1921
177 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1921.
Broadway opened 175 shows in 1921: half of those runs were over within 51 performances. Kiki, by André Picard, broke that pattern, running 600 performances, 11.8 times the median.
Kiki, by André Picard, opened November 29, 1921 at Belasco Theatre and ran 600 performances.
Ambassador Theatre opened.
Jolson Theatre opened.
Music Box Theatre opened.
Nederlander Theatre opened.
New Century Theatre opened.
Ritz Theatre opened.
Todd Haimes Theatre opened.
Opened in 1921
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 2 openings
| Liliom Garrick TheatreLondon | ||
| Mr Pim Passes Garrick TheatreLondon |
January: 12 openings
| January 3, 1921 | Erminie Park TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
| January 3, 1921 | The Champion Longacre TheatreBroadway | 175 perf. |
| January 3, 1921 | Transplanting Jean Cort TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| January 4, 1921 | Pagans Princess TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| January 17, 1921 | Dear Me Theatre RepublicBroadway | 138 perf. |
| January 17, 1921 | Wake Up, Jonathan! Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 105 perf. |
| January 18, 1921 | The Green Goddess Booth TheatreBroadway | 175 perf. |
| January 20, 1921 | The Importance of Being Earnest Bramhall PlayhouseBroadway | 44 perf. |
| January 24, 1921 | John Hawthorne Garrick TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| January 29, 1921 | In the Night Watch Century TheatreBroadway | 113 perf. |
| January 30, 1921 | The New Morality Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| January 31, 1921 | Near Santa Barbara Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
February: 16 openings
| February 4, 1921 | Diff'rent Princess TheatreBroadway | 100 perf. |
| February 7, 1921 | The Midnight Rounders of 1921 Century PromenadeBroadway | 49 perf. |
| February 8, 1921 | Ziegfeld 9 O'clock Frolic Danse De FolliesBroadway | 35 perf. |
| February 11, 1921 | The Rose Girl Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 100 perf. |
| February 14, 1921 | Peg O' My Heart Cort TheatreBroadway | 88 perf. |
| February 14, 1921 | The White Villa Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway | 18 perf. |
| February 17, 1921 | Macbeth Apollo TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| February 21, 1921 | Blue Eyes Casino TheatreBroadway | 44 perf. |
| February 22, 1921 | Smooth as Silk Lexington TheatreBroadway | 50 perf. |
| February 28, 1921 | Bridges Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| February 28, 1921 | Chinese Love Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| February 28, 1921 | Eyvind of the Hills Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| February 28, 1921 | Mr. Pim Passes By Garrick TheatreBroadway | 124 perf. |
| February 28, 1921 | Romance Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 106 perf. |
| February 28, 1921 | The Choir Rehearsal Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| February 28, 1921 | The Robbery Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
March: 10 openings
| March 2, 1921 | Nice People Klaw TheatreBroadway | 120 perf. |
| March 8, 1921 | The Tyranny of Love Bijou TheatreBroadway | 60 perf. |
| March 14, 1921 | The Hero Longacre TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| March 14, 1921 | The Survival of the Fittest Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| March 15, 1921 | Love Birds Apollo TheatreBroadway | 103 perf. |
| March 15, 1921 | The Right Girl Times Square TheatreBroadway | 98 perf. |
| March 21, 1921 | Mary Stuart / A Man About Town Ritz TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| March 21, 1921 | Toto Bijou TheatreBroadway | 89 perf. |
| March 22, 1921 | The Ghost Between 39th Street TheatreBroadway | 100 perf. |
| March 28, 1921 | It's Up To You Casino TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
April: 8 openings
| April 4, 1921 | Nemesis Hudson TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| April 12, 1921 | The Trial of Joan of Arc Shubert TheatreBroadway | 31 perf. |
| April 16, 1921 | The Playboy of the Western World Bramhall PlayhouseBroadway | |
| April 17, 1921 | Iphigenia in Aulis Manhattan Opera HouseBroadway | 1 perf. |
| April 18, 1921 | Clair de Lune Empire TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
