1920
159 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1920.
Broadway opened 156 shows in 1920, and most of them stayed: half of those runs lasted 82 performances or more.
The Bat, by Mary Roberts Rinehart, opened August 23, 1920 at Morosco Theatre and ran 867 performances.
Apollo Theatre opened.
Daly's Theatre closed.
Times Square Theatre opened.
Opened in 1920
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Undated: 3 openings
| Enter Madame Garrick TheatreLondon | ||
| Fédora a revival of the 1882 play Gielgud TheatreLondon | ||
| Jane Clegg Garrick TheatreLondon |
January: 14 openings
| January 3, 1920 | Aglavaine And Selysette Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | |
| January 5, 1920 | Always You Central TheatreBroadway | 66 perf. |
| January 5, 1920 | The Acquittal Cohan And HarrisBroadway | 138 perf. |
| January 5, 1920 | The Purple Mask Booth TheatreBroadway | 139 perf. |
| January 6, 1920 | The Light of the World Lyric TheatreBroadway | 31 perf. |
| January 7, 1920 | No More Blondes Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| January 8, 1920 | Frivolities of 1920 44th Street TheatreBroadway | 61 perf. |
| January 13, 1920 | The Passion Flower Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 144 perf. |
| January 15, 1920 | The Power of Darkness Garrick TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| January 19, 1920 | Mamma's Affair Little TheatreBroadway | 98 perf. |
| January 19, 1920 | Pietro Criterion TheatreBroadway | 41 perf. |
| January 19, 1920 | The Ruined Lady Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 33 perf. |
| January 20, 1920 | Big Game Fulton TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
| January 27, 1920 | As You Were Central TheatreBroadway | 143 perf. |
February: 14 openings
| February 2, 1920 | Beyond the Horizon Morosco TheatreBroadway | 111 perf. |
| February 2, 1920 | My Golden Girl Nora Bayes TheatreBroadway | 105 perf. |
| February 2, 1920 | The Night Boat Liberty TheatreBroadway | 313 perf. |
| February 2, 1920 | Trimmed in Scarlet Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 14 perf. |
| February 3, 1920 | Breakfast in Bed Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway | 75 perf. |
| February 12, 1920 | He and She Little TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| February 16, 1920 | Shavings Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | 122 perf. |
| February 16, 1920 | The Cat-Bird Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 33 perf. |
| February 17, 1920 | The Tragedy of Nan 39th Street TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| February 17, 1920 | The Wonderful Thing Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 120 perf. |
| February 23, 1920 | Jane Clegg Garrick TheatreBroadway | 112 perf. |
| February 23, 1920 | Sacred and Profane Love Morosco TheatreBroadway | 88 perf. |
| February 23, 1920 | The Letter of the Law Criterion TheatreBroadway | 83 perf. |
| February 23, 1920 | Tick-Tack-Toe Princess TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
March: 14 openings
| March 1, 1920 | George Washington Lyric TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| March 1, 1920 | The Hottentot George M Cohans TheatreBroadway | 113 perf. |
| March 2, 1920 | Look Who's Here 44th Street TheatreBroadway | 87 perf. |
| March 2, 1920 | Sophie Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 79 perf. |
| March 6, 1920 | King Richard III Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 27 perf. |
| March 13, 1920 | Musk Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| March 15, 1920 | The Blue Flame Shubert TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
| March 19, 1920 | The Piper Fulton TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| March 19, 1920 | What's in a Name? Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 115 perf. |
| March 22, 1920 | Medea Garrick TheatreBroadway | 14 perf. |
| March 26, 1920 | Exorcism Provincetown PlayhouseBroadway | |
| March 26, 1920 | The Hole in the Wall Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway | 73 perf. |
