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Shows · 1930s · 1930

1930

240 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1930.

Broadway opened 238 shows in 1930: half of those runs were over within 24 performances. The Green Pastures, by Based on traditional spirituals and gospel songs, broke that pattern, running 640 performances, 26.7 times the median.

Mansfield Theatre, where The Green Pastures opened in 1930 · Epicgenius

The Green Pastures, by Based on traditional spirituals and gospel songs, opened February 26, 1930 at Mansfield Theatre and ran 640 performances.

Casino Theatre closed.

Greenwich Village Theatre closed.

Knickerbocker Theatre closed.

Mark Hellinger Theatre opened.

Prince Edward Theatre opened.

Opened in 1930

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Undated: 2 openings

A Night Like This Aldwych TheatreLondon
The Chelsea Follies Victoria Palace TheatreLondon

January: 20 openings

January 2, 1930 The Playboy of the Western World Irish TheatreBroadway 27 perf.
January 6, 1930 Carmen Casino TheatreBroadway
January 6, 1930 Faust Casino TheatreBroadway
January 6, 1930 Madame Butterfly Casino TheatreBroadway
January 6, 1930 The Marriage of Figaro Casino TheatreBroadway
January 6, 1930 Waterloo Bridge Fulton TheatreBroadway 64 perf.
January 6, 1930 Yolanda of Cyrpus Casino TheatreBroadway
January 9, 1930 At the Bottom Waldorf TheatreBroadway 72 perf.
January 13, 1930 Nancy's Private Affair Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway 136 perf.
January 13, 1930 Phantoms Wallacks TheatreBroadway 56 perf.
January 13, 1930 The Prince of Pilsen Jolsons 59th Street TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
January 14, 1930 Strike Up the Band Times Square TheatreBroadway 191 perf.
January 16, 1930 Everything's Jake Assembly TheatreBroadway 76 perf.
January 20, 1930 Josef Suss Erlangers TheatreBroadway 40 perf.
January 20, 1930 The Challenge of Youth 49th Street TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
January 27, 1930 The Chocolate Soldier Jolsons 59th Street TheatreBroadway 25 perf.
January 27, 1930 The Open Door Civic Repertory TheatreBroadway 25 perf.
January 29, 1930 General John Regan Irish TheatreBroadway 30 perf.
January 29, 1930 Recapture Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
January 29, 1930 Sari Liberty TheatreBroadway 15 perf.

February: 22 openings

February 3, 1930 Many a Slip Little TheatreBroadway 56 perf.
February 3, 1930 Rebound Plymouth TheatreBroadway 114 perf.
February 4, 1930 Dishonored Lady Empire TheatreBroadway 127 perf.
February 5, 1930 The Boundary Line 48th Street TheatreBroadway 37 perf.
February 8, 1930 Out of a Blue Sky Booth TheatreBroadway 17 perf.
February 10, 1930 It's A Grand Life Cort TheatreBroadway 25 perf.
February 10, 1930 Ritzy Longacre TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
February 11, 1930 Nine-Fifteen Revue George M Cohans TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
February 11, 1930 Ripples New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway 55 perf.
February 12, 1930 Joseph Liberty TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
February 12, 1930 Topaze Music Box TheatreBroadway 215 perf.
February 13, 1930 The Last Mile Sam H Harris TheatreBroadway 289 perf.
February 17, 1930 Apron Strings Bijou TheatreBroadway 224 perf.
February 17, 1930 The Infinite Shoeblack Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway 80 perf.
February 18, 1930 Simple Simon Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway 135 perf.
February 19, 1930 Those We Love John Golden TheatreBroadway 77 perf.
February 20, 1930 The Plutocrat Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway 101 perf.
February 24, 1930 The Apple Cart Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 88 perf.
February 25, 1930 Gala Night Erlangers TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
February 25, 1930 The International Revue Majestic TheatreBroadway 95 perf.
February 25, 1930 The Seagull Waldorf TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
February 26, 1930 The Green Pastures Mansfield TheatreBroadway 640 perf.

