choice (1915)
10/20/1915 - The Mark of the Beast (1915)
4/20/1915 - 4/20/1915 Nobody Home (1915)
4/20/1915 - Nobody Home (1915)
1/25/1915 - The Critic (1915)
1/6/1915 - Maternity (1915)
10/17/1914 - 1/2/1915 Phipps (1914)
10/17/1914 - 1/2/1915 The Forest of Happy Dreams (1914)
10/17/1914 - 1/2/1915 The Cat and the Cherub (1914)
10/17/1914 - 1/2/1915 The Goal (1914)
10/17/1914 - 1/2/1915 Little Face (1914)
10/17/1914 - 1/2/1915 The Denial (1914)
10/17/1914 - 1/2/1915 The Fog (1914)
10/17/1914 - 1/2/1915 Nettie (1914)
10/17/1914 - 1/2/1915 Across the Border (1914)
3/18/1914 - Marrying Money (1914)
9/27/1913 - The Black Mask (1913)
9/27/1913 - A Pair of White Gloves (1913)
9/27/1913 - Hari-Kari (1913)
9/27/1913 - The Neglected Lady (1913)
9/27/1913 - The Hard Man (1913)
9/27/1913 - The Eternal Mystery (1913)
9/27/1913 - The Bride (1913)
9/27/1913 - En Deshabille (1913)
9/27/1913 - Russia (1913)
9/27/1913 - Felice (1913)
9/27/1913 - The Kiss in the Dark (1913)
9/27/1913 - The Fountain (1913)
9/27/1913 - It Can Be Done (1913)
9/27/1913 - Phipps (1913)
9/27/1913 - Fear (1913)
4/13/1913 - Food (1913)
3/14/1913 - The Switchboard (1913)
3/14/1913 - Fear (1913)
3/14/1913 - Fancy Free (1913)
3/14/1913 - Any Night (1913)
3/14/1913 - A Tragedy of the Future (1913)

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