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Shows · 1930s · 1937

1937

117 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1937.

Broadway's shows didn't last in 1937: half of the year's openings closed within 21.5 performances, one of the shortest medians of any year in this catalogue. Pins And Needles, by Harold Rome, broke that pattern, running 1,108 performances, 51.5 times the median.

Pins And Needles, 1937 · Stage Publishing Company, Inc., photograph by Alfredo Valente

Pins And Needles, by Harold Rome, opened November 27, 1937 at Labor Stage and ran 1,108 performances.

Windsor Theatre opened.

Opened in 1937

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Undated: 1 opening

Time and the Conways again Duchess TheatreLondon

January: 15 openings

January 1, 1937 In a Church in Italy Morosco TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
January 1, 1937 In County Kerry Morosco TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
January 1, 1937 Love in the Balkans Morosco TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
January 1, 1937 The Miner's Wife Morosco TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
January 5, 1937 The Pepper Mill Chanin AuditoriumBroadway 6 perf.
January 7, 1937 The Eternal Road Manhattan Opera HouseBroadway 153 perf.
January 8, 1937 Dr. Faustus Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway 128 perf.
January 9, 1937 High Tor Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 171 perf.
January 10, 1937 Uday Shan-Kar and his Hindu Ballet Majestic TheatreBroadway 14 perf.
January 12, 1937 But For the Grace of God Guild TheatreBroadway 42 perf.
January 13, 1937 Behind Red Lights Mansfield TheatreBroadway 177 perf.
January 14, 1937 Howdy Stranger Longacre TheatreBroadway 77 perf.
January 19, 1937 Sweet Land Lafayette TheatreBroadway 35 perf.
January 23, 1937 Naughty Naught '00 American Music HallBroadway 128 perf.
January 25, 1937 Tide Rising Lyceum TheatreBroadway 32 perf.

February: 8 openings

February 3, 1937 Thirsty Soil 48th Street TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
February 4, 1937 Frederika Imperial TheatreBroadway 94 perf.
February 5, 1937 On Your Toes Palace TheatreBroadway
February 9, 1937 Borderline 49th Street TheatreBroadway
February 9, 1937 Yes, My Darling Daughter Playhouse TheatreBroadway 405 perf.
February 20, 1937 Having Wonderful Time Lyceum TheatreBroadway 372 perf.
February 23, 1937 Power Ritz TheatreBroadway 118 perf.
February 26, 1937 The Sun and I Adelphi TheatreBroadway 74 perf.

March: 10 openings

March 1, 1937 Characters and Caricatures Little TheatreBroadway
March 5, 1937 The Show Off Lafayette TheatreBroadway
March 9, 1937 A Regular Fix Experimental TheatreBroadway
March 9, 1937 Clock on the Stairs Experimental TheatreBroadway
March 9, 1937 Love in Humble Life Experimental TheatreBroadway
March 21, 1937 Ghosts Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway
March 23, 1937 Native Ground Venice TheatreBroadway 17 perf.
March 25, 1937 Chalked Out Morosco TheatreBroadway 12 perf.
March 28, 1937 The Loves of Charles II Lyceum TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
March 30, 1937 Empress Eugenie Lyceum TheatreBroadway 1 perf.

April: 12 openings

April 2, 1937 The Wives of Henry VIII Lyceum TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
April 4, 1937 Mansion on the Hudson Lyceum TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
April 9, 1937 Excursion Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway 116 perf.
April 13, 1937 Professor Mamlock Experimental TheatreBroadway 76 perf.
April 14, 1937 Babes in Arms Shubert TheatreBroadway 289 perf.
April 18, 1937 Amor Ambassador TheatreBroadway
April 18, 1937 Cuando Los Hijos de Eva no son Lo Hijos de Adan Ambassador TheatreBroadway
April 18, 1937 Terra Baja Ambassador TheatreBroadway
April 18, 1937 Todo Un Hombre Ambassador TheatreBroadway
April 19, 1937 Penny Wise Morosco TheatreBroadway 65 perf.
April 22, 1937 Curtain Call John Golden TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
April 28, 1937 Tobias and the Angel Provincetown PlayhouseBroadway 22 perf.

May: 12 openings

May 1, 1937 Without Warning National TheatreBroadway 17 perf.
May 6, 1937 Horse Play Childrens TheatreBroadway
May 6, 1937 Hymn to the Rising Sun Ritz TheatreBroadway 10 perf.
May 6, 1937 Unto Such Glory Ritz TheatreBroadway 10 perf.
May 11, 1937 Orchids Preferred Imperial TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
May 12, 1937 Abie's Irish Rose Little TheatreBroadway 46 perf.
May 17, 1937 Damaged Goods 48th Street TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
May 18, 1937 Sea Legs Mansfield TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
May 19, 1937 Room Service Cort TheatreBroadway 500 perf.
May 20, 1937 The Revolt of the Beavers Adelphi TheatreBroadway
May 24, 1937 Money Mad 49th Street TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
May 31, 1937 The Bat Majestic TheatreBroadway 18 perf.

June: 2 openings

June 7, 1937 The Case of Philip Lawrence Lafayette TheatreBroadway 55 perf.
June 14, 1937 The Cat and the Canary Majestic TheatreBroadway 9 perf.

