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Eugene O'Neill Theatre

230 W. 49th St., New York, NY
Seats (approximate): 1108

Herbert J. Krapp, architect. Originally planned by the Shuberts as half of a theatre-hotel complex, both named for nineteenth century tragedian Edwin Forrest. But, by 1933, with the Depression on, the Shuberts could only, through clever dealings, hold onto the theatre. Through the years, it has seen many owners, including producer Lester Osterman (who renamed it the Eugene O'Neill), playwright Neil Simon, and, finally, Jujamcyn Theatres in 1982.

Built: 1925

Theatre NamesNamed 
Eugene O'Neill Theatre1959Named for Eugene O'Neill, Reopened November 19, 1959
Coronet Theatre1945Reopened December 14, 1945
Forrest Theatre1925Named for Edwin Forrest, Opened November 24, 1925

Eugene O'Neill TheatreOpening Date
Fela!
Musical, Original,
Music by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti; Book by Bill T. Jones, Jim Lewis; Lyrics by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
11/23/2009
33 Variations
Play, Original, Drama, Play with music
Written by Moisés Kaufman
03/09/2009
Spring Awakening
Musical, Original, Drama
Music by Duncan Sheik; Book by Steven Sater; Lyrics by Steven Sater
12/10/2006
Sweeney Todd
Musical, Revival, Thriller
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
11/03/2005
Good Vibrations
Musical, Original,
Music by The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson; Book by Richard Dresser; Lyrics by The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson
02/02/2005
Caroline, or Change
Musical, Original, Drama
Music by Jeanine Tesori; Book by Tony Kushner; Lyrics by Tony Kushner
05/02/2004
Nine
Musical, Revival, Drama
Music by Maury Yeston; Book by Arthur Kopit; Lyrics by Maury Yeston
04/10/2003
Short Talks on the Universe
Special, Original, Miscellaneous, Monologue, One Act
"3 a.m." by Steve Martin; "A Word from Tony Kushner" presented by Tony Kushner; "E-mail" by Jules Feiffer; "Extra" by Elaine May; "Ghost Light" by Terrence McNally; "I Hate My Purse" by Nora Ephron; "Show People" by Jon Robin Baitz
11/17/2002
The Full Monty
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by David Yazbek; Book by Terrence McNally; Lyrics by David Yazbek
10/26/2000
Waiting in the Wings
Play, Original,
Written by Noël Coward
02/17/2000
Wrong Mountain
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by David Hirson
01/13/2000
Death of a Salesman
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Arthur Miller
02/10/1999
More to Love
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Rob Bartlett
10/15/1998
The Herbal Bed
Play, Original,
Written by Peter Whelan
04/16/1998
Grease
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey; Book by Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey; Lyrics by Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
05/11/1994
Five Guys Named Moe
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Louis Jordan; Written by Clarke Peters; Lyrics by Louis Jordan
04/08/1992
A Christmas Carol
Play, Original, Solo
Written by Charles Dickens
12/19/1991
Penn & Teller: The Refrigerator Tour
Special, Original, Comedy, Magic
04/03/1991
La Bête
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by David Hirson
02/10/1991
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Tennessee Williams
03/21/1990
M. Butterfly
Play, Original, Drama
Written by David Henry Hwang
03/20/1988
Tom Waits in Concert on Broadway
Special, Original, Concert
10/13/1987
Big River
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Roger Miller; Book by William Hauptman; Lyrics by Roger Miller
04/25/1985
The Glass Menagerie
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Tennessee Williams
12/01/1983
Moose Murders
Play, Original,
Written by Arthur Bicknell
02/22/1983
Monday After the Miracle
Play, Original,
Written by William Gibson
12/14/1982
The Wake of Jamey Foster
Play, Original,
Written by Beth Henley
10/14/1982
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Carol Hall; Book by Larry L. King, Peter Masterson; Lyrics by Carol Hall
05/31/1982
Little Me
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Cy Coleman; Book by Neil Simon; Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh
01/21/1982
Annie
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Charles Strouse; Book by Thomas Meehan; Lyrics by Martin Charnin
10/29/1981
Fools
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
04/06/1981
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
04/03/1980
Chapter Two
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
01/16/1979
Diversions and Delights
Play, Original, Solo
Written by John Gay
04/12/1978
Your Arms Too Short to Box With God
Musical, Original,
Music by Alex Bradford; Book by Vinnette Carroll; Lyrics by Alex Bradford
11/16/1977
California Suite
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
06/10/1976
Yentl
Play, Original,
Written by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Leah Napolin
10/23/1975
God's Favorite
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
12/11/1974
The Good Doctor
Play, Original,
Written by Neil Simon
11/27/1973
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Play, Original, Comedy, Drama
Written by Neil Simon
11/11/1971
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
12/28/1969
Canterbury Tales
Musical, Original,
Music by John Hawkins, Richard Hill; Book by Martin Starkie, Neville Coghill; Lyrics by Neville Coghill
02/03/1969
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Tom Stoppard
01/08/1968
The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake
Play, Original,
Written by Richard Chandler
11/01/1967
The Odd Couple
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
08/01/1966
Happily Never After
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by J. A. Ross
03/10/1966
The Great Indoors
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Irene Kamp
02/01/1966
Mating Dance
Play, Original, Comedy
Music by Albert A. Beach; Written by Eleanor Harris, Helen McAvity, Howard McAvity
11/03/1965
Something More!
