Theatre Register

Opened in the summer

Broadway opens in October — 1,610 productions have. It does not open in July, when 199 have. These are the shows that went up in the heat anyway, into a half-empty town with no air conditioning for most of the century.

204 in the catalogue.

Injunction Granted Biltmore Theatre 1936 run not recorded
Swing It Adelphi Theatre 1937 36 perf.
Countess Maritza Palace Theatre 1938 run not recorded
The American Way Center Theatre 1939 80 perf.
Yokel Boy Majestic Theatre 1939 208 perf.
It Happens on Ice Center Theatre 1941 386 perf.
Stars on Ice Center Theatre 1942 827 perf.
The Merry Widow Carnegie Hall 1942 39 perf.
This Is the Army Broadway Theatre 1942 113 perf.
Yours, A. Lincoln Shubert Theatre 1942 2 perf.
Marinka Winter Garden Theatre 1945 165 perf.
Maid in the Ozarks Belasco Theatre 1946 103 perf.
Tidbits of 1946 Plymouth Theatre 1946 8 perf.
Cabalgata Broadway Theatre 1949 76 perf.
Death of a Salesman Theatre not recorded 1949 run not recorded
Miss Liberty Imperial Theatre 1949 308 perf.
Parisienne Fulton Theatre 1950 16 perf.
The Telephone / The Medium Arena Theatre 1950 110 perf.
Two on the Aisle Mark Hellinger Theatre 1951 281 perf.
Judy Garland "At Home at the Palace" Palace Theatre 1967 24 perf.
The Unknown Soldier and His Wife Vivian Beaumont Theater 1967 148 perf.
Lovers Vivian Beaumont Theater 1968 148 perf.
Tartuffe Vivian Beaumont Theater 1968 6 perf.
Charley's Aunt Brooks Atkinson Theatre 1970 9 perf.
Guys and Dolls Broadway Theatre 1976 239 perf.
Broadway Opry '79 St James Theatre 1979 6 perf.
But Never Jam Today Longacre Theatre 1979 8 perf.
Camelot New York State Theatre 1980 56 perf.
Fiddler on the Roof New York State Theatre 1981 53 perf.
Present Laughter Circle In The Square Theatre 1982 179 perf.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Alvin Theatre 1982 5 perf.
Mame Gershwin Theatre 1983 41 perf.
Oedipus Rex Vivian Beaumont Theater 1984 8 perf.
Twyla Tharp Dance on Broadway Gershwin Theatre 1984 15 perf.
Singin' in the Rain Gershwin Theatre 1985 367 perf.
Cuba & His Teddy Bear Longacre Theatre 1986 53 perf.
Shirley Bassey Marquis Theatre 1986 4 perf.
Canciones de mi Padre Minskoff Theatre 1988 18 perf.
Mandy Patinkin in Concert: "Dress Casual" Helen Hayes Theatre 1989 62 perf.
Hedda Gabler Criterion Center Stage Right 1994 33 perf.
Something Wonderful Gershwin Theatre 1995 1 perf.
The Play's the Thing Criterion Center Stage Right 1995 45 perf.
A Thousand Clowns Criterion Center Stage Right 1996 32 perf.
An Evening with Jerry Herman Booth Theatre 1998 28 perf.
Twelfth Night Vivian Beaumont Theater 1998 53 perf.
Do I Hear A Waltz? Playhouse Theatre 1999 run not recorded
The Man Who Came to Dinner American Airlines Theatre 2000 85 perf.
A Thousand Clowns Longacre Theatre 2001 83 perf.
Major Barbara American Airlines Theatre 2001 74 perf.
I'm Not Rappaport Booth Theatre 2002 53 perf.
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway Broadway Theatre 2002 3 perf.
Avenue Q John Golden Theatre 2003 2,534 perf.
Big River Theatre not recorded 2003 67 perf.
After The Fall American Airlines Theatre 2004 53 perf.
Forever Tango Shubert Theatre 2004 114 perf.
The Frogs Vivian Beaumont Theater 2004 92 perf.
Primo Music Box Theatre 2005 35 perf.
The Blonde in the Thunderbird Brooks Atkinson Theatre 2005 9 perf.
Xanadu Helen Hayes Theatre 2007 512 perf.
[title of show] Lyceum Theatre 2008 102 perf.

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