| April 20, 1921 | Liliom Garrick TheatreBroadway | 300 perf. |
| April 25, 1921 | June Love Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
| April 26, 1921 | Just Married Comedy TheatreBroadway | 402 perf. |
May: 11 openings
| May 2, 1921 | The Sacrifice Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| May 2, 1921 | The Servant in the House Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| May 3, 1921 | Two Little Girls in Blue George M Cohans TheatreBroadway | 135 perf. |
| May 4, 1921 | Princess Virtue Central TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| May 9, 1921 | Biff! Bing! Bang! Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 73 perf. |
| May 9, 1921 | Phoebe of Quality Street Shubert TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| May 10, 1921 | The Last Waltz Century TheatreBroadway | 185 perf. |
| May 19, 1921 | The Three Musketeers Manhattan Opera HouseBroadway | 5 perf. |
| May 23, 1921 | Shuffle Along 63rd St. Music HallBroadway | 504 perf. |
| May 23, 1921 | Sun-kist Globe TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
| May 23, 1921 | The Tavern Hudson TheatreBroadway | 27 perf. |
June: 6 openings
| June 1, 1921 | Gold Frazee TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| June 2, 1921 | Snapshots of 1921 Selwyn TheatreBroadway | 60 perf. |
| June 8, 1921 | The Broadway Whirl Times Square TheatreBroadway | 85 perf. |
| June 13, 1921 | The Whirl of New York Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 124 perf. |
| June 20, 1921 | Goat Alley Bijou TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| June 21, 1921 | Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 Globe TheatreBroadway | 119 perf. |
July: 4 openings
| July 11, 1921 | George White's Scandals [1921] Liberty TheatreBroadway | 97 perf. |
| July 15, 1921 | The All-Star Idlers of 1921 Shubert TheatreBroadway | |
| July 25, 1921 | The Skylark Belmont TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| July 27, 1921 | The Teaser Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
August: 22 openings
| August 1, 1921 | Getting Gertie's Garter Theatre RepublicBroadway | 120 perf. |
| August 9, 1921 | Tangerine Casino TheatreBroadway | 361 perf. |
| August 10, 1921 | Honors Are Even Times Square TheatreBroadway | 70 perf. |
| August 11, 1921 | March Hares Bijou TheatreBroadway | 60 perf. |
| August 13, 1921 | Dulcy Frazee TheatreBroadway | 241 perf. |
| August 15, 1921 | Sonya 48th Street TheatreBroadway | 101 perf. |
| August 15, 1921 | The Nightcap 39th Street TheatreBroadway | 96 perf. |
| August 16, 1921 | Sonny Cort TheatreBroadway | 31 perf. |
| August 17, 1921 | Nobody's Money Longacre TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| August 17, 1921 | The Mimic World [1921] Century PromenadeBroadway | 26 perf. |
| August 22, 1921 | The Mask of Hamlet Princess TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| August 22, 1921 | The Scarlet Man Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| August 23, 1921 | The Detour Astor TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
| August 24, 1921 | The Triumph of X Comedy TheatreBroadway | 30 perf. |
| August 25, 1921 | Six-Cylinder Love Sam H Harris TheatreBroadway | 344 perf. |
| August 27, 1921 | Personality Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| August 29, 1921 | The Poppy God Hudson TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| August 29, 1921 | The Wheel Gaiety TheatreBroadway | 49 perf. |
| August 30, 1921 | Back Pay Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway | 79 perf. |
| August 30, 1921 | Two Blocks Away George M Cohans TheatreBroadway | 47 perf. |
| August 31, 1921 | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 129 perf. |
| August 31, 1921 | The Greenwich Village Follies [1921] Shubert TheatreBroadway | 167 perf. |
September: 23 openings
| September 1, 1921 | Swords National TheatreBroadway | 36 perf. |
| September 3, 1921 | Get Together Hippodrome TheatreBroadway | 397 perf. |
| September 5, 1921 | Don Juan Garrick TheatreBroadway | 14 perf. |
| September 5, 1921 | The Merry Widow Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| September 5, 1921 | The Silver Fox Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 112 perf. |
| September 6, 1921 | The Easiest Way Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 63 perf. |
