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Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

261 W. 47th St., New York, NY
Seats (approximate): 650

Herbert J. Krapp, architect. Built by the Chanin brothers. Used by Federal Theatre's Living Newspaper Project in the 1930s until being sold to George Abbott and Warner Brothers in 1935. Leased in 1952 to CBS for use as a radio and TV studio until reopening as a legit venue in 1961. Declared unsafe in 1988 after vandals damaged and set fires in the auditorium. Renovated by Manhattan Theatre Club for $35 million (Polshek Partnership, architects), re-opened October, 2003. MTC renamed the venue in 2008.

Built: 1925

Theatre NamesNamed 
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre2008Named for Samuel J. Friedman, September 4, 2008
Biltmore Theatre1925Opened December 7, 1925

Samuel J. Friedman TheatreOpening Date
Collected Stories
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Donald Margulies
04/28/2010
Time Stands Still
Play, Original,
Written by Donald Margulies
01/28/2010
The Royal Family
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Edna Ferber, George S. Kaufman
10/08/2009
Accent on Youth
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Samson Raphaelson
04/29/2009
The American Plan
Play, Original,
Written by Richard Greenberg
01/22/2009
To Be Or Not To Be
Play, Original,
Written by Nick Whitby
10/14/2008
Biltmore TheatreOpening Date
Top Girls
Play, Original,
Written by Caryl Churchill
05/07/2008
Come Back, Little Sheba
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by William Inge
01/24/2008
Mauritius
Play, Original,
Written by Theresa Rebeck
10/04/2007
Lovemusik
Musical, Original, Drama
Music by Kurt Weill; Book by Alfred Uhry; Lyrics by Kurt Weill
05/03/2007
Translations
Play, Revival,
Written by Brian Friel
01/25/2007
Losing Louie
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Simon Mendes da Costa
10/12/2006
Shining City
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Conor McPherson
05/09/2006
Rabbit Hole
Play, Original,
Written by David Lindsay-Abaire
02/02/2006
Absurd Person Singular
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
10/18/2005
After the Night and the Music
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Elaine May
06/01/2005
Brooklyn Boy
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Donald Margulies
02/03/2005
Reckless
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Craig Lucas
10/14/2004
Sight Unseen
Play, Original,
Written by Donald Margulies
05/25/2004
Drowning Crow
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Regina Taylor
02/19/2004
The Violet Hour
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Richard Greenberg
11/06/2003
Stardust
Musical, Original, Revue
Lyrics by Mitchell Parish
02/19/1987
Honky Tonk Nights
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Michael Valenti; Book by David Campbell; Lyrics by David Campbell
08/07/1986
The Boys of Winter
Play, Original,
Written by John Pielmeier
12/01/1985
A Woman of Independent Means
Play, Original, Solo
Written by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
05/03/1984
Doonesbury
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Elizabeth Swados; Book by Garry Trudeau; Lyrics by Garry Trudeau
11/21/1983
Whodunnit
Play, Original,
Written by Anthony Shaffer
12/30/1982
Deathtrap
Play, Original, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy
Written by Ira Levin
01/07/1982
A Talent for Murder
Play, Original, Comedy, Mystery
Written by Jerome Chodorov, Norman Panama
10/01/1981
The Supporting Cast
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by George Furth
08/06/1981
Inacent Black
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by A. Marcus Hemphill
05/06/1981
To Grandmother's House We Go
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Joanna M. Glass
01/15/1981
The American Clock
Play, Original,
Written by Arthur Miller
11/20/1980
Nuts
Play, Original,
Written by Tom Topor
04/28/1980
Reggae
Musical, Original,
Music by Kendrew Lascelles, Stafford Harrison, Ras Karbi, Michael Kamen, Max Romeo, Randy Bishop, Jackie Mittoo; Book by Melvin Van Peebles, Stafford Harrison; Story and book by Kendrew Lascelles; Lyrics by Kendrew Lascelles, Stafford Harrison, Ras Karbi, Michael Kamen, Max Romeo, Randy Bishop, Jackie Mittoo
03/27/1980
Up in One
Special, Original, Revue
Music by Peter Allen; Additional musical material by Adrienne Anderson
05/23/1979
The Kingfisher
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by William Douglas Home
12/06/1978
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Paul Zindel
03/14/1978
Cheaters
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Michael Jacobs
01/15/1978
Hair
Musical, Revival,
Music by Galt MacDermot; Book by Gerome Ragni, James Rado; Lyrics by Gerome Ragni, James Rado
10/05/1977
Appearing Nitely
