Shubert Theatre (New Haven)

Like many theaters outside New York City, the Shubert has been used as a tryout venue. It has hosted a reported 600-plus out of town tryouts, including more than 300 world premieres and more than 50 American premieres.

Pre-Broadway engagements at the Shubert:

• 1916: Robinson Crusoe, Jr.
• 1921: Dulcy
• 1922: Seventh Heaven
• 1923: Stepping Stones
• 1926: The Desert Song
• 1927: A Connecticut Yankee
• 1928: Street Scene
• 1930: Strike Up the Band
• 1931: The Barretts of Wimpole Street, The Wonder Bar, The Third Little Show, Of Thee I Sing
• 1932: Gay Divorce
• 1934: All the King's Horses, The Children's Hour
• 1935: Dead End
• 1936: Stage Door, Red, Hot and Blue
• 1937: Room Service
• 1938: I Married an Angel, Leave It to Me!, The Boys From Syracuse
• 1939: Stars in Your Eyes, Too Many Girls, Du Barry Was a Lady
• 1940: Louisiana Purchase, Panama Hattie
• 1941: Blithe Spirit, Best Foot Forward, Sunny River
• 1943: Oklahoma! (then titled Away We Go)
• 1944: The Cherry Orchard, Follow the Girls
• 1945: Carousel, Marinka, The Secret Room, The Girl From Nantucket, The Day Before Spring, Billion Dollar Baby, Lute Song
• 1946: St. Louis Woman, Annie Get Your Gun, Shootin' Star, Windy City, Around the World, Sweet Bye and Bye, Come On Up
• 1947: Barefoot Boy With Cheek, Allegro, A Streetcar Named Desire
• 1948: My Romance, Sleepy Hollow, Love Life, As the Girls Go, Along Fifth Avenue
• 1949: South Pacific, Regina
• 1950: Texas, Li'l Darlin', Great to Be Alive, Call Me Madam, Bless You All
• 1951: The King and I, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Flahooley, Remains to Be Seen, Pal Joey
• 1952: Three Wishes for Jamie, Of Thee I Sing, Shuffle Along
• 1953: Wonderful Town, Maggie, Tea and Sympathy, The Teahouse of the August Moon, Sabrina Fair, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
• 1954: By the Beautiful Sea, The Pajama Game, Hit the Trail, Plain and Fancy
• 1955: The Desperate Hours, Ankles Aweigh, Damn Yankees, No Time for Sergeants, The Vamp (then titled Delilah), Pipe Dream
• 1956: My Fair Lady, Strip For Action, Shangri-La, Long Day's Journey into Night, Bells Are Ringing, Candide
• 1957: New Girl in Town, Copper and Brass
• 1958: A Touch of the Poet, Redhead
• 1959: The Sound of Music, Fiorello!
• 1960: From A to Z, Lock Up Your Daughters, Tenderloin, Advise and Consent, Period of Adjustment, The Conquering Hero, Show Girl
• 1961: The Happiest Girl in the World, Milk and Honey
• 1962: We Take the Town, No Strings, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• 1963: She Loves Me, Barefoot in the Park, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• 1964: High Spirits, Dylan, Fade Out - Fade In, Awf'lly Nice, Royal Flush
• 1965: Do I Hear a Waltz?, The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd, Flora the Red Menace, The Yearling, Wait Until Dark
• 1966: The Star-Spangled Girl
• 1967: How Now, Dow Jones
• 1968: Plaza Suite, I'm Solomon, A Mother's Kisses, Zorba
• 1969: 1776, Last of the Red Hot Lovers
• 1970: Georgy, Cry for Us All, Two By Two, The Gingerbread Lady
• 1971: The Prisoner of Second Avenue
• 1972: The Sunshine Boys
• 1974: God's Favorite
• 1976: Something Old, Something New (the Shubert's last production for more than seven years)
• 1995: Jekyll & Hyde
• 1997: Proposals (the first original play to tryout at the Shubert since the reopening)
• 1999: The Civil War
• 2001: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• Shubert Theatre - Operated by CAPA (Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts)
• CAPA:History of the Shubert Theatre