Circle in the Square Theatre

Design

The Circle in the Square Theatre (colloquially known as the Circle) is in the basement of Paramount Plaza in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. It was designed by Allen Sayles, with a lighting system designed by Jules Fisher. The Circle in the Square theatrical company operates its own venue, which was originally known as the Circle in the Square–Joseph E. Levine Theatre. It is one of Paramount Plaza's two theaters, the other being the much larger Gershwin Theatre on the second floor. Paramount Plaza's two venues, along with the Minskoff and American Place theaters, were constructed under the Special Theater District amendment of 1967 as a way to give their respective developers additional floor area. The space is accessed via escalators from street level, as well as via stairs.

The theater was built with a capacity of 650 seats; , the theater has 751 seats. The space was originally meant as an off-Broadway house with fewer than 500 seats, but the Circle's artistic director Theodore Mann and its managing director Paul Libin increased the capacity by relocating columns and replaced steps with ramps. Originally, the theater was decorated with red seats, and it had a red-and-gray carpet in a checkerboard pattern. The Circle's symbol, a cube, was incorporated into the design of the carpet and the light. The top of the auditorium contains soundproof panels, which minimized noise from police horses when the theater opened. A soundproof control booth was placed at the rear of the auditorium.

The Circle contains a thrust stage, with seats surrounding it on three sides, similar to the venue's off-Broadway predecessors. It is one of two Broadway houses with a thrust stage; the other is Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Because of the stage's unconventional design, theatrical critics negatively reviewed it, while directors had difficulty staging productions there. Conversely, the design allowed the audience to be extremely close to the stage, as there were only ten rows of seats. According to Mann, the design of the current Circle in the Square was based on the predecessor theaters. These, in turn, were based on a recommendation from theater critic Brooks Atkinson, who had told Mann: "When you walk in the door, you should see the stage—that should predominate—not the audience."

Off-Broadway predecessors

The Circle in the Square was founded by Theodore Mann, José Quintero, Jason Wingreen, Aileen Cramer, Emily Stevens, and Edward Mann, all of whom were members of the Loft Players.{{efn|Edward Mann and Theodore Mann were not related. Sources disagree on when the organization was founded, but it may have been established in 1949 or 1950. The founding team wished to establish a "center dedicated to the development and presentation of all the arts". The team could not afford to open their theater in Manhattan's high-rent Theater District. Upon the recommendation of Mann's father Martin M. Goldman, the team opted for a location in Greenwich Village, which had a myriad of empty theaters.

During the 1950s and 1960s, the theater became what Women's Wear Daily described as the "center of Off-Broadway", largely staging revivals at a time when traditional Broadway theaters presented experimental shows. Mel Gussow of The New York Times similarly described the original Circle as being within "the heartbeat of Off-Broadway" in Sheridan Square. Over the years, actors such as Colleen Dewhurst, Geraldine Page, Jason Robards, Bradford Dillman, Dustin Hoffman, George Segal, George C. Scott, and James Earl Jones starred in the company's productions. In addition, the theater attracted such directors as Michael Cacoyannis, William Ball, and Alan Arkin. The Circle tended to stage productions by well-known playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill, Jean Giraudoux, Dylan Thomas, and Jules Feiffer.

5 Sheridan Square

The first Circle in the Square Theatre was at 5 Sheridan Square (also known as the Greenwich Village Inn), a former nightclub in Greenwich Village. The Circle's founders signed a 10-year lease on the building. When the team signed the lease in 1951, they had $320 between them, including $300 that they had earned from operating a summer theater in Woodstock, New York. The Circle's founders raised $7,500, and Goldman formed Onyx Restaurants Inc. to lease the inn on behalf of the team, which was responsible for paying $1,000 a month in rent. The inn occupied a pair of brownstone residences. The first-floor living and dining rooms in one of the residences had been converted to a rectangular dance floor, while the three stories above the dance floor included 15 rooms. There was a bar in the rear of the dance floor, as well as a kitchen in the basement. Due to the inn's configuration, the theater's founders decided to operate the Circle as a theater in the round, wherein the audience surrounded the stage (a converted dance floor). The theater, and the eponymous company, derived their name from the facility's layout and its location at Sheridan Square.

The theater was planned to open in November 1950, but the opening was delayed by two and a half months due to difficulties in securing a theatrical license. Ultimately, the Circle's founders were only allowed a cabaret license. The theater's first production was the play Dark of the Moon, which opened in February 1951. At the time, the off-Broadway industry was still relatively obscure and was not covered by mainstream newspapers. Mann, Quintero, and all actors were paid a flat salary of $20 per week. The Circle became more popular after theatrical critic Brooks Atkinson praised the Circle's production of Williams's Summer and Smoke in 1952. Mann said Atkinson's review prompted guests to line up for tickets during July, at a time when theaters traditionally closed in the summer due to a lack of air conditioning. Quintero directed some of the theater's most popular early productions, including The Grass Harp, American Gothic, and O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey into Night. Notwithstanding the success of Summer and Smoke, the theater lost money during its first several years.

City officials closed the 5 Sheridan Square location in March 1954 because the venue did not comply with fire-safety regulations and because the space was only licensed as a cabaret. At the time, the Circle was described as one of the "most popular Off-Broadway theaters". During the 1954–1955 season, the Circle temporarily relocated to Broadway houses such as the 48th Street Theatre and the 46th Street Theatre. After Mann filed plans to renovate the theater in April 1955, city officials approved the theater's reopening. When the venue reopened on June 1, 1955, it was rebranded as the Circle in the Square Cabaret. It continued to host popular theatrical performances, such as Cradle Song, Children of Darkness, and Our Town. In July 1959, Mann, Quintero, and Leigh Connell announced that they had to relocate by that October because the building's owner was planning to redevelop the site. At the time of the announcement, the Circle had presented 18 shows, mostly revivals of plays, at 5 Sheridan Square. The old location remained open until January 8, 1960, and the inn was demolished the same year.

159 Bleecker Street

At the end of August 1959, Mann, Quintero, and Connell leased space at 159 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, which at the time was occupied by the Amato Opera Company. The structure had been constructed in 1917 and had been used for various purposes over the years, including a movie theater. Starting in October 1959, the group rebuilt the space as a circle-in-the-round theater, similar in arrangement to the original location. To comply with Off-Broadway regulations, the theater had 199 seats. Unlike the Sheridan Square location, the Bleecker Street theater had adequate space for dressing rooms. The newer space had higher ceilings, and it did not have support columns that obstructed patrons' views, as the Sheridan Square theater did. The new location, known as Circle in the Square Downtown, opened on January 9, 1960, with Our Town; the play's cast had given their last performance at 5 Sheridan Square the day before. The first new production at the Bleecker Street location, was a revival of Jean Genet's The Balcony which opened the same year.

By the early 1960s, the Circle had staged several box-office flops and was in debt. Nonetheless, upon the theater's tenth anniversary in 1961, the New York Herald Tribune reported that Mann and Quintero were purchasing the Bleecker Street building, at a time when Off-Broadway theaters were in high demand. Quintero had directed 17 of the Circle's 21 plays at that point. Ultimately, Quintero decided to resign from the Circle by 1963, preferring to work as a freelance producer. Paul Libin was hired as the Circle in the Square's managing director the same year. This era also saw the Circle's longest-lasting production, The Trojan Women, which ran from 1963 to 1965. The company had staged 47 off-Broadway and 10 Broadway productions by its 20th anniversary in 1971.

