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.
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
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
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 |