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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

Show Boat London

January: 21 openings

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

February: 19 openings

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

March: 18 openings

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

April: 15 openings

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

May: 14 openings

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

June: 10 openings

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

July: 1 opening

July 18, 1932 The Chameleon Theatre MasqueBroadway 8 perf.

August: 5 openings

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

September: 16 openings

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

October: 30 openings

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

November: 23 openings

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

December: 19 openings

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