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 Bacchae Circle In The Square Theatre | 1980 | 61 perf. |
| The Suicide Anta Playhouse | 1980 | 60 perf. |
| Tintypes John Golden Theatre | 1980 | 93 perf. |
| A Talent for Murder Biltmore Theatre | 1981 | 77 perf. |
| Candida Circle In The Square Theatre | 1981 | 91 perf. |
| Einstein and the Polar Bear Cort Theatre | 1981 | 4 perf. |
| Marlowe Rialto Theatre | 1981 | 48 perf. |
| The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Plymouth Theatre | 1981 | 49 perf. |
| Cats Winter Garden Theatre | 1982 | 7,485 perf. |
| Good Booth Theatre | 1982 | 141 perf. |
| Rock 'N Roll! The First 5,000 Years St James Theatre | 1982 | 9 perf. |
| The Wake of Jamey Foster Eugene Oneill Theatre | 1982 | 12 perf. |
| American Buffalo Booth Theatre | 1983 | 93 perf. |
| Zorba Broadway Theatre | 1983 | 344 perf. |
| Alone Together Music Box Theatre | 1984 | 97 perf. |
| Cyrano de Bergerac Gershwin Theatre | 1984 | 59 perf. |
| Kipling Royale Theatre | 1984 | 12 perf. |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Cort Theatre | 1984 | 276 perf. |
| Much Ado About Nothing Gershwin Theatre | 1984 | 53 perf. |
| Whoopi Goldberg Lyceum Theatre | 1984 | 156 perf. |
| Tango Argentino Mark Hellinger Theatre | 1985 | 199 perf. |
| The Marriage of Figaro Circle In The Square Theatre | 1985 | 77 perf. |
| A Little Like Magic Lyceum Theatre | 1986 | 49 perf. |
| Costello Sings Again Broadway Theatre | 1986 | 5 perf. |
| Flamenco Puro Mark Hellinger Theatre | 1986 | 53 perf. |
| Into the Light Neil Simon Theatre | 1986 | 6 perf. |
| Raggedy Ann Nederlander Theatre | 1986 | 5 perf. |
| Rowan Atkinson at the Atkinson Brooks Atkinson Theatre | 1986 | 7 perf. |
| You Never Can Tell Circle In The Square Theatre | 1986 | 125 perf. |
| Anything Goes Theatre not recorded | 1987 | 784 perf. |
| Burn This Plymouth Theatre | 1987 | 437 perf. |
| Cabaret Imperial Theatre | 1987 | 261 perf. |
| Don't Get God Started Longacre Theatre | 1987 | 85 perf. |
| Il Berretto a Songali Mark Hellinger Theatre | 1987 | 3 perf. |
| Jerry Garcia Acoustic and Electric Lunt Fontanne Theatre | 1987 | 18 perf. |
| La Serva Amorosa Mark Hellinger Theatre | 1987 | 3 perf. |
| La Serva Padrona Mark Hellinger Theatre | 1987 | 1 perf. |
| Late Nite Comic Ritz Theatre | 1987 | 4 perf. |
| Mort Sahl on Broadway! Neil Simon Theatre | 1987 | 26 perf. |
| Podrecca Puppet Theatre Company Mark Hellinger Theatre | 1987 | 1 perf. |
| Pulcinella Mark Hellinger Theatre | 1987 | 3 perf. |
| Roza Royale Theatre | 1987 | 12 perf. |
| Tom Waits in Concert on Broadway Eugene Oneill Theatre | 1987 | 7 perf. |
| A Celebration of Paul Robeson Shubert Theatre | 1988 | 1 perf. |
| Michael Feinstein in Concert: "Isn't It Romantic" Booth Theatre | 1988 | 39 perf. |
| Dangerous Games Nederlander Theatre | 1989 | 4 perf. |
| Love Letters Edison Theatre | 1989 | 96 perf. |
| Mastergate Criterion Center Stage Right | 1989 | 69 perf. |
| The Secret Rapture Ethel Barrymore Theatre | 1989 | 12 perf. |
| Bugs Bunny on Broadway Gershwin Theatre | 1990 | run not recorded |
| Jackie Mason: Brand New Neil Simon Theatre | 1990 | 216 perf. |
| Michael Feinstein in Concert: Piano and Voice John Golden Theatre | 1990 | 30 perf. |
| Once on This Island Booth Theatre | 1990 | 469 perf. |
| Stand-Up Tragedy Criterion Center Stage Right | 1990 | 13 perf. |
| The Miser Circle In The Square Theatre | 1990 | 93 perf. |
| André Heller's Wonderhouse Broadhurst Theatre | 1991 | 9 perf. |
| Dancing at Lughnasa Plymouth Theatre | 1991 | 421 perf. |
| On Borrowed Time Circle In The Square Theatre | 1991 | 101 perf. |
| The Homecoming Criterion Center Stage Right | 1991 | 49 perf. |
| Oba Oba '93 Marquis Theatre | 1992 | 22 perf. |