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Shows · 1930s · 1932

1932

192 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1932.

Broadway opened 191 shows in 1932: half of those runs were over within 23 performances. Another Language, by Rose Franken, broke that pattern, running 344 performances, 15.0 times the median.

Booth Theatre, where Another Language opened in 1932 · Broadway Tour

Another Language, by Rose Franken, opened April 25, 1932 at Booth Theatre and ran 344 performances.

Center Theatre opened.

Garrick Theatre closed.

Jolson Theatre closed.

Opened in 1932

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Undated: 1 opening

Unknown Show Boat , London

January: 21 openings

January 4, 1932 The Devil Passes Selwyn Theatre, Broadway 96 perf.
January 5, 1932 Lost Boy Mansfield Theatre, Broadway 15 perf.
January 6, 1932 Wolves 49th Street Theatre, Broadway 29 perf.
January 7, 1932 Never No More Hudson Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
January 8, 1932 Electra Selwyn Theatre, Broadway 6 perf.
January 11, 1932 The Black Tower Sam H Harris Theatre, Broadway 72 perf.
January 11, 1932 The Gondoliers Erlangers Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
January 11, 1932 Three Men and a Woman Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
January 12, 1932 The Animal Kingdom Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 183 perf.
January 13, 1932 Jewel Robbery Booth Theatre, Broadway 54 perf.
January 18, 1932 A Little Racketeer 44th Street Theatre, Broadway 48 perf.
January 18, 1932 Distant Drums Belasco Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.
January 19, 1932 Whistling in the Dark Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 265 perf.
January 20, 1932 Adam Had Two Sons Alvin Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
January 20, 1932 Ten Nights in a Barroom John Golden Theatre, Broadway 37 perf.
January 21, 1932 The Well of the Saints Barbizon Plaza Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
January 25, 1932 The House of Doom Theatre Masque, Broadway 8 perf.
January 26, 1932 East of Broadway Belmont Theatre, Broadway 39 perf.
January 26, 1932 Lady Windermere's Fan Recital Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
January 27, 1932 Robin Hood Erlangers Theatre, Broadway 29 perf.
January 28, 1932 Through the Years Manhattan Theatre, Broadway 20 perf.

February: 19 openings

February 2, 1932 The Marriage of Cana Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 2 perf.
February 4, 1932 If Booth Had Missed Maxine Elliotts Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.
February 8, 1932 The Fatal Alibi Booth Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
February 9, 1932 Maurice Chevalier Fulton Theatre, Broadway 17 perf.
February 10, 1932 Air Minded Ritz Theatre, Broadway 13 perf.
February 10, 1932 Zombie Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.
February 11, 1932 Monkey Mansfield Theatre, Broadway 28 perf.
February 12, 1932 Blessed Event Longacre Theatre, Broadway 115 perf.
February 15, 1932 There's Always Juliet Empire Theatre, Broadway 108 perf.
February 16, 1932 Collision Gaiety Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
February 16, 1932 When the Bough Breaks 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 17 perf.
February 17, 1932 Face the Music New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway 165 perf.
February 18, 1932 Trick for Trick Sam H Harris Theatre, Broadway 69 perf.
February 19, 1932 New York to Cherbourg Forrest Theatre, Broadway 3 perf.
February 19, 1932 Wild Waves Times Square Theatre, Broadway 25 perf.
February 22, 1932 The Inside Story National Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
February 23, 1932 They Don't Mean Any Harm Charles Hopkins Theatre, Broadway 15 perf.
February 25, 1932 Riddle Me This John Golden Theatre, Broadway 100 perf.
February 29, 1932 The Moon in the Yellow River Guild Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.

