Henry Miller's Theatre

124 W. 43rd St., New York, NY
Seats (approximate): 1055

Allen, Ingalls & Hoffman, architects. Built by Henry Miller and managed by his son Gilbert after his death in 1926. In 1968, it was sold to Seymour Durst. Later, it showed blue movies, then became a discotheque. In 1998, it returned to legit use. It closed in 2004 for construction. The 1,055-seat house reopened in 2009, and is located inside the new 55-story Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park. The original 1918 Miller facade, landmarked by the city, remains.

Built: 1918

Theatre Names	Named
Henry Miller's Theatre	1998 (2)	Named for Henry Miller
Kit Kat Klub	1998 (1)
Xenon	1978	Night club
Avon-at-the-Hudson	1972	Showed X-rated movies
Park-Miller Theatre	1970	Showed movies
Henry Miller's Theatre	1918	Named for Henry Miller, actor, manager. Opened April 1, 1918

Productions

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Henry Miller's Theatre	Opening Date
Bye Bye Birdie Musical, Revival, Comedy Music by Charles Strouse; Book by Michael Stewart; Lyrics by Lee Adams	10/15/2009
Celebrating Sondheim Special, Original, Concert Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	12/02/2002
Urinetown Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Mark Hollmann; Book by Greg Kotis; Lyrics by Mark Hollmann, Greg Kotis	09/20/2001
Kit Kat Klub	Opening Date
Cabaret Musical, Revival, Drama Music by John Kander; Book by Joe Masteroff; Lyrics by Fred Ebb	03/19/1998
Xenon	Opening Date
The Ritz Play, Revival, Comedy, Farce Written by Terrence McNally	05/02/1983
Henry Miller's Theatre	Opening Date
But, Seriously... Play, Original, Written by Julius J. Epstein	02/27/1969
Morning Play, Original, One Act Written by Israel Horovitz, Leonard Melfi, Terrence McNally	11/28/1968
Noon Play, Original, One Act Written by Israel Horovitz, Leonard Melfi, Terrence McNally	11/28/1968
Night Play, Original, One Act Written by Israel Horovitz, Leonard Melfi, Terrence McNally	11/28/1968
The Cuban Thing Play, Original, Written by Jack Gelber	09/24/1968
The Venetian Twins Play, Original, Comedy Music by Giancarlo Chiarmello; Written by Carlo Goldoni	05/28/1968
Portrait of a Queen Play, Original, Drama, History, Play with music Edited and arranged as a play by William Francis	02/28/1968
Before You Go Play, Original, Written by Lawrence Holofcener	01/11/1968
The Promise Play, Original, Written by Aleksei Arbuzov	11/14/1967
Hello, Solly! Musical, Original, Revue	04/04/1967
The Paisley Convertible Play, Original, Comedy Written by Harry Cauley	02/11/1967
Agatha Sue, I Love You Play, Original, Comedy Written by Abe Einhorn	12/14/1966
The Office Play, Original, Fantasy, Comedy Music by Robert Prince; Written by Maria Irene Fornes	04/30/1966
3 Bags Full Play, Original, Comedy Written by Jerome Chodorov	03/06/1966
The Subject Was Roses Play, Original, Drama Written by Frank D. Gilroy	12/22/1965
Minor Miracle Play, Original, Written by Al Morgan	10/07/1965
A Race of Hairy Men! Play, Original, Comedy Written by Evan Hunter	04/29/1965
Diamond Orchid Play, Original, Written by Jerome Lawrence	02/10/1965
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window Play, Original, Written by Lorraine Hansberry	12/29/1964
P. S. I Love You Play, Original, Comedy Written by Lawrence Roman	11/19/1964
The Committee. Musical, Original, Revue	09/16/1964
The White House Play, Original, Play with music Written by A. E. Hotchner	05/19/1964
Josephine Baker Musical, Original, Revue	03/31/1964
Enter Laughing Play, Original, Comedy Written by Joseph Stein	03/13/1963
The Hollow Crown Musical, Original, Revue	01/29/1963
The Affair Play, Original, Written by Ronald Millar	09/20/1962
Great Day in the Morning Play, Original, Written by Alice Cannon	03/28/1962
Under the Yum-Yum Tree Play, Original, Written by Lawrence Roman	11/16/1960
The World of Carl Sandburg Play, Original, Written by Norman Corwin	09/14/1960
The Andersonville Trial Play, Original, Written by Saul Levitt	12/29/1959
Golden Fleecing Play, Original, Comedy Written by Lorenzo Semple, Jr.	10/15/1959
An Evening With Yves Montand Special, Original, Solo	09/22/1959
The Nervous Set Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Tommy Wolf; Book by Jay Landesman, Theodore J. Flicker; Lyrics by Fran Landesman	05/12/1959
Look After Lulu Play, Original, Comedy Written by Noël Coward	03/03/1959