Musical, Original,
Music by Sammy Fain; Book by Nate Monaster; Lyrics by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
11/10/1964
Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory
Play, Original, Comedy, Farce
Written by Jerry Devine
03/28/1964
She Loves Me
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Jerry Bock; Book by Joe Masteroff; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
04/23/1963
A Thousand Clowns
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Herb Gardner
04/05/1962
Ross
Play, Original,
Written by Terence Rattigan
12/26/1961
Let It Ride
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Ray Evans, Jay Livingston; Book by Abram S. Ginnes; Lyrics by Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
10/12/1961
The Young Abe Lincoln
Musical, Original,
Music by Victor Ziskin; Book by Richard N. Bernstein, John Allen; Lyrics by Joan Javits, Arnold Sundgaard
04/25/1961
Show Girl
Musical, Original, Revue, Comedy
Music by Charles Gaynor; Sketches by Charles Gaynor; Lyrics by Charles Gaynor
01/12/1961
The Hostage
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Brendan Behan
12/12/1960
Face of a Hero
Play, Original,
Written by Robert L. Joseph
10/20/1960
A Second String
Play, Original,
Written by Lucienne Hill
04/13/1960
The Cool World
Play, Original,
Written by Robert Rossen, Warren Miller
02/22/1960
A Distant Bell
Play, Original,
Written by Katherine Morrill
01/13/1960
A Loss of Roses
Play, Original,
Written by William Inge
11/28/1959
Coronet TheatreOpening Date
The Great God Brown
Play, Revival,
Written by Eugene O'Neill
10/06/1959
The Disenchanted
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Budd Schulberg, Harvey Breit
12/03/1958
The Man in the Dog Suit
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Albert Beich, William H. Wright
10/30/1958
The Firstborn
Play, Original,
Written by Christopher Fry
04/29/1958
The Waltz of the Toreadors
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Jean Anouilh
03/04/1958
Summer of the 17th Doll
Play, Original,
Written by Ray Lawler
01/22/1958
Nature's Way
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Herman Wouk
10/16/1957
The Waltz of the Toreadors
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Jean Anouilh
01/17/1957
Saint Joan
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by George Bernard Shaw
12/25/1956
The Sleeping Prince
Play, Original,
Music for "The Coconut Girl" by Vivian Ellis; Written by Terence Rattigan; Lyrics for "The Coconut Girl" by Vivian Ellis
11/01/1956
The Great Sebastians
Play, Original, Melodrama, Comedy
Written by Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
02/08/1956
A View From the Bridge
Play, Original, Drama, One Act
Written by Arthur Miller
09/29/1955
A Memory of Two Mondays
Play, Original, One Act
Written by Arthur Miller
09/29/1955
The Bad Seed
Play, Original,
Written by Maxwell Anderson
04/25/1955
Quadrille
Play, Original, Romantic Comedy
Written by Noël Coward
11/03/1954
All Summer Long
Play, Original,
Written by Robert Anderson
09/23/1954
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Liam O'Brien
12/30/1953
The Little Hut
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Andre Roussin
10/07/1953
The Children's Hour
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Lillian Hellman
12/18/1952
Sunday Breakfast
Play, Original,
Written by Emery Rubio, Miriam Balf
05/28/1952
Jane
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by S. N. Behrman
02/01/1952
Faithfully Yours
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Ladislaus Bush-Fekete, Mary Helen Fay
10/18/1951
The Autumn Garden
Play, Original,
Written by Lillian Hellman
03/07/1951
Jotham Valley
Musical, Original, Play
Music by Cecil Broadhurst, Frances Hadden, Will Reed; Book by Cecil Broadhurst; Lyrics by Cecil Broadhurst
02/20/1951
Not for Children
Play, Original,
Music by Robert Emmett Dolan; Written by Elmer Rice
02/13/1951
Hilda Crane
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Samson Raphaelson
11/01/1950
Tickets, Please!