Special, Original, Solo, Comedy
Written by Jane Wagner, Lily Tomlin
03/24/1977
The Robber Bridegroom
Musical, Original,
Music by Robert Waldman; Book by Alfred Uhry; Lyrics by Alfred Uhry
10/09/1976
Knock Knock
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Jules Feiffer
02/24/1976
Murder Among Friends
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Bob Barry
12/28/1975
Flowers
Special, Original, Pantomime
Written by Lindsay Kemp
10/07/1974
Find Your Way Home
Play, Original,
Written by John Hopkins
03/25/1974
Let Me Hear You Smile
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Harry Cauley, Leonora Thuna
01/16/1973
Hair
Musical, Original,
Music by Galt MacDermot; Book by Gerome Ragni, James Rado; Lyrics by Gerome Ragni, James Rado
04/29/1968
Loot
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Joe Orton
03/18/1968
Staircase
Play, Original,
Written by Charles Dyer
01/10/1968
The Ninety Day Mistress
Play, Original,
Written by J.J. Coyle
11/06/1967
Barefoot in the Park
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
10/23/1963
Man in the Moon
Musical, Original, Puppets
Music by Jerry Bock; Book by Arthur Burns; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
04/11/1963
Andorra
Play, Original,
Written by Max Frisch
02/09/1963
In the Counting House
Play, Original,
Written by Leslie Weiner
12/13/1962
Take Her, She's Mine
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Henry Ephron, Phoebe Ephron
12/21/1961
The Number
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Arthur Carter
10/30/1951
Billy Budd
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Louis O. Coxe, Robert Chapman
02/10/1951
Pride's Crossing
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Victor Wolfson
11/20/1950
Southern Exposure
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Owen Crump
09/26/1950
Clutterbuck
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Benn W. Levy
12/03/1949
The Silver Whistle
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Robert E. McEnroe
11/24/1948
The Heiress
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz
09/29/1947
The Whole World Over
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Konstantine Simonov
03/27/1947
Parlor Story
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by William McCleery
03/04/1947
It Takes Two
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Dana Suesse, Virginia Faulkner
02/03/1947
Love Goes to Press
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Martha Gellhorn, Virginia Cowles
01/01/1947
No Exit
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Jean-Paul Sartre
11/26/1946
Loco
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Dale Eunson, Katherine Albert
10/16/1946
The Dancer
Play, Revival, Melodrama
Written by Julian Funt, Milton Lewis
06/05/1946
Apple of His Eye
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Charles Robinson, Kenyon Nicholson
02/05/1946
A Joy Forever
Play, Original,
Written by Vincent McConnor
01/07/1946
Therese
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Thomas Job
10/09/1945
A Boy Who Lived Twice
Play, Original,
Written by Gertrude Ogden Tubby, Leslie Floyd Egbert
09/11/1945
Kiss and Tell
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by F. Hugh Herbert
06/11/1945
Round Trip
Play, Original,
Written by Mary Orr, Reginald Denham
05/29/1945
Star-Spangled Family
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by B. Harrison Orkow
04/10/1945
Happily Ever After
Play, Original,
Written by Donald Kirkley, Howard Burman
03/15/1945
Snafu
Play, Original,
Written by Harold Buchman, Louis Solomon
01/01/1945
Kiss and Tell
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by F. Hugh Herbert
03/17/1943
Ask My Friend Sandy
Play, Original,
Written by Stanley Young
02/04/1943
Janie
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Herschel Williams, Josephine Bentham
12/21/1942
The Sun Field
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Milton Lazarus
12/09/1942
Little Darling
Play, Original,
Written by Eric Hatch
10/27/1942
My Sister Eileen
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Joseph A. Fields, Jerome Chodorov
12/26/1940
Jupiter Laughs
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Dr. A.J. Cronin
09/09/1940
Out From Under
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by John Walter Kelly
05/04/1940
Goodbye in the Night
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Jerome Mayer
03/18/1940
The Unconquered
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Ayn Rand
02/13/1940
The Woman Brown
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Dorothy Cumming
12/08/1939
See My Lawyer
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Harry Clork, Richard Maibaum
09/27/1939
Day in the Sun
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Edward R. Sammis, Ernest V. Heyn
05/16/1939
The Flashing Stream
