77 shows opened on Broadway in 1938.

Broadway opened 77 shows in 1938: half of those runs were over within 45.5 performances. Hellzapoppin, by Sammy Fain, etc., broke that pattern, running 1,404 performances, 30.9 times the median.

46th Street Theatre, where Hellzapoppin opened in 1938 · Emily Mathews from Ann Arbor, MI

Hellzapoppin, by Sammy Fain, etc., opened September 22, 1938 at 46th Street Theatre and ran 1,404 performances.

Cohan & Harris Theatre closed.

Opened in 1938

January: 24 openings

January 1, 1938	The Shoemakers' Holiday Mercury TheatreBroadway	69 perf.
January 3, 1938	The Cradle Will Rock Windsor TheatreBroadway	108 perf.
January 3, 1938	Time and the Conways Ritz TheatreBroadway	32 perf.
January 4, 1938	Don Quixote Little TheatreBroadway
January 4, 1938	The Brickdust Man Little TheatreBroadway
January 4, 1938	Thomas and Sally Little TheatreBroadway
January 4, 1938	True Blue or The Press Gang Little TheatreBroadway
January 5, 1938	Right This Way 46th Street TheatreBroadway	15 perf.
January 11, 1938	Colin and His Wife Little TheatreBroadway
January 11, 1938	Every Maid Her Own Mistress Little TheatreBroadway
January 11, 1938	Jack at the Opera Little TheatreBroadway
January 11, 1938	Love in a Coffee Cup Little TheatreBroadway
January 11, 1938	Peggy Perkins Little TheatreBroadway
January 11, 1938	The Grenadier Little TheatreBroadway
January 11, 1938	The Token Little TheatreBroadway
January 17, 1938	one third of a nation Adelphi TheatreBroadway	237 perf.
January 25, 1938	Bachelor Born Morosco TheatreBroadway	400 perf.
January 25, 1938	Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	4 perf.
January 25, 1938	Coriolanus Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	4 perf.
January 25, 1938	Diff'rent Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	4 perf.
January 25, 1938	No More Peace Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	4 perf.
January 25, 1938	Pygmalion Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	4 perf.
January 26, 1938	Shadow and Substance John Golden TheatreBroadway	274 perf.
January 29, 1938	Journeyman Fulton TheatreBroadway	41 perf.

February: 10 openings

February 1, 1938	Sunup to Sundown Hudson TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
February 3, 1938	On Borrowed Time Longacre TheatreBroadway	321 perf.
February 4, 1938	Our Town Henry Millers TheatreBroadway	336 perf.
February 5, 1938	The Bridal Crown Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
February 8, 1938	How to Get Tough About It Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	23 perf.
February 12, 1938	Power 49th Street TheatreBroadway	15 perf.
February 14, 1938	Roosty Lyceum TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
February 15, 1938	Once is Enough Henry Millers TheatreBroadway	105 perf.
February 16, 1938	Murder in the Cathedral Ritz TheatreBroadway	21 perf.
February 21, 1938	Wine of Choice Guild TheatreBroadway	43 perf.

March: 4 openings

March 2, 1938	Haiti Lafayette TheatreBroadway	168 perf.
March 2, 1938	There's Always a Breeze Windsor TheatreBroadway	5 perf.
March 17, 1938	Prologue to Glory Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	161 perf.
March 28, 1938	The Seagull Shubert TheatreBroadway	41 perf.

April: 3 openings

April 11, 1938	Reunion Nora Bayes TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
April 13, 1938	What a Life Biltmore TheatreBroadway	538 perf.
April 29, 1938	Heartbreak House Mercury TheatreBroadway	48 perf.

May: 2 openings

May 11, 1938	I Married an Angel Shubert TheatreBroadway	338 perf.
May 31, 1938	The Two Bouquets Windsor TheatreBroadway	55 perf.

June: 1 opening

June 15, 1938

On the Rocks Dalys 63rd Street TheatreBroadway

66 perf.