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Lyn Duddy, Joan Edwards, Lucille Kallen, Mel Tolkin; Sketches by Edmund Rice, Harry Herrmann, Jack Roche, Ted Luce; Lyrics by Lyn Duddy, Joan Edwards, Lucille Kallen, Mel Tolkin
04/27/1950
The Bird Cage
Play, Original,
Written by Arthur Laurents
02/22/1950
Happy as Larry
Musical, Original, Fantasy
Music by Wesley Portnoff, Mischa Portnoff; Book by Donagh MacDonagh; Lyrics by Donagh MacDonagh
01/06/1950
The Browning Version
Play, Original, One Act
Music by William Brooks; Written by Terence Rattigan
10/12/1949
Harlequinade
Play, Original, One Act
Music by William Brooks; Written by Terence Rattigan
10/12/1949
Diamond Lil
Play, Revival, Comedy, Melodrama
Written by Mae West
02/05/1949
Small Wonder
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Albert Selden, Baldwin Bergersen; Book by Charles Spalding, George Axelrod, Louis Laun, Max Wilk; Lyrics by Billings Brown, Phyllis McGinley, Burt Shevelove
09/15/1948
Angel in the Wings
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Bob Hilliard, Carl Sigman; Sketches by Hank Ladd, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Ted Luce; Lyrics by Bob Hilliard, Carl Sigman
12/11/1947
All My Sons
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Arthur Miller
01/29/1947
Lovely Me
Play, Original, Comedy
Music by Jeff Bailey, Arthur Siegel; Written by Beatrice Cole, Jacqueline Susann
01/06/1947
Wonderful Journey
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Harry Segall
12/25/1946
Dream Girl
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Elmer Rice
12/14/1945
Beggars Are Coming to Town
Play, Original,
Written by Theodore Reeves
10/27/1945
Forrest TheatreOpening Date
The Overtons
Play, Original,
Written by Vincent Lawrence
03/12/1945
Signature
Play, Original,
Written by Elizabeth McFadden
02/14/1945
Hand in Glove
Play, Original, Thriller
Written by Charles K. Freeman, Gerald Savory
12/25/1944
Dark Hammock
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Mary Orr, Reginald Denham
12/11/1944
The Man Who Had All the Luck
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Arthur Miller
11/23/1944
Meet a Body
Play, Original,
Written by Jane Hinton
10/16/1944
Suds in Your Eye
Play, Original,
Written by Jack Kirkland
01/24/1944
Listen, Professor
Play, Original,
Written by Alexander Nikolayevitch Afinogenov
12/22/1943
Manhattan Nocturne
Play, Original,
Written by Roy Walling
10/26/1943
Bright Lights of 1944
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Jerry Livingston; Book by Charles Sherman; Lyrics by Mack David
09/16/1943
King Richard III
Play, Revival, History
Written by William Shakespeare
03/24/1943
Claudia
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Rose Franken
11/08/1942
Three Men on a Horse
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by George Abbott, John Cecil Holm
10/09/1942
Tobacco Road
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Jack Kirkland
09/05/1942
Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Play, Original,
Written by Asa Bordages, John Bright
12/21/1941
Walk Into My Parlor
Play, Original,
Written by Alexander Greendale
11/19/1941
Tobacco Road
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Jack Kirkland
09/00/1934
Keep Moving
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Max Rich; Music for "A Page from Jonathan Swift" and "Command to Love" by Henry Sullivan; Music for "Lovely, Lovely Day" by Billy Taylor; Sketches by Jack Scholl, Tom Howard, George Rosener, Newman Levy; Lyrics by Jack Scholl
08/23/1934
Caviar
Musical, Original, Romantic Comedy
Music by Harden Church; Book by Leo Randole; Lyrics by Edward Heyman
06/07/1934
Love Kills
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Ida Lublenski Ehrlich
05/01/1934
Broadway Interlude
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by William Almon Wolff, Achmed Abdullah
04/19/1934
Theodora, The Quean
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by J. Kerby Hawkes, Jo Milward
01/31/1934
Re-Echo
Play, Original, Drama
Written by I.J. Golden
01/10/1934
The Jooss Ballet
Musical, Original, Ballet
10/31/1933
Crucible
Play, Original, Drama
Written by D. Hubert Connelly
09/04/1933
