Shows that played once
Shows that played once. Some are disasters — six opened and shut at the Nora Bayes in 1923 alone. Others are benefits and galas that were only ever meant to happen once. The data records how long a show ran, not what it was for, so we cannot tell you which is which.
407 in the catalogue.
| Play Me a Country Song Virginia Theatre | 1982 | 1 perf. |
| Special Occasions Music Box Theatre | 1982 | 1 perf. |
| Brothers Music Box Theatre | 1983 | 1 perf. |
| Dance a Little Closer Minskoff Theatre | 1983 | 1 perf. |
| Moose Murders Eugene Oneill Theatre | 1983 | 1 perf. |
| The Guys in the Truck New Apollo Theatre | 1983 | 1 perf. |
| The Ritz Xenon | 1983 | 1 perf. |
| Total Abandon Booth Theatre | 1983 | 1 perf. |
| Take Me Along Martin Beck Theatre | 1985 | 1 perf. |
| Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott! Palace Theatre | 1987 | 1 perf. |
| La Serva Padrona Mark Hellinger Theatre | 1987 | 1 perf. |
| Podrecca Puppet Theatre Company Mark Hellinger Theatre | 1987 | 1 perf. |
| A Celebration of Paul Robeson Shubert Theatre | 1988 | 1 perf. |
| Mike Nichols and Elaine May: Together Again on Broadway Brooks Atkinson Theatre | 1992 | 1 perf. |
| Sunday in the Park with George St James Theatre | 1994 | 1 perf. |
| Something Wonderful Gershwin Theatre | 1995 | 1 perf. |
| Angela Lansbury - A Celebration Majestic Theatre | 1996 | 1 perf. |
| The Apple Doesn't Fall... Lyceum Theatre | 1996 | 1 perf. |
| Dreamgirls Ford Center For The Performing Arts | 2001 | 1 perf. |
| Mandy Patinkin in Concert Neil Simon Theatre | 2001 | 1 perf. |
| Anything Goes Vivian Beaumont Theater | 2002 | 1 perf. |
| Back From Broadway Vivian Beaumont Theater | 2002 | 1 perf. |
| Funny Girl New Amsterdam Theatre | 2002 | 1 perf. |
| Something Good Gershwin Theatre | 2002 | 1 perf. |
| Chess New Amsterdam Theatre | 2003 | 1 perf. |
| Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Longacre Theatre | 2003 | 1 perf. |
| The 24 Hour Plays 2003 American Airlines Theatre | 2003 | 1 perf. |
| Hair New Amsterdam Theatre | 2004 | 1 perf. |
| Passion Ambassador Theatre | 2004 | 1 perf. |
| The 24 Hour Plays 2004 American Airlines Theatre | 2004 | 1 perf. |
| A Wonderful Life Shubert Theatre | 2005 | 1 perf. |
| Children and Art New Amsterdam Theatre | 2005 | 1 perf. |
| On the Twentieth Century New Amsterdam Theatre | 2005 | 1 perf. |
| The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas August Wilson Theatre | 2006 | 1 perf. |
| The 24 Hour Plays 2007 American Airlines Theatre | 2007 | 1 perf. |
| Glory Days Circle In The Square Theatre | 2008 | 1 perf. |
| Mandy Patinkin on Broadway Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | 2008 | 1 perf. |
| The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken Gershwin Theatre | 2008 | 1 perf. |
| You May Now Worship Me Eugene Oneill Theatre | 2008 | 1 perf. |
| Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert for Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares Minskoff Theatre | 2009 | 1 perf. |
| Chance & Chemistry Minskoff Theatre | 2009 | 1 perf. |
| Brigadoon Shubert Theatre | 2010 | 1 perf. |
| 8 Eugene Oneill Theatre | 2011 | 1 perf. |
| Camelot Shubert Theatre | 2011 | 1 perf. |
| She Loves Me Stephen Sondheim Theatre | 2011 | 1 perf. |
| The Visit Ambassador Theatre | 2011 | 1 perf. |
| Barack on Broadway New Amsterdam Theatre | 2012 | 1 perf. |