231 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1928.

Opened in 1928

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Undated: 5 openings

	Funny Face Shaftesbury TheatreLondon
	Plunder Aldwych TheatreLondon
	Show Boat Theatre Royal, Drury LaneLondon
	Showboat 1929 Theatre Royal, Drury LaneLondon
	Wake Up and Dream London

January: 22 openings

January 2, 1928	Oh, Kay! Century TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
January 2, 1928	Peripherie Cosmopolitan TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
January 2, 1928	Red Dust Dalys 63rd Street TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
January 3, 1928	She’s My Baby Globe TheatreBroadway	71 perf.
January 9, 1928	Marco Millions Guild TheatreBroadway	92 perf.
January 10, 1928	Rosalie New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway	335 perf.
January 12, 1928	A Free Soul Playhouse TheatreBroadway	100 perf.
January 12, 1928	The International New Playwrights TheatreBroadway	27 perf.
January 16, 1928	The First Stone Civic Repertory TheatreBroadway	3 perf.
January 16, 1928	The Merchant of Venice Broadhurst TheatreBroadway	64 perf.
January 17, 1928	The Silver Box Morosco TheatreBroadway	23 perf.
January 18, 1928	Mirrors Forrest TheatreBroadway	13 perf.
January 19, 1928	The Patriot Majestic TheatreBroadway	12 perf.
January 20, 1928	A Distant Drum Hudson TheatreBroadway	11 perf.
January 23, 1928	Carry On Theatre MasqueBroadway	8 perf.
January 23, 1928	We Never Learn Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
January 25, 1928	The Queen's Husband Playhouse TheatreBroadway	125 perf.
January 26, 1928	57 Bowery Wallacks TheatreBroadway	28 perf.
January 27, 1928	So Am I Comedy TheatreBroadway	27 perf.
January 30, 1928	Strange Interlude John Golden TheatreBroadway	426 perf.
January 30, 1928	The Optimists Casino De ParisBroadway	24 perf.
January 31, 1928	Salvation Empire TheatreBroadway	31 perf.

February: 24 openings

February 1, 1928	La Gringa Little TheatreBroadway	13 perf.
February 6, 1928	Atlas and Eva Mansfield TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
February 6, 1928	Meek Mose Princess TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
February 7, 1928	The Silent House Morosco TheatreBroadway	277 perf.
February 8, 1928	Sunny Days Imperial TheatreBroadway	101 perf.
February 9, 1928	Parisiana Edyth Totten TheatreBroadway	28 perf.
February 13, 1928	Quicksand Theatre MasqueBroadway	16 perf.
February 13, 1928	The Shanghai Gesture Century TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
February 13, 1928	These Modern Women Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
February 14, 1928	The Clutching Claw Forrest TheatreBroadway	23 perf.
February 15, 1928	Hot Pan Provincetown PlayhouseBroadway	19 perf.
February 15, 1928	Spring 3100 Little TheatreBroadway	29 perf.
February 17, 1928	Hoboken Blues New Playwrights TheatreBroadway	35 perf.
February 20, 1928	Our Betters Henry Millers TheatreBroadway	128 perf.
February 20, 1928	Sherlock Holmes Cosmopolitan TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
February 20, 1928	Whispering Friends Hudson TheatreBroadway	112 perf.
February 21, 1928	Maya Comedy TheatreBroadway	15 perf.
February 21, 1928	Sh, the Octopus Royale TheatreBroadway	47 perf.
February 22, 1928	Rope Biltmore TheatreBroadway	31 perf.
February 27, 1928	Dr. Knock American LaboratoryBroadway	23 perf.
February 27, 1928	Keep Shufflin' Dalys 63rd Street TheatreBroadway	104 perf.
February 27, 1928	The Spider Century TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
February 27, 1928	The Wrecker Cort TheatreBroadway	40 perf.
February 28, 1928	The Bachelor Father Belasco TheatreBroadway	263 perf.