| March 29, 1920 | Mrs. Jimmie Thompson Princess TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
| March 29, 1920 | The Ouija Board Bijou TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
April: 7 openings
| April 5, 1920 | Ed Wynn's Carnival New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway | 150 perf. |
| April 5, 1920 | Florodora Century TheatreBroadway | 150 perf. |
| April 5, 1920 | Three Showers Harris TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
| April 6, 1920 | Lassie Nora Bayes TheatreBroadway | 159 perf. |
| April 12, 1920 | The Bonehead Fulton TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| April 26, 1920 | Hamlet Shubert TheatreBroadway | |
| April 26, 1920 | Martinique Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
May: 11 openings
| May 3, 1920 | Honey Girl Cohan And HarrisBroadway | 142 perf. |
| May 3, 1920 | The Girl from Home Globe TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| May 4, 1920 | Betty, Be Good Casino TheatreBroadway | 63 perf. |
| May 5, 1920 | Oh, Henry Fulton TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
| May 10, 1920 | Footloose Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| May 11, 1920 | Respect for Riches Harris TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| May 12, 1920 | All Soul's Eve Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
| May 17, 1920 | His Chinese Wife Belmont TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| May 17, 1920 | Macushla Park TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| May 18, 1920 | A Midsummer Night's Dream Little TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| May 25, 1920 | An Innocent Idea Fulton TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
June: 5 openings
| June 7, 1920 | George White's Scandals [1920] Globe TheatreBroadway | 134 perf. |
| June 9, 1920 | Fall and Rise of Susan Lenox 44th Street TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| June 17, 1920 | Seeing Things Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 103 perf. |
| June 22, 1920 | Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway | 123 perf. |
| June 24, 1920 | Cinderella on Broadway Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 126 perf. |
July: 9 openings
| July 6, 1920 | Buzzin' Around Casino TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| July 12, 1920 | The Century Revue Century PromenadeBroadway | 150 perf. |
| July 12, 1920 | The Girl in the Spotlight Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| July 12, 1920 | The Midnight Rounders of 1920 Century PromenadeBroadway | 120 perf. |
| July 15, 1920 | Silks and Satins George M Cohans TheatreBroadway | 60 perf. |
| July 19, 1920 | Come Seven Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 72 perf. |
| July 28, 1920 | Poor Little Ritz Girl Central TheatreBroadway | 93 perf. |
| July 30, 1920 | Opportunity 48th Street TheatreBroadway | 138 perf. |
| July 31, 1920 | Crooked Gamblers Hudson TheatreBroadway | 82 perf. |
August: 21 openings
| August 2, 1920 | The Charm School Bijou TheatreBroadway | 88 perf. |
| August 3, 1920 | The Americans in France Comedy TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| August 5, 1920 | Scrambled Wives Fulton TheatreBroadway | 60 perf. |
| August 9, 1920 | Good Times Hippodrome TheatreBroadway | 456 perf. |
| August 9, 1920 | Ladies' Night Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway | 360 perf. |
| August 9, 1920 | The Girl with the Carmine Lips Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| August 16, 1920 | Enter Madame Garrick TheatreBroadway | 350 perf. |
| August 17, 1920 | Spanish Love Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 312 perf. |
| August 17, 1920 | The Lady of the Lamp Theatre RepublicBroadway | 111 perf. |
| August 17, 1920 | Tickle Me Selwyn TheatreBroadway | 207 perf. |
| August 18, 1920 | The Cave Girl Longacre TheatreBroadway | 37 perf. |
| August 19, 1920 | The Checkerboard 39th Street TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| August 23, 1920 | The Bat Morosco TheatreBroadway | 867 perf. |
