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

Opened in 1931

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Undated: 4 openings

	Cavalcade 1932 Theatre Royal, Drury LaneLondon
	Florodora West End revivalLondon
	Shoot the Works Broadway	87 perf.
	The Improper Duchess by James B Fagan Gielgud TheatreLondon

January: 12 openings

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

February: 17 openings

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

March: 15 openings

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

April: 15 openings

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

May: 17 openings

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

June: 13 openings

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

July: 3 openings

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

August: 6 openings

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

September: 22 openings

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

October: 25 openings

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

November: 32 openings

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

December: 22 openings

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