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Charles Morgan
04/10/1939
The Primrose Path
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Robert Buckner, Walter Hart
01/04/1939
What a Life
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Clifford Goldsmith
04/13/1938
All That Glitters
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by John Baragwanath, Kenneth Simpson
01/19/1938
Brown Sugar
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Bernie Angus
12/02/1937
Many Mansions
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Eckert Goodman, Jules Eckert Goodman
10/27/1937
Wise Tomorrow
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Stephen Powys
10/15/1937
Brother Rat
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Fred F. Finklehoffe, John Monks, Jr.
12/16/1936
Injunction Granted
Special, Original, Sketches
07/24/1936
1935
Special, Original, Sketches
05/12/1936
Triple-A Plowed Under
Special, Original, Sketches
03/14/1936
Jefferson Davis
Play, Original, Drama, History
Written by John McGee
02/18/1936
Ethiopia
Special, Original, Sketches
00/00/1936
Whatever Goes Up
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Milton Lazarus
11/25/1935
Good Men and True
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Brian Marlow, Frank S. Merlin
10/25/1935
If a Body
Play, Original, Drama, Mystery
Written by George Rosener
04/30/1935
Crime and Punishment
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Fyodor Mikhaylovitch Dostoyevsky
01/22/1935
Bridal Quilt
Play, Original,
Written by Tom Powers
10/10/1934
Big Hearted Herbert
Play, Original, Comedy
01/01/1934
The Scorpion
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Bernard J. McOwen
11/27/1933
The Family Upstairs
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Harry Delf
10/27/1933
Four O'Clock
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Nan O'Reilly, Rupert Darrell
02/13/1933
Carry Nation
Play, Original,
Written by Frank McGrath
10/29/1932
The Other One
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Henry Myers
10/03/1932
Border-Land
Play, Original, Comedy, Drama
Written by Crane Wilbur
03/29/1932
Zombie
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Kenneth Webb
02/10/1932
Sentinels
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Lula Vollmer
12/25/1931
The Guest Room
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Arthur Wilmurt
10/06/1931
The Wooden Soldier
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Alexander Carr
06/22/1931
Her Supporting Cast
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Harold Sherman
05/04/1931
Philip Goes Forth
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by George Kelly
01/12/1931
The Up and Up
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Eva Kay Flint, Martha Madison
09/08/1930
Let and Sub-Let
Play, Original, Comedy, Farce
05/19/1930
Penal Law 2010
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Alexander Gerry, Augusta Greely
04/18/1930
Children of Darkness
Play, Original,
Written by Edwin Justus Mayer
01/07/1930
Whirlpool
Play, Original, Drama
Written by William Jourdan Rapp, Walter Marquiss
12/03/1929
Claire Adams
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Daniel N. Rubin
11/19/1929
The Nut Farm
Play, Original, Comedy
10/14/1929
Getting Even
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Nathaniel Wilson
08/19/1929
Man's Estate
Play, Original,
Written by Beatrice Blackmar, Bruce Gould
04/01/1929
Young Alexander
Play, Original,
Written by Hardwick Nevin
03/12/1929
Poppa
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack
12/24/1928
Tin Pan Alley
Play, Original,
Written by Hugh Stanislaus Stange
11/01/1928
The K Guy
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Alethea Luce, Walter De Leon
10/15/1928
Pleasure Man
Play, Original, Comedy, Drama
Written by Mae West
10/01/1928
The Intruder
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Paul Eldridge
07/25/1928
Dorian Gray
Play, Original,
Written by David Thorne
05/21/1928
Divorce a la Carte
Play, Original, Farce, Satire
03/26/1928
Rope
Play, Original, Drama
Written by David Wallace, T. S. Stribling
02/22/1928
The Marquise
Play, Original,
Written by Noël Coward
11/14/1927
Ink
Play, Original, Melodrama, Satire
Written by Dana Watterson Greeley
11/01/1927
Jimmie's Women
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Myron C. Fagan
09/26/1927
The Triumphant Bachelor
Play, Original,
Written by Owen Davis
09/15/1927
The Barker
Play, Original,
Written by Kenyon Nicholson
01/18/1927
Old Bill, M. P.
Play, Original, Comedy, Play with music
Music by Abel Baer; Written by Bruce Bairnsfather; Lyrics by Bruce Bairnsfather
11/10/1926
Loose Ankles
Play, Original, Farce, Comedy
Written by Sam Janney
08/16/1926
Kongo
Play, Original,
Written by Chester De Vonde, Kilbourn Gordon
03/30/1926
Easy Come, Easy Go
Play, Original, Farce
Written by Owen Davis
12/07/1925