March: 21 openings

March 1, 1928	Marriage on Approval Wallacks TheatreBroadway	12 perf.
March 5, 1928	Her Unborn Child Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway	47 perf.
March 5, 1928	Improvisations in June Civic Repertory TheatreBroadway	14 perf.
March 5, 1928	The Cherry Orchard Bijou TheatreBroadway	5 perf.
March 5, 1928	Within the Law Cosmopolitan TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
March 6, 1928	The Great Necker Ambassador TheatreBroadway	39 perf.
March 7, 1928	The Furies Shubert TheatreBroadway	45 perf.
March 8, 1928	Napoleon Empire TheatreBroadway	11 perf.
March 12, 1928	12,000 Garrick TheatreBroadway	64 perf.
March 12, 1928	Yours Truly Century TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
March 13, 1928	Killers 49th Street TheatreBroadway	23 perf.
March 13, 1928	The Three Musketeers Lyric TheatreBroadway	318 perf.
March 13, 1928	Veils Forrest TheatreBroadway	4 perf.
March 14, 1928	The Buzzard Broadhurst TheatreBroadway	13 perf.
March 15, 1928	King Henry V Hampdens TheatreBroadway	44 perf.
March 19, 1928	The Merry Wives of Windsor Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
March 20, 1928	The Behavior of Mrs. Crane Erlangers TheatreBroadway	23 perf.
March 26, 1928	Divorce a la Carte Biltmore TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
March 26, 1928	Hedda Gabler Civic Repertory TheatreBroadway	15 perf.
March 27, 1928	The Scarlet Fox Theatre MasqueBroadway	79 perf.
March 28, 1928	The Beggar's Opera 48th Street TheatreBroadway	36 perf.

April: 21 openings

April 2, 1928	March Hares Little TheatreBroadway	19 perf.
April 4, 1928	Martine American LaboratoryBroadway	16 perf.
April 9, 1928	Ballet Moderne Gallo Opera HouseBroadway	14 perf.
April 9, 1928	Countess Maritza Century TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
April 9, 1928	Diamond Lil Royale TheatreBroadway	323 perf.
April 9, 1928	Saturday's Children Forrest TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
April 9, 1928	The Greenwich Village Follies [1928] Winter Garden TheatreBroadway	128 perf.
April 9, 1928	The Outsider Ambassador TheatreBroadway	56 perf.
April 9, 1928	The Play's the Thing Empire TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
April 9, 1928	Volpone Guild TheatreBroadway	46 perf.
April 10, 1928	Bottled Booth TheatreBroadway	62 perf.
April 16, 1928	A Lady for a Night 49th Street TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
April 16, 1928	Forbidden Roads Liberty TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
April 16, 1928	The Breaks Klaw TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
April 18, 1928	Him Provincetown PlayhouseBroadway	27 perf.
April 19, 1928	Box Seats Little TheatreBroadway	28 perf.
April 23, 1928	Kidding Kidders Bijou TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
April 23, 1928	The Skull Forrest TheatreBroadway	96 perf.
April 24, 1928	The Golden Age Longacre TheatreBroadway	6 perf.
April 25, 1928	The Waltz of the Dogs Cherry Lane TheatreBroadway	35 perf.
April 26, 1928	Present Arms Mansfield TheatreBroadway	155 perf.