July: 1 opening

July 22, 1937 Swing It Adelphi TheatreBroadway 36 perf.

September: 10 openings

September 2, 1937 Virginia Center TheatreBroadway 60 perf.
September 15, 1937 King Richard II St James TheatreBroadway 38 perf.
September 18, 1937 The Show Is On Winter Garden TheatreBroadway 17 perf.
September 22, 1937 George and Margaret Morosco TheatreBroadway 86 perf.
September 23, 1937 Blow Ye Winds 46th Street TheatreBroadway 36 perf.
September 25, 1937 The Lady Has a Heart Longacre TheatreBroadway 91 perf.
September 27, 1937 On Location Ritz TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
September 28, 1937 French Without Tears Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 111 perf.
September 29, 1937 The Star-Wagon Empire TheatreBroadway 223 perf.
September 30, 1937 How Come, Lawd? 49th Street TheatreBroadway 2 perf.

October: 14 openings

October 1, 1937 A Hero Is Born Adelphi TheatreBroadway 50 perf.
October 2, 1937 Katie Roche Ambassador TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
October 6, 1937 To Quito and Back Guild TheatreBroadway 46 perf.
October 7, 1937 Susan and God Plymouth TheatreBroadway 288 perf.
October 7, 1937 The Plough and the Stars Ambassador TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
October 9, 1937 The Fireman's Flame American Music HallBroadway 204 perf.
October 11, 1937 The Far-off Hills Ambassador TheatreBroadway 47 perf.
October 13, 1937 In Clover Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
October 15, 1937 Wise Tomorrow Biltmore TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
October 18, 1937 Wall Street Scene Comedy TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
October 20, 1937 Angel Island National TheatreBroadway 21 perf.
October 27, 1937 Many Mansions Biltmore TheatreBroadway 158 perf.
October 29, 1937 One Act Plays of the Sea Lafayette TheatreBroadway 68 perf.
October 30, 1937 As You Like It Ritz TheatreBroadway 17 perf.

November: 19 openings

November 1, 1937 Amphitryon 38 Shubert TheatreBroadway 153 perf.
November 2, 1937 I’d Rather Be Right Alvin TheatreBroadway 290 perf.
November 4, 1937 Golden Boy Belasco TheatreBroadway 250 perf.
November 10, 1937 Antony and Cleopatra Mansfield TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
November 10, 1937 Young Mr. Disraeli Fulton TheatreBroadway 6 perf.
November 11, 1937 Julius Caesar Mercury TheatreBroadway 157 perf.
November 12, 1937 Places Please! John Golden TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
November 15, 1937 Too Many Heroes Hudson TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
November 16, 1937 Madame Bovary Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 39 perf.
November 17, 1937 Father Malachy's Miracle St James TheatreBroadway 125 perf.
November 18, 1937 Robin Landing 46th Street TheatreBroadway 12 perf.
November 19, 1937 The Bough Breaks Little TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
November 20, 1937 In a Train Ambassador TheatreBroadway 9 perf.
November 20, 1937 Work Is for Horses Windsor TheatreBroadway 9 perf.
November 22, 1937 The Ghost of Yankee Doodle Guild TheatreBroadway 48 perf.
November 23, 1937 Of Mice and Men Music Box TheatreBroadway 207 perf.
November 27, 1937 Pins And Needles Labor StageBroadway 1,108 perf.
November 29, 1937 The New Gossoon Ambassador TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
November 30, 1937 Barchester Towers Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 40 perf.

December: 13 openings

December 1, 1937 Hooray For What! Winter GardenBroadway 200 perf.
December 2, 1937 Brown Sugar Biltmore TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
December 3, 1937 Love in My Fashion Ritz TheatreBroadway 2 perf.
December 3, 1937 Merely Murder Playhouse TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
December 6, 1937 Juno and the Paycock Ambassador TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
December 7, 1937 Edna His Wife Little TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
December 8, 1937 Siege Longacre TheatreBroadway 6 perf.
December 9, 1937 Something for Nothing Windsor TheatreBroadway 2 perf.
December 13, 1937 Drama at Inish Ambassador TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
December 13, 1937 Love of Women John Golden TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
December 15, 1937 Fickle Women Nora Bayes TheatreBroadway 1 perf.
December 22, 1937 Between the Devil Imperial TheatreBroadway 93 perf.
December 25, 1937 Three Waltzes Majestic TheatreBroadway 122 perf.

Closed in 1937

January 16, 1937 Johnny Johnson 44th Street Theatre, opened 1936 68 run
January 30, 1937 Hamlet Empire Theatre, opened 1936 132 run
February 27, 1937 Bassa Mona Lafayette Theatre, opened 1936
March 9, 1937 Tonight at 8:30 National Theatre, opened 1936 118 run
April 10, 1937 Red, Hot, and Blue Alvin Theatre, opened 1936 183 run
April 10, 1937 White Horse Inn Center Theatre, opened 1936 223 run
June 12, 1937 Dead End Belasco Theatre, opened 1935 687 run
July 17, 1937 The Show Is On Winter Garden, opened 1936 237 run

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