Epitaph for George Dillon Play, Revival, Drama Written by Anthony Creighton, John Osborne	01/12/1959
Cue for Passion Play, Original, Drama Written by Elmer Rice	11/25/1958
Patate Play, Original, Comedy Written by Marcel Achard	10/28/1958
The Rope Dancers Play, Original, Drama Written by Morton Wishengrad	01/27/1958
The Country Wife Play, Revival, Comedy Written by William Wycherley	12/23/1957
The Genius and the Goddess Play, Original, Written by Aldous Huxley, Beth Hendel	12/10/1957
Under Milk Wood Play, Original, Written by Dylan Thomas	10/15/1957
Hotel Paradiso Play, Original, Comedy, Farce Written by Georges Feydeau, Maurice Desvallierès	04/11/1957
The Reluctant Debutante Play, Original, Comedy Written by William Douglas Home	10/10/1956
Witness for the Prosecution Play, Original, Drama, Mystery Written by Agatha Christie	12/16/1954
The Living Room Play, Original, Drama Written by Graham Greene	11/17/1954
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! Play, Original, Comedy Written by Edward Chodorov	12/17/1953
The Trip to Bountiful Play, Original, Written by Horton Foote	11/03/1953
The Moon Is Blue Play, Original, Comedy Written by F. Hugh Herbert	03/08/1951
The Cocktail Party Play, Original, Drama Written by T.S. Eliot	01/21/1950
Born Yesterday Play, Original, Comedy Written by Garson Kanin	11/09/1948
Grandma's Diary Play, Original, Comedy Written by Albert Wineman Barker	09/22/1948
For Love or Money Play, Original, Comedy Written by F. Hugh Herbert	11/04/1947
Maurice Chevalier Special, Original, Concert Music by Irving Actman	03/10/1947
The Story of Mary Surratt Play, Original, Drama Written by John Patrick	02/08/1947
Little A Play, Original, Drama Written by Hugh White	01/15/1947
Made in Heaven Play, Original, Comedy Written by Hagar Wilde	10/24/1946
Dear Ruth Play, Original, Comedy Written by Norman Krasna	12/13/1944
The Streets Are Guarded Play, Original, Music by Tom Bennett; Written by Laurence Stallings	11/20/1944
The Visitor Play, Original, Written by Kenneth White	10/17/1944
For Keeps Play, Original, Comedy Written by F. Hugh Herbert	06/14/1944
Chicken Every Sunday Play, Original, Written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein	04/05/1944
Harriet Play, Original, Written by Colin Clements, Florence Ryerson	03/03/1943
Janie Play, Original, Comedy Written by Herschel Williams, Josephine Bentham	02/02/1943
Flare Path Play, Original, Written by Terence Rattigan	12/23/1942
Janie Play, Original, Comedy Written by Herschel Williams, Josephine Bentham	09/10/1942
Broken Journey Play, Original, Written by Andrew Rosenthal	06/23/1942
Heart of a City Play, Original, Drama Written by Lesley Storm	02/12/1942
All in Favor Play, Original, Written by Walter Bernstein, Don Hartman, Louis Hoffman	01/20/1942
Spring Again Play, Original, Written by Bertram Bloch, Isabel Leighton	11/10/1941
Village Green Play, Original, Written by Carl Allensworth	09/03/1941
The Happy Days Play, Original, Written by Claude-Andre Puget	05/13/1941
The Talley Method Play, Original, Written by S. N. Behrman	02/24/1941
Eight O'Clock Tuesday Play, Original, Written by Robert Wallsten, Mignon G. Eberhart	01/06/1941
Delicate Story Play, Original, Written by Ferenc Molnár	12/04/1940
Ladies in Retirement Play, Original, Drama Written by Edward Percy, Reginald Denham	03/26/1940
Geneva Play, Original, Satire, Comedy Written by George Bernard Shaw	01/30/1940
Christmas Eve Play, Original, Drama Written by Gustav Eckstein	12/27/1939
Ring Two Play, Original, Comedy Written by Gladys Hurlbut	11/22/1939
Pastoral Play, Original, Comedy Written by Victor Wolfson	11/01/1939
Kiss the Boys Good-bye Play, Original, Comedy	09/28/1938
Once is Enough Play, Original, Comedy Written by Frederick Lonsdale	02/15/1938
Our Town Play, Original, Drama Written by Thornton Wilder	02/04/1938
Tortilla Flat Play, Original, Comedy Written by Jack Kirkland	01/12/1938
French Without Tears Play, Original, Comedy Written by Terence Rattigan	09/28/1937
Miss Quis Play, Original, Comedy Written by Ward Morehouse	04/07/1937
Now You've Done It Play, Original, Comedy	03/05/1937
The Country Wife Play, Original, Comedy Written by William Wycherley	12/01/1936
Seen But Not Heard Play, Original, Comedy Written by Marie Baumer, Martin Berkeley	09/17/1936
Libel Play, Original, Drama Written by Edward Wooll	12/20/1935