May: 22 openings

May 1, 1928	Here's Howe Broadhurst TheatreBroadway	71 perf.
May 7, 1928	Carnival! Frolic TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
May 7, 1928	The Happy Husband Empire TheatreBroadway	72 perf.
May 9, 1928	Blackbirds Of 1928 Liberty TheatreBroadway	518 perf.
May 10, 1928	Pink and Patches Frolic TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
May 10, 1928	The High Hatters Klaw TheatreBroadway	12 perf.
May 10, 1928	The Old Lady Shows Her Medals Frolic TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
May 10, 1928	The White Peacock Frolic TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
May 10, 1928	Trifles Frolic TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
May 11, 1928	Hero Worship Frolic TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
May 11, 1928	'Lijah Frolic TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
May 11, 1928	The Dreamy Kid Frolic TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
May 11, 1928	The Father Belmont TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
May 11, 1928	The Other Room Frolic TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
May 14, 1928	In Love With Love Cosmopolitan TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
May 14, 1928	She Stoops to Conquer Erlangers TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
May 15, 1928	Anna Lyceum TheatreBroadway	31 perf.
May 21, 1928	Dorian Gray Biltmore TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
May 21, 1928	Get Me in the Movies Earl Carroll TheatreBroadway	32 perf.
May 21, 1928	Skidding Bijou TheatreBroadway	472 perf.
May 28, 1928	Diplomacy Erlangers TheatreBroadway	40 perf.
May 28, 1928	Grand Street Follies [1928] Booth TheatreBroadway	144 perf.

June: 5 openings

June 4, 1928	The Beaux Stratagem Hampdens TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
June 5, 1928	The Cyclone Lover Frolic TheatreBroadway	31 perf.
June 14, 1928	Married-and How! Little TheatreBroadway	36 perf.
June 25, 1928	Patience Theatre MasqueBroadway	24 perf.
June 26, 1928	Say When Morosco TheatreBroadway	15 perf.

July: 4 openings

July 2, 1928	George White's Scandals [1928] Apollo TheatreBroadway	240 perf.
July 2, 1928	WANTED Wallacks TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
July 9, 1928	The Lawyer's Dilemma Belmont TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
July 25, 1928	The Intruder Biltmore TheatreBroadway	5 perf.

August: 16 openings

August 6, 1928	Earl Carroll's Vanities [1928] Earl Carroll TheatreBroadway	200 perf.
August 6, 1928	Guns Wallacks TheatreBroadway	48 perf.
August 7, 1928	Elmer Gantry Playhouse TheatreBroadway	48 perf.
August 13, 1928	The Song Writer 48th Street TheatreBroadway	56 perf.
August 14, 1928	The Front Page Times Square TheatreBroadway	276 perf.
August 15, 1928	He Understood Women Belmont TheatreBroadway	36 perf.
August 20, 1928	Gang War Morosco TheatreBroadway	80 perf.
August 20, 1928	Relations Theatre MasqueBroadway	104 perf.
August 21, 1928	The Big Pond Bijou TheatreBroadway	47 perf.
August 23, 1928	Goin' Home Hudson TheatreBroadway	76 perf.
August 23, 1928	The Lido Girl Edyth Totten TheatreBroadway	60 perf.
August 27, 1928	Gentlemen of the Press Henry Millers TheatreBroadway	128 perf.
August 27, 1928	The Money Lender Ambassador TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
August 28, 1928	Eva the Fifth Little TheatreBroadway	63 perf.
August 29, 1928	Caravan Klaw TheatreBroadway	21 perf.
August 29, 1928	Ringside Broadhurst TheatreBroadway	37 perf.

September: 14 openings

September 4, 1928	The Phantom Lover 49th Street TheatreBroadway	15 perf.
September 5, 1928	Good Boy Hammerstein's TheatreBroadway	253 perf.
September 5, 1928	Heavy Traffic Empire TheatreBroadway	61 perf.
September 7, 1928	Machinal Plymouth TheatreBroadway	91 perf.
September 10, 1928	The High Road Fulton TheatreBroadway	144 perf.
September 11, 1928	The Great Power Ritz TheatreBroadway	23 perf.
September 11, 1928	Trapped National TheatreBroadway	15 perf.
September 12, 1928	Night Hostess Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	117 perf.
September 15, 1928	Luckee Girl Casino TheatreBroadway	81 perf.
September 17, 1928	Cross My Heart Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway	64 perf.
September 17, 1928	This Thing Called Love Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	136 perf.
September 18, 1928	The Big Fight Majestic TheatreBroadway	31 perf.
September 19, 1928	The New Moon Imperial TheatreBroadway	509 perf.
September 25, 1928	Chee-Chee Mansfield TheatreBroadway	31 perf.