March: 33 openings

March 3, 1930 Flying High Apollo TheatreBroadway 357 perf.
March 3, 1930 Marco Millions Liberty TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
March 4, 1930 Kage-No-Chikara Booth TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
March 4, 1930 Koi-No-Yozakura Booth TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
March 4, 1930 Matsuri Booth TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
March 4, 1930 The Serenade Jolsons 59th Street TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
March 5, 1930 A Glass of Water American LaboratoryBroadway 9 perf.
March 8, 1930 Launcelot and Elaine President TheatreBroadway 25 perf.
March 10, 1930 Penny Arcade Fulton TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
March 10, 1930 The Blue Ghost Forrest TheatreBroadway 112 perf.
March 10, 1930 This Man's Town Ritz TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
March 10, 1930 Volpone Liberty TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
March 12, 1930 Love, Honor and Betray Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway 45 perf.
March 13, 1930 The Rivals Erlangers TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
March 17, 1930 A Month in the Country Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway 71 perf.
March 17, 1930 Mayfair Belmont TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
March 17, 1930 The Royal Virgin Booth TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
March 18, 1930 The Matriarch Longacre TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
March 20, 1930 I Want My Wife Liberty TheatreBroadway 12 perf.
March 24, 1930 As You Like It Shubert TheatreBroadway
March 24, 1930 Hamlet Shubert TheatreBroadway
March 24, 1930 Julius Caesar Shubert TheatreBroadway
March 24, 1930 King Lear Shubert TheatreBroadway
March 24, 1930 King Richard III Shubert TheatreBroadway
March 24, 1930 Macbeth Shubert TheatreBroadway
March 24, 1930 The Merchant of Venice Shubert TheatreBroadway
March 24, 1930 The Old Rascal Bijou TheatreBroadway 72 perf.
March 24, 1930 The Taming of the Shrew Shubert TheatreBroadway
March 24, 1930 Twelfth Night Shubert TheatreBroadway
March 25, 1930 Dear Old England Ritz TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
March 30, 1930 Maurice Chevalier Fulton TheatreBroadway 18 perf.
March 31, 1930 Broadway Shadows Belmont TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
March 31, 1930 House Afire Little TheatreBroadway 16 perf.

April: 18 openings

April 1, 1930 Troyka Hudson TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
April 7, 1930 Jonica Craig TheatreBroadway 40 perf.
April 7, 1930 They Never Grow Up Theatre MasqueBroadway 24 perf.
April 9, 1930 Live and Learn Wallacks TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
April 14, 1930 Hotel Universe Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 81 perf.
April 14, 1930 Three Little Girls Shubert TheatreBroadway 104 perf.
April 15, 1930 Uncle Vanya Cort TheatreBroadway 96 perf.
April 15, 1930 Virtue's Bed Hudson TheatreBroadway 71 perf.
April 17, 1930 Lady Clara Booth TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
April 18, 1930 Penal Law 2010 Biltmore TheatreBroadway 19 perf.
April 19, 1930 Dora Mobridge Little TheatreBroadway 9 perf.
April 19, 1930 Kilpatrick's Old-Time Minstrels Royale TheatreBroadway 9 perf.
April 21, 1930 Little Orchid Annie Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
April 21, 1930 Romeo and Juliet Civic Repertory TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
April 21, 1930 Room 349 National TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
April 21, 1930 Sir Harry Lauder Jolsons 59th Street TheatreBroadway 9 perf.
April 22, 1930 Stepping Sisters Belmont TheatreBroadway 333 perf.
April 29, 1930 Courtesan President TheatreBroadway 3 perf.

May: 33 openings

May 1, 1930 Oh, Professor! Belmont TheatreBroadway 2 perf.
May 2, 1930 The Traitor Little TheatreBroadway 17 perf.
May 5, 1930 Lost Sheep Selwyn TheatreBroadway 96 perf.
May 5, 1930 The Bridge Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 5, 1930 The Gods Are Wise Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 5, 1930 The Sisters' Tragedy Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 5, 1930 The Will Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 6, 1930 Bursting the Barriers Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 6, 1930 Legend Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 6, 1930 Seven Against One Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 6, 1930 The Road to Rio Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 7, 1930 Rogues and Vagabonds Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 7, 1930 So's Your Old Antique Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 7, 1930 The House With the Twisty Windows Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 7, 1930 The Last Man In Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 8, 1930 Ada Beats the Drum John Golden TheatreBroadway 46 perf.
May 8, 1930 Right of Possession Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 8, 1930 The Choice Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 8, 1930 The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 8, 1930 When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 9, 1930 A Night at an Inn Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 9, 1930 Eyes Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 9, 1930 Marshal Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 9, 1930 Sun-Up Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 12, 1930 The Vikings New Yorker TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
May 12, 1930 The Wooden Idol Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 13, 1930 Gold Braid Theatre MasqueBroadway 7 perf.
May 13, 1930 Kith and Kin Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 14, 1930 The New Freedom Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 15, 1930 Flying Blind Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 16, 1930 The Twelfth Disciple Waldorf TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 19, 1930 Let and Sub-Let Biltmore TheatreBroadway 40 perf.
May 19, 1930 The Tavern Fulton TheatreBroadway 32 perf.

June: 9 openings

June 2, 1930 Milestones Empire TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
June 2, 1930 The Little Father of the Wilderness Empire TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
June 3, 1930 Spook House Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
June 4, 1930 Garrick Gaieties Guild TheatreBroadway 158 perf.
June 5, 1930 Lysistrata 44th Street TheatreBroadway 252 perf.
June 10, 1930 Artists and Models [1930] Majestic TheatreBroadway 55 perf.
June 16, 1930 The Song and Dance Man Fulton TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
June 20, 1930 Find the Fox Wallacks TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
June 23, 1930 Mystery Moon Royale TheatreBroadway 1 perf.