| August 24, 1920 | Happy-Go-Lucky Booth TheatreBroadway | 79 perf. |
| August 24, 1920 | Immodest Violet 48th Street TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| August 27, 1920 | Paddy the Next Best Thing Shubert TheatreBroadway | 54 perf. |
| August 28, 1920 | Blue Bonnet Princess TheatreBroadway | 73 perf. |
| August 30, 1920 | The Bad Man Comedy TheatreBroadway | 342 perf. |
| August 30, 1920 | The Greenwich Village Follies of 1920 Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 217 perf. |
| August 31, 1920 | Call the Doctor Empire TheatreBroadway | 127 perf. |
| August 31, 1920 | The Sweetheart Shop Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | 55 perf. |
September: 19 openings
| September 2, 1920 | Little Miss Charity Belmont TheatreBroadway | 77 perf. |
| September 6, 1920 | Genius and the Crowd George M Cohans TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| September 6, 1920 | Honeydew Casino TheatreBroadway | 249 perf. |
| September 7, 1920 | A Man of the People Bijou TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| September 7, 1920 | The Woman of Bronze Frazee TheatreBroadway | 252 perf. |
| September 8, 1920 | Little Old New York Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 308 perf. |
| September 9, 1920 | Poldekin Park TheatreBroadway | 44 perf. |
| September 13, 1920 | Welcome Stranger Cohan And HarrisBroadway | 309 perf. |
| September 14, 1920 | One Belasco TheatreBroadway | 111 perf. |
| September 20, 1920 | The Guest of Honor Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 72 perf. |
| September 22, 1920 | Anna Ascends Playhouse TheatreBroadway | |
| September 25, 1920 | Marry the Poor Girl Little TheatreBroadway | 18 perf. |
| September 27, 1920 | Don't Tell Nora Bayes TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| September 27, 1920 | Merchants of Venus Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
| September 27, 1920 | The Tavern George M Cohans TheatreBroadway | 252 perf. |
| September 28, 1920 | Pitter Patter Longacre TheatreBroadway | 111 perf. |
| September 29, 1920 | Broadway Brevities of 1920 Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 105 perf. |
| September 29, 1920 | Three Live Ghosts Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 250 perf. |
| September 30, 1920 | The Mirage Times Square TheatreBroadway | 192 perf. |
October: 14 openings
| October 4, 1920 | Jim Jam Jems Cort TheatreBroadway | 105 perf. |
| October 4, 1920 | Mecca Century TheatreBroadway | 130 perf. |
| October 4, 1920 | The Treasure Garrick TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| October 5, 1920 | Tip Top Globe TheatreBroadway | 246 perf. |
| October 11, 1920 | Kissing Time Lyric TheatreBroadway | 65 perf. |
| October 11, 1920 | The Unwritten Chapter Astor TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| October 12, 1920 | The Meanest Man in the World Hudson TheatreBroadway | 202 perf. |
| October 12, 1920 | The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer 39th Street TheatreBroadway | 55 perf. |
| October 18, 1920 | Bab Park TheatreBroadway | 88 perf. |
| October 18, 1920 | Mary Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | 220 perf. |
| October 19, 1920 | Hitchy-Koo [1920] New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway | 71 perf. |
| October 20, 1920 | The First Year Little TheatreBroadway | 760 perf. |
| October 20, 1920 | The Skin Game Bijou TheatreBroadway | 176 perf. |
| October 26, 1920 | Youth Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
November: 17 openings
| November 1, 1920 | Just Suppose Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 88 perf. |
| November 1, 1920 | The Emperor Jones Provincetown PlayhouseBroadway | 204 perf. |
| November 1, 1920 | The Half Moon Liberty TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
| November 1, 1920 | The Prince and the Pauper Booth TheatreBroadway | 155 perf. |
| November 8, 1920 | Afgar Central TheatreBroadway | 168 perf. |
