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Brooks Atkinson Theatre

256 W. 47th St., New York, NY
Seats (approximate): 1109

Herbert J. Krapp, architect. Built by the Chanin brothers. After they lost their theatres in 1933, it was rarely used. Michael Myerberg bought it in 1945 and leased it to CBS TV five years later. In 1960, it returned to legit use, reopening as the Brooks Atkinson, named for the New York Times drama critic. The Nederlanders took part interest in 1967 and bought it outright when Myerberg died in 1974.

Built: 1926

Theatre NamesNamed 
Brooks Atkinson Theatre1960Named for Brooks Atkinson, renamed on September 12, 1960
Mansfield Theatre1929Named for Richard Mansfield
Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre1928Named for Lew M. Fields
Mansfield Theatre1926Named for Richard Mansfield, opened on February 15, 1926

Brooks Atkinson TheatreOpening Date
Rock of Ages
Musical, Original,
Book by Chris D'Arienzo
04/07/2009
Grease
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey; Book by Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey; Lyrics by Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
08/19/2007
A Moon for the Misbegotten
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Eugene O'Neill
04/09/2007
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Musical, Original, Dance
Music by Bob Dylan; Lyrics by Bob Dylan
10/26/2006
The Odd Couple
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
10/27/2005
The Blonde in the Thunderbird
Play, Original, Play with music
Original Music by Ken Welch; Written by Ken Welch; Original Lyrics by Ken Welch
07/17/2005
Mark Twain Tonight!
Play, Original, Solo
06/09/2005
Democracy
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Michael Frayn
11/18/2004
Jumpers
Play, Revival, Farce
Written by Tom Stoppard
04/25/2004
Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Doug Katsaros; Book by Dennis Blair, Digby Wolfe; Lyrics by Doug Katsaros
11/19/2003
The Look of Love
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
05/04/2003
Medea
Play, Revival, Drama, Tragedy
Written by Euripides
12/10/2002
Noises Off
Play, Revival, Comedy, Farce
Written by Michael Frayn
11/01/2001
Jane Eyre
Musical, Original,
Music by Paul Gordon; Book by John Caird; Lyrics by Paul Gordon
12/10/2000
Uncle Vanya
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Anton Chekhov
04/30/2000
The Rainmaker
Play, Revival, Romance
Written by N. Richard Nash
11/11/1999
The Iceman Cometh
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Eugene O'Neill
04/08/1999
Fool Moon
Special, Original, Comedy
11/23/1998
Wait Until Dark
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Frederick Knott
04/05/1998
Street Corner Symphony
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Neil Young
11/24/1997
Play On!
Musical, Original,
Book by Cheryl L. West
03/20/1997
Taking Sides
Play, Original,
Written by Ronald Harwood
10/17/1996
Buried Child
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Sam Shepard
04/30/1996
On the Waterfront
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Budd Schulberg, Stan Silverman
05/01/1995
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Donald Margulies
12/08/1994
She Loves Me
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Jerry Bock; Book by Joe Masteroff; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
10/07/1993
Redwood Curtain
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Lanford Wilson
03/30/1993
Death and the Maiden
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Ariel Dorfman
03/17/1992
Shadowlands
Play, Original,
Written by William Nicholson
11/11/1990
The Cemetery Club
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Ivan Menchell
05/15/1990
Stephanie Mills Comes "Home" to Broadway
Special, Original,
12/26/1989
Peter, Paul & Mary "A Holiday Celebration"
Special, Original, Concert
12/12/1989
The Victor Borge Holiday Show on Broadway
Special, Original, Comedy
Book by Victor Borge
12/05/1989
Cafe Crown
Play, Revival, Comedy
02/18/1989
Jackie Mason's The World According to Me!
Special, Original, Solo, Stand-up, Comedy
Written by Jackie Mason
05/02/1988
Jackie Mason's The World According to Me!
Special, Original, Solo, Stand-up, Comedy
Written by Jackie Mason
12/22/1986
Rowan Atkinson at the Atkinson
Special, Original, Comedy, Sketches
Written by Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton, Richard Curtis
10/14/1986
Benefactors
Play, Original,
Written by Michael Frayn
12/22/1985
Aren't We All?
