IBDB: Internet Broadway Database Policies About the Internet Broadway Database Help FAQ/Contact the Internet Broadway Database
  Home Shows People Theatres Characters Awards Songs Media  
The Broadway League
 

Official Broadway League sites

 
Quick Search For:   In This Category:  
Internet Broadway Database: Majestic Theatre Details

Click To View Images

Majestic Theatre

247 W. 44th St., New York, NY
Seats (approximate): 1609

Herbert J. Krapp, architect. Built by the Chanin Brothers and traded to the Shuberts during the Depression (in exchange for the Century Theatre on Central Park West). Designated a landmark (interior and exterior) in 1987.

Built: 1927

Theatre NamesNamed 
Majestic Theatre1927Opened March 28, 1927

Majestic TheatreOpening Date
The Phantom of the Opera
Musical, Original, Drama
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Book by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe; Lyrics by Charles Hart
01/26/1988
42nd Street
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Harry Warren; Lead Ins and Crossovers by Mark Bramble, Michael Stewart; Lyrics by Al Dubin
03/30/1981
Brigadoon
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Frederick Loewe; Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
10/16/1980
Blackstone!
Special, Original, Magic
05/19/1980
Grease
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey; Book by Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey; Lyrics by Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
01/29/1980
Bette! Divine Madness
Special, Original, Concert
Special material written by Bette Midler, Bruce Vilanch, Jerry Blatt
12/05/1979
The Most Happy Fella
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Frank Loesser; Book by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
10/11/1979
I Remember Mama
Musical, Original,
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Thomas Meehan; Lyrics by Martin Charnin
05/31/1979
Ballroom
Musical, Original,
Music by Billy Goldenberg; Book by Jerome Kass; Lyrics by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
12/14/1978
First Monday in October
Play, Original,
Written by Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
10/03/1978
The Act
Musical, Original,
Music by John Kander; Book by George Furth; Lyrics by Fred Ebb
10/29/1977
Estrada
Special, Original, Revue
09/20/1977
The Wiz
Musical, Original, All Black Cast, Comedy
Music by Charlie Smalls; Book by William F. Brown; Lyrics by Charlie Smalls
01/05/1975
Mack & Mabel
Musical, Original,
Music by Jerry Herman; Book by Michael Stewart; Lyrics by Jerry Herman
10/06/1974
A Little Night Music
Musical, Original, Romantic Comedy
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
09/17/1973
Sugar
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Jule Styne; Book by Peter Stone; Lyrics by Bob Merrill
04/09/1972
1776
Musical, Original, Comedy, History
Music by Sherman Edwards; Book by Peter Stone; Lyrics by Sherman Edwards
04/27/1971
Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Stan Freeman, Franklin Underwood; Book by John Patrick; Lyrics by Stan Freeman, Franklin Underwood
12/28/1970
Fiddler on the Roof
Musical, Original, Comedy, Drama
Music by Jerry Bock; Book by Joseph Stein; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
02/27/1967
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Play, Revival,
Written by Peter Weiss
01/03/1967
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Musical, Original,
Music by Bob Merrill; Lyrics by Bob Merrill
12/26/1966
Funny Girl
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Jule Styne; Book by Isobel Lennart; Lyrics by Bob Merrill
03/14/1966
Golden Boy
Musical, Original,
Music by Charles Strouse; Book by Clifford Odets, William Gibson; Lyrics by Lee Adams
10/20/1964
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Musical, Original, Comedy, Farce
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
05/11/1964
Anyone Can Whistle
Musical, Original,
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Arthur Laurents; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
04/04/1964
Jennie
Musical, Original,
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Book by Arnold Schulman; Lyrics by Howard Dietz
10/17/1963
Tovarich
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Lee Pockriss; Book by David Shaw; Lyrics by Anne Croswell
06/10/1963
Hot Spot
Musical, Original,
Music by Mary Rodgers; Book by Jack Weinstock, Willie Gilbert; Lyrics by Martin Charnin
04/19/1963
The School for Scandal
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
01/24/1963
Camelot
Musical, Original,
Music by Frederick Loewe; Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
12/03/1960
The Music Man
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Meredith Willson; Book by Meredith Willson; Lyrics by Meredith Willson
12/19/1957
Happy Hunting
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Harold Karr; Book by Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse; Lyrics by Matt Dubey
12/06/1956
Fanny
Musical, Original,
Book by Joshua Logan, S. N. Behrman
11/04/1954
By the Beautiful Sea