Even though the company's Broadway theater opened in 1972, the Bleecker Street location continued to host off-Broadway shows through the late 1970s. In 1994, the Circle Repertory Company took over the Circle in the Square Downtown. Developers announced plans to raze the Bleecker Street theater in 2004. The venue was demolished in 2005 and replaced with a nine-story apartment building.

Other locations

The Circle in the Square took a one-year lease on the Henry Miller's Theatre, a Broadway theater, beginning in August 1968. The company's productions at the Henry Miller's were presented under the name "Circle in the Square on Broadway". Even though the Henry Miller's was a Broadway theater, the Circle's productions there were ineligible for the Tony Awards because the Circle was a repertory company. The company only ran two shows at the venue, both of which were flops, before its lease was terminated. Those two productions were The Cuban Thing, followed by Morning, Noon and Night, a trio of one-act plays. When the Circle's lease was terminated in January 1969, Mann and Libin were already in the process of developing their own theater on Broadway.

The Circle began staging productions at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., in 1968. The Circle's productions in Washington, D.C., were initially successful, contrasting with the theatrical company's failure on Broadway. The company's productions at Ford's included revivals of such plays as Moon for the Misbegotten, Ah, Wilderness!, and Arsenic and Old Lace. However, the company's offerings were ultimately constrained by the fact that the managers of Ford's Theatre were selective about what constituted "acceptable audience entertainment". The Washington's Ford's Theatre Society sought to take over operation of Ford's Theatre in 1971, prompting the Circle to sue the society. The Circle lost the lawsuit and severed its partnership with Ford's in September 1971, citing large financial losses.

Broadway theater history

In September 1967, Uris Buildings Corporation leased the site of the Capitol Theatre on Broadway, between 50th and 51st Streets, for 100 years. Uris announced it would build an office tower and a Broadway theater on the site; initially, the corporation only proposed a single theater, which later became the Gershwin Theatre. In October 1967, the New York City Planning Commission (CPC) proposed the Special Theater District Zoning Amendment, which would directly allow theaters in One Astor Plaza and the Uris Building. The New York City Board of Estimate approved the amendment that December.

The Uris Buildings Corporation agreed in February 1968 to build a second theater in the basement upon the CPC's request. The new theater was originally supposed to be an experimental theater with 300 to 375 seats. Richard Weinstein, the head of the CPC's Lower Manhattan office, asked Mann whether he was interested in occupying the Uris Building's second theater. Mann initially was uninterested in relocating to a theater with such small capacity, but he changed his mind after seeing that the space could fit 650 seats, large enough to qualify as a Broadway theater. The CPC approved the new theaters the same year, as did the Board of Estimate. Lease negotiations between Mann and Percy Uris had been completed by January 1969, and Mann and Libin formed the for-profit Thespian Theater Inc., which subleased the smaller theater to the Circle. The Circle's Broadway theater was intended as a "more elegant" version of the off-Broadway house, although the company was initially unsure whether it would retain its off-Broadway location. Mann believed that the development of relatively small Broadway theaters, such as the Circle's, would allow "more specialized plays" to be produced, as compared with larger and older theaters.

1970s

The venue in Paramount Plaza's basement opened for inspection on October 2, 1972. The Broadway house was named the Circle in the Square–Joseph E. Levine Theatre, for Joseph E. Levine, a longtime benefactor of the Circle. Prior to the Broadway house's opening, the theater hosted a gala on October 26, 1972. featuring several actors who had performed at the Circle's off-Broadway locations.{{efn|The performers included Patricia Brooks, Colleen Dewhurst, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Salome Jens, and James Earl Jones. In the months after the Circle's Broadway house opened, it hosted numerous performers whose portraits were hung in the lobby. Twelve thousand people were paying for annual subscriptions to the Broadway house by the beginning of 1973. Unlike at other Broadway theaters, the Circle tended to host multiple opening nights for each show. Headliners were paid a flat rate of $1,000 a week, less than in comparable Broadway theaters.

During the Broadway house's first two seasons, the Circle staged productions such as Medea, Here Are Ladies, Uncle Vanya, The Waltz of the Toreadors, and The Iceman Cometh in 1973, as well as The American Millionaire and Scapino in early 1974. Despite its early popularity, the theater could only earn up to $35,000 per week, and it relied heavily on grants. By March 1974, the theater was in danger of closing due to a shortfall of nearly $200,000. The musical Look, Homeward, as well as all shows during the 1973–1974 season, would have been canceled. The Circle announced in April 1974 that it would not close, having raised the necessary funds, including emergency grants, nearly $34,000 in individual donations, and even a grant from rival producer Joseph Papp. The success of Scapino, which featured Jim Dale, was also cited as a factor in the theater's survival.

For 1974–1975, the Circle staged The National Health, Where's Charley?, All God's Chillun Got Wings, and Death of a Salesman. The following season, the theater hosted Ah, Wilderness!, The Glass Menagerie, The Lady from the Sea, and Pal Joey. The Circle celebrated its 25th anniversary on March 8, 1976, which New York City mayor Abraham Beame proclaimed as Circle in the Square Day. The same year, at the 30th Tony Awards, the company received a Special Tony Award "for twenty-five continuous years of quality productions". For 1976–1977, the Circle continued its tradition of staging four Broadway shows per season, and the Levine Theatre hosted The Days in the Trees, The Night of the Iguana, Romeo and Juliet, and The Importance of Being Earnest. The Circle also saw revivals of four plays in 1977–1978: Tartuffe, Saint Joan, 13 Rue de l'Amour, and Once in a Lifetime. The first two plays in 1978–1979 were revivals of The Inspector General and Man and Superman. During the second half of the season, the Circle presented two new plays: Spokesong by Stewart Parker and Loose Ends by Michael Weller.

1980s

Due to recurring financial issues that nearly prompted the theater company to declare bankruptcy, the Circle delayed the start of its 1979–1980 season to February 1980, extending the run of Loose Ends to cover the gap. Consequently, the season was planned to have three plays, the first two of which were Major Barbara and Past Tense. The final play, The Makropulos Affair, was replaced with The Man Who Came to Dinner on relatively short notice. For 1980–1981, the Circle returned to presenting four plays: The Bacchae, John Gabriel Borkman, The Father, and Scenes and Revelations. The Circle had originally planned to stage Hamlet after The Bacchae, but Hamlet had been replaced with Borkman due to scheduling conflicts. The theater next hosted Candida in late 1981, followed by Macbeth, Eminent Domain, and Present Laughter in 1982. The theater hosted other events during the 1980s, including tributes to playwrights Eugene O'Neill and William Saroyan.

Libin began selling annual subscriptions via telemarketing around 1983, amid increasing difficulties in obtaining subscribers. The Circle hosted three plays in 1983: The Misanthrope, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, and Heartbreak House. A revival of The Iceman Cometh was canceled during that year because of budget overruns. The Circle also hosted revivals of the plays Awake and Sing and Design for Living in 1984. The next year, the theater hosted the plays The Loves of Anatol, Arms and the Man, and The Marriage of Figaro, as well as Robert Klein's comedy series The Robert Klein Show!. The Circle also hosted three plays in 1986: the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's revival of The Caretaker, the original production of The Boys in Autumn, and a revival of You Never Can Tell.

