The Drama Nerds Database

Shows · 1910s · 1918

1918

178 shows opened on Broadway in 1918.

Broadway opened 178 shows in 1918: half of those runs were over within 48 performances. Lightnin', by Winchell Smith, broke that pattern, running 1,291 performances, 26.9 times the median.

Lightnin', by Winchell Smith, opened August 26, 1918 at Gaiety Theatre and ran 1,291 performances.

American Airlines Theatre opened.

Central Theatre opened.

Henry Miller's Theatre opened.

Nora Bayes Theatre opened.

Stephen Sondheim Theatre opened.

Vanderbilt Theatre opened.

Opened in 1918

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Undated: 1 opening

Very Good Eddie Palace TheatreBroadway

January: 15 openings

January 7, 1918 Karen Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway 80 perf.
January 14, 1918 The Heritage Playhouse TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
January 17, 1918 Keeping Up Appearances Bramhall PlayhouseBroadway 4 perf.
January 17, 1918 Seven Days' Leave Park TheatreBroadway 156 perf.
January 18, 1918 Everyman Cort TheatreBroadway 2 perf.
January 22, 1918 Experience Manhattan Opera HouseBroadway 23 perf.
January 22, 1918 Seventeen Booth TheatreBroadway 225 perf.
January 24, 1918 A Trench Fantasy Plymouth TheatreBroadway 19 perf.
January 25, 1918 The Merchant of Venice Cort TheatreBroadway 2 perf.
January 28, 1918 Girl o' Mine Bijou TheatreBroadway 48 perf.
January 28, 1918 Josephine Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
January 28, 1918 Success Harris TheatreBroadway 64 perf.
January 28, 1918 The Madonna of the Future Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 56 perf.
January 30, 1918 The Indestructible Wife Hudson TheatreBroadway 22 perf.
January 31, 1918 Tony Sarg's Marionettes Norworth TheatreBroadway

February: 17 openings

February 1, 1918 Oh, Lady! Lady! Princess TheatreBroadway 219 perf.
February 4, 1918 The Little Teacher Playhouse TheatreBroadway 128 perf.
February 6, 1918 Difference in Gods Bramhall PlayhouseBroadway 8 perf.
February 6, 1918 Electra Carnegie HallBroadway 1 perf.
February 7, 1918 The Love Mill 48th Street TheatreBroadway 52 perf.
February 8, 1918 As You Like It Cort TheatreBroadway 2 perf.
February 14, 1918 Sinbad Winter GardenBroadway 388 perf.
February 14, 1918 The Off Chance Empire TheatreBroadway 92 perf.
February 18, 1918 The Copperhead Shubert TheatreBroadway 120 perf.
February 19, 1918 Democracy's King Hudson TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
February 19, 1918 The Master Hudson TheatreBroadway 39 perf.
February 20, 1918 Youth Comedy TheatreBroadway
February 21, 1918 Her Country Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway 76 perf.
February 21, 1918 Under Pressure Norworth TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
February 25, 1918 A Cure for Curables 39th Street TheatreBroadway 112 perf.
February 25, 1918 Sick-a-Bed Gaiety TheatreBroadway 80 perf.
February 25, 1918 The Garden of Allah Manhattan Opera HouseBroadway 24 perf.

March: 12 openings

March 2, 1918 Follow the Girl Lew Fields 44th Street Roof GardenBroadway 25 perf.
March 7, 1918 Oh, Look! Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway 68 perf.
March 9, 1918 Let's Go Fulton TheatreBroadway 25 perf.
March 11, 1918 Mrs. Warren's Profession Comedy TheatreBroadway
March 11, 1918 The Wild Duck Plymouth TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
March 11, 1918 Toot-Toot! George M Cohans TheatreBroadway 40 perf.
March 13, 1918 The Squab Farm Bijou TheatreBroadway 45 perf.
March 15, 1918 Julius Caesar Cort TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
March 18, 1918 A Pair of Petticoats Lew Fields 44th Street Roof GardenBroadway 80 perf.
March 18, 1918 Getting Together Lyric TheatreBroadway 112 perf.
March 18, 1918 Pan and the Young Shepherd Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
March 25, 1918 Love's Lightning Lexington TheatreBroadway