March: 18 openings

March 1, 1932 Child of Manhattan Fulton Theatre, Broadway 87 perf.
March 3, 1932 Marching By Chanins 46th Street Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
March 3, 1932 Park Avenue, Ltd. Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 10 perf.
March 7, 1932 A Night of Barrie Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 32 perf.
March 7, 1932 Money in the Air Ritz Theatre, Broadway 48 perf.
March 7, 1932 The Round Up Majestic Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
March 8, 1932 Hot-Cha! Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway 119 perf.
March 9, 1932 Night Over Taos 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 13 perf.
March 11, 1932 The Warrior's Husband Morosco Theatre, Broadway 83 perf.
March 18, 1932 The Young Idea Heckscher Theatre, Broadway 3 perf.
March 24, 1932 A Few Wild Oats Forrest Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
March 26, 1932 Happy Landing Chanins 46th Street Theatre, Broadway 26 perf.
March 28, 1932 Intimate Relations Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 32 perf.
March 28, 1932 Life Begins Selwyn Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
March 29, 1932 Border-Land Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 23 perf.
March 30, 1932 Black Souls Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 13 perf.
March 30, 1932 Bloodstream Times Square Theatre, Broadway 29 perf.
March 31, 1932 We Are No Longer Children Booth Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.

April: 15 openings

April 1, 1932 La Compania Dramatic Espanola New Yorker Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.
April 1, 1932 The Decoy Royale Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
April 3, 1932 Styles in Acting Booth Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
April 4, 1932 Blackberries of 1932 Liberty Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
April 4, 1932 Too True to Be Good Guild Theatre, Broadway 57 perf.
April 5, 1932 Angels Don't Kiss Belmont Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
April 7, 1932 Housewarming Charles Hopkins Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
April 11, 1932 Take My Tip 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
April 11, 1932 The Truth About Blayds Belasco Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
April 12, 1932 The Tree Park Lane Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
April 13, 1932 Foreign Affairs Avon Theatre, Broadway 22 perf.
April 19, 1932 Angeline Moves In Forrest Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
April 21, 1932 The Blue Bird Cort Theatre, Broadway 20 perf.
April 22, 1932 Merry-Go-Round Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 48 perf.
April 25, 1932 Another Language Booth Theatre, Broadway 344 perf.

May: 14 openings

May 2, 1932 The Man Who Changed His Name Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 56 perf.
May 3, 1932 Broadway Boy 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
May 6, 1932 Bulls, Bears and Asses Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
May 9, 1932 Mourning Becomes Electra Alvin Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
May 10, 1932 The Lady Remembers Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 10 perf.
May 12, 1932 Lenin's Dowry Chanin Auditorium, Broadway 4 perf.
May 16, 1932 There You Are George M Cohans Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
May 19, 1932 Show Boat Casino Theatre, Broadway 180 perf.
May 23, 1932 On the Make 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 32 perf.
May 24, 1932 A Thousand Summers Selwyn Theatre, Broadway 51 perf.
May 25, 1932 Heigh-Ho, Everybody Fulton Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
May 26, 1932 Yeah Man Park Lane Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
May 30, 1932 Bridal Wise Cort Theatre, Broadway 128 perf.
May 31, 1932 Christopher Comes Across Royale Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.

June: 10 openings

June 2, 1932 Blue Monday Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 20 perf.
June 3, 1932 Hired Husband Bijou Theatre, Broadway 19 perf.
June 6, 1932 Hey Nonny Nonny! Shubert Theatre, Broadway 32 perf.
June 6, 1932 Troilus and Cressida Bs Mosss Broadway Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
June 7, 1932 The Boy Friend Morosco Theatre, Broadway 15 perf.
June 13, 1932 Back Fire Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
June 16, 1932 That's Gratitude Waldorf Theatre, Broadway 204 perf.
June 27, 1932 The Web Morosco Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
June 29, 1932 The Lingering Past Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 13 perf.
June 30, 1932 Destruction Chanin Auditorium, Broadway 1 perf.

July: 1 opening

July 18, 1932 The Chameleon Theatre Masque, Broadway 8 perf.