In 1987, the Circle hosted Second Stage Theater's revival of the play Coastal Disturbances, which featured Annette Bening and Timothy Daly and ran for ten months. This was followed the next year by revivals of the plays A Streetcar Named Desire, Juno and the Paycock, and The Night of the Iguana, as well as An Evening with Robert Klein, another comedy series by Klein. The original English production of Yehoshua Sobol's play Ghetto ran for only 33 performances in early 1989, It was followed that September by an adaptation of the musical Sweeney Todd with Bob Gunton and Beth Fowler, which lasted for 189 performances.

1990s

Early 1990s

Libin stepped down as the theater's managing director in 1990 but remained involved with the theater's operation. The Circle hosted two plays that year: the American premiere of the Russian play Zoya's Apartment, as well as a revival of The Miser. This was followed in 1991 by Taking Steps, Getting Married, and On Borrowed Time. By 1991–1992, the theater faced an increasingly severe financial crisis. In the first half of 1992, the theater hosted the play Search and Destroy, followed by two plays that concurrently starred Al Pacino: a revival of Salome and the original production of Ira Lewis's Chinese Coffee. Pacino had to scale back his appearances in Salome and Chinese Coffee after straining his vocal cords; as a result, these productions only broke even. The musical Anna Karenina, originally planned for 1991–1992, was generally negatively reviewed when it opened at the beginning of the next season. By then, the theater was running at a significant loss; after Anna Karenina closed, Mann tried to save money by keeping the set of Anna Karenina in place. Many of the theater's productions in the 1990s had been commercially unsuccessful.

By November 1992, the theater had a $1.3 million deficit, prompting managing director Robert A. Buckley to fire 10 of the 25 staff members and postpone the start of the 1992–1993 season by four months. Buckley resigned shortly afterward, and George A. Elmer was hired as the new managing director. The theater had only about 8,500 subscribers at the time. The Circle operated at a loss of $1.5 million, in large part because of its overdependence on box-office revenue. That March, the theater canceled two plays by Molière due to a lack of funds. Libin advised Mann to separate the finances of the theater and its associated school; an unnamed former employee told The New York Times that the theater was "living off the school". As a result, the school was separated from the theater in 1993. The school assumed the lease of the theater space, then subleased the space back to the theater.

The only show that the Circle hosted in 1993 was Wilder, Wilder, Wilder, a trio of Wilder plays that lasted for 44 performances. Afterward, the Circle was dark for over a year; a planned engagement of the play Belmont Avenue Social Club during late 1993 had been canceled. Many of the Circle's board members blamed Mann for selecting shows that did not appeal to audiences and claimed that he was too focused on a "theatrical community that was rooted in the past". As a direct consequence, the Circle had failed to compete with newer nonprofit theater companies such as Second Stage Theater, Lincoln Center Theater, or the Manhattan Theatre Club. The number of subscribers had decreased to about 5,400 by 1994.

New leadership

Harvey Seifter took over as the theater's executive director in March 1994. The Circle's artistic managers sought to revive the theater by establishing a $500,000 production fund, hiring a second artistic director to assist Mann, and creating partnerships with other theatrical companies. Josephine Abady was hired as the second artistic director in August 1994; she was to take over as the theater's sole artistic director when Mann stepped down. Abady planned to book both revivals and newer plays at the theater, and she wished to attract additional subscribers to compete with other nonprofit theaters. Although the Circle had received millions of dollars in grants during that season, Abady estimated that it would take eight years for the Circle to record a net profit. The Circle also started offering discounted tickets to attract younger patrons, since, at the time, the median subscriber was 53 years old.

The theater reopened with three plays during 1994–1995: The Shadow Box, Uncle Vanya, and The Rose Tattoo. During the 1995–1996 season, the theater hosted the plays Garden District, Holiday, Bus Stop, and Tartuffe. By then, the Circle had 7,000 subscribers. Nonetheless, many of the theater's board members were unhappy with Abady's leadership, as the theater's debt had increased by $241,000 during that season. Libin and Mann also challenged the way Abady handled the theater's finances. That August, Pacino returned to the theater in Hughie. Hughie was initially supposed to have fewer regular performances than previews, but the play was extended several times, ultimately running until November 1996.

Bankruptcy

On July 24, 1996, Mann announced that he would resign, although he and Abady would remain as artistic directors until Hughie closed. The same day, the theater's acting president Theodore R. Sayers announced that the theatrical company had filed for bankruptcy. At the time, the theater had $1.5 million in debt, in addition to $2 million in unpaid taxes. The company hired Gregory Mosher as its new producer in September 1996, and Circle officials simultaneously asked Abady to resign. Mosher and executive producer M. Edgar Rosenblum attempted to attract a wider audience by selling discounted tickets to anyone who purchased $37.50 annual memberships; they gave away about 12,000 memberships this way. Mosher also scrapped the proposed 1996–1997 season and announced plans to stage the play Stanley, which had been successful on London's West End. Stanley opened in February 1997 and was moderately successful, running for two months.

Mosher, who admired the Circle's thrust stage, had wanted to stage a revival of the Odyssey for 1997–1998. Sayers resigned from his position in May 1997. By then, observers expressed concerns that the theater had not announced any plays for the upcoming season. The theater's board voted to suspend operations on June 17, 1997, when Mosher and Rosenblum both resigned. A major factor in this decision was the theater's inability to pay back taxes, Investment banker Wilbur Ross Jr., a consultant for the theater, said at the time that the theater was unlikely to reopen unless it paid off its $1.5 million debt, as well as a $1.8 million lien that the Internal Revenue Service had placed on the theater. The next month, the theater's creditors attempted to secure a new operator; this was complicated by the fact that Mann and Libin had also claimed control of the theater's lease. Abady sued two of the theater's board members in early 1998, claiming that her termination was a breach of contract.

A federal bankruptcy judge ruled in May 1998 that Libin and Mann could retain control of the Circle. Subsequently, the men began looking for tenants; by August 1998, there were rumors that the Manhattan Theatre Club, which was looking for a Broadway house, would move into the space. Ultimately, the Circle was reorganized as an independent commercial receiving house, making it one of the few independent Broadway theaters at the time. The theater was scheduled to reopen for the 1998–1999 season with Tennessee Williams's Not About Nightingales, which opened in February 1999. Quintero died several hours after the theater reopened; the theater hosted an event in his honor a few months later. During late 1999, the theater space was leased to HBO, which used the space for taping The Chris Rock Show.

21st century

In early 2000, the theater hosted Sam Shepard's play True West, which ran for 154 performances. This was followed later that year by a revival of the musical The Rocky Horror Show, which ran through early 2002. The play Metamorphoses, which opened at the Circle in March 2002, ran for 401 performances over the next year. The theater next staged Yasmina Reza's comedy Life (x) 3 in 2003 and Bryony Lavery's drama Frozen in 2004. The Circle's next production, the musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, had over 1,100 performances from 2005 to 2008. After the success of that musical, the Circle hosted the musical Glory Days, which closed after a single performance on May 6, 2008. The next year, the Circle hosted a revival of Alan Ayckbourn's musical comedy The Norman Conquests.

