The private party room of the Paradise Night Club, New York City
Broadway is a 1926
Broadway play produced by
Jed Harris and written and directed by
George Abbott and
Philip Dunning. It was Abbott's first big hit on his way to becoming "the most famous play doctor of all time" after he "rejiggered" Dunning's play.[1] The crime drama used "contemporary street slang and a hard-boiled, realistic atmosphere"[2] to depict the
New York City underworld during
Prohibition. It opened on September 16, 1926, at the
Broadhurst Theatre and was one of the venue's greatest hits,[3] running for 603 performances.
Production
Written and directed by Philip Dunning and George Abbott, and produced by
Jed Harris, Broadway opened September 16, 1926, at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City. The cast is listed in order of appearance:[4]
Broadway was a smash hit, running for 603 performances. In addition to having his first prominent stage role, cast member Joseph Calleia acted as the company's stage manager and, working for producer Jed Harris, he supervised some ten duplicate productions of Broadway in the United States and abroad.[5][6]
A 1978
Broadway-bound revival of Broadway, directed by
Robert Allan Ackerman and musical staging by Dennis Grimaldi closed during its
Boston tryout.[11] A production directed by Abbott at the
Great Lakes Theater Festival transferred to Broadway in 1987; it closed after three previews and four performances.[12][13]