April: 19 openings

April 1, 1918 The Fountain of Youth Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
April 1, 1918 The Rainbow Girl New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway 160 perf.
April 2, 1918 An American Ace Casino TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
April 3, 1918 The Man Who Stayed at Home 48th Street TheatreBroadway 109 perf.
April 5, 1918 Laurette Taylor in Scenes from Shakespeare Criterion TheatreBroadway
April 6, 1918 April Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway 31 perf.
April 8, 1918 Hedda Gabler Plymouth TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
April 9, 1918 Nancy Lee Hudson TheatreBroadway 63 perf.
April 9, 1918 The Army with Banners Theatre Du Vieux ColumbierBroadway 17 perf.
April 11, 1918 Fancy Free Astor TheatreBroadway 116 perf.
April 11, 1918 You Know Me Al! Lexington TheatreBroadway 22 perf.
April 15, 1918 A Night at an Inn George M Cohans TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
April 15, 1918 Once Upon a Time Fulton TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
April 15, 1918 Service George M Cohans TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
April 18, 1918 Ile Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway
April 22, 1918 Good-Bye, Bill Lew Fields 44th Street Roof GardenBroadway 17 perf.
April 22, 1918 Salome Comedy TheatreBroadway
April 24, 1918 The Servant in the House Theatre Du Vieux ColumbierBroadway 21 perf.
April 29, 1918 A Doll's House Plymouth TheatreBroadway 32 perf.

May: 10 openings

May 1, 1918 A Marriage of Convenience Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 53 perf.
May 6, 1918 Belinda Empire TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
May 6, 1918 The New Word Empire TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
May 9, 1918 The Kiss Burglar George M Cohans TheatreBroadway 100 perf.
May 17, 1918 Out There Century TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
May 20, 1918 A Woman's Honor Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway
May 20, 1918 Her Honor, the Mayor Fulton TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
May 20, 1918 The Good Men Do Fulton TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
May 22, 1918 Rock-a-Bye Baby Astor TheatreBroadway 85 perf.
May 30, 1918 Biff! Bang! Century TheatreBroadway 10 perf.

June: 7 openings

June 6, 1918 Hitchy-Koo [1918] Globe TheatreBroadway 68 perf.
June 10, 1918 Art's Rejuvenation Fulton TheatreBroadway
June 10, 1918 Marriages Are Made Fulton TheatreBroadway
June 10, 1918 Muggins Fulton TheatreBroadway
June 10, 1918 Nocturne Fulton TheatreBroadway
June 10, 1918 The Best Sellers Fulton TheatreBroadway
June 18, 1918 Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway 151 perf.

July: 1 opening

July 25, 1918 The Passing Show of 1918 Winter Garden TheatreBroadway 142 perf.

August: 11 openings

August 13, 1918 Three Faces East Cohan And HarrisBroadway 335 perf.
August 19, 1918 Yip Yip Yaphank Century TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
August 20, 1918 He Didn't Want to Do It Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
August 20, 1918 Under Orders Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway 167 perf.
August 22, 1918 Everything HippodromeBroadway 461 perf.
August 23, 1918 Why Worry? Harris TheatreBroadway 27 perf.
August 26, 1918 Lightnin' Gaiety TheatreBroadway 1,291 perf.
August 26, 1918 Where Poppies Bloom Theatre RepublicBroadway 104 perf.
August 27, 1918 Double Exposure Bijou TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
August 29, 1918 Head Over Heels George M Cohans TheatreBroadway 100 perf.
August 29, 1918 The Woman on the Index 48th Street TheatreBroadway 52 perf.