The William Gibson play The Miracle Worker ran at the Circle for 28 performances in early 2010, followed the same year by the Eric Simonson play Lombardi. The Circle next staged the musical Godspell, which opened in November 2011 and ran for several months. It was followed by two relatively short-lived shows: the musical Soul Doctor, which had 66 performances in late 2013, and the play Bronx Bombers, which ran for less than a month in early 2014. The Circle also hosted two more successful plays in 2014: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill and The River, both of which recouped their production costs. The River set the theater's current box-office record , earning $917,000 on opening week in November 2014. The theater then hosted the musical Fun Home, which opened in 2015 and ran for more than a year, and the musical In Transit, which opened in 2016 and lasted 181 performances. At the end of the decade, the Circle hosted two musical revivals: Once on This Island, which ran from November 2017 to January 2019, and an adaptation of Oklahoma!, which ran from April 2019 to January 2020.

The theatre temporarily closed on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened on September 23, 2021, with previews of Chicken & Biscuits, which ran through November 2021. Next, the Circle hosted a revival of the play American Buffalo, which ran from April to July 2022. By then, the Circle was the only remaining Broadway theater that was not operated by either a nonprofit company or a large organization. The musical KPOP opened at the theater in November 2022, but it lasted for only two weeks. A limited engagement of the concert Melissa Etheridge: My Window opened at the Circle in the Square in September 2023. Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People opened at the theater in March 2024, running for three months; it was followed in October by a limited-run revival of Romeo and Juliet. Afterward, the musical Just in Time opened at the theater in April 2025. Libin remained the theater's president until his death in June 2025.

School

Main article: Circle in the Square Theatre School

The Circle in the Square Theatre School is a drama school associated with the Circle in the Square Theatre; it is the only accredited conservatory attached to a Broadway theater. The school was established in 1961 and is housed within Paramount Plaza at 1633 Broadway. The school was split from the theater itself in 1993 and has operated as a nonprofit since then. The school has also participated in student exchange programs. Over the years, the school's alumni have included Kevin Bacon and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Notable productions

Off-Broadway

This list only includes shows performed at the Circle in the Square's Sheridan Square and Bleecker Street theaters, not those performed by the company at other theaters. Productions are listed by the year of their first performance.

Broadway

This list only includes shows performed at the Circle in the Square's Paramount Plaza theater, not those performed by the company at other theaters. Productions are listed by the year of their first performance.