Play, Revival, Comedy, Romantic Comedy
Written by Frederick Lonsdale
04/29/1985
Noises Off
Play, Original, Comedy, Farce
Written by Michael Frayn
12/11/1983
Edmund Kean
Play, Original, Solo
Written by Raymund Fitzsimons
09/27/1983
K2
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Patrick Meyers
03/30/1983
Steaming
Play, Original,
Written by Nell Dunn
12/12/1982
Ghosts
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Henrik Ibsen
08/30/1982
Beyond Therapy
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Christopher Durang
05/26/1982
The Dresser
Play, Original,
Written by Ronald Harwood
11/09/1981
Wally's Cafe
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Ron Clark, Sam Bobrick
06/12/1981
Lolita
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Edward Albee
03/19/1981
Mixed Couples
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by James Prideaux
12/28/1980
Tricks of the Trade
Play, Original, Romance, Mystery
Written by Sidney Michaels
11/06/1980
Talley's Folly
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Lanford Wilson
02/20/1980
Teibele and Her Demon
Play, Original,
Written by Eve Friedman, Isaac Bashevis Singer
12/16/1979
Bedroom Farce
Play, Original, Comedy, Farce
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
03/29/1979
Tribute
Play, Original,
Written by Bernard Slade
06/01/1978
Same Time, Next Year
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Bernard Slade
03/14/1975
Of Mice and Men
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by John Steinbeck
12/18/1974
My Fat Friend
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Charles Laurence
03/31/1974
Find Your Way Home
Play, Original,
Written by John Hopkins
12/13/1973
The River Niger
Play, Original, All Black Cast
Written by Joseph A. Walker
03/27/1973
Status Quo Vadis
Play, Original,
Written by Donald Driver
02/18/1973
Lysistrata
Play, Revival, Comedy, Play with music
Written by Aristophanes
11/13/1972
Lenny
Play, Original,
Written by Julian Barry
05/26/1971
Abelard and Heloise
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Ronald Miller
03/10/1971
Not Now, Darling
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by John Chapman, Ray Cooney
10/29/1970
Charley's Aunt
Play, Revival, Comedy, Farce
Written by Brandon Thomas
07/04/1970
Paris Is Out!
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Richard Seff
02/02/1970
Indians
Play, Original,
Music by Richard Peaslee; Written by Arthur Kopit
10/13/1969
Trumpets of the Lord
Musical, Original,
Book by Vinnette Carroll
04/29/1969
Jimmy Shine
Play, Original, Play with music
Music by John Sebastian; Written by Murray Schisgal; Lyrics by John Sebastian
12/05/1968
Lovers and Other Strangers
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Joseph Bologna, Renée Taylor
09/18/1968
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Peter Nichols
02/01/1968
Halfway Up the Tree
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Peter Ustinov
11/07/1967
A Minor Adjustment
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Eric Nicol
10/06/1967
Sing Israel, Sing
Special, Original,
05/11/1967
Love in E Flat
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Norman Krasna
02/13/1967
Let's Sing Yiddish
Musical, Original,
11/09/1966
The Best Laid Plans
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Gwen Davis
03/25/1966
Nathan Weinstein, Mystic, Connecticut
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by David Rayfiel
02/25/1966
The Playroom
Play, Original,
Written by Mary Drayton
12/05/1965
Postmark Zero
Play, Original,
Written by Robert Nemiroff
11/01/1965
The Glass Menagerie
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Tennessee Williams
05/04/1965
Ready When You Are, C.B.!
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Susan Slade
12/07/1964
The Deputy
Play, Original,
Written by Rolf Hochhuth
02/26/1964
Josephine Baker
Musical, Original, Revue
02/04/1964
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Play, Revival,
Written by Tennessee Williams
01/01/1964
Man and Boy
Play, Original,
Written by Terence Rattigan
11/12/1963
Bérénice
Play, Revival, Foreign Lang.
Written by Jean Racine
10/29/1963
Phèdre
Play, Revival, Foreign Lang.
Written by Jean Racine
10/20/1963
Photo Finish
Play, Original,
Written by Peter Ustinov
02/12/1963
Night Life
Play, Original, Drama
10/23/1962
Come Blow Your Horn
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Simon
02/22/1961
How to Make a Man
Play, Original,
Written by William Welch
02/02/1961
Send Me No Flowers
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Carroll Moore, Norman Barasch
12/05/1960
Vintage '60
Musical, Original, Revue
Book by Alan Jeffreys, Jack Wilson, Maxwell Grant; Additional Material By: Fay DeWitt, David Baker, Mark Bucci, Michael Ross, Phil Green, Barbara Heller, Tommy Garlock, Alice Clark, Ronald Axe, David Rogers, Fred Ebb, Lee Goldsmith, Richard Levinson, Sheldon Harnick, William Link, Mickey Deems, William Lanteau, David Morton, Paul Klein
09/12/1960
Mansfield TheatreOpening Date
Cry of the Peacock
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Jean Anouilh
04/11/1950
All You Need Is One Good Break
Play, Original,
Written by Arnold Manoff
02/09/1950
Design for a Stained Glass Window
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Howard Richardson, William Berney
01/23/1950
Lend an Ear
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Charles Gaynor; Book by Charles Gaynor; Sketches by Charles Gaynor; Lyrics by Charles Gaynor
10/31/1949
Concerto for Fun
Special, Original,
Written by Henry L. Scott
05/09/1949
Magnolia Alley
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by George Batson
04/18/1949
The Biggest Thief in Town
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Dalton Trumbo
03/30/1949
Red Gloves
Play, Original,
Written by Jean-Paul Sartre
12/04/1948
Holiday on Broadway
Special, Original,
04/27/1948
Charles Weidman Dancers
Special, Original, Dance
04/18/1948
Where Stars Walk
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Michéal MacLiammóir
02/24/1948
The Old Lady Says "No!"