Tommy
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Bertrand Robinson, Howard Lindsay
08/07/1933
As Husbands Go
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Rachel Crothers
01/19/1933
The Good Fairy
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Ferenc Molnár
11/17/1932
Ol' Man Satan
Play, Original,
10/03/1932
Angeline Moves In
Play, Original, Comedy, Drama
Written by Hale Francisco
04/19/1932
A Few Wild Oats
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Arthur Hoerl
03/24/1932
New York to Cherbourg
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by H.G. Buller
02/19/1932
Sugar Hill
Musical, Original, All Black Cast, Comedy
Book by Charles Tazewell; Lyrics by Jo Trent
12/25/1931
The Devil's Host
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Carl Glick
11/19/1931
Lean Harvest
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Ronald Jeans
10/13/1931
In the Best of Families
Play, Original, Farce
Written by Anita Hart, Maurice Braddell
03/00/1931
On the Spot
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Edgar Wallace
10/29/1930
The Blue Ghost
Play, Original, Comedy, Mystery
Written by Bernard J. McOwen, J. P. Riewerts
03/10/1930
Headquarters
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Hugh Stanislaus Stange
12/04/1929
Abraham Lincoln
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by John Drinkwater
10/21/1929
Divided Honors
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Winnie Baldwin
09/30/1929
The Crooks' Convention
Play, Original, Farce, Satire
Written by Arthur Somers Roche
09/18/1929
Now-a-Days
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Arthur F. Brash
08/05/1929
Chinese O'Neill
Play, Original, Melodrama
05/22/1929
Carnival
Play, Original, Drama
Written by William R. Doyle
04/24/1929
Paolo and Francesca
Play, Revival, Drama, Poem
Written by Stephen Phillips
04/01/1929
The Whispering Gallery
Play, Original, Comedy, Mystery
Written by Percy Robinson, Terence De Marney
02/11/1929
Cafe de Danse
Play, Original,
01/14/1929
The Squealer
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Mark Linder
11/12/1928
The Common Sin
Play, Original,
Written by Willard Mack
10/15/1928
The Skull
Play, Original, Mystery
Written by Bernard J. McOwen, Harry E. Humphrey
04/23/1928
Saturday's Children
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Maxwell Anderson
04/09/1928
Veils
Musical, Original,
Music by Donald Heywood; Book by Irving Kaye Davis; Lyrics by Donald Heywood
03/13/1928
The Clutching Claw
Play, Original,
Written by Ralph Thomas Kettering
02/14/1928
Mirrors
Play, Original,
Written by Milton Herbert Gropper
01/18/1928
Bless You, Sister
Play, Original,
Written by John Meehan, Robert Riskin
12/26/1927
Women Go On Forever
Play, Original,
Written by Daniel N. Rubin
09/07/1927
The Road to Happiness
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Eduardo Marquina, Martinez Sierra
05/02/1927
The Crown Prince
Play, Original, Romance
Written by Zoe Akins
03/23/1927
The Heaven Tappers
Play, Original,
Written by Annette Westbay, George Scarborough
03/08/1927
Lady Alone
Play, Original,
Written by Laetitia McDonald
01/20/1927
Lace Petticoat
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Carl Carlton, Emil Gerstenberger; Book by Stewart St. Clair; Lyrics by Howard Johnson
01/04/1927
Hangman's House
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Willard Mack
12/16/1926
The Woman Disputed
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Denison Cliff
09/28/1926
Rainbow Rose
Musical, Original,
Music by Harold A. Levey, Owen Murphy; Book by Walter De Leon; Lyrics by Harold A. Levey, Owen Murphy
03/16/1926
Mama Loves Papa
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Jack McGowan, Mann Page
02/22/1926
The Matinee Girl
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Frank H. Grey; Book by Bide Dudley, McElbert Moore; Lyrics by Bide Dudley, McElbert Moore
02/01/1926
Mayflowers
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Edward Kunneke; Book by Clifford Grey; Lyrics by Clifford Grey
11/24/1925

Eugene O'Neill TheatreOpening Date
You May Now Worship Me
Special, Original, Benefit, Concert
Book by Sherie Rene Scott, Dick Scanlan
03/31/2008