203 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1931.

Opened in 1931

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Undated: 4 openings

Unknown	Cavalcade 1932 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Unknown	Florodora West End revival, London
Unknown	Shoot the Works , Broadway	87 perf.
Unknown	The Improper Duchess by James B Fagan Gielgud Theatre, London

January: 12 openings

January 10, 1931	Colonel Satan Fulton Theatre, Broadway	17 perf.
January 12, 1931	Philip Goes Forth Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	97 perf.
January 12, 1931	Sita Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
January 13, 1931	Tomorrow and Tomorrow Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway	206 perf.
January 16, 1931	Anatol Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	45 perf.
January 19, 1931	You Said It Chanins 46th Street Theatre, Broadway	192 perf.
January 26, 1931	Camille Civic Repertory Theatre, Broadway	57 perf.
January 26, 1931	Green Grow the Lilacs Guild Theatre, Broadway	64 perf.
January 26, 1931	She Means Business Ritz Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
January 27, 1931	Private Lives Times Square Theatre, Broadway	256 perf.
January 28, 1931	As You Desire Me Maxine Elliotts Theatre, Broadway	142 perf.
January 29, 1931	The Student Prince Majestic Theatre, Broadway	42 perf.

February: 17 openings

February 2, 1931	In the Best of Families Bijou Theatre, Broadway	159 perf.
February 3, 1931	Rock Me, Julie Royale Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
February 9, 1931	Doctor X Hudson Theatre, Broadway	80 perf.
February 9, 1931	The Barretts of Wimpole Street Empire Theatre, Broadway	370 perf.
February 10, 1931	America's Sweetheart Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway	135 perf.
February 10, 1931	She Lived Next to the Firehouse Longacre Theatre, Broadway	24 perf.
February 11, 1931	Hobo Morosco Theatre, Broadway	5 perf.
February 16, 1931	Death Takes a Holiday Ambassador Theatre, Broadway	32 perf.
February 16, 1931	Topaze 49th Street Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
February 17, 1931	Heat Wave Fulton Theatre, Broadway	15 perf.
February 18, 1931	The Gang’s All Here Imperial Theatre, Broadway	23 perf.
February 19, 1931	The Great Barrington Avon Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
February 20, 1931	An American Tragedy Waldorf Theatre, Broadway	137 perf.
February 23, 1931	The Venetian Glass Nephew Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
February 25, 1931	A Woman Denied Ritz Theatre, Broadway	37 perf.
February 26, 1931	Paging Danger Booth Theatre, Broadway	4 perf.
February 28, 1931	Bob Hope at The Palace Palace Theatre, Broadway

March: 15 openings

March 2, 1931	Greater Love Liberty Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
March 3, 1931	Privilege Car 48th Street Theatre, Broadway	47 perf.
March 4, 1931	Blossom Time Ambassador Theatre, Broadway	29 perf.
March 4, 1931	Give Me Yesterday Charles Hopkins Theatre, Broadway	72 perf.
March 5, 1931	As Husbands Go John Golden Theatre, Broadway	157 perf.
March 9, 1931	Simple Simon Majestic Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
March 9, 1931	The Admirable Crichton New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway	56 perf.
March 10, 1931	Gray Shadow New Yorker Theatre, Broadway	39 perf.
March 11, 1931	Napi Longacre Theatre, Broadway	21 perf.
March 12, 1931	The House Beautiful Apollo Theatre, Broadway	108 perf.
March 16, 1931	Miracle at Verdun Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway	49 perf.
March 17, 1931	The Wonder Bar Nora Bayes Theatre, Broadway	76 perf.
March 23, 1931	The Silent Witness Morosco Theatre, Broadway	80 perf.
March 30, 1931	Getting Married Guild Theatre, Broadway	48 perf.
March 31, 1931	Lady Beyond the Moon Bijou Theatre, Broadway	15 perf.