July: 1 opening

July 6, 1938

Countess Maritza Palace TheatreBroadway

September: 5 openings

September 15, 1938	Lightnin' John Golden TheatreBroadway	54 perf.
September 19, 1938	Missouri Legend Empire TheatreBroadway	48 perf.
September 21, 1938	You Never Know Winter Garden TheatreBroadway	78 perf.
September 22, 1938	Hellzapoppin 46th Street TheatreBroadway	1,404 perf.
September 24, 1938	Sing Out the News Music Box TheatreBroadway	105 perf.

October: 7 openings

October 3, 1938	Victoria Regina Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	87 perf.
October 8, 1938	The Fabulous Invalid Broadhurst TheatreBroadway	65 perf.
October 15, 1938	Abe Lincoln in Illinois Plymouth TheatreBroadway	472 perf.
October 17, 1938	Knights of Song Hollywood TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
October 19, 1938	Knickerbocker Holiday Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway	168 perf.
October 25, 1938	Madame Capet Cort TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
October 30, 1938	Cecilia Loftus Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway

November: 9 openings

November 2, 1938	Danton's Death Mercury TheatreBroadway	21 perf.
November 6, 1938	It's a Small World Lyceum TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
November 9, 1938	Leave It to Me! Imperial TheatreBroadway	291 perf.
November 23, 1938	The Boys from Syracuse Alvin TheatreBroadway	235 perf.
November 24, 1938	Rocket to the Moon Belasco TheatreBroadway	131 perf.
November 25, 1938	Gloriana Little TheatreBroadway	5 perf.
November 26, 1938	Glorious Morning Mansfield TheatreBroadway	9 perf.
November 28, 1938	Soliloquy Empire TheatreBroadway	2 perf.
November 29, 1938	Lorelei Longacre TheatreBroadway	7 perf.

December: 11 openings

December 1, 1938	Great Lady Majestic TheatreBroadway	20 perf.
December 3, 1938	American Landscape Cort TheatreBroadway	43 perf.
December 7, 1938	Here Come the Clowns Booth TheatreBroadway	88 perf.
December 8, 1938	Spring Meeting Morosco TheatreBroadway	98 perf.
December 22, 1938	Awake and Sing! Dalys 63rd Street TheatreBroadway	95 perf.
December 22, 1938	Outward Bound Playhouse TheatreBroadway	255 perf.
December 23, 1938	Pinocchio Ritz TheatreBroadway	197 perf.
December 23, 1938	Window Shopping Longacre TheatreBroadway	11 perf.
December 26, 1938	Blossom Time 46th Street TheatreBroadway	19 perf.
December 27, 1938	Bright Rebel Lyceum TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
December 27, 1938	Michael Drops In John Golden TheatreBroadway	8 perf.

Closed in 1938

January 1, 1938	The Ghost of Yankee Doodle Guild Theatre, opened 1937	48 run
January 8, 1938	Having Wonderful Time Lyceum Theatre, opened 1937	372 run
January 22, 1938	Yes, My Darling Daughter Playhouse Theatre, opened 1937	405 run
March 12, 1938	Between the Devil Imperial Theatre, opened 1937	93 run
April 9, 1938	Three Waltzes Majestic Theatre, opened 1937	122 run
April 23, 1938	Brother Rat Biltmore Theatre, opened 1936	577 run
April 30, 1938	The Fireman's Flame American Music Hall, opened 1937	204 run
May 21, 1938	Hooray For What! Winter Garden, opened 1937	200 run
May 28, 1938	Julius Caesar Mercury Theatre, opened 1937	157 run
June 10, 1938	Susan and God Plymouth Theatre, opened 1937	288 run
July 9, 1938	I’d Rather Be Right Alvin Theatre, opened 1937	290 run
July 9, 1938	The Women Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1936	657 run
July 10, 1938	Professor Mamlock Experimental Theatre, opened 1937	76 run
July 16, 1938	Room Service Cort Theatre, opened 1937	500 run
December 3, 1938	You Can't Take It With You Booth Theatre, opened 1936	838 run