This site was the home to an earlier theater built in 1855.
Wikipedia informs us that in 1894:
"Édouard Niermans converted the venue into a theatre-in-the-round for summer musical spectacles.[1] The hall was enlarged and modernised in 1925 by Volterra, and in that form opened with a revival of Monsieur Beaucaire (operetta) by André Messager. This success led the management to devote the venue mainly to operetta and other musical theatre until the 1930s. Thereafter the Marigny mounted boulevard shows, and revivals (such as La Créole by Offenbach in 1936).[2]
In 1946 the Théâtre Marigny welcomed a troupe from the Comédie-Française to form the Renaud-Barrault company, and in 1954, Barrault opened a smaller 'Petit Marigny'. The Grenier-Hussenot troupe followed and later the hall became a cinema. From 1965-1978 the direction passed to Elvira Popescu. In 1978 John Bodson succeeded her as director and the current director is Robert Hossein."
Wikipedia also list these past productions:
"J'te veux (12 February 1923)
Monsieur Beaucaire (20 November 1925)
Venise by Tiarko Richepin (25 June 1927)
Le diable à Paris by Marcel Lattes (27 October 1927) (with Raimu, Edmée Favart)
Coups de roulis by Messager (29 September 1928)
Boulard et ses filles by Charles Cuvillier (8 November 1929)
Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall (16 May 1930) (with René Hérent, Robert Burnier)
Moineau by Louis Beydts (13 March 1931)
La belle saison by Jean Delettre (29 June 1937) (with Lucienne Boyer)
Mes amours by Oscar Strauss (2 May 1940)"
At the time of this Waymark's posting, the Theatre's website (
visit link) indicated that current productions included Caberet, L'Ouest Solitaire, Biyouna, La Vie en Rire, Princes et Princesses.