September: 38 openings

September 2, 1918 Penrod Globe TheatreBroadway 48 perf.
September 2, 1918 Watch Your Neighbor Booth TheatreBroadway 48 perf.
September 3, 1918 Fiddlers Three Cort TheatreBroadway 87 perf.
September 5, 1918 Daddies Belasco TheatreBroadway 340 perf.
September 9, 1918 Forever After Central TheatreBroadway 312 perf.
September 9, 1918 Mr. Barnum Criterion TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
September 9, 1918 One of Us Bijou TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
September 9, 1918 Some One in the House Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
September 10, 1918 Jonathan Makes a Wish Princess TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
September 10, 1918 Over Here! Fulton TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
September 11, 1918 The Maid of the Mountains Casino TheatreBroadway 37 perf.
September 12, 1918 Another Man's Shoes 39th Street TheatreBroadway 12 perf.
September 12, 1918 Crops and Croppers Belmont TheatreBroadway 20 perf.
September 14, 1918 The Unknown Purple Lyric TheatreBroadway 273 perf.
September 16, 1918 An Ideal Husband Comedy TheatreBroadway 80 perf.
September 16, 1918 Humpty Dumpty Lyceum TheatreBroadway 40 perf.
September 16, 1918 The Girl Behind the Gun New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway 160 perf.
September 17, 1918 The Walk-offs Morosco TheatreBroadway 31 perf.
September 19, 1918 Tea for Three Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway 308 perf.
September 23, 1918 Some Night! Harris TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
September 30, 1918 Bianca Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 Carmen Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 Fra Diavolo Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 H.M.S. Pinafore Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 Iolanthe Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 Madame Butterfly Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 Madeleine Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 Martha Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 Mignon Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 Patience Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 Robin Hood Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 Tales of Hoffmann Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 The Bohemian Girl Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 The Daughter of the Regiment Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 The Gondoliers Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 The Mikado Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 The Pirates Of Penzance Park TheatreBroadway
September 30, 1918 The Saving Grace Empire TheatreBroadway 96 perf.

October: 20 openings

October 1, 1918 The Awakening Criterion TheatreBroadway 29 perf.
October 2, 1918 Information Please Selwyn TheatreBroadway 46 perf.
October 3, 1918 Redemption Plymouth TheatreBroadway 204 perf.
October 4, 1918 Sometime Shubert TheatreBroadway 283 perf.
October 5, 1918 I. O. U. Belmont TheatreBroadway 10 perf.
October 5, 1918 Sleeping Partners Bijou TheatreBroadway 161 perf.
October 7, 1918 The Matinee Hero Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway 64 perf.
October 8, 1918 Nothing But Lies Longacre TheatreBroadway 135 perf.
October 15, 1918 A Stitch in Time Fulton TheatreBroadway 71 perf.
October 19, 1918 Freedom Century TheatreBroadway 33 perf.
October 19, 1918 The Better 'Ole, Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway 353 perf.
October 22, 1918 Perkins Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
October 23, 1918 The Riddle: Woman Harris TheatreBroadway 165 perf.
October 24, 1918 Ladies First Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 164 perf.
October 25, 1918 Not with My Money 39th Street TheatreBroadway 11 perf.
October 28, 1918 Glorianna Liberty TheatreBroadway 96 perf.
October 28, 1918 The Big Chance 48th Street TheatreBroadway 120 perf.
October 29, 1918 Peter's Mother Playhouse TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
October 31, 1918 Be Calm, Camilla Booth TheatreBroadway 84 perf.
October 31, 1918 Three Wise Fools Criterion TheatreBroadway 316 perf.