April: 15 openings

April 2, 1931	Right of Happiness Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway	11 perf.
April 6, 1931	Joy of Living Theatre Masque, Broadway	16 perf.
April 6, 1931	The Rap Avon Theatre, Broadway	61 perf.
April 6, 1931	The Wiser They Are Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	40 perf.
April 7, 1931	The Great Man Ritz Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
April 8, 1931	Peter Ibbetson Shubert Theatre, Broadway	37 perf.
April 13, 1931	Dracula Royale Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
April 14, 1931	Precedent Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway	184 perf.
April 15, 1931	Six Characters in Search of an Author Bijou Theatre, Broadway	13 perf.
April 16, 1931	Melo Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	67 perf.
April 20, 1931	Company's Coming Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
April 20, 1931	Young Sinners New Yorker Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
April 21, 1931	School for Virtue Longacre Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
April 22, 1931	The Bellamy Trial 48th Street Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
April 23, 1931	Brass Ankle Theatre Masque, Broadway	44 perf.

May: 17 openings

May 1, 1931	Devil in the Mind Fulton Theatre, Broadway	11 perf.
May 4, 1931	Betty, Be Careful Liberty Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
May 4, 1931	Her Supporting Cast Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	32 perf.
May 4, 1931	Rhapsody in Black Sam H Harris Theatre, Broadway	80 perf.
May 4, 1931	The Mikado Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
May 11, 1931	Alison's House Ritz Theatre, Broadway
May 11, 1931	Paradise Craig Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.
May 12, 1931	The Mighty Nimrod Craig Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.
May 13, 1931	If Booth Had Missed Craig Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.
May 13, 1931	Perfectly Scandalous Hudson Theatre, Broadway	5 perf.
May 14, 1931	Technique Craig Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.
May 15, 1931	Side Show Craig Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.
May 18, 1931	H.M.S. Pinafore Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	17 perf.
May 18, 1931	Old Man Murphy Royale Theatre, Broadway	64 perf.
May 18, 1931	The Honor Code Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway	24 perf.
May 19, 1931	Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt 44th Street Theatre, Broadway	79 perf.
May 20, 1931	A Modern Virgin Booth Theatre, Broadway	53 perf.

June: 13 openings

June 1, 1931	The Gondoliers Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
June 1, 1931	The Third Little Show Music Box Theatre, Broadway	136 perf.
June 1, 1931	The Way of the World Guild Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
June 2, 1931	Unexpected Husband 48th Street Theatre, Broadway	127 perf.
June 3, 1931	The Band Wagon New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway	260 perf.
June 4, 1931	A Regular Guy Hudson Theatre, Broadway	13 perf.
June 6, 1931	Gasoline Gypsies Lyric Theatre, Broadway	3 perf.
June 8, 1931	Ebb Tide New Yorker Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
June 15, 1931	Patience Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
June 19, 1931	Thais President Theatre, Broadway	4 perf.
June 22, 1931	Paid Companions Theatre Masque, Broadway	8 perf.
June 22, 1931	The Wooden Soldier Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	32 perf.
June 29, 1931	The Pirates Of Penzance Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	24 perf.

July: 3 openings

July 1, 1931	Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway	165 perf.
July 13, 1931	Iolanthe Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	24 perf.
July 27, 1931	Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.

August: 6 openings

August 10, 1931	Ruddigore Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
August 25, 1931	Three Times the Hour Avon Theatre, Broadway	23 perf.
August 26, 1931	After Tomorrow John Golden Theatre, Broadway	77 perf.
August 27, 1931	Earl Carroll's Vanities [1931] Earl Carroll Theatre, Broadway	300 perf.
August 27, 1931	Earl Carroll Vanities Earl Carroll Theatre, Broadway	278 perf.
August 31, 1931	Friendship Fulton Theatre, Broadway	24 perf.

September: 22 openings

September 1, 1931	Cloudy with Showers Morosco Theatre, Broadway	71 perf.
September 7, 1931	Just to Remind You Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
September 7, 1931	The Merry Widow Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	32 perf.
September 8, 1931	Free For All Manhattan Theatre, Broadway	15 perf.
September 8, 1931	Ladies of Creation Cort Theatre, Broadway	72 perf.
September 9, 1931	The Man on Stilts Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	6 perf.
September 10, 1931	The Singing Rabbi Selwyn Theatre, Broadway	3 perf.
September 14, 1931	George White's Scandals [1931] Apollo Theatre, Broadway	202 perf.
September 14, 1931	The Constant Sinner Royale Theatre, Broadway	64 perf.
September 15, 1931	Fast and Furious New Yorker Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
September 16, 1931	Singin' the Blues Liberty Theatre, Broadway	45 perf.
September 17, 1931	I Love an Actress Times Square Theatre, Broadway	20 perf.
September 21, 1931	He Guild Theatre, Broadway	40 perf.
September 21, 1931	The Chocolate Soldier Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
September 22, 1931	Did I Say No? 48th Street Theatre, Broadway	15 perf.
September 22, 1931	The Breadwinner Booth Theatre, Broadway	55 perf.
September 23, 1931	If I Were You Ambassador Theatre, Broadway	77 perf.
September 25, 1931	People on the Hill Comedy Theatre, Broadway	5 perf.
September 28, 1931	The House of Connelly Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway	91 perf.
September 29, 1931	Nikki Longacre Theatre, Broadway	39 perf.
September 29, 1931	Washington Heights Maxine Elliotts Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
September 30, 1931	Payment Deferred Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	70 perf.