References

Notes

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64. Berger, Joseph. (March 24, 2012). "Bohemian Hub for Entertainment, Still Unprotected". The New York Times.
65. Zolotow, Sam. (May 23, 1968). "Circle in Square Expands Uptown; Leases Henry Miller's for a Year as a 2d Stage". The New York Times.
66. Zolotow, Sam. (August 12, 1968). "Henry Miller's to Get New Name; Theater to Become Circle in the Square on Broadway". The New York Times.
67. Hummler, Richard. (September 4, 1968). "Legitimate: Rising Market for B'way Theatres; Selden, Osterman Vs. Nederlanders".
68. Zolotow, Sam. (August 22, 1968). "Code to Clarify Tony Standards; Dispute Led Theater League to Draw Up Formal Rules". The New York Times.
69. Zolotow, Sam. (February 19, 1969). "Circle in Square Fails on Broadway". The New York Times.
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71. Zolotow, Sam. (August 15, 1968). "Circle in Square Delays Uptown Debut". The New York Times.
72. Madden, Richard L.. (December 10, 1968). "Circle in the Square Is Selected To Do Plays at Ford's Theater". The New York Times.
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74. {{harvnb. Garvey. 2020
75. (January 29, 1969). "O'Neill Play Opens Ford's Second Year". The New York Times.
76. Barnes, Clive. (November 9, 1969). "Theater: 'Ah, Wilderness!' at Ford's; Circle in Square Offers O'Neill Play in Capital". The New York Times.
77. {{harvnb. Garvey. 2020
78. Coe, Richard L.. (August 26, 1971). "Legal Fracas at Ford's Theater". The Washington Post.
79. Calta, Louis. (September 28, 1971). "Ford's Theater Cuts Its Ties to Circle in the Square". The New York Times.
80. (September 9, 1971). "Ford's Wins Legal Dispute". The Washington Post, Times Herald.
81. Whitehouse, Franklin. (September 22, 1967). "Broadway to Get a Drama Theater; It Is Planned in Tower to Rise on Capitol Site". The New York Times.
82. (October 6, 1967). "City Planning Comm. Proposes More New Midtown Theatres".
83. Esterow, Milton. (October 1, 1967). "City Proposes More Theaters To Revitalize Midtown District; City Planners Proposing More Theaters to Revitalize Midtown District". The New York Times.
84. (October 4, 1967). "Legitimate: N.Y. City Urges New Legit Houses".
85. Miele, Alfred. (November 2, 1967). "OK Space Bonus For New Theaters". New York Daily News.
86. (October 11, 1967). "Miscellany: Hope for More B'way Legit Theatres With Bldg. Code Changes".
87. Sibley, John. (December 8, 1967). "Board of Estimate Approves Measure to Encourage Theater Construction". The New York Times.
88. (April 1, 1968). "City Planners to Mull Office Bldg. Theaters". Newsday.
89. (February 13, 1968). "2d Theater Planned For Office Building To Rise in Midtown". The New York Times.
90. (February 14, 1968). "N.Y. Seeks Co-Op On Scalper Curbs".
91. (April 18, 1968). "City Planners OK 3 Theaters". Newsday.
92. (April 18, 1968). "Permits Approved for 2 Theaters; Playhouses Will Be First on Broadway in 35 Years". The New York Times.
93. Bennett, Charles G.. (April 26, 1968). "Board Approves 3 New Theaters; Estimate Members Reject Shubert Opposition". The New York Times.
94. Ennis, Thomas W.. (January 31, 1969). "News of Realty: Annex is Planned: Uris Will Erect a 20-story Penney Building Addition". The New York Times.
95. Evans, Greg. (July 28, 1997). "Legit: Square creditors circling lease deal".
96. Calta, Louis. (August 3, 1971). "4 Office Theaters Are Taking Shape". The New York Times.
97. Segers, Frank. (March 17, 1971). "See Theatres In Office Buildings For 'Serious Plays' In Mid-Times Sg.".
98. Calta, Louis. (October 6, 1972). "Circle in the Square Honors Levine in New Name". The New York Times.
99. Coe, Richard L.. (October 28, 1972). "Full Circle". The Washington Post.
100. Carmody, Deirdre. (October 26, 1972). "For a New Theater, a Nostalgic Gala". The New York Times.
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102. Wallach, Allan. (January 8, 1973). "Big names, money not always a hit plot". Newsday.
103. Corry, John. (July 22, 1979). "Broadway Opening? Matter of Economics". The New York Times.
104. Lawson, Carol. (September 9, 1983). "Broadway". The New York Times.
105. {{harvnb. Bloom. 2007. Botto. Mitchell. 2002
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108. Coe, Richard L.. (August 4, 1974). "Bad Days on Broadway". The Washington Post.
109. Gussow, Mel. (March 11, 1974). "Fund Crisis Closing Circle in Square". The New York Times.
110. Gussow, Mel. (April 30, 1974). "Circle in Square Takes Its Closing Notice Down". The New York Times.
111. Gussow, Mel. (July 23, 1974). "Closing? No, It's S.R.O. At Circle in the Square". The New York Times.
112. Gussow, Mel. (June 25, 1974). "Profits More Elusive on Broadway". The New York Times.
113. Glover, William. (June 30, 1974). "'Scapino' Gamble Pays Off for Ailing Theater". The Hartford Courant.
114. (March 9, 1976). "Circle in Square Notes 25th Birth day". The New York Times.
115. McFadden, Robert D.. (April 19, 1976). "'A Chorus Line' Tops Tony Competition; 'Travesties' Gets Award as the Best Play". The New York Times.
116. "Winners".
117. (July 25, 1976). "New York Theater Schedules 4 Plays". The Hartford Courant.
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119. {{harvnb. Garvey. 2020
120. Eder, Richard. (December 18, 1978). "'Man and Superman' at Circle in the Square". The New York Times.
121. {{harvnb. Bloom. 2007. Botto. Mitchell. 2002
122. Eder, Richard. (June 7, 1979). "Theater: Kevin Kline Stars in 'Loose Ends'". The New York Times.
123. Lawson, Carol. (December 26, 1979). "News of the Theater". The New York Times.
124. Lawson, Carol. (May 16, 1980). "Broadway; Sheridan Whiteside dines again-- at Circle in Square.". The New York Times.
125. Kerr, Walter. (February 27, 1980). "Stage: Shaw's 'Major Barbara'; Outrageous Shaw". The New York Times.
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127. Rich, Frank. (April 25, 1980). "Stage: 'Past Tense,' A Marital Breakup; Unraveled Marriage". The New York Times.
128. Lawson, Carol. (October 8, 1980). "News of the Theater Irene Worth Rescues Circle in Square; Productions Find Homes Disputes Delay Opening Replacements in Comedy". The New York Times.
129. Lawson, Carol. (October 20, 1981). "Broadway Celebrates Eugene O'Neill's Birthday". The New York Times.
130. (October 2, 1983). "Circle in Square Plans A Tribute to Saroyan". The New York Times.
131. Moss, Linda. (February 1, 1988). "Broadway's Reserved About Advanced Tickets".
132. Mitgang, Herbert. (March 7, 1983). "Why 'Iceman Cometh' Did Not Arrive This Year". The New York Times.
133. Rich, Frank. (May 1, 1986). "Theater: 'The Boys in Autumn'". The New York Times.
134. (January 20, 1987). "Broadway Gets 'Coastal Disturbances'". The New York Times.
135. {{harvnb. Garvey. 2020
136. (May 25, 1989). "'Ghetto' to Close Sunday". The New York Times.
137. {{harvnb. Botto. Mitchell. 2002. Garvey. 2020
138. (February 24, 1990). "'Sweeney Todd' to Close". The New York Times.
139. Collins, Glenn. (January 21, 1993). "Circle in the Square Struggling to Survive". The New York Times.
140. Rich, Frank. (May 11, 1990). "Review/Theater; Marooned in Moscow After the Revolution". The New York Times.
141. Rich, Frank. (October 12, 1990). "Review/Theater; A New 'Miser' That Clears The Sinuses". The New York Times.
142. Rich, Frank. (February 21, 1991). "Review/Theater; Slamming-Door Farce Without Any Doors". The New York Times.
143. Hampton, Wilborn. (June 27, 1991). "Review/Theater; All About Marriage, With Shavian Dash and Wit". The New York Times.
144. Rich, Frank. (October 10, 1991). "Review/Theater; George C. Scott Has Death Up a Tree In 'Borrowed Time'". The New York Times.
145. {{harvnb. Botto. Mitchell. 2002
146. (June 24, 1992). "Al Pacino Cancels Matinees of 2 Shows". The New York Times.
147. {{harvnb. Garvey. 2020