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Book by Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
04/08/1954
Me and Juliet
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
05/28/1953
South Pacific
Musical, Original, Drama
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Joshua Logan, Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
04/07/1949
Carousel
Musical, Revival, Drama
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
02/22/1949
Inside U.S.A.
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Sketches by Arnold B. Horwitt, Moss Hart; Lyrics by Howard Dietz
09/23/1948
Allegro
Musical, Original,
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
10/10/1947
Call Me Mister
Musical, Original, Revue
07/21/1947
Alice in Wonderland
Play, Revival, Fantasy, Play with music
Written by Eva Le Gallienne, Florida Friebus
05/28/1947
The Mayor of Zalemea
Play, Original,
Written by Calderón
12/27/1945
Oedipus Rex
Play, Revival, Tragedy
Written by Sophocles
12/16/1945
Carousel
Musical, Original, Drama
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
04/19/1945
Mexican Hayride
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields; Lyrics by Cole Porter
12/18/1944
Star Time
Musical, Original, Vaudeville
09/12/1944
Dream With Music
Musical, Original, Fantasy
Book by Ben Roberts, Dorothy Kilgallen, Sidney Sheldon; Lyrics by Edward Eager
05/18/1944
The Merry Widow
Musical, Revival,
Music by Franz Lehár; Book by Ben Roberts, Sidney Sheldon; Lyrics by Adrian Ross
08/04/1943
Junior Miss
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Jerome Chodorov
03/28/1943
Native Son
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Paul Green, Richard Wright
10/23/1942
Porgy and Bess
Musical, Revival, Opera
Music by George Gershwin; Libretto by DuBose Heyward; Lyrics by DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin
01/22/1942
Hellzapoppin
Musical, Original, Revue, Vaudeville
Music by Sammy Fain, Charles Tobias; Book by Olsen & Johnson; Lyrics by Sammy Fain, Charles Tobias
11/25/1941
Viva O'Brien
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Marie Grever; Book by Eleanor Wells, William K. Wells; Lyrics by Raymond Leveen
10/09/1941
Gizelle
Special, Revival, Ballet
Music by Adolphe Adam, Serge Prokofiev; Scenario by Theophile Gautier, Ramon Reed
02/11/1941
Three Virgins and a Devil
Special, Original, Ballet
Music by Adolphe Adam, Serge Prokofiev; Scenario by Theophile Gautier, Ramon Reed
02/11/1941
Gala Performance
Special, Original, Ballet
Music by Adolphe Adam, Serge Prokofiev; Scenario by Theophile Gautier, Ramon Reed
02/11/1941
All in Fun
Musical, Original, Revue
Additional music by S. K. Russel, Will Irwin; Music by John Rox, Baldwin Bergersen; Special Music by Glen Bacon; Sketches by Charles Sherman, Everett Marcy, Virginia Faulkner; Additional lyrics by Irvin Graham, S. K. Russel, Virginia Faulkner, Will Irwin; Lyrics by John Rox
12/27/1940
Yokel Boy
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias, Lew Brown; Book by Lew Brown; Lyrics by Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias, Lew Brown
07/06/1939
Stars In Your Eyes
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Book by J. P. McEvoy; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
02/09/1939
Great Lady
Play, Original, Play with music
Music by Frederick Loewe; Book by Earle Crooker, Lowell Brentano; Lyrics by Earle Crooker, Lowell Brentano
12/01/1938
Three Waltzes
Musical, Original, Romance
Book by Clare Kummer, Rowland Leigh
12/25/1937
Babes in Arms
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
10/25/1937
The Cat and the Canary
Play, Original,
Written by John Willard
06/14/1937
The Bat
Play, Revival, Melodrama, Mystery, Drama
Written by Avery Hopwood, Mary Roberts Rinehart
05/31/1937
On Your Toes
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Lorenz Hart, George Abbott, Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
11/09/1936
Iolanthe
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
05/04/1936
Trial by Jury
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
04/27/1936
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
04/27/1936
The Pirates of Penzance
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
04/20/1936
The Mikado
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert
04/10/1936
At Home Abroad
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Book by Howard Dietz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz
01/20/1936
Want Ads
Special, Original, Ballet
Music by Paul Schoop, Huldreich Fruh; Written by Trudi Schoop
12/00/1935
Fridolin On the Road
Special, Original, Ballet
Music by Paul Schoop
12/00/1935
Earl Carroll's Sketch Book [1935]
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Murray Mencher, Charles Tobias, Charles Newman, Norman Zeno, Will Irwin; Book by Royal Foster, Charles Sherman, Eugene Conrad; Lyrics by Murray Mencher, Charles Tobias, Charles Newman, Norman Zeno, Will Irwin
09/04/1935
The Land of Bells
Musical, Original, Romance
Music by Virgilio Ranzato; Book by Carlo Lombardo; Lyrics by Carlo Lombardo
05/09/1935
Firebird
Musical, Original, Ballet
Music by Igor Stravinsky
03/20/1935