Personal Appearance Play, Original, Comedy Written by Lawrence Riley	10/17/1934
The Bride of Torozko Play, Original, Comedy Written by Otto Indig	09/13/1934
These Two Play, Original, Drama Written by Lionel Hale	05/07/1934
House of Remsen Play, Original, Drama Written by Marie Baumer, Nicholas Soussanin, William J. Perlman	04/02/1934
Days Without End Play, Original, Written by Eugene O'Neill	01/08/1934
All Good Americans Play, Original, Comedy Written by Laura Perelman, S. J. Perelman	12/05/1933
Spring in Autumn Play, Original, Comedy Written by Blanche Yurka, Nene Belmonte	10/24/1933
Amourette Play, Original, Comedy Written by Clare Kummer	09/27/1933
The Late Christopher Bean Play, Original, Comedy	10/31/1932
The Good Fairy Play, Original, Comedy Written by Ferenc Molnár	11/24/1931
The Sex Fable Play, Original, Comedy Written by Edouard Bourdet	10/20/1931
Tomorrow and Tomorrow Play, Original, Drama Written by Philip Barry	01/13/1931
Marseilles Play, Original, Comedy Written by Sidney Howard	11/17/1930
One, Two, Three Play, Original, Comedy, One Act Written by Ferenc Molnár	09/29/1930
The Violet Play, Original, One Act Written by Ferenc Molnár	09/29/1930
Journey's End Play, Original, Drama Written by R. C. Sherriff	03/22/1929
Merry Andrew Play, Original, Comedy Written by Lewis Beach	01/21/1929
The Lady of the Orchids Play, Original, Written by E. Ray Goetz	12/13/1928
The Sacred Flame Play, Original, Written by W. Somerset Maugham	11/19/1928
Gentlemen of the Press Play, Original, Written by Ward Morehouse	08/27/1928
Our Betters Play, Original, Comedy Written by W. Somerset Maugham	02/20/1928
Baby Cyclone Play, Original, Farce Written by George M. Cohan	09/12/1927
The Play's the Thing Play, Original, Comedy Written by Ferenc Molnár	11/03/1926
Raquel Meller Special, Original, Concert	10/25/1926
Just Life Play, Original, Drama Written by John Bowie	09/14/1926
Still Waters Play, Original, Comedy Written by Augustus Thomas	03/01/1926
Embers Play, Original, Written by A. E. Thomas	02/01/1926
The Vortex Play, Original, Written by Noël Coward	09/16/1925
The Poor Nut Play, Original, Comedy Written by Elliott Nugent, J. C. Nugent	04/27/1925
Quarantine Play, Original, Comedy Written by F. Tennyson Jesse	12/16/1924
The Man in Evening Clothes Play, Original, Comedy Written by André Picard, Yves Mirandeis	12/05/1924
L'Aiglon Play, Revival, Tragedy Written by Edmond Rostand	10/20/1924
So this is Politics ( Strange Bedfellows ) Play, Original, Comedy Written by Barry Conners	06/16/1924
Helena's Boys Play, Original, Comedy Written by Ida Lublenski	04/07/1924
Merry Wives of Gotham Play, Original, Comedy Written by Laurence Eyre	01/16/1924
The Changelings Play, Original, Comedy Written by Lee Wilson Dodd	09/17/1923
Romeo and Juliet Play, Revival, Tragedy Written by William Shakespeare	01/24/1923
The Awful Truth Play, Original, Comedy Written by Arthur Richman	09/18/1922
A Pinch Hitter Play, Original, Comedy Written by H. M. Harwood	06/01/1922
The National Anthem Play, Original, Drama Written by J. Hartley Manners	01/23/1922
The Intimate Strangers Play, Original, Comedy Written by Booth Tarkington	11/07/1921
The White-Headed Boy Play, Original, Comedy Written by Lennox Robinson	09/15/1921
The Scarlet Man Play, Original, Comedy, Farce Written by William Le Baron	08/22/1921
Wake Up, Jonathan! Play, Original, Comedy, Puppets Written by Hatcher Hughes	01/17/1921
Just Suppose Play, Original, Comedy Written by A. E. Thomas	11/01/1920
The Famous Mrs. Fair Play, Original, Drama Written by James Forbes	12/22/1919
Moonlight and Honeysuckle Play, Original, Comedy Written by George Scarborough	09/29/1919
Lusmore Play, Original, Drama Written by Grace Heyer, Rita Olcott	09/09/1919
La, La, Lucille Musical, Original, Farce Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva	05/26/1919
Mis' Nelly of N'Orleans Play, Original, Written by Laurence Eyre	02/04/1919
Tillie Play, Original, Written by Frank Howe, Jr., Helen R. Martin	01/06/1919
Back to Earth Play, Original, Written by William Le Baron	12/23/1918
Daddy Long Legs Play, Revival, Written by Jean Webster	11/16/1918
Perkins Play, Original, Written by Douglas Murray	10/22/1918
A Marriage of Convenience Play, Revival, Written by Sydney Grundy	05/01/1918
The Fountain of Youth Play, Original, Written by Louis Evan Shipman	04/01/1918