August: 5 openings

August 1, 1932 Chamberlain Brown's Scrap Book Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 10 perf.
August 1, 1932 The Devil's Little Game Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 8 perf.
August 3, 1932 Page Pygmalion Bijou Theatre, Broadway 13 perf.
August 16, 1932 Domino Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
August 30, 1932 Smiling Faces Shubert Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.

September: 16 openings

September 6, 1932 Ballyhoo of 1932 44th Street Theatre, Broadway 95 perf.
September 6, 1932 Here Today Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 39 perf.
September 7, 1932 Best Years Bijou Theatre, Broadway 45 perf.
September 8, 1932 The Man Who Reclaimed His Head Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 28 perf.
September 12, 1932 Counsellor-at-Law Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 120 perf.
September 14, 1932 Clear All Wires Times Square Theatre, Broadway 93 perf.
September 15, 1932 Flying Colors Imperial Theatre, Broadway 188 perf.
September 19, 1932 Lilly Turner Morosco Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
September 20, 1932 The Budget Hudson Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
September 21, 1932 Only the Young Sutton Show Shop, Broadway 4 perf.
September 21, 1932 Triplets Theatre Masque, Broadway 3 perf.
September 23, 1932 The Stork is Dead 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 27 perf.
September 26, 1932 Success Story Maxine Elliotts Theatre, Broadway 121 perf.
September 27, 1932 Earl Carroll's Vanities [1932] Earl Carrolls Broadway Theatre, Broadway 87 perf.
September 28, 1932 Belmont Varieties Belmont Theatre, Broadway 6 perf.
September 28, 1932 Bidding High Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway 23 perf.

October: 30 openings

October 3, 1932 Ol' Man Satan Forrest Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
October 3, 1932 The Other One Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
October 4, 1932 Nona Avon Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.
October 5, 1932 Americana Shubert Theatre, Broadway 77 perf.
October 6, 1932 When Ladies Meet Royale Theatre, Broadway 173 perf.
October 10, 1932 Criminal at Large Belasco Theatre, Broadway 161 perf.
October 11, 1932 I Loved You Wednesday Sam H Harris Theatre, Broadway 63 perf.
October 11, 1932 Peacock 49th Street Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
October 11, 1932 The Great Lover Waldorf Theatre, Broadway 23 perf.
October 12, 1932 Rendezvous Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.
October 13, 1932 Black Sheep Morosco Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
October 14, 1932 Men Must Fight Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 35 perf.
October 17, 1932 Absent Father Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway 88 perf.
October 17, 1932 The Good Earth Guild Theatre, Broadway 56 perf.
October 17, 1932 Things That Are Caesar's Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
October 18, 1932 Mademoiselle Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 103 perf.
October 18, 1932 The Far-off Hills Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 13 perf.
October 19, 1932 The Passionate Pilgrim 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
October 20, 1932 Keeping Expenses Down National Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
October 21, 1932 Manhattan Varieties Cosmopolitan Theatre, Broadway 11 perf.
October 21, 1932 The New Gossoon Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 14 perf.
October 22, 1932 Dinner at Eight Music Box Theatre, Broadway 232 perf.
October 24, 1932 The Anatomist Bijou Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
October 24, 1932 The Girl Outside Little Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
October 26, 1932 Liliom Civic Repertory Theatre, Broadway 35 perf.
October 27, 1932 Dangerous Corner Empire Theatre, Broadway 206 perf.
October 27, 1932 The Surgeon Belmont Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
October 28, 1932 Tell Her the Truth Cort Theatre, Broadway 11 perf.
October 29, 1932 Carry Nation Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 30 perf.
October 31, 1932 The Late Christopher Bean Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 224 perf.