October: 22 openings

October 8, 1928	Paris Music Box TheatreBroadway	195 perf.
October 10, 1928	Hold Everything! Broadhurst TheatreBroadway	413 perf.
October 15, 1928	The Common Sin Forrest TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
October 15, 1928	The K Guy Biltmore TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
October 15, 1928	Three Cheers Globe TheatreBroadway	210 perf.
October 16, 1928	Olympia Empire TheatreBroadway	39 perf.
October 17, 1928	Mr. Moneypenny Liberty TheatreBroadway	61 perf.
October 22, 1928	Exceeding Small Comedy TheatreBroadway	72 perf.
October 22, 1928	Jealousy Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	136 perf.
October 22, 1928	Sun-Up Lucille La Verne TheatreBroadway	101 perf.
October 22, 1928	The Grey Fox Playhouse TheatreBroadway	88 perf.
October 23, 1928	Animal Crackers 44th Street TheatreBroadway	191 perf.
October 24, 1928	Gods of the Lightning Little TheatreBroadway	29 perf.
October 25, 1928	Girl Trouble Belmont TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
October 29, 1928	Crashing Through Theatre RepublicBroadway	40 perf.
October 29, 1928	The Unknown Warrior Charles Hopkins TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
October 30, 1928	Americana Lew Fields Mansfield TheatreBroadway	12 perf.
October 30, 1928	Hello Yourself!!!! Casino TheatreBroadway	87 perf.
October 30, 1928	The Final Balance Provincetown PlayhouseBroadway	28 perf.
October 30, 1928	These Few Ashes Booth TheatreBroadway	39 perf.
October 30, 1928	Young Love Theatre MasqueBroadway	87 perf.
October 31, 1928	Revolt Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway	30 perf.

November: 30 openings

November 1, 1928	Tin Pan Alley Biltmore TheatreBroadway	69 perf.
November 5, 1928	An Enemy of the People Hampdens TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
November 7, 1928	The Yellow Jacket Coburn TheatreBroadway	69 perf.
November 7, 1928	This Year of Grace Selwyn TheatreBroadway	157 perf.
November 8, 1928	A Man with Red Hair Garrick TheatreBroadway	20 perf.
November 8, 1928	Hotbed Klaw TheatreBroadway	19 perf.
November 8, 1928	Treasure Girl Alvin TheatreBroadway	68 perf.
November 9, 1928	On Call Waldorf TheatreBroadway	67 perf.
November 9, 1928	The Dark Mirror Cherry Lane TheatreBroadway	32 perf.
November 12, 1928	The Squealer Forrest TheatreBroadway	64 perf.
November 12, 1928	These Days Cort TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
November 13, 1928	To-Night at 12 Hudson TheatreBroadway	60 perf.
November 19, 1928	Caponsacchi Hampdens TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
November 19, 1928	Macbeth Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway	64 perf.
November 19, 1928	Major Barbara Guild TheatreBroadway	84 perf.
November 19, 1928	Redemption Ambassador TheatreBroadway	20 perf.
November 19, 1928	The Sacred Flame Henry Millers TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
November 19, 1928	The Wild Duck 49th Street TheatreBroadway	80 perf.
November 20, 1928	The Jealous Moon Majestic TheatreBroadway	71 perf.
November 20, 1928	The Royal Box Belmont TheatreBroadway	39 perf.
November 21, 1928	Rainbow Gallo TheatreBroadway	29 perf.
November 26, 1928	A Most Immoral Lady Cort TheatreBroadway	160 perf.
November 26, 1928	A Play Without a Name Booth TheatreBroadway	48 perf.
November 26, 1928	Back Here Klaw TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
November 26, 1928	Holiday Plymouth TheatreBroadway	229 perf.
November 26, 1928	Peter Pan Civic Repertory TheatreBroadway	28 perf.
November 26, 1928	The Lady Lies Little TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
November 27, 1928	Congai Sam H Harris TheatreBroadway	135 perf.
November 27, 1928	The Age of Innocence Empire TheatreBroadway	207 perf.
November 27, 1928	The Perfect Alibi Charles Hopkins TheatreBroadway	255 perf.