| September 7, 1921 | Tarzan of the Apes Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 14 perf. |
| September 10, 1921 | The Elton Case Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
| September 12, 1921 | Launcelot and Elaine Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| September 12, 1921 | The Circle Selwyn TheatreBroadway | 175 perf. |
| September 13, 1921 | Only 38 Cort TheatreBroadway | 88 perf. |
| September 14, 1921 | The Blue Lagoon Astor TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
| September 15, 1921 | The White-Headed Boy Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 60 perf. |
| September 19, 1921 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Ritz TheatreBroadway | 155 perf. |
| September 20, 1921 | Blood and Sand Empire TheatreBroadway | 71 perf. |
| September 20, 1921 | The Man in the Making Hudson TheatreBroadway | 22 perf. |
| September 21, 1921 | The Return of Peter Grimm Belasco TheatreBroadway | 78 perf. |
| September 21, 1921 | The Spring Princess TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
| September 22, 1921 | Music Box Revue [1921] Music Box TheatreBroadway | 440 perf. |
| September 22, 1921 | Music Box Revue Music Box TheatreBroadway | 440 perf. |
| September 26, 1921 | Wait 'Til We're Married Playhouse TheatreBroadway | |
| September 29, 1921 | Blossom Time Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 516 perf. |
| September 29, 1921 | Pot Luck Comedy TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
October: 22 openings
| October 3, 1921 | Beware of Dogs Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 88 perf. |
| October 3, 1921 | Like a King 39th Street TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| October 3, 1921 | Thank You Longacre TheatreBroadway | 257 perf. |
| October 3, 1921 | The Fan Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| October 3, 1921 | The O'Brien Girl Liberty TheatreBroadway | 164 perf. |
| October 4, 1921 | Lilies of the Field Klaw TheatreBroadway | 169 perf. |
| October 4, 1921 | The Love Letter Globe TheatreBroadway | 31 perf. |
| October 5, 1921 | Main Street National TheatreBroadway | 86 perf. |
| October 6, 1921 | Bombo Jolsons 59th Street TheatreBroadway | 218 perf. |
| October 10, 1921 | A Bill of Divorcement George M Cohans TheatreBroadway | 173 perf. |
| October 10, 1921 | Ambush Garrick TheatreBroadway | 98 perf. |
| October 10, 1921 | Love Dreams Times Square TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| October 10, 1921 | The Children's Tragedy Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| October 10, 1921 | The Wren Gaiety TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| October 17, 1921 | A Bachelor's Night Park TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| October 17, 1921 | The Claw Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 115 perf. |
| October 18, 1921 | The Demi-Virgin Times Square TheatreBroadway | 268 perf. |
| October 19, 1921 | As Ye Mould Peoples TheatreBroadway | |
| October 24, 1921 | The Right to Strike Comedy TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| October 24, 1921 | The Six-Fifty Hudson TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| October 26, 1921 | The Wandering Jew Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | 69 perf. |
| October 29, 1921 | The Madras House Neighborhood PlayhouseBroadway | 80 perf. |
November: 24 openings
| November 1, 1921 | Golden Days Gaiety TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| November 1, 1921 | Good Morning Dearie Globe TheatreBroadway | 347 perf. |
| November 1, 1921 | The Grand Duke Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 131 perf. |
| November 2, 1921 | Anna Christie Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway | 177 perf. |
| November 7, 1921 | The Great Way Park TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| November 7, 1921 | The Intimate Strangers Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 91 perf. |
| November 7, 1921 | The Perfect Fool George M Cohans TheatreBroadway | 275 perf. |
| November 8, 1921 | The Mad Dog Comedy TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| November 9, 1921 | We Girls 48th Street TheatreBroadway | 30 perf. |
| November 10, 1921 | The Straw Greenwich Village TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| November 14, 1921 | Nature's Nobleman Apollo TheatreBroadway | 74 perf. |