November: 23 openings

November 1, 1932 Camille Morosco Theatre, Broadway 15 perf.
November 1, 1932 Incubator Avon Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
November 8, 1932 Music in the Air Alvin Theatre, Broadway 342 perf.
November 8, 1932 The Silent House Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
November 14, 1932 Dear Jane Civic Repertory Theatre, Broadway 11 perf.
November 14, 1932 Ruth Draper Ritz Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
November 14, 1932 Singapore 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
November 14, 1932 The Dark Hours New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
November 15, 1932 Chrysalis Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 23 perf.
November 16, 1932 Cradle Snatchers Liberty Theatre, Broadway 6 perf.
November 16, 1932 The Perfect Marriage Bijou Theatre, Broadway 13 perf.
November 17, 1932 A Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare Theatre, Broadway 27 perf.
November 17, 1932 The Good Fairy Forrest Theatre, Broadway 68 perf.
November 19, 1932 Autumn Crocus Morosco Theatre, Broadway 210 perf.
November 21, 1932 Firebird Empire Theatre, Broadway 42 perf.
November 21, 1932 Moral Fabric Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 32 perf.
November 21, 1932 The Barrister Theatre Masque, Broadway 8 perf.
November 22, 1932 Cornelia Otis Skinner Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
November 22, 1932 George White's Music Hall Varieties [1932] Casino Theatre, Broadway 47 perf.
November 22, 1932 The Dubarry George M Cohans Theatre, Broadway 87 perf.
November 24, 1932 Jamboree Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway 28 perf.
November 26, 1932 Take A Chance Apollo Theatre, Broadway 243 perf.
November 29, 1932 Gay Divorce Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 248 perf.

December: 19 openings

December 1, 1932 The Mad Hopes Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
December 2, 1932 The Great Magoo Selwyn Theatre, Broadway 11 perf.
December 7, 1932 Walk a Little Faster St James Theatre, Broadway 116 perf.
December 12, 1932 Alice in Wonderland Civic Repertory Theatre, Broadway 127 perf.
December 12, 1932 Biography Guild Theatre, Broadway 267 perf.
December 12, 1932 The Show Off Hudson Theatre, Broadway 119 perf.
December 13, 1932 The Metropolitan Players Chanin Auditorium, Broadway 5 perf.
December 17, 1932 Red Planet Cort Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
December 20, 1932 Lucrece Belasco Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.
December 21, 1932 Anybody's Game Bijou Theatre, Broadway 29 perf.
December 23, 1932 Honeymoon Little Theatre, Broadway 76 perf.
December 26, 1932 Cyrano de Bergerac New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
December 26, 1932 Shuffle Along Mansfield Theatre, Broadway 17 perf.
December 26, 1932 The Little Black Book Selwyn Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
December 27, 1932 Radio City Music Hall Inaugural Program Radio City Music Hall, Broadway 1 perf.
December 28, 1932 Goodbye Again Theatre Masque, Broadway 216 perf.
December 29, 1932 Twentieth Century Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 152 perf.
December 30, 1932 Girls in Uniform Booth Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
December 30, 1932 The Lancashire Lass President Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.

Closed in 1932

January 2, 1932 Jack and the Beanstalk 44th Street Theatre, opened 1931 18 run
January 2, 1932 Sugar Hill Forrest Theatre, opened 1931 11 run
January 9, 1932 Iolanthe Erlangers Theatre, opened 1931 24 run
January 16, 1932 The Band Wagon New Amsterdam Theatre, opened 1931 260 run
February 13, 1932 Everybody's Welcome Shubert Theatre, opened 1931 139 run
March 5, 1932 George White's Scandals [1931] Apollo Theatre, opened 1931 202 run
March 5, 1932 The Merry Widow Erlangers Theatre, opened 1931 32 run
April 9, 1932 Earl Carroll's Vanities [1931] Earl Carroll Theatre, opened 1931 300 run
April 16, 1932 Mourning Becomes Electra Guild Theatre, opened 1931 150 run
May 21, 1932 The Laugh Parade Imperial Theatre, opened 1931 231 run
July 6, 1932 Counsellor-at-Law Plymouth Theatre, opened 1931 292 run
September 24, 1932 The Cat And The Fiddle Globe Theatre, opened 1931 395 run

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