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Shows · 1930s · 1933

1933

164 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1933.

Broadway's shows didn't last in 1933: half of the year's openings closed within 21 performances, one of the shortest medians of any year in this catalogue. Tobacco Road, by Erskine Caldwell, broke that pattern, running 3,182 performances, 151.5 times the median.

Tobacco Road, by Erskine Caldwell, opened December 4, 1933 at Theatre Masque and ran 3,182 performances.

Liberty Theatre closed.

Times Square Theatre closed.

Opened in 1933

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Undated: 1 opening

Unknown J B Priestley's Laburnum Grove Duchess Theatre, London

January: 18 openings

January 2, 1933 George White's Music Hall Varieties [1932] Casino Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
January 2, 1933 Saint Wench Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
January 3, 1933 Fantasia Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 7 perf.
January 9, 1933 A Good Woman, Poor Thing Avon Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
January 9, 1933 Late One Evening Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
January 10, 1933 Two Strange Women Little Theatre, Broadway 15 perf.
January 11, 1933 Foolscap Times Square Theatre, Broadway 13 perf.
January 16, 1933 Pigeons and People Sam H Harris Theatre, Broadway 70 perf.
January 17, 1933 Big Night Maxine Elliotts Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
January 19, 1933 As Husbands Go Forrest Theatre, Broadway 148 perf.
January 20, 1933 Pardon My English Majestic Theatre, Broadway 43 perf.
January 21, 1933 We, The People Empire Theatre, Broadway 49 perf.
January 22, 1933 Dorothy Sands Booth Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
January 24, 1933 Design For Living Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 135 perf.
January 27, 1933 Marathon Mansfield Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
January 30, 1933 Bad Manners Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
January 31, 1933 Evensong Selwyn Theatre, Broadway 15 perf.
January 31, 1933 Face the Music 44th Street Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.

February: 21 openings

February 5, 1933 La Nativite Guild Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
February 5, 1933 Les Trois Maries Guild Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
February 5, 1933 Les Trois Rois Guild Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
February 5, 1933 The Lamentation of the Virgin Mary Guild Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
February 5, 1933 The Magdalen Guild Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
February 5, 1933 The Miraculous Birth and the Midwives Guild Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
February 6, 1933 One Wife or Another Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 3 perf.
February 9, 1933 Before Morning Ritz Theatre, Broadway 28 perf.
February 9, 1933 Low Bridge 57th Street Playhouse, Broadway 3 perf.
February 10, 1933 The Monster Waldorf Theatre, Broadway 38 perf.
February 13, 1933 Four O'Clock Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
February 13, 1933 The Sophisticrats Bijou Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
February 14, 1933 Melody Casino Theatre, Broadway 79 perf.
February 15, 1933 One Sunday Afternoon Little Theatre, Broadway 322 perf.
February 18, 1933 Conquest Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 10 perf.
February 20, 1933 Alien Corn Belasco Theatre, Broadway 98 perf.
February 21, 1933 American Dream Guild Theatre, Broadway 39 perf.
February 23, 1933 Black Diamond Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 16 perf.
February 24, 1933 Hangman's Whip St James Theatre, Broadway 11 perf.
February 27, 1933 Louisiana 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
February 28, 1933 A Saturday Night Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.

March: 18 openings

March 1, 1933 Forsaking All Others Times Square Theatre, Broadway 110 perf.
March 1, 1933 Run, Little Chillun Lyric Theatre, Broadway 126 perf.
March 2, 1933 Our Wife Booth Theatre, Broadway 20 perf.
March 4, 1933 Strike Me Pink Majestic Theatre, Broadway 122 perf.
March 6, 1933 Both Your Houses Royale Theatre, Broadway 72 perf.
March 6, 1933 The Cherry Orchard New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway 30 perf.
March 6, 1933 Young Sinners Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 72 perf.
March 7, 1933 The Lady Refuses Bijou Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
March 10, 1933 Lone Valley Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 3 perf.
March 14, 1933 Riddle Me This Hudson Theatre, Broadway 70 perf.
March 15, 1933 Marilyn's Affairs Mansfield Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
March 15, 1933 The Best People Waldorf Theatre, Broadway 67 perf.
March 16, 1933 Three-Cornered Moon Cort Theatre, Broadway 76 perf.
March 18, 1933 Masks and Faces Liberty Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
March 21, 1933 Far-Away Horses Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
March 22, 1933 Raw Meat Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 1 perf.
March 22, 1933 The New York Idea Heckscher Theatre, Broadway 3 perf.
March 27, 1933 The Party's Over Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway 48 perf.