148. {{harvnb. Garvey. 2020
149. Collins, Glenn. (November 4, 1992). "Circle in the Square Theater Postpones Season Opening". The New York Times.
150. Brozan, Nadine. (January 16, 1993). "Chronicle". The New York Times.
151. Messina, Judith. (September 25, 1995). "Theater mounts a financial revival".
152. Mirabella, Alan. (March 21, 1994). "Group strives to rebuild a B'way legend".
153. (March 22, 1993). "Circle in Square Cancels 2 by Moliere". The New York Times.
154. {{harvnb. Garvey. 2020
155. Grimes, William. (July 1, 1997). "Creditors Seek Takeover For Circle in the Square". The New York Times.
156. Simonson, Robert. (August 1, 1997). "Theatre Creditors, Founder Circle Lease".
157. {{harvnb. Garvey. 2020
158. (May 13, 1993). "Wilder's 'Wilder' Is to Close". The New York Times.
159. Klein, Alvin. (September 19, 1993). "Theater; An Abundance of Dramatic First Looks". The New York Times.
160. Hersh, Amy. (March 25, 1994). "Exec. Director Named at Circle In The Square".
161. (August 24, 1994). "New Artistic Director Named For Circle in the Square". The New York Times.
162. Hersh, Amy. (August 26, 1994). "Josephine Abady To Lead Circle In The Square".
163. Koenenn, Joseph C.. (February 16, 1995). "New Life At Circle In The Square". Newsday.
164. {{harvnb. Botto. Mitchell. 2002. Garvey. 2020
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167. Messina, Judith. (November 4, 1996). "Can Circle in the Square perform a 180 degree turn?".
168. Canby, Vincent. (August 23, 1996). "Pacino's Star Turn in a Pipe Dream". The New York Times.
169. {{harvnb. Garvey. 2020
170. Blumenthal, Ralph. (August 10, 1996). "More Previews Than Performances". The New York Times.
171. (August 28, 1996). "'Hughie' Extends Run". The New York Times.
172. Gussow, Mel. (August 24, 1996). "After 45 Years, Director of Circle in the Square Quits". The New York Times.
173. Gussow, Mel. (August 27, 1996). "A Troubled Circle in the Square Files for Bankruptcy". The New York Times.
174. (August 30, 1996). "Circle In The Square Files For Bankruptcy".
175. Pacheco, Patrick. (June 19, 1997). "It's Curtains for Circle in the Square". Newsday.
176. Jaques, Damien. (September 9, 1996). "Circle in the hole". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
177. Marks, Peter. (September 5, 1996). "Circle in the Square Appoints A Leader to Take a New Tack". The New York Times.
178. Grimes, William. (December 11, 1996). "$10 Seats, for Freedom and Survival". The New York Times.
179. Evans, Greg. (March 10, 1997). "Legit: Circle in the Square Gambles on Future".
180. Brantley, Ben. (February 21, 1997). "In Desire, A Glimpse Of Heaven". The New York Times.
181. Pacheco, Patrick. (February 6, 1997). "Play by Play / Epic Plans for Tight Circle in the Square". Newsday.
182. Grimes, William. (May 23, 1997). "Head of Circle in the Square, Bankrupt Theater, Quits Post". The New York Times.
183. Grimes, William. (June 18, 1997). "The Circle in the Square Shuts Down Operations". The New York Times.
184. (February 25, 1998). "Theater's Final Act is a Court Drama Did Board Members Play Fair at Defunct Circle in the Square? Former Artistic Director Sues". New York Daily News.
185. (August 27, 1997). "MTC to re-open circle in the square?".
186. Brodesser, Claude. (August 17, 1998). "Legit: New York's Circle is back on square".
187. {{harvnb. Botto. Mitchell. 2002
188. McKinley, Jesse. (December 18, 1998). "On Stage and Off; A Full Pot Of Drama". The New York Times.
189. Brantley, Ben. (February 26, 1999). "Theater Review; Young Williams Pre-'Menagerie': A Steel Aviary". The New York Times.
190. {{harvnb. Garvey. 2020
191. (July 26, 2000). "'True West' Is Closing". The New York Times.
192. Brantley, Ben. (November 16, 2000). "Theater Review; That Sweet Transvestite Doing the Time Warp Again". The New York Times.
193. Pogrebin, Robin. (October 17, 2001). "'Rocky Horror Show' Is to Rock Again". The New York Times.
194. Brantley, Ben. (March 5, 2002). "Theater Review; Dreams of 'Metamorphoses' Echo in a Larger Space". The New York Times.
195. (January 22, 2003). "'Metamorphoses' to Close". The New York Times.
196. Brantley, Ben. (April 1, 2003). "Theater Review; A Dinner Becomes A Disaster, In Triplicate". The New York Times.
197. (May 5, 2004). "Theater Review; Reasonable Discourse After a Child Is Murdered. Is That Reasonable?". The New York Times.
198. Robertson, Campbell. (November 8, 2007). "'Spelling Bee' Ends Run". The New York Times.
199. Robertson, Campbell. (May 8, 2008). "'Glory Days' to Close". The New York Times.
200. Brantley, Ben. (April 23, 2009). "Unrequited Lust, in Triplicate". The New York Times.
201. Healy, Patrick. (March 28, 2010). "Closing Date for 'The Miracle Worker'". The New York Times.
202. Isherwood, Charles. (October 22, 2010). "On Further Review, the Coach Stands". The New York Times.
203. Isherwood, Charles. (November 8, 2011). "A Vision of Spirituality Returns to Broadway". The New York Times.
204. Itzkoff, Dave. (June 13, 2012). "The Bad News: Broadway Revival of 'Godspell' to Close".
205. Healy, Patrick. (October 9, 2013). "Broadway 'Soul Doctor' to Close on Sunday".
206. Holcomb-Holland, Lori. (February 20, 2014). "'Bronx Bombers' to Close on Broadway".
207. Isherwood, Charles. (April 14, 2014). "Stepping Into the Shoes of a Ravaged Singer". The New York Times.
208. Brantley, Ben. (November 17, 2014). "A Reserve So Deep, You Could Drown". The New York Times.
209. Healy, Patrick. (August 6, 2014). "Broadway's 'Lady Day' Recoups Its Costs". The New York Times.
210. Healy, Patrick. (November 11, 2014). "'Elephant Man' and 'The River' Showcase Stars' Box-Office Power on Broadway".
211. Paulson, Michael. (April 11, 2017). "'In Transit,' Broadway's First a Cappella Musical, Will Close Sunday". The New York Times.
212. Paulson, Michael. (November 28, 2018). "Broadway's 'Once on This Island' Revival Will Close Jan. 6". The New York Times.
213. Paulson, Michael. (October 22, 2019). "A Dark 'Oklahoma!' and a Yiddish 'Fiddler' to Close in January". The New York Times.
214. Moniuszko, Sara M. (June 29, 2020). "Broadway suspends performances through 2020 amid coronavirus, extends ticket refunds to 2021".
215. Green, Jesse. (October 11, 2021). "Review: In 'Chicken & Biscuits,' a Sweet but Dated Comedic Recipe". The New York Times.
216. Meyer, Dan. (November 28, 2021). "Chicken & Biscuits Closes on Broadway November 28".
217. Stevens, Matt. (November 11, 2021). "'Chicken & Biscuits' Will Close Early Following Covid Pause". The New York Times.
218. Green, Jesse. (April 15, 2022). "Review: In 'American Buffalo,' Grift Is the Coin of the Realm". The New York Times.
219. The Broadway League. (November 27, 2022). "KPOP – Broadway Musical – Original".
220. Green, Jesse. (November 27, 2022). "Review: In 'KPOP,' Korean Pop and Broadway Meet (Too) Cute". The New York Times.
221. Paulson, Michael. (December 7, 2022). "Broadway's 'KPOP' Will Close on Sunday". The New York Times.
222. Gans, Andrew. (June 11, 2023). "Melissa Etheridge: My Window Will Play Limited Broadway Engagement".
223. Sandomir, Richard. (2025-07-04). "Paul Libin, an Enduring Force on and Off Broadway, Dies at 94". The New York Times.
224. Evans, Greg. (June 29, 2025). "Paul Libin Dies: Major Broadway Producer & Longtime Circle In The Square President Was 94".
225. "Circle in the Square Theatre School | History". Circlesquare.org.
226. Purcell, Carey. (May 3, 2013). "Circle in the Square's Spring Festival of Theatre Begins May 3 with The Seagull".
227. Hughes, C.. (2006). "Let's Go New York City 16th Edition". St. Martin's Press.
228. (May 9, 2013). "Circle In The Square Theatre School Inc - Nonprofit Explorer".
229. Blau, Eleanor. (August 12, 1990). "Theater School Exchange Program Gives King Lear a Russian Accent". The New York Times.
230. "Circle in the Square Theatre – At This Theatre". Playbill.com.