November: 13 openings

November 4, 1918 Hamlet 44th Street TheatreBroadway
November 4, 1918 King Lear 44th Street TheatreBroadway
November 4, 1918 King Richard III 44th Street TheatreBroadway
November 4, 1918 Little Simplicity Astor TheatreBroadway 112 perf.
November 4, 1918 Louis XI 44th Street TheatreBroadway
November 4, 1918 Macbeth 44th Street TheatreBroadway
November 4, 1918 Othello 44th Street TheatreBroadway
November 4, 1918 Richelieu 44th Street TheatreBroadway
November 4, 1918 Romeo and Juliet 44th Street TheatreBroadway
November 4, 1918 The Canary Globe TheatreBroadway 152 perf.
November 25, 1918 Good Luck, Sam! Lexington TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
November 27, 1918 Oh, My Dear! Princess TheatreBroadway 189 perf.
November 28, 1918 A Place in the Sun Comedy TheatreBroadway 44 perf.

December: 14 openings

December 2, 1918 Betty at Bay 39th Street TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
December 23, 1918 Atta Boy Lexington TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
December 23, 1918 Back to Earth Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
December 23, 1918 Dear Brutus Empire TheatreBroadway 184 perf.
December 23, 1918 Listen Lester Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway 272 perf.
December 23, 1918 Somebody's Sweetheart Central TheatreBroadway 224 perf.
December 24, 1918 A Prince There Was George M Cohans TheatreBroadway 159 perf.
December 24, 1918 The Gentile Wife Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway 31 perf.
December 25, 1918 East is West Astor TheatreBroadway 680 perf.
December 25, 1918 The Voice of McConnell Manhattan Opera HouseBroadway 30 perf.
December 26, 1918 A Little Journey Little TheatreBroadway 252 perf.
December 30, 1918 Keep It to Yourself 39th Street TheatreBroadway 128 perf.
December 30, 1918 The Invisible Foe Harris TheatreBroadway 112 perf.
December 30, 1918 The Melting of Molly Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 88 perf.

Closed in 1918

January 5, 1918 Miss 1917 Century Theatre, opened 1917 72 run
January 5, 1918 The Grass Widow Liberty Theatre, opened 1917 43 run
January 12, 1918 A Night in Spain Cocoanut Grove Theatre, opened 1917 33 run
January 12, 1918 Madame Sand Criterion Theatre, opened 1917 64 run
January 12, 1918 Words and Music Fulton Theatre, opened 1917 24 run
January 19, 1918 Leave It to Jane Longacre Theatre, opened 1917 167 run
January 26, 1918 The Land of Joy Park Theatre, opened 1917 100 run
February 2, 1918 Over the Top Lew Fields 44th Street Roof Garden, opened 1917 78 run
February 9, 1918 Doing Our Bit Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1917 130 run
February 23, 1918 Odds and Ends of 1917 Bijou Theatre, opened 1917 112 run
March 23, 1918 The Cohan Revue of 1918 New Amsterdam Theatre, opened 1917 96 run
March 30, 1918 Oh, Boy! Princess Theatre, opened 1917 463 run
April 27, 1918 Blind Alleys Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 Chu Chin Chow Manhattan Opera House, opened 1917 208 run
April 27, 1918 Enter the Hero Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 Habit Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 His Widow's Husband Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 In The Zone Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 Lonesome Like Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 Neighbors Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 Suppressed Desires Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 The Avenue Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 The Beautiful Legend of Pokey Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 The Critic's Comedy Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 The Girl in the Coffin Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 The Home of the Free Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 The Poisoned Flower Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 The Sandbar Queen Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
April 27, 1918 Yum Chapab Comedy Theatre, opened 1917
May 11, 1918 Cheer Up Hippodrome Theatre, opened 1917 456 run
June 1, 1918 Jack O'Lantern Globe Theatre, opened 1917 265 run
June 29, 1918 Flo-Flo Cort Theatre, opened 1917 220 run
October 19, 1918 Maytime Shubert Theatre, opened 1917 492 run
October 26, 1918 Going Up Liberty Theatre, opened 1917 351 run

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