October: 25 openings

October 1, 1931	The Good Companions 49th Street Theatre, Broadway	68 perf.
October 2, 1931	The Camels Are Coming President Theatre, Broadway	11 perf.
October 5, 1931	Enemy Within Hudson Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
October 5, 1931	The Geisha Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
October 5, 1931	The Left Bank Little Theatre, Broadway	242 perf.
October 6, 1931	Divorce Me, Dear Avon Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
October 6, 1931	The Guest Room Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	67 perf.
October 6, 1931	The Streets of New York, or Poverty is No Crime 48th Street Theatre, Broadway	87 perf.
October 8, 1931	Barbara's Wedding / The Father 49th Street Theatre, Broadway	20 perf.
October 9, 1931	Two Seconds Ritz Theatre, Broadway	59 perf.
October 12, 1931	A Church Mouse Playhouse Theatre, Broadway	164 perf.
October 13, 1931	Everybody's Welcome Shubert Theatre, Broadway	139 perf.
October 13, 1931	Lean Harvest Forrest Theatre, Broadway	31 perf.
October 14, 1931	Pillars of Society 48th Street Theatre, Broadway	2 perf.
October 15, 1931	The Cat And The Fiddle Globe Theatre, Broadway	395 perf.
October 20, 1931	The Sex Fable Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway	33 perf.
October 21, 1931	New Chauve-Souris Ambassador Theatre, Broadway	29 perf.
October 22, 1931	No More Frontier Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway	28 perf.
October 22, 1931	The Unknown Warrior Morosco Theatre, Broadway	4 perf.
October 22, 1931	Wonder Boy Alvin Theatre, Broadway	44 perf.
October 26, 1931	Mourning Becomes Electra Guild Theatre, Broadway	150 perf.
October 27, 1931	East Wind Manhattan Theatre, Broadway	23 perf.
October 30, 1931	The Roof Charles Hopkins Theatre, Broadway	28 perf.
October 31, 1931	Eddie Cantor at The Palace Palace Theatre, Broadway
October 31, 1931	The Venetian Theatre Masque, Broadway	9 perf.

November: 32 openings

November 2, 1931	Cynara Morosco Theatre, Broadway	210 perf.
November 2, 1931	The Chimes of Normandy Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
November 2, 1931	The Laugh Parade Imperial Theatre, Broadway	231 perf.
November 3, 1931	After All Booth Theatre, Broadway	20 perf.
November 3, 1931	Here Goes the Bride Chanins 46th Street Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
November 4, 1931	Caught Wet John Golden Theatre, Broadway	13 perf.
November 5, 1931	Hamlet Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway	28 perf.
November 6, 1931	Counsellor-at-Law Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	292 perf.
November 7, 1931	Hot Money George M Cohans Theatre, Broadway	9 perf.
November 9, 1931	Brief Moment Belasco Theatre, Broadway	129 perf.
November 9, 1931	Peter Flies High Gaiety Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
November 9, 1931	The Social Register Fulton Theatre, Broadway	97 perf.
November 10, 1931	The School for Scandal Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	23 perf.
November 11, 1931	Marriage for Three Bijou Theatre, Broadway	5 perf.
November 12, 1931	Louder, Please Theatre Masque, Broadway	68 perf.
November 12, 1931	Sing High, Sing Low Sam H Harris Theatre, Broadway	68 perf.
November 13, 1931	If Love Were All Booth Theatre, Broadway	11 perf.
November 15, 1931	The Wives of Henry VIII Avon Theatre, Broadway	69 perf.
November 16, 1931	Julius Caesar Royale Theatre, Broadway
November 16, 1931	Naughty Marietta Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
November 16, 1931	Reunion in Vienna Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway	264 perf.
November 16, 1931	The Merchant of Venice Royale Theatre, Broadway	6 perf.
November 17, 1931	Fast Service Selwyn Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
November 17, 1931	Steel Times Square Theatre, Broadway	14 perf.
November 19, 1931	The Devil's Host Forrest Theatre, Broadway	28 perf.
November 19, 1931	The Lady with a Lamp Maxine Elliotts Theatre, Broadway	12 perf.
November 20, 1931	A Widow in Green Cort Theatre, Broadway	27 perf.
November 23, 1931	In Times Square Longacre Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
November 24, 1931	The Good Fairy Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway	151 perf.
November 25, 1931	Miss Gulliver Travels Hudson Theatre, Broadway	21 perf.
November 30, 1931	Coastwise Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway	37 perf.
November 30, 1931	The Firefly Erlangers Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.