| November 8, 1920 | French Leave Belmont TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| November 9, 1920 | The Mandarin Princess TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| November 10, 1920 | Heartbreak House Garrick TheatreBroadway | 125 perf. |
| November 15, 1920 | Thy Name is Woman Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 120 perf. |
| November 17, 1920 | Jimmie Apollo TheatreBroadway | 71 perf. |
| November 17, 1920 | Samson and Delilah Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 143 perf. |
| November 22, 1920 | Daddy Dumplins Theatre RepublicBroadway | 64 perf. |
| November 22, 1920 | When We Are Young Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| November 23, 1920 | Rollo's Wild Oat Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway | 228 perf. |
| November 29, 1920 | The Broken Wing 48th Street TheatreBroadway | 171 perf. |
| November 29, 1920 | The Century Midnight Revue Century PromenadeBroadway | |
| November 29, 1920 | The Young Visitors 39th Street TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
December: 11 openings
| December 8, 1920 | Cornered Astor TheatreBroadway | 143 perf. |
| December 14, 1920 | Lady Billy Liberty TheatreBroadway | 188 perf. |
| December 14, 1920 | Mixed Marriage Bramhall PlayhouseBroadway | 124 perf. |
| December 21, 1920 | Sally New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway | 570 perf. |
| December 22, 1920 | Mary Rose Empire TheatreBroadway | 127 perf. |
| December 23, 1920 | Deburau Belasco TheatreBroadway | 189 perf. |
| December 27, 1920 | Her Family Tree Lyric TheatreBroadway | 90 perf. |
| December 27, 1920 | Miss Lulu Bett Belmont TheatreBroadway | 198 perf. |
| December 27, 1920 | The Beggar's Opera Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 37 perf. |
| December 27, 1920 | Wo Die Lerche Singt Manhattan Opera HouseBroadway | 5 perf. |
| December 29, 1920 | The Passing Show of 1921 Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 191 perf. |
Closed in 1920
| January 3, 1920 | The Little Blue Devil Central Theatre, opened 1919 | 74 run |
| January 3, 1920 | The Royal Vagabond Cohan And Harris, opened 1919 | 348 run |
| January 7, 1920 | The Rose of China Lyric Theatre, opened 1919 | 47 run |
| January 17, 1920 | Civilian Clothes Morosco Theatre, opened 1919 | 150 run |
| January 17, 1920 | Elsie Janis and Her Gang [1919] George M Cohans Theatre, opened 1919 | 55 run |
| January 17, 1920 | Nightie-Night Princess Theatre, opened 1919 | 154 run |
| January 17, 1920 | The Whirlwind Standard Theatre, opened 1919 | 31 run |
| January 21, 1920 | Linger Longer Letty Fulton Theatre, opened 1919 | 69 run |
| January 21, 1920 | Miss Millions Punch And Judy Theatre, opened 1919 | 47 run |
| January 31, 1920 | The Girl in the Limousine Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre, opened 1919 | 137 run |
| January 31, 1920 | The Greenwich Village Follies [1919] Greenwich Village Theatre, opened 1919 | 232 run |
| February 14, 1920 | Angel Face Knickerbocker Theatre, opened 1919 | 57 run |
| February 28, 1920 | One Night in Rome Criterion Theatre, opened 1919 | 107 run |
| March 13, 1920 | Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl" Century Grove, opened 1919 | 68 run |
| March 17, 1920 | The Magic Melody Shubert Theatre, opened 1919 | 143 run |
| April 3, 1920 | Aphrodite Century Theatre, opened 1919 | 148 run |
| April 3, 1920 | Monsieur Beaucaire New Amsterdam Theatre, opened 1919 | 143 run |
| April 3, 1920 | The Little Whopper Casino Theatre, opened 1919 | 204 run |
| April 24, 1920 | Apple Blossoms Globe Theatre, opened 1919 | 256 run |
| May 15, 1920 | Happy Days Hippodrome Theatre, opened 1919 | 452 run |
| June 5, 1920 | 39 East Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1919 | 160 run |
| June 5, 1920 | The Passing Show of 1919 Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1919 | 280 run |
| June 12, 1920 | Buddies Selwyn Theatre, opened 1919 | 259 run |
| June 19, 1920 | Clarence Hudson Theatre, opened 1919 | 300 run |
| July 3, 1920 | Scandal 39th Street Theatre, opened 1919 | 318 run |
| October 17, 1920 | The Famous Mrs. Fair Henry Millers Theatre, opened 1919 | 183 run |