April: 11 openings

April 6, 1933 Her Tin Soldier Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
April 8, 1933 Hummin' Sam New Yorker Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
April 12, 1933 For Services Rendered Booth Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.
April 13, 1933 The Threepenny Opera Empire Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
April 15, 1933 Strange Gods Ritz Theatre, Broadway 9 perf.
April 17, 1933 The Mikado St James Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
April 19, 1933 The Comic Artist Morosco Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.
April 20, 1933 Unto the Third Bijou Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
April 24, 1933 Little Ol' Boy Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
April 25, 1933 Man Bites Dog Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
April 27, 1933 Nine Pine Street Longacre Theatre, Broadway 28 perf.

May: 15 openings

May 1, 1933 Springtime for Henry Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
May 3, 1933 Best Sellers Morosco Theatre, Broadway 53 perf.
May 4, 1933 Hilda Cassidy Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
May 5, 1933 It Happened Tomorrow Ritz Theatre, Broadway 11 perf.
May 8, 1933 Another Language Waldorf Theatre, Broadway 89 perf.
May 8, 1933 The Mask and the Face Guild Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.
May 8, 1933 Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore St James Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
May 10, 1933 Twenty-five Dollars an Hour Theatre Masque, Broadway 22 perf.
May 11, 1933 They All Come to Moscow Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 20 perf.
May 15, 1933 Candide Booth Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
May 15, 1933 June Moon Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 49 perf.
May 15, 1933 When Ladies Meet Royale Theatre, Broadway 18 perf.
May 16, 1933 It's a Wise Child Hudson Theatre, Broadway 34 perf.
May 23, 1933 Ghosts Sutton Show Shop, Broadway 6 perf.
May 29, 1933 Uncle Tom's Cabin Alvin Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.

June: 7 openings

June 2, 1933 Fly By Night Belmont Theatre, Broadway
June 12, 1933 Shooting Star Selwyn Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
June 13, 1933 The Climax Bijou Theatre, Broadway 15 perf.
June 18, 1933 Man Crazy Cherry Lane Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
June 19, 1933 The Ghost Writer Theatre Masque, Broadway 24 perf.
June 26, 1933 A Church Mouse Mansfield Theatre, Broadway 9 perf.
June 28, 1933 Stray Leaves Chanin Auditorium, Broadway 2 perf.

July: 4 openings

July 5, 1933 Shady Lady Shubert Theatre, Broadway 30 perf.
July 10, 1933 John Ferguson Belmont Theatre, Broadway 54 perf.
July 17, 1933 Dangerous Corner Waldorf Theatre, Broadway 90 perf.
July 27, 1933 The Bohemian Girl Majestic Theatre, Broadway 11 perf.

August: 8 openings

August 3, 1933 Going Gay Morosco Theatre, Broadway 25 perf.
August 7, 1933 The Pirates Of Penzance Majestic Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
August 7, 1933 Tommy Forrest Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
August 14, 1933 The Yeomen of the Guard Majestic Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
August 22, 1933 Love and Babies Cort Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
August 23, 1933 A Party Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 45 perf.
August 29, 1933 Come Easy Belasco Theatre, Broadway 23 perf.
August 30, 1933 The Blue Widow Morosco Theatre, Broadway 29 perf.

September: 12 openings

September 4, 1933 Crucible Forrest Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
September 6, 1933 The Sellout Cort Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
September 11, 1933 The Mountain Provincetown Playhouse, Broadway 4 perf.
September 12, 1933 Murder at the Vanities New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway 207 perf.
September 15, 1933 Heat Lightning Booth Theatre, Broadway 44 perf.
September 21, 1933 Double Door Ritz Theatre, Broadway 143 perf.
September 25, 1933 Hold Your Horses Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway 88 perf.
September 26, 1933 Kultur Mansfield Theatre, Broadway 10 perf.
September 26, 1933 Men in White Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 351 perf.
September 27, 1933 Amourette Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 22 perf.
September 28, 1933 Sailor, Beware! Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 500 perf.
September 30, 1933 As Thousands Cheer Music Box, Broadway 400 perf.