231. "Circle in the Square Downtown".
232. (April 24, 1952). "Summer and Smoke".
233. (June 22, 1955). "La Ronde".
234. (May 8, 1956). "The Iceman Cometh".
235. Zolotow, Sam. (May 8, 1956). "'Iceman Cometh' This Afternoon; Circle in the Square Reviving O'Neill Play--Curtain at 2 Today to Aid Critics Sondra Lee in French Revue". The New York Times.
236. (November 27, 1958). "The Quare Fellow".
237. Atkinson, Brooks. (April 5, 1959). "'Our Town'; Moving Revival of Thornton Wilder's Play at the Circle in the Square". The New York Times.
238. (November 16, 1962). "Under Milk Wood".
239. (January 8, 1963). "Desire Under the Elms".
240. (December 23, 1963). "The Trojan Women".
241. (December 6, 1965). "The White Devil".
242. (October 16, 1966). "Eh?".
243. (May 17, 1967). "Drums in the Night".
244. (November 21, 1967). "Iphigenia in Aulis".
245. (June 12, 1968). "A Moon for the Misbegotten".
246. (January 5, 1969). "Little Murders".
247. (June 22, 1970). "Boesman and Lena".
248. (September 24, 1972). "We Bombed in New Haven".
249. (March 22, 1973). "The Hot l Baltimore".
250. (May 16, 1978). "I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road".
251. (June 3, 1981). "American Buffalo".
252. (October 21, 1982). "Greater Tuna".
253. Rich, Frank. (March 23, 1984). "Stage: 'To Gillian' at Circle in Square". The New York Times.
254. (March 22, 1984). "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday".
255. (November 5, 1987). "Oil City Symphony".
256. (February 10, 1990). "The Rothschilds".
257. (September 27, 2017). "Circle in the Square Theatre (1972) New York, NY".
258. The Broadway League. (November 27, 2022). "Circle in the Square Theatre – New York, NY".
259. The Broadway League. (November 15, 1972). "Mourning Becomes Electra – Broadway Play – 1972 Revival".
260. Barnes, Clive. (November 16, 1972). "Stage: 'Mourning Becomes Electra'". The New York Times.
261. The Broadway League. (January 17, 1973). "Medea – Broadway Play – 1973 Revival".
262. Barnes, Clive. (January 18, 1973). "Stage: Circle Presents New 'Medea'". The New York Times.
263. The Broadway League. (June 4, 1973). "Uncle Vanya – Broadway Play – 1973 Revival".
264. Kerr, Walter. (June 10, 1973). "A Too Tearful 'Vanya'". The New York Times.
265. The Broadway League. (September 13, 1973). "The Waltz of the Toreadors – Broadway Play – 1973 Revival".
266. Kerr, Walter. (September 23, 1973). "Waltz Me Around Again, Anouilh". The New York Times.
267. The Broadway League. (December 13, 1973). "The Iceman Cometh – Broadway Play – 1973 Revival".
268. Barnes, Clive. (December 14, 1973). "Stage: 'Iceman Cometh' to Broadway". The New York Times.
269. The Broadway League. (May 18, 1974). "Scapino – Broadway Play – Original".
270. Barnes, Clive. (May 20, 1974). "Theater: 'Scapino' Sports a Superb Zany, Jim Dale". The New York Times.
271. The Broadway League. (October 10, 1974). "The National Health – Broadway Play – Original".
272. Barnes, Cline. (October 11, 1974). "'The National Health' a Play of Genius". The New York Times.
273. The Broadway League. (December 20, 1974). "Where's Charley? – Broadway Musical – 1974 Revival".
274. Barnes, Clive. (December 20, 1974). "Stage: 'Where's Charley?' Is Revived". The New York Times.
275. The Broadway League. (March 20, 1975). "All God's Chillun Got Wings – Broadway Play – 1975 Revival".
276. Barnes, Clive. (March 21, 1975). "'All God's Chillun' at Circle in Square". The New York Times.
277. The Broadway League. (June 26, 1975). "Death of a Salesman – Broadway Play – 1975 Revival".
278. Barnes, Clive. (June 27, 1975). "Scott Puts Acting Magic in ' Salesman'". The New York Times.
279. The Broadway League. (September 18, 1975). "Ah, Wilderness! – Broadway Play – 1975 Revival".
280. Barnes, Clive. (September 19, 1975). "The Theater: O'Neill's Only Comedy". The New York Times.
281. The Broadway League. (December 18, 1975). "The Glass Menagerie – Broadway Play – 1975 Revival".
282. Barnes, Clive. (December 19, 1975). "Stage: 'Glass Menagerie'". The New York Times.
283. The Broadway League. (March 7, 1976). "Geraldine Fitzgerald in Songs of the Street – Broadway Special – Original".
284. The Broadway League. (March 18, 1976). "The Lady from the Sea – Broadway Play – 1976 Revival".
285. Barnes, Clive. (March 19, 1976). "Vanessa Redgrave's Broadway Debut". The New York Times.
286. The Broadway League. (June 27, 1976). "Pal Joey – Broadway Musical – 1976 Revival".
287. Barnes, Clive. (June 28, 1976). "Revival of 'Pal Joey' No Friend of Original". The New York Times.
288. The Broadway League. (December 16, 1976). "The Night of the Iguana – Broadway Play – 1976 Revival".
289. Barnes, Clive. (December 17, 1976). "The Theater: 'Iguana,' Effectively Revised". The New York Times.
290. The Broadway League. (March 17, 1977). "Romeo and Juliet – Broadway Play – 1977 Revival".
291. Barnes, Clive. (March 18, 1977). "Theater: 'Romeo And Juliet' in Circle". The New York Times.
292. The Broadway League. (June 16, 1977). "The Importance of Being Earnest – Broadway Play – 1977 Revival".
293. Eder, Richard. (June 17, 1977). "Stage: A Pleasant 'Earnest'". The New York Times.
294. The Broadway League. (September 25, 1977). "Tartuffe – Broadway Play – 1977 Revival".
295. Eder, Richard. (September 26, 1977). "John Wood Dominates A Lopsided 'Tartuffe'". The New York Times.
296. The Broadway League. (December 15, 1977). "Saint Joan – Broadway Play – 1977 Revival".
297. Eder, Richard. (December 16, 1977). "Stage: Lynn Redgrave in 'Saint Joan'". The New York Times.
298. The Broadway League. (March 16, 1978). "13 Rue de l'Amour – Broadway Play – Original".
299. (March 26, 1978). "STAGE VIEW". The New York Times.
300. The Broadway League. (June 15, 1978). "Once in a Lifetime – Broadway Play – 1978 Revival".
301. Eder, Richard. (June 16, 1978). "Stage: 'Once in a Lifetime'". The New York Times.
302. The Broadway League. (September 21, 1978). "The Inspector General – Broadway Play – 1978 Revival".
303. The Broadway League. (December 14, 1978). "Man and Superman – Broadway Play – 1978 Revival".
304. The Broadway League. (March 16, 1979). "Stage: Spokesong'". The New York Times.
305. The Broadway League. (February 26, 1980). "Major Barbara – Broadway Play – 1980 Revival".
306. The Broadway League. (June 26, 1980). "The Man Who Came to Dinner – Broadway Play – 1980 Revival".
307. The Broadway League. (October 2, 1980). "The Bacchae – Broadway Play – Original".
308. Rich, Frank. (October 3, 1980). "Theater: Cacoyannis Stages Euripides's 'Bacchae'; Calling All Hedonists". The New York Times.
309. The Broadway League. (December 18, 1980). "John Gabriel Borkman – Broadway Play – 1980 Revival".
310. The Broadway League. (April 2, 1981). "The Father – Broadway Play – 1981 Revival".
311. Kerr, Walter. (April 19, 1981). "Stage View; In 'The Father,' Strindberg Struck Back at Ibsen". The New York Times.
312. The Broadway League. (October 15, 1981). "Candida – Broadway Play – 1981 Revival".
313. Rich, Frank. (October 16, 1981). "Stage: Shaw's 'candida' With Miss Woodward". The New York Times.
314. The Broadway League. (January 28, 1982). "Macbeth – Broadway Play – 1982 Revival".
315. Rich, Frank. (January 29, 1982). "Stage: Nicol Williamson in Broadway 'Macbeth'". The New York Times.
316. The Broadway League. (July 15, 1982). "Present Laughter – Broadway Play – 1982 Revival".
317. Rich, Frank. (July 16, 1982). "Stage: Scott in a Noel Coward Play". The New York Times.
318. The Broadway League. (January 27, 1983). "The Misanthrope – Broadway Play – 1983 Revival".
319. Rich, Frank. (January 28, 1983). "Stage: 'Misanthrope' at Circle in the Square". The New York Times.
320. The Broadway League. (May 5, 1983). "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial – Broadway Play – 1983 Revival".
321. Rich, Frank. (May 6, 1983). "Theater: 'Caine Mutiny' Back at Circle in Square". The New York Times.