Boutique Fantasque
Musical, Original, Ballet
Music by Gioacchino Rossini
03/20/1935
Bal
Musical, Original, Ballet
Music by Vittorio Rieti; Written by Boris Kochno
03/20/1935
Aurora's Wedding
Musical, Original, Ballet
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
03/20/1935
Public Gardens
Musical, Original, Ballet
Music by Vladimir Dukelsky
03/20/1935
Three Cornered Hat
Musical, Original, Ballet
Music by Manuel De Falla
03/20/1935
Petrouchka
Musical, Original, Ballet
Music by Igor Stravinsky
03/20/1935
Union Pacific
Musical, Revival, Ballet
Music by Nicolas Nabokoff; Written by Archibald MacLeish
03/20/1935
Revisor
Play, Original, Comedy, Satire
Written by Nikolai Vassilievitch Gogol
02/16/1935
Poverty Is No Crime
Play, Original,
Written by Alexander Nikolaievitch Ostrovsky
02/00/1935
Strange Child
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Vasily Shkvarkin
02/00/1935
Marriage
Play, Original,
Written by Nikolai Vassilievitch Gogol
02/00/1935
The White Guard
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Mikhael Bulgakov
02/00/1935
The Deluge
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Henning Berger
02/00/1935
I Forgot
Play, Original,
Written by Anton Chekhov
02/00/1935
Enemies
Play, Original,
Written by B. Lavrenoff
02/00/1935
Music Hath Charms
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Rudolf Friml; Book by George Rosener, John Shubert, Rowland Leigh; Lyrics by George Rosener, John Shubert, Rowland Leigh
12/29/1934
Iolanthe
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
04/30/1934
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Written by W. S. Gilbert
04/16/1934
Trial by Jury
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Written by W. S. Gilbert
04/16/1934
The Pirates of Penzance
Musical, Revival, Comedy,Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
04/09/1934
The Mikado
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
04/02/1934
Murder at the Vanities
Musical, Original, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Music by Richard Meyers; Book by Earl Carroll, Rufus King; Lyrics by Edward Heyman
11/06/1933
The Yeomen of the Guard
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
08/14/1933
The Pirates of Penzance
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
08/07/1933
The Bohemian Girl
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Opera
Music by Michael Balfe
07/27/1933
Strike Me Pink
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Ray Henderson; Additional dialogue by Mack Gordon, Richard Jerome, Jack McGowan; Sketches by Lew Brown, Ray Henderson; Lyrics by Lew Brown
03/04/1933
Pardon My English
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by George Gershwin; Book by Herbert Fields; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
01/20/1933
The Round Up
Play, Revival, Melodrama
Written by Edmund Day
03/07/1932
Simple Simon
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Guy Bolton, Ed Wynn; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
03/09/1931
The Student Prince
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sigmund Romberg; Book by Dorothy Donnelly; Lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly
01/29/1931
Nina Rosa
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Sigmund Romberg; Book by Otto Harbach; Lyrics by Irving Caesar
09/20/1930
Artists and Models [1930]
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Ernie Golden, Harold Stern
06/10/1930
The International Review
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields; Book by Lew Leslie, Nat N. Dorfman; Lyrics by Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
02/25/1930
A Wonderful Night
Musical, Original, Operetta
Book by Fanny Todd Mitchell
10/31/1929
A Night in Venice
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Lee Davis; Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan, Moe Jaffe
09/16/1929
Pleasure Bound
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Muriel Pollock; Book by Harold Atteridge; Lyrics by Harold Atteridge, Max Leif, Nathaniel Lief
02/18/1929
The Jealous Moon
Play, Original,
Written by Jane Cowl, Theodore Charles
11/20/1928
The Big Fight
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Max Marcin, Milton Herbert Gropper
09/18/1928
Rio Rita
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Harry Tierney; Book by Guy Bolton; Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy
03/12/1928
Behold the Bridegroom
Play, Original,
Written by George Kelly
02/00/1928
The Patriot
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Ashley Dukes
01/19/1928
The Love Call
Musical, Original,
Music by Sigmund Romberg; Book by Edward Locke, Harry B. Smith; Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
10/24/1927
Rang Tang
Musical, Original, Revue
Book by Kaj Gynt; Lyrics by Jo Trent
09/00/1927
Rufus LeMaire's Affairs
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Martin Broones; Book by Ballard MacDonald; Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
03/28/1927

Majestic TheatreOpening Date
Angela Lansbury - A Celebration
Special, Original, Benefit
Written by Arthur Laurents, Bruce Vilanch
11/17/1996