On this day
15 productions in this catalogue opened on August 18, from 1856 to 2025.
| 1856 | Life in New York Bowery Theatre | 18 perf. |
| 1890 | Christopher Columbus, or the Discovery of America Windsor Theatre | |
| 1895 | The Engineer Peoples Theatre | |
| 1902 | Robert Emmet Haverlys 14th Street Theatre | 80 perf. |
| 1908 | The Devil Belasco Theatre | 175 perf. |
| 1913 | When Dreams Come True Lyric Theatre | 64 perf. |
| 1920 | The Cave Girl Longacre Theatre | 37 perf. |
| 1925 | Gay Paree [1925] Shubert Theatre | 181 perf. |
| 1927 | What the Doctor Ordered Ritz Theatre | 20 perf. |
| 1930 | Through the Night Theatre Masque | 8 perf. |
| 1942 | The New Moon Carnegie Hall | 24 perf. |
| 1943 | Murder Without Crime Cort Theatre | 37 perf. |
| 1981 | My Fair Lady Uris Theatre | 119 perf. |
| 2002 | The Boys from Syracuse American Airlines Theatre | 73 perf. |
| 2025 | Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride Nederlander Theatre | 48 perf. |
Held to a date rather than curated, so it is different tomorrow. Titles not linked are productions of works outside the catalogue's scope gate — they played, but the work never reached Broadway or the West End.