322. The Broadway League. (December 7, 1983). "Heartbreak House – Broadway Play – 1983 Revival".
323. Rich, Frank. (December 8, 1983). "Theater: Harrison, 'Heartbreak House'". The New York Times.
324. The Broadway League. (March 8, 1984). "Awake and Sing! – Broadway Play – 1984 Revival".
325. Rich, Frank. (March 9, 1984). "Theater: 'Awake and Sing!' Revived". The New York Times.
326. The Broadway League. (June 20, 1984). "Design For Living – Broadway Play – 1984 Revival".
327. Rich, Frank. (June 21, 1984). "Theater: 'Design for Living'". The New York Times.
328. The Broadway League. (May 30, 1985). "Arms and the Man – Broadway Play – 1985 Revival".
329. Rich, Frank. (May 31, 1985). "Stage: Kevin Kline in Shaw's 'Arms and the Man'". The New York Times.
330. The Broadway League. (October 10, 1985). "The Marriage of Figaro – Broadway Play – Original".
331. Rich, Frank. (October 11, 1985). "Stage: Serban's 'Figaro,' With Skates and Radio". The New York Times.
332. The Broadway League. (December 20, 1985). "The Robert Klein Show! – Broadway Special – Original".
333. Holden, Stephen. (December 23, 1985). "Stage: 'The Robert Klein Show'". The New York Times.
334. The Broadway League. (January 30, 1986). "The Caretaker – Broadway Play – 1986 Revival".
335. Rich, Frank. (January 31, 1986). "The Stage: Steppenwolf in Pinter's 'Caretaker'". The New York Times.
336. The Broadway League. (October 9, 1986). "You Never Can Tell – Broadway Play – 1986 Revival".
337. Rich, Frank. (October 10, 1986). "Theater: Bernard Shaw's 'You Never Can Tell,' at Circle in the Square". The New York Times.
338. The Broadway League. (March 4, 1987). "Coastal Disturbances – Broadway Play – Original".
339. Gerard, Jeremy. (November 23, 1987). "A Theater Changes Direction". The New York Times.
340. The Broadway League. (March 10, 1988). "A Streetcar Named Desire – Broadway Play – 1988 Revival".
341. Rich, Frank. (March 11, 1988). "Review/Theater; Danner and Quinn In a New 'Streetcar'". The New York Times.
342. The Broadway League. (June 19, 1988). "An Evening with Robert Klein – Broadway Special – Original".
343. Holden, Stephen. (June 21, 1988). "Review/Comedy; Robert Klein's Balance Of Sense and the Absurd". The New York Times.
344. The Broadway League. (June 26, 1988). "The Night of the Iguana – Broadway Play – 1988 Revival".
345. Gussow, Mel. (June 27, 1988). "Review/Theater; In 'Night of the Iguana,' God's Desperate Ones". The New York Times.
346. The Broadway League. (November 13, 1988). "The Devil's Disciple – Broadway Play – 1988 Revival".
347. Rich, Frank. (November 14, 1988). "Review/Theater; Shaw and Philip Bosco Together Once More". The New York Times.
348. The Broadway League. (April 30, 1989). "Ghetto – Broadway Play – Original".
349. The Broadway League. (September 14, 1989). "Sweeney Todd – Broadway Musical – 1989 Revival".
350. Rich, Frank. (September 15, 1989). "Review/Theater; New 'Sweeney' With a New Message". The New York Times.
351. The Broadway League. (October 11, 1990). "The Miser – Broadway Play – 1990 Revival".
352. The Broadway League. (February 20, 1991). "Taking Steps – Broadway Play – Original".
353. The Broadway League. (June 26, 1991). "Getting Married – Broadway Play – 1991 Revival".
354. The Broadway League. (October 9, 1991). "On Borrowed Time – Broadway Play – 1991 Revival".
355. The Broadway League. (June 28, 1992). "Salome – Broadway Play – 1992 Revival".
356. The Broadway League. (August 26, 1992). "Anna Karenina – Broadway Musical – Original".
357. The Broadway League. (April 21, 1993). "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder – Broadway Play – Original".
358. The Broadway League. (November 20, 1994). "The Shadow Box – Broadway Play – 1994 Revival".
359. Brantley, Ben. (November 21, 1994). "Theater Review: the Shadow Box; Death Outruns a Play From 1977". The New York Times.
360. The Broadway League. (February 23, 1995). "Uncle Vanya – Broadway Play – 1995 Revival".
361. Canby, Vincent. (February 24, 1995). "Theater Review: Uncle Vanya; A 'Vanya' Of Spite And Fury". The New York Times.
362. The Broadway League. (April 30, 1995). "The Rose Tattoo – Broadway Play – 1995 Revival".
363. Brantley, Ben. (May 1, 1995). "Theater Review: the Rose Tattoo; Upbeat Williams, for a Change". The New York Times.
364. The Broadway League. (October 10, 1995). "Garden District – Broadway Play – Original".
365. Canby, Vincent. (October 11, 1995). "Theater Review;Decadence, Ferns and Facades". The New York Times.
366. The Broadway League. (December 3, 1995). "Holiday – Broadway Play – 1995 Revival".
367. Canby, Vincent. (December 4, 1995). "Theater Review;The Wee Problems Of the Seriously Rich In the Frenzied 20's". The New York Times.
368. The Broadway League. (February 22, 1996). "Bus Stop – Broadway Play – 1996 Revival".
369. Canby, Vincent. (February 23, 1996). "Theater Review;Inge's Bus Passengers, Stranded Overnight". The New York Times.
370. The Broadway League. (May 30, 1996). "Tartuffe – Broadway Play – 1996 Revival".
371. Brantley, Ben. (May 31, 1996). "Theater Review;Moliere's Charlatan As a TV Evangelist". The New York Times.
372. The Broadway League. (August 22, 1996). "Hughie – Broadway Play – 1996 Revival".
373. The Broadway League. (February 20, 1997). "Stanley – Broadway Play – Original".
374. The Broadway League. (February 25, 1999). "Not About Nightingales – Broadway Play – Original".
375. The Broadway League. (March 2, 2000). "True West – Broadway Play – Original".
376. The Broadway League. (November 15, 2000). "The Rocky Horror Show – Broadway Musical – 2000 Revival".
377. The Broadway League. (March 4, 2002). "Metamorphoses – Broadway Play – Original".
378. The Broadway League. (March 31, 2003). "Life (x) 3 – Broadway Play – Original".
379. The Broadway League. (May 4, 2004). "Frozen – Broadway Play – Original".
380. The Broadway League. (May 2, 2005). "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Broadway Musical – Original".
381. The Broadway League. (May 6, 2008). "Glory Days – Broadway Musical – Original".
382. The Broadway League. (April 23, 2009). "The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden – Broadway Play – 2009 Revival".
383. The Broadway League. (March 3, 2010). "The Miracle Worker – Broadway Play – 2010 Revival".
384. The Broadway League. (October 21, 2010). "Lombardi – Broadway Play – Original".
385. The Broadway League. (November 7, 2011). "Godspell – Broadway Musical – 2011 Revival".
386. The Broadway League. (August 15, 2013). "Soul Doctor – Broadway Musical – Original".
387. The Broadway League. (February 6, 2014). "Bronx Bombers – Broadway Play – Original".
388. The Broadway League. (April 13, 2014). "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill – Broadway Play – Original".
389. The Broadway League. (November 16, 2014). "The River – Broadway Play – Original".
390. The Broadway League. (April 19, 2015). "Fun Home – Broadway Musical – Original".
391. Brantley, Ben. (April 20, 2015). "Review: 'Fun Home' at the Circle in the Square Theater". The New York Times.
392. The Broadway League. (December 11, 2016). "In Transit – Broadway Musical – Original".
393. The Broadway League. (December 3, 2017). "Once on This Island – Broadway Musical – 2017 Revival".
394. The Broadway League. (April 7, 2019). "Oklahoma! – Broadway Musical – 2019 Revival".
395. The Broadway League. (October 10, 2021). "Chicken & Biscuits – Broadway Play – Original".
396. The Broadway League. (April 14, 2022). "American Buffalo – Broadway Play – 2022 Revival".
397. The Broadway League. (October 27, 2023). "An Enemy of the People – Broadway Play – 2024 Revival". The New York Times.
398. The Broadway League. (May 22, 2024). "Romeo + Juliet – Broadway Play – 2024 Revival".
399. The Broadway League. (October 9, 2024). "Just In Time – Broadway Musical – Original".