December: 25 openings

December 3, 1928	Angela Ambassador TheatreBroadway	40 perf.
December 4, 1928	Whoopee New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway	379 perf.
December 6, 1928	Singing Jailbirds Provincetown PlayhouseBroadway	79 perf.
December 10, 1928	Wings Over Europe Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	90 perf.
December 11, 1928	Sign of the Leopard National TheatreBroadway	39 perf.
December 12, 1928	Mima Belasco TheatreBroadway	180 perf.
December 13, 1928	The Lady of the Orchids Henry Millers TheatreBroadway	20 perf.
December 20, 1928	The Kingdom of God Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway	92 perf.
December 22, 1928	That Ferguson Family Little TheatreBroadway	129 perf.
December 24, 1928	One Way Street George M Cohans TheatreBroadway	56 perf.
December 24, 1928	Poppa Biltmore TheatreBroadway	96 perf.
December 24, 1928	Potiphar's Wife Craig TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
December 25, 1928	Back Seat Drivers Wallacks TheatreBroadway	15 perf.
December 25, 1928	Brothers 48th Street TheatreBroadway	255 perf.
December 25, 1928	Cyrano de Bergerac Hampdens TheatreBroadway
December 25, 1928	Falstaff Coburn TheatreBroadway	15 perf.
December 25, 1928	Houseboat on the Styx Liberty TheatreBroadway	103 perf.
December 25, 1928	Sakura Belmont TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
December 25, 1928	The Red Robe Shubert TheatreBroadway	167 perf.
December 26, 1928	Hello, Daddy Mansfield TheatreBroadway	198 perf.
December 28, 1928	To-Morrow Lyceum TheatreBroadway	11 perf.
December 29, 1928	Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic [1929] Frolic TheatreBroadway
December 31, 1928	Caprice Guild TheatreBroadway	186 perf.
December 31, 1928	Lady Dedlock Ambassador TheatreBroadway	40 perf.
December 31, 1928	The Street Wolf Garrick TheatreBroadway	8 perf.

Closed in 1928

January 7, 1928	Sidewalks of New York Knickerbocker Theatre, opened 1927	112 run
January 7, 1928	The Desert Song Casino Theatre, opened 1926	471 run
January 7, 1928	The Love Call Majestic Theatre, opened 1927	88 run
January 7, 1928	Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 New Amsterdam Theatre, opened 1927	167 run
February 4, 1928	White Eagle Casino Theatre, opened 1927	48 run
February 25, 1928	Happy Earl Carroll Theatre, opened 1927	80 run
February 25, 1928	Hit The Deck! Belasco Theatre, opened 1927	352 run
March 24, 1928	Artists and Models [1927] Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1927	151 run
April 7, 1928	Rio Rita Ziegfeld Theatre, opened 1927	494 run
May 5, 1928	Golden Dawn Hammerstein's Theatre, opened 1927	184 run
May 12, 1928	Manhattan Mary Apollo Theatre, opened 1927	264 run
May 19, 1928	Lovely Lady Sam H Harris Theatre, opened 1927	164 run
May 19, 1928	Take the Air Waldorf Theatre, opened 1927	206 run
June 2, 1928	The Shannons of Broadway Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1927	288 run
June 9, 1928	My Maryland Jolsons 59th Street Theatre, opened 1927	312 run
June 23, 1928	Funny Face Alvin Theatre, opened 1927	244 run
June 30, 1928	Excess Baggage Ritz Theatre, opened 1927	216 run
July 14, 1928	Burlesque Plymouth Theatre, opened 1927	372 run
September 29, 1928	The Trial of Mary Dugan National Theatre, opened 1927	437 run
October 21, 1928	The Royal Family Selwyn Theatre, opened 1927	345 run
October 27, 1928	A Connecticut Yankee Vanderbilt Theatre, opened 1927	418 run