October: 23 openings

October 2, 1933 Ah, Wilderness! Guild Theatre, Broadway 289 perf.
October 9, 1933 An Undesirable Lady National Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
October 9, 1933 The Pursuit of Happiness Avon Theatre, Broadway 252 perf.
October 11, 1933 Her Man of Wax Shubert Theatre, Broadway 14 perf.
October 14, 1933 Champagne, Sec Morosco Theatre, Broadway 113 perf.
October 16, 1933 The School for Husbands Empire Theatre, Broadway 116 perf.
October 17, 1933 Ten Minute Alibi Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 89 perf.
October 18, 1933 Keeper of the Keys Fulton Theatre, Broadway 23 perf.
October 19, 1933 The Curtain Rises Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway 61 perf.
October 20, 1933 The Green Bay Tree Cort Theatre, Broadway 166 perf.
October 21, 1933 Let ‘Em Eat Cake Imperial Theatre, Broadway 90 perf.
October 23, 1933 Her Master's Voice Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 224 perf.
October 24, 1933 Move On, Sister Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
October 24, 1933 Spring in Autumn Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 41 perf.
October 25, 1933 The World Waits Little Theatre, Broadway 30 perf.
October 25, 1933 Three and One Longacre Theatre, Broadway 77 perf.
October 26, 1933 A Divine Drudge Royale Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
October 27, 1933 Give Us This Day Booth Theatre, Broadway 3 perf.
October 27, 1933 The Family Upstairs Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 3 perf.
October 28, 1933 Eight Bells Hudson Theatre, Broadway 17 perf.
October 30, 1933 Under Glass Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
October 31, 1933 The Jooss Ballet Forrest Theatre, Broadway 48 perf.
October 31, 1933 Thunder on the Left Maxine Elliotts Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.

November: 16 openings

November 3, 1933 It Pays to Sin Morosco Theatre, Broadway 3 perf.
November 6, 1933 Doctor Monica Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
November 6, 1933 Thoroughbred Vanderbilt Theatre, Broadway 25 perf.
November 9, 1933 Is Life Worth Living? Theatre Masque, Broadway 12 perf.
November 11, 1933 Our Stage and Stars Little Theatre, Broadway 6 perf.
November 13, 1933 I Was Waiting for You Booth Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
November 18, 1933 Roberta New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway 295 perf.
November 20, 1933 She Loves Me Not 46th Street Theatre, Broadway 360 perf.
November 21, 1933 Birthright 49th Street Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
November 23, 1933 Growing Pains Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 29 perf.
November 24, 1933 The Drums Begin Shubert Theatre, Broadway 11 perf.
November 25, 1933 The Dark Tower Morosco Theatre, Broadway 57 perf.
November 27, 1933 Mary of Scotland Alvin Theatre, Broadway 248 perf.
November 27, 1933 The Scorpion Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
November 28, 1933 Strange Orchestra Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
November 29, 1933 Peace on Earth Civic Repertory Theatre, Broadway 126 perf.

December: 10 openings

December 2, 1933 Blackbirds of 1933 Apollo Theatre, Broadway 25 perf.
December 4, 1933 Tobacco Road Theatre Masque, Broadway 3,182 perf.
December 5, 1933 All Good Americans Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.
December 19, 1933 Jezebel Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 32 perf.
December 22, 1933 Teatro Dei Piccoli Lyric Theatre, Broadway 129 perf.
December 25, 1933 The Locked Room Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
December 26, 1933 The Lake Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 55 perf.
December 27, 1933 The First Apple Booth Theatre, Broadway 53 perf.
December 27, 1933 The Loves of Charles II 48th Street Theatre, Broadway 23 perf.
December 28, 1933 Yoshe Kalb National Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.

Closed in 1933

January 7, 1933 Girls in Uniform Booth Theatre, opened 1932 12 run
January 15, 1933 Shuffle Along Mansfield Theatre, opened 1932 17 run
January 25, 1933 Flying Colors Imperial Theatre, opened 1932 188 run
February 4, 1933 The Dubarry George M Cohans Theatre, opened 1932 87 run
February 25, 1933 Honeymoon Little Theatre, opened 1932 76 run
March 4, 1933 When Ladies Meet Royale Theatre, opened 1932 173 run
March 18, 1933 Walk a Little Faster St James Theatre, opened 1932 116 run
May 6, 1933 Autumn Crocus Morosco Theatre, opened 1932 210 run
May 20, 1933 Twentieth Century Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1932 152 run
May 27, 1933 Counsellor-at-Law Plymouth Theatre, opened 1932 120 run
July 1, 1933 Gay Divorce Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1932 248 run
July 1, 1933 Goodbye Again Theatre Masque, opened 1932 216 run
July 1, 1933 Take A Chance Apollo Theatre, opened 1932 243 run
September 16, 1933 Music in the Air Alvin Theatre, opened 1932 342 run

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