July: 2 openings

July 8, 1930 Who Cares Chanins 46th Street TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
July 28, 1930 Ladies All Morosco TheatreBroadway 140 perf.

August: 7 openings

August 5, 1930 Dancing Partner Belasco TheatreBroadway 119 perf.
August 12, 1930 Suspense Fulton TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
August 18, 1930 Through the Night Theatre MasqueBroadway 8 perf.
August 21, 1930 Hot Rhythm Times Square TheatreBroadway 68 perf.
August 25, 1930 The Ninth Guest Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway 72 perf.
August 27, 1930 Torch Song Plymouth TheatreBroadway 87 perf.
August 28, 1930 Cafe Ritz TheatreBroadway 4 perf.

September: 23 openings

September 1, 1930 Up Pops the Devil Theatre MasqueBroadway 148 perf.
September 2, 1930 Second Little Show Royale TheatreBroadway 63 perf.
September 3, 1930 That's the Woman Fulton TheatreBroadway 29 perf.
September 8, 1930 The Up and Up Biltmore TheatreBroadway 72 perf.
September 9, 1930 The Long Road Longacre TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
September 11, 1930 That's Gratitude John Golden TheatreBroadway 197 perf.
September 15, 1930 Insult 49th Street TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
September 15, 1930 The Rhapsody Cort TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
September 15, 1930 With Privileges Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway 48 perf.
September 16, 1930 Symphony in Two Flats Shubert TheatreBroadway 47 perf.
September 17, 1930 Luana Hammersteins TheatreBroadway 21 perf.
September 18, 1930 Cinderelative Comedy TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
September 20, 1930 Nina Rosa Majestic TheatreBroadway 137 perf.
September 22, 1930 A Farewell to Arms National TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
September 23, 1930 Fine And Dandy Erlanger’s TheatreBroadway 255 perf.
September 24, 1930 Once in a Lifetime Music Box TheatreBroadway 406 perf.
September 25, 1930 Frankie and Johnnie Theatre RepublicBroadway 61 perf.
September 25, 1930 The Greeks Had a Word for It Sam H Harris TheatreBroadway 253 perf.
September 26, 1930 Roadside Longacre TheatreBroadway 11 perf.
September 27, 1930 Nine Till Six Ritz TheatreBroadway 25 perf.
September 29, 1930 Mrs. Moonlight Charles Hopkins TheatreBroadway 321 perf.
September 29, 1930 The Violet and One, Two, Three Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 40 perf.
September 30, 1930 Mr. Gilhooley Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 31 perf.

October: 27 openings

October 2, 1930 Bad Girl Hudson TheatreBroadway 85 perf.
October 6, 1930 Stepdaughters of War Empire TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
October 6, 1930 The Cradle Song Civic Repertory TheatreBroadway
October 6, 1930 The Green Cockatoo Civic Repertory TheatreBroadway
October 6, 1930 The Lady from Alfaqueque Civic Repertory TheatreBroadway
October 7, 1930 Brown Buddies Liberty TheatreBroadway 111 perf.
October 8, 1930 Marigold 49th Street TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
October 13, 1930 Princess Charming Imperial TheatreBroadway 56 perf.
October 14, 1930 Girl Crazy Alvin TheatreBroadway 272 perf.
October 14, 1930 Solid South Lyceum TheatreBroadway 31 perf.
October 15, 1930 Blind Mice Times Square TheatreBroadway 14 perf.
October 15, 1930 Three’s a Crowd Selwyn TheatreBroadway 272 perf.
October 18, 1930 London Calling Little TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
October 20, 1930 Canaries Sometimes Sing Fulton TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
October 20, 1930 Pagan Lady 48th Street TheatreBroadway 152 perf.
October 20, 1930 Siegfried Civic Repertory TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
October 20, 1930 Sisters of the Chorus Ritz TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
October 21, 1930 Sweet Stranger Cort TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
October 21, 1930 This One Man Morosco TheatreBroadway 39 perf.
October 22, 1930 Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Royale TheatreBroadway 57 perf.
October 23, 1930 His Majesty's Car Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway 12 perf.
October 23, 1930 Sweet Chariot Ambassador TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
October 27, 1930 Roar China Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 72 perf.
October 27, 1930 The Noble Experiment Waldorf TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
October 28, 1930 Puppet Show Belmont TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
October 29, 1930 On the Spot Forrest TheatreBroadway 167 perf.
October 30, 1930 The Last Enemy Shubert TheatreBroadway 4 perf.

