Woods formed an early partnership with Sam H. Harris and Paddy Sullivan, running tour companies of popular melodramas, starting with "The Bowery After Dark". His first Broadway production was "The Evil That Men Do" in 1903. His work on Broadway escalated after the popularity of the touring melodramas declined. Woods had a stable of favorite playwrights, most notably Owen Davis, who he worked with for several years on melodramas such as "Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model". When Woods turned to producing regular Broadway shows, he focused on bedroom farces, starting with "The Girl from Rector's" in 1909.