1940
98 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1940.
Broadway opened 96 shows in 1940: half of those runs were over within 29.5 performances. My Sister Eileen, by Joseph A. Fields, broke that pattern, running 864 performances, 29.3 times the median.
My Sister Eileen, by Joseph A. Fields, opened December 26, 1940 at Biltmore Theatre and ran 864 performances.
Opened in 1940
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 2 openings
| As You Are Aldwych TheatreLondon | ||
| Nap Hand Aldwych TheatreLondon |
January: 10 openings
| January 9, 1940 | The Male Animal Cort TheatreBroadway | 243 perf. |
| January 10, 1940 | John Henry 44th Street TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| January 12, 1940 | Gizelle Center TheatreBroadway | |
| January 13, 1940 | Earl Carroll's Vanities [1940] St James TheatreBroadway | 25 perf. |
| January 16, 1940 | Juno and the Paycock Mansfield TheatreBroadway | 105 perf. |
| January 17, 1940 | The Man Who Killed Lincoln Longacre TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| January 22, 1940 | Two On An Island Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 96 perf. |
| January 24, 1940 | Young Couple Wanted Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| January 30, 1940 | Geneva Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| January 31, 1940 | My Dear Children Belasco TheatreBroadway | 117 perf. |
February: 7 openings
| February 5, 1940 | The Taming of the Shrew Alvin TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| February 8, 1940 | Two For The Show Booth TheatreBroadway | 124 perf. |
| February 13, 1940 | The Unconquered Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| February 21, 1940 | Reunion in New York Little TheatreBroadway | 89 perf. |
| February 22, 1940 | Night Music Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| February 23, 1940 | Another Sun National TheatreBroadway | 11 perf. |
| February 27, 1940 | Leave Her To Heaven Longacre TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
March: 13 openings
| March 1, 1940 | The Burning Deck Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| March 4, 1940 | The Weak Link John Golden TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| March 6, 1940 | The Fifth Column Alvin TheatreBroadway | 87 perf. |
| March 14, 1940 | A Passenger to Bali Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| March 18, 1940 | Goodbye in the Night Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| March 19, 1940 | One Act Variety Theatre Provincetown PlayhouseBroadway | 38 perf. |
| March 23, 1940 | A Case of Youth National TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| March 23, 1940 | Mamba's Daughters Broadway TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
| March 23, 1940 | Separate Rooms Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 613 perf. |
| March 25, 1940 | Liliom 44th Street TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| March 26, 1940 | Ladies in Retirement Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 151 perf. |
| March 27, 1940 | Lady in Waiting Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 87 perf. |
| March 28, 1940 | The Scene of the Crime Fulton TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
April: 8 openings
| April 1, 1940 | King Richard II St James TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| April 2, 1940 | An International Incident Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| April 4, 1940 | Higher and Higher Shubert TheatreBroadway | 84 perf. |
| April 9, 1940 | Suspect Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 31 perf. |
| April 12, 1940 | Medicine Show New Yorker TheatreBroadway | 35 perf. |
| April 16, 1940 | Morning Star Longacre TheatreBroadway | 63 perf. |
| April 18, 1940 | Heavenly Express National TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| April 29, 1940 | There Shall Be No Night Alvin TheatreBroadway | 115 perf. |
May: 10 openings
| May 2, 1940 | Love's Old Sweet Song Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 44 perf. |
| May 3, 1940 | Grey Farm Hudson TheatreBroadway | 35 perf. |
| May 4, 1940 | Out From Under Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| May 6, 1940 | The Strangler Fig Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| May 9, 1940 | Romeo and Juliet 51st Street TheatreBroadway | 36 perf. |
| May 17, 1940 | The Return of the Vagabond National TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| May 20, 1940 | At The Stroke of Eight Belasco TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| May 23, 1940 | Keep Off the Grass Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 44 perf. |
| May 24, 1940 | Russian Bank St James TheatreBroadway | 11 perf. |
| May 28, 1940 | Louisiana Purchase Imperial TheatreBroadway | 444 perf. |
June: 2 openings
| June 3, 1940 | Love for Love Hudson TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| June 4, 1940 | Walk With Music Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 55 perf. |
September: 7 openings
| September 3, 1940 | Kind Lady Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 107 perf. |
| September 9, 1940 | Jupiter Laughs Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| September 9, 1940 | Sim Sala Bim Morosco TheatreBroadway | 54 perf. |
| September