November: 26 openings

November 1, 1930 The Man in Possession Booth TheatreBroadway 98 perf.
November 3, 1930 As Good as New Times Square TheatreBroadway 56 perf.
November 3, 1930 Elizabeth the Queen Guild TheatreBroadway 147 perf.
November 5, 1930 Room of Dreams Empire TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
November 5, 1930 The Vanderbilt Revue Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
November 7, 1930 The Well of Romance Craig TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
November 10, 1930 Bird in Hand 49th Street TheatreBroadway 65 perf.
November 10, 1930 Light Wines and Beer Waldorf TheatreBroadway 40 perf.
November 10, 1930 Mr. Samuel Little TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
November 11, 1930 Made in France Cort TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
November 12, 1930 The Tyrant Longacre TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
November 13, 1930 Grand Hotel National TheatreBroadway 459 perf.
November 15, 1930 Hello, Paris Shubert TheatreBroadway 33 perf.
November 17, 1930 Marseilles Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
November 17, 1930 Pressing Business Theatre RepublicBroadway 16 perf.
November 17, 1930 Sweet and Low Chanins 46th Street TheatreBroadway 184 perf.
November 18, 1930 Art and Mrs. Bottle Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway 50 perf.
November 18, 1930 Smiles Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway 63 perf.
November 18, 1930 Tonight or Never Belasco TheatreBroadway 232 perf.
November 19, 1930 An Affair of State Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
November 19, 1930 The Vinegar Tree Playhouse TheatreBroadway 229 perf.
November 20, 1930 Schoolgirl Ritz TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
November 24, 1930 Oh, Promise Me Morosco TheatreBroadway 145 perf.
November 25, 1930 Scarlet Sister Mary Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
November 26, 1930 First Night Eltinge 42nd Street TheatreBroadway 86 perf.
November 28, 1930 This is New York Plymouth TheatreBroadway 59 perf.

December: 18 openings

December 1, 1930 A Kiss of Importance Fulton TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
December 1, 1930 Alison's House Civic Repertory TheatreBroadway 41 perf.
December 5, 1930 Overture Longacre TheatreBroadway 41 perf.
December 8, 1930 The New Yorkers Broadway TheatreBroadway 168 perf.
December 15, 1930 Petticoat Influence Empire TheatreBroadway 98 perf.
December 20, 1930 Babes in Toyland Imperial TheatreBroadway 33 perf.
December 22, 1930 Ballyhoo of 1930 Hammersteins TheatreBroadway 68 perf.
December 22, 1930 Life is Like That Little TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
December 23, 1930 The Inspector General Hudson TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
December 24, 1930 Alice in Wonderland Belmont TheatreBroadway 19 perf.
December 25, 1930 Purity Ritz TheatreBroadway 12 perf.
December 26, 1930 Electra New Yorker TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
December 27, 1930 The Life Line Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway 17 perf.
December 27, 1930 The Truth Game Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway 107 perf.
December 29, 1930 Midnight Guild TheatreBroadway 48 perf.
December 29, 1930 Queen at Home Times Square TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
December 30, 1930 Five Star Final Cort TheatreBroadway 175 perf.
December 30, 1930 Meet My Sister Shubert TheatreBroadway 167 perf.

Closed in 1930

January 11, 1930 Babes in Toyland Jolsons 59th Street Theatre, opened 1929 32 run
January 14, 1930 Robin Hood Jolsons 59th Street Theatre, opened 1929 31 run
February 1, 1930 Woof, Woof Royale Theatre, opened 1929 46 run
February 8, 1930 George White's Scandals [1929] Apollo Theatre, opened 1929 161 run
February 15, 1930 A Wonderful Night Majestic Theatre, opened 1929 125 run
March 7, 1930 The Street Singer Shubert Theatre, opened 1929 191 run
March 22, 1930 Bitter Sweet Ziegfeld Theatre, opened 1929 159 run
March 22, 1930 Sweet Adeline Hammerstein’s Theatre, opened 1929 234 run
March 22, 1930 Top Speed Chanins 46th Street Theatre, opened 1929 104 run
April 26, 1930 Wake Up and Dream Selwyn Theatre, opened 1929 136 run
May 17, 1930 Journey's End Henry Millers Theatre, opened 1929 485 run
June 4, 1930 June Moon Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1929 273 run
June 7, 1930 Bird in Hand Booth Theatre, opened 1929 500 run
June 7, 1930 Earl Carroll's Sketch Book [1929] Earl Carroll Theatre, opened 1929 392 run
July 5, 1930 Fifty Million Frenchmen Lyric Theatre, opened 1929 254 run
August 9, 1930 Sons O' Guns Imperial Theatre, opened 1929 295 run
November 1, 1930 The First Mrs. Fraser Playhouse Theatre, opened 1929 352 run

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