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 Frogs of Spring Broadhurst Theatre | 1953 | 15 perf. |
| The Ladies of the Corridor Longacre Theatre | 1953 | 45 perf. |
| The Little Hut Coronet Theatre | 1953 | 29 perf. |
| The Teahouse of the August Moon Martin Beck Theatre | 1953 | 1,027 perf. |
| Blues, Ballads and Sin-Songs Bijou Theatre | 1954 | 12 perf. |
| DeCordoba and His Ballet 48th Street Theatre | 1954 | run not recorded |
| Fragile Fox Belasco Theatre | 1954 | 55 perf. |
| On Your Toes 46th Street Theatre | 1954 | 64 perf. |
| Peter Pan Winter Garden | 1954 | 152 perf. |
| Reclining Figure Lyceum Theatre | 1954 | 116 perf. |
| The Rainmaker Cort Theatre | 1954 | 125 perf. |
| The Tender Trap Longacre Theatre | 1954 | 102 perf. |
| The Traveling Lady Playhouse Theatre | 1954 | 30 perf. |
| A Roomful of Roses Playhouse Theatre | 1955 | 88 perf. |
| Antonio Broadway Theatre | 1955 | 37 perf. |
| Comédie Française Program 1 Broadway Theatre | 1955 | 16 perf. |
| Deadfall Holiday Theatre | 1955 | 20 perf. |
| Iolanthe Shubert Theatre | 1955 | 7 perf. |
| Island of Goats Fulton Theatre | 1955 | 7 perf. |
| Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure . . . Bijou Theatre | 1955 | 65 perf. |
| No Time for Sergeants Alvin Theatre | 1955 | 796 perf. |
| Princess Ida Shubert Theatre | 1955 | 8 perf. |
| Ruddigore Shubert Theatre | 1955 | 8 perf. |
| The Carefree Tree Phoenix Theatre | 1955 | 24 perf. |
| The Chalk Garden Ethel Barrymore Theatre | 1955 | 182 perf. |
| The Desk Set Broadhurst Theatre | 1955 | 297 perf. |
| The Diary of Anne Frank Cort Theatre | 1955 | 717 perf. |
| The Mikado Shubert Theatre | 1955 | 12 perf. |
| The Pirates Of Penzance Shubert Theatre | 1955 | 8 perf. |
| The Wooden Dish Booth Theatre | 1955 | 12 perf. |
| The Yeomen of the Guard Shubert Theatre | 1955 | 8 perf. |
| The Young and Beautiful Longacre Theatre | 1955 | 65 perf. |
| Tiger at the Gates Plymouth Theatre | 1955 | 217 perf. |
| Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore Shubert Theatre | 1955 | 13 perf. |
| Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Belasco Theatre | 1955 | 444 perf. |
| Auntie Mame Broadhurst Theatre | 1956 | 639 perf. |
| Autobiography Booth Theatre | 1956 | 6 perf. |
| Double in Hearts John Golden Theatre | 1956 | 6 perf. |
| Harbor Lights Playhouse Theatre | 1956 | 4 perf. |
| King Richard II Winter Garden Theatre | 1956 | 27 perf. |
| Macbeth Winter Garden Theatre | 1956 | 25 perf. |
| Major Barbara Martin Beck Theatre | 1956 | 231 perf. |
| Romeo and Juliet Winter Garden Theatre | 1956 | 29 perf. |
| Separate Tables Music Box Theatre | 1956 | 332 perf. |
| Sixth Finger in a Five Finger Glove Longacre Theatre | 1956 | 2 perf. |
| The Apple Cart Plymouth Theatre | 1956 | 124 perf. |
| The Best House in Naples Lyceum Theatre | 1956 | 3 perf. |
| The Loud Red Patrick Ambassador Theatre | 1956 | 93 perf. |
| The Reluctant Debutante Henry Millers Theatre | 1956 | 134 perf. |
| Too Late the Phalarope Belasco Theatre | 1956 | 36 perf. |
| Compulsion Ambassador Theatre | 1957 | 140 perf. |
| Copper and Brass Martin Beck Theatre | 1957 | 36 perf. |
| Emlyn Williams as A Boy Growing Up Longacre Theatre | 1957 | 17 perf. |
| Jamaica Imperial Theatre | 1957 | 555 perf. |
| Look Back in Anger Lyceum Theatre | 1957 | 407 perf. |
| Mary Stuart Phoenix Theatre | 1957 | 56 perf. |
| Miss Lonelyhearts Music Box Theatre | 1957 | 12 perf. |
| Monique John Golden Theatre | 1957 | 63 perf. |
| Nature's Way Coronet Theatre | 1957 | 61 perf. |
| Romanoff and Juliet Plymouth Theatre | 1957 | 389 perf. |