December: 22 openings

December 4, 1931	Bloody Laughter 49th Street Theatre, Broadway	35 perf.
December 7, 1931	Little Women Playhouse Theatre, Broadway	17 perf.
December 7, 1931	The Passing Present Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
December 8, 1931	The Second Comin' Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway	8 perf.
December 9, 1931	Springtime for Henry Bijou Theatre, Broadway	199 perf.
December 10, 1931	1931- Mansfield Theatre, Broadway	12 perf.
December 21, 1931	Jack and the Beanstalk 44th Street Theatre, Broadway	18 perf.
December 23, 1931	Cold in Sables Cort Theatre, Broadway	15 perf.
December 24, 1931	It Never Rains New Yorker Theatre, Broadway	20 perf.
December 25, 1931	Fata Morgana Royale Theatre, Broadway	27 perf.
December 25, 1931	Sentinels Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	11 perf.
December 25, 1931	Sugar Hill Forrest Theatre, Broadway	11 perf.
December 25, 1931	Tom Sawyer Alvin Theatre, Broadway	6 perf.
December 26, 1931	Of Thee I Sing Music Box, Broadway	441 perf.
December 26, 1931	The Bride the Sun Shines On Fulton Theatre, Broadway	77 perf.
December 28, 1931	Adams' Wife Ritz Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
December 29, 1931	Hay Fever Avon Theatre, Broadway	95 perf.
December 29, 1931	Papavert Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway	13 perf.
December 30, 1931	Berlin George M Cohans Theatre, Broadway	26 perf.
December 30, 1931	Experience Unnecessary Longacre Theatre, Broadway	45 perf.
December 30, 1931	Society Girl Booth Theatre, Broadway	13 perf.
December 31, 1931	Savage Rhythm John Golden Theatre, Broadway	12 perf.

Closed in 1931

January 3, 1931	Flying High Apollo Theatre, opened 1930	357 run
January 4, 1931	Alice in Wonderland Belmont Theatre, opened 1930	19 run
January 10, 1931	Brown Buddies Liberty Theatre, opened 1930	111 run
January 10, 1931	Smiles Ziegfeld Theatre, opened 1930	63 run
January 17, 1931	Nina Rosa Majestic Theatre, opened 1930	137 run
February 7, 1931	Midnight Guild Theatre, opened 1930	48 run
February 21, 1931	Ballyhoo of 1930 Hammersteins Theatre, opened 1930	68 run
March 7, 1931	Petticoat Influence Empire Theatre, opened 1930	98 run
March 21, 1931	On the Spot Forrest Theatre, opened 1930	167 run
May 2, 1931	Fine And Dandy Erlanger’s Theatre, opened 1930	255 run
May 2, 1931	The New Yorkers Broadway Theatre, opened 1930	168 run
May 21, 1931	Meet My Sister Shubert Theatre, opened 1930	167 run
June 6, 1931	Girl Crazy Alvin Theatre, opened 1930	272 run
June 6, 1931	Mrs. Moonlight Charles Hopkins Theatre, opened 1930	321 run
June 6, 1931	Three’s a Crowd Selwyn Theatre, opened 1930	272 run
August 29, 1931	The Green Pastures Mansfield Theatre, opened 1930	640 run
September 5, 1931	Once in a Lifetime Music Box Theatre, opened 1930	406 run