| November 14, 1921 | The Man's Name Theatre RepublicBroadway | 24 perf. |
| November 14, 1921 | The Title Belmont TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| November 14, 1921 | The Verge Provincetown PlayhouseBroadway | 38 perf. |
| November 15, 1921 | The Great Broxopp Punch And Judy TheatreBroadway | 66 perf. |
| November 16, 1921 | Everyday Bijou TheatreBroadway | 30 perf. |
| November 17, 1921 | Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic [1921] Danse De FolliesBroadway | 123 perf. |
| November 21, 1921 | The Dream Maker Empire TheatreBroadway | 82 perf. |
| November 22, 1921 | Marie Antoinette Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| November 24, 1921 | Suzette Princess TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| November 26, 1921 | The Wildcat Park TheatreBroadway | 74 perf. |
| November 28, 1921 | Her Salary Man Cort TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| November 28, 1921 | The Wife With the Smile and Bourbouroche Garrick TheatreBroadway | 41 perf. |
| November 29, 1921 | Kiki Belasco TheatreBroadway | 600 perf. |
December: 17 openings
| December 5, 1921 | The Hand of the Potter Provincetown PlayhouseBroadway | 21 perf. |
| December 5, 1921 | The Varying Shore Hudson TheatreBroadway | 66 perf. |
| December 6, 1921 | The Fair Circassian Theatre RepublicBroadway | 7 perf. |
| December 7, 1921 | Bought and Paid For Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 30 perf. |
| December 8, 1921 | Alias Jimmy Valentine Gaiety TheatreBroadway | 46 perf. |
| December 12, 1921 | The Chocolate Soldier Century TheatreBroadway | 83 perf. |
| December 12, 1921 | The Mountain Man Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 163 perf. |
| December 20, 1921 | The Idle Inn Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 25 perf. |
| December 22, 1921 | Danger 39th Street TheatreBroadway | 79 perf. |
| December 23, 1921 | The Dover Road Bijou TheatreBroadway | 204 perf. |
| December 23, 1921 | Trilby National TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| December 24, 1921 | The Married Woman Princess TheatreBroadway | 51 perf. |
| December 26, 1921 | Bulldog Drummond Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | 162 perf. |
| December 26, 1921 | Face Value 49th Street TheatreBroadway | 41 perf. |
| December 26, 1921 | The Squaw Man Astor TheatreBroadway | 50 perf. |
| December 26, 1921 | The White Peacock Comedy TheatreBroadway | 102 perf. |
| December 30, 1921 | Captain Applejack Cort TheatreBroadway | 195 perf. |
Closed in 1921
| January 1, 1921 | Bab Park Theatre, opened 1920 | 88 run |
| January 1, 1921 | Jim Jam Jems Cort Theatre, opened 1920 | 105 run |
| January 1, 1921 | Pitter Patter Longacre Theatre, opened 1920 | 111 run |
| January 1, 1921 | The Century Revue Century Promenade, opened 1920 | 150 run |
| January 1, 1921 | Wo Die Lerche Singt Manhattan Opera House, opened 1920 | 5 run |
| January 15, 1921 | Jimmie Apollo Theatre, opened 1920 | 71 run |
| January 22, 1921 | Mecca Century Theatre, opened 1920 | 130 run |
| February 12, 1921 | Tickle Me Selwyn Theatre, opened 1920 | 207 run |
| February 26, 1921 | Heartbreak House Garrick Theatre, opened 1920 | 125 run |
| March 5, 1921 | The Greenwich Village Follies of 1920 Greenwich Village Theatre, opened 1920 | 217 run |
| March 19, 1921 | Her Family Tree Lyric Theatre, opened 1920 | 90 run |
| April 2, 1921 | Afgar Central Theatre, opened 1920 | 168 run |
| April 23, 1921 | Mary Knickerbocker Theatre, opened 1920 | 220 run |
| April 30, 1921 | Good Times Hippodrome Theatre, opened 1920 | 456 run |
| May 7, 1921 | Spanish Love Maxine Elliotts Theatre, opened 1920 | 312 run |
| May 7, 1921 | Tip Top Globe Theatre, opened 1920 | 246 run |
| May 21, 1921 | Lady Billy Liberty Theatre, opened 1920 | 188 run |
| May 28, 1921 | The Passing Show of 1921 Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1920 | 191 run |
| June 4, 1921 | Little Old New York Plymouth Theatre, opened 1920 | 308 run |
| June 18, 1921 | Irene Vanderbilt Theatre, opened 1919 | 670 run |
| June 18, 1921 | The Gold Diggers Lyceum Theatre, opened 1919 | 717 run |
| June 25, 1921 | Honeydew Casino Theatre, opened 1920 | 249 run |
| July 2, 1921 | Ladies' Night Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre, opened 1920 | 360 run |
| August 27, 1921 | Lightnin' Gaiety Theatre, opened 1918 | 1,291 run |