Play, Original,
Written by Denis Johnston
02/17/1948
John Bull's Other Island
Play, Revival,
Written by George Bernard Shaw
02/10/1948
Kathleen
Play, Original,
Written by Michael Sayers
02/03/1948
The Men We Marry
Play, Original,
Written by Elizabeth Cobb, Herschel Williams
01/16/1948
Lament for Ignacio Sanches Mejias
Special, Original, Dance
01/04/1948
The Cradle Will Rock
Musical, Revival,
Music by Marc Blitzstein; Book by Marc Blitzstein; Lyrics by Marc Blitzstein
12/26/1947
The Gentleman From Athens
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Emmet Lavery
12/09/1947
Dear Judas
Play, Original, Drama
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach; Written by Michael Myerberg
10/05/1947
Years Ago
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Ruth Gordon
12/03/1946
Anna Lucasta
Play, Original, All Black Cast
Written by Philip Yordan
08/30/1944
According to Law
Play, Revival, Drama, One Act
Written by Noel Huston, Patti Spears
06/01/1944
A Strange Play
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Noel Huston, Patti Spears
06/01/1944
Hickory Stick
Play, Original,
Written by Fredrick Stephani, Murray Burnett
05/08/1944
Public Relations
Play, Original,
Written by Dale Eunson
04/06/1944
Thank You, Svoboda
Play, Original,
03/01/1944
Janie
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Herschel Williams, Josephine Bentham
11/28/1943
Victory Belles
Play, Original,
Written by Alice Gerstenberg
10/26/1943
Apology
Play, Original,
Written by Charles Schnee
03/22/1943
For Your Pleasure
Special, Original, Dance
02/05/1943
Sweet Charity
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Irving Brecher, Manuel Seff
12/28/1942
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Joseph E. Howard; Book by Frank Adams, Will M. Haugh, Joseph E. Howard; Lyrics by William B. Friedlander
10/21/1942
They Should Have Stood in Bed
Play, Original,
Written by David Shaw, Frank Tarloff, Leo Rifkin
02/13/1942
In Time to Come
Play, Original,
Written by John Huston, Howard Koch
12/28/1941
The Seventh Trumpet
Play, Original,
Written by Charles Rann Kennedy
11/21/1941
Cuckoos on the Hearth
Play, Original, Comedy
11/03/1941
As You Like It
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by William Shakespeare
10/20/1941
Meet the People
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Jay Gorney; Book by Arthur Ross, Edward Eliscu, Ben Barzman, Bert Lawrence, Danny Dare, Henry Blankfort, Mike Quin, Milt Gross, Mortimer Offner, Ray Golden, Sid Kuller, Sol Barzman; Lyrics by Edward Eliscu, Henry Myers
12/25/1940
Horse Fever
Play, Original,
Written by Eugene Conrad, Ruby Gabel, Zac Gabel
11/23/1940
Separate Rooms
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Alan Dinehart, Joseph Carole
04/15/1940
Juno and the Paycock
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Sean O'Casey
01/16/1940
Thunder Rock
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Robert Ardrey
11/14/1939
Glorious Morning
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Norman MacOwan
11/26/1938
If I Were You
Play, Original, Farce
Written by Benn W. Levy, Paul Hervey Fox
01/24/1938
Tell Me Pretty Maiden
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Dorothy Day Wendell
12/16/1937
Antony and Cleopatra
Play, Revival, Tragedy
Written by William Shakespeare
11/10/1937
Sea Legs
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Michael H. Cleary; Book by Arthur Swanstrom; Lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom
05/18/1937
Behind Red Lights
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Beth Brown, Samuel Shipman
01/13/1937
Black Limelight
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Gordon Sherry
11/09/1936
Lend Me Your Ears!
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Philip Wood, Stewart Beach
10/05/1936
Summer Wives
Play, Original, Comedy
Music by Sam Morrison; Music for "Us on a Bus" by Vee Lawnhurst; Written by Dolph Singer, Mark Linder; Lyrics by Dolph Singer; Lyrics for "Us on a Bus" by Tot Seymour
04/13/1936
The Fields Beyond
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Francis Bosworth
03/06/1936
Black Widow
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Samuel John Park
02/12/1936
On Stage
Play, Original, Comedy
10/29/1935
Moon Over Mulberry Street
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Nicholas Cosentino
10/00/1935
Lady of Letters
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Turner Bullock
03/28/1935
Field of Ermine
Play, Original,
Written by Jacinto Benavente
02/08/1935
Page Miss Glory
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Joseph Schrank, Philip Dunning
11/27/1934
Dance With Your Gods
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Kenneth Perkins
10/06/1934
I, Myself
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Adelyn Bushell
05/09/1934
Late Wisdom
Play, Original, Comedy
04/23/1934
Whatever Possessed Her
Play, Original, Farce
Written by Hardwick Nevin
01/25/1934
The Gods We Make
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by G.H. McCall, S. Bouvet De Lozier
01/03/1934
Kultur
Play, Original,
Written by Adolf Philipp
09/26/1933
A Church Mouse
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Ladislaus Fodor
06/26/1933
Marilyn's Affairs
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Arthur Ebenhack
03/15/1933
Marathon
Play, Original,
Written by Boyce De Gaw, Isabel Dawn
01/27/1933
Shuffle Along [1933]
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Eubie Blake; Lyrics by Noble Sissle
12/26/1932
Monkey
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Sam Janney
02/11/1932
Lost Boy
Play, Original, Drama
Written by T. C. Upham
01/05/1932
1931-
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Claire Sifton, Paul Sifton
12/10/1931
The Green Pastures
Play, Original, Play with music
Written by Marc Connelly
02/26/1930
Cortez
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Le Roy Clemens, Ralph Murphy
11/04/1929
Philadelphia
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Samuel John Park
09/16/1929
Indiscretion
Play, Original,
Written by Myron C. Fagan
03/04/1929
Lew Fields' Mansfield TheatreOpening Date
Hello, Daddy
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Jimmy McHugh; Book by Herbert Fields; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
12/26/1928
Americana
Musical, Revival, Revue
Music by Roger Wolfe Kahn; Book by J. P. McEvoy; Lyrics by Irving Caesar, J. P. McEvoy
10/30/1928
Chee-Chee
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Lew M. Fields; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
09/25/1928
Present Arms
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Herbert Fields; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
04/26/1928
Mansfield TheatreOpening Date
Atlas and Eva
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Harry Delf
02/06/1928
Mongolia
Play, Original, Romance
Written by Conrad Westervelt
00/00/1928
Caste
Play, Original,
Written by Cosmo Hamilton
12/23/1927
New York
Play, Original, Melodrama
11/14/1927
The Springboard
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Alice Duer Miller
10/12/1927
Speak Easy
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by George Rosener
09/26/1927
The Gossipy Sex
Play, Original, Farce
Written by Lawrence Grattan
04/19/1927
Lost
Play, Original, Drama
Written by A. E. Thomas, George Agnew Chamberlain
03/28/1927
Window Panes
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Olga Printzlau
02/21/1927
The Adventurous Age
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Frederick Witney
02/07/1927
For Better or Worse
Play, Original, Comedy, Drama
Written by Allen De Lano
01/31/1927
Ghosts
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Henrik Ibsen
01/10/1927
The Dybbuk
Play, Revival, Drama
Music by I. Engel; Written by S. Ansky
12/13/1926
Beyond the Horizon
Play, Revival, Drama, Tragedy
Written by Eugene O'Neill
11/30/1926
The Ladder
Play, Original, Drama
Written by J. Frank Davis
10/22/1926
If I Was Rich
Play, Original,
Written by William Anthony McGuire
09/02/1926
My Magnolia
Musical, Original, All Black Cast, Revue
Music by C. Luckyeth Roberts; Book by Eddie Hunter
07/08/1926
Beau-Strings
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by C. K. Munro
04/26/1926
Schweiger
Play, Original,
Written by Franz Werfel
03/23/1926
The Masque of Venice
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by George Dunning Gribble
03/02/1926
The Night Duel
Play, Original,
Written by Daniel N. Rubin, Edgar MacGregor
02/15/1926

Brooks Atkinson TheatreOpening Date
Mike Nichols and Elaine May: Together Again on Broadway
Special, Original, Benefit
05/04/1992