Opened in October
The month Broadway actually starts. More productions have opened in October than in any other, and it is not close.
1,617 in the catalogue.
| The Far-off Hills Ambassador Theatre | 1937 | 47 perf. |
| The Fireman's Flame American Music Hall | 1937 | 204 perf. |
| The Plough and the Stars Ambassador Theatre | 1937 | 4 perf. |
| To Quito and Back Guild Theatre | 1937 | 46 perf. |
| Wall Street Scene Comedy Theatre | 1937 | 3 perf. |
| Wise Tomorrow Biltmore Theatre | 1937 | 3 perf. |
| Abe Lincoln in Illinois Plymouth Theatre | 1938 | 472 perf. |
| Cecilia Loftus Vanderbilt Theatre | 1938 | run not recorded |
| Knickerbocker Holiday Ethel Barrymore Theatre | 1938 | 168 perf. |
| Knights of Song Hollywood Theatre | 1938 | 16 perf. |
| Madame Capet Cort Theatre | 1938 | 7 perf. |
| The Fabulous Invalid Broadhurst Theatre | 1938 | 65 perf. |
| Victoria Regina Martin Beck Theatre | 1938 | 87 perf. |
| Cure For Matrimony Provincetown Playhouse | 1939 | 25 perf. |
| Ladies and Gentlemen Martin Beck Theatre | 1939 | 105 perf. |
| Skylark Morosco Theatre | 1939 | 256 perf. |
| The Man Who Came to Dinner Music Box Theatre | 1939 | 739 perf. |
| The Possessed Lyceum Theatre | 1939 | 14 perf. |
| The Three Sisters Longacre Theatre | 1939 | 9 perf. |
| The Time of Your Life Booth Theatre | 1939 | 185 perf. |
| They Knew What They Wanted Empire Theatre | 1939 | 24 perf. |
| Too Many Girls Imperial Theatre | 1939 | 249 perf. |
| Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 51st Street Theatre | 1940 | run not recorded |
| Big White Fog Lincoln Theatre | 1940 | 64 perf. |
| Blind Alley Windsor Theatre | 1940 | 63 perf. |
| Boyd's Daughter Booth Theatre | 1940 | 3 perf. |
| Boys and Girls Together Broadhurst Theatre | 1940 | 191 perf. |
| Cabin In The Sky Martin Beck Theatre | 1940 | 156 perf. |
| Charley's Aunt Cort Theatre | 1940 | 233 perf. |
| George Washington Slept Here Lyceum Theatre | 1940 | 173 perf. |
| It Happens on Ice Center Theatre | 1940 | 276 perf. |
| Journey to Jerusalem National Theatre | 1940 | 17 perf. |
| Panama Hattie 46th Street Theatre | 1940 | 501 perf. |
| Suzanna and the Elders Morosco Theatre | 1940 | 30 perf. |
| The Mikado 44th Street Theatre | 1940 | 7 perf. |
| The Pirates Of Penzance 44th Street Theatre | 1940 | 6 perf. |
| Tis of Thee Maxine Elliotts Theatre | 1940 | 1 perf. |
| Ah, Wilderness! Guild Theatre | 1941 | 29 perf. |
| All Men Are Alike Hudson Theatre | 1941 | 32 perf. |
| Anne of England St James Theatre | 1941 | 7 perf. |
| As You Like It Mansfield Theatre | 1941 | 8 perf. |
| Best Foot Forward Ethel Barrymore Theatre | 1941 | 326 perf. |
| Candle in the Wind Shubert Theatre | 1941 | 95 perf. |
| Good Neighbor Windsor Theatre | 1941 | 1 perf. |
| High Kickers Broadhurst Theatre | 1941 | 171 perf. |
| Let’s Face It Imperial Theatre | 1941 | 547 perf. |
| The Land Is Bright Music Box Theatre | 1941 | 79 perf. |
| Viva O'Brien Majestic Theatre | 1941 | 20 perf. |
| Beat the Band 46th Street Theatre | 1942 | 68 perf. |
| Bird in Hand Morosco Theatre | 1942 | 8 perf. |
| Count Me In Ethel Barrymore Theatre | 1942 | 61 perf. |
| Let Freedom Sing Longacre Theatre | 1942 | 8 perf. |
| Little Darling Biltmore Theatre | 1942 | 23 perf. |
| Native Son Majestic Theatre | 1942 | 84 perf. |
| Oy Is Dus a Leben! Molly Picon Theatre | 1942 | 139 perf. |
| Rosalinda 44th Street Theatre | 1942 | 611 perf. |
| The Damask Cheek Playhouse Theatre | 1942 | 93 perf. |
| The Eve of St. Mark Cort Theatre | 1942 | 307 perf. |
| The Time, the Place and the Girl Mansfield Theatre | 1942 | 13 perf. |
| Three Men on a Horse Forrest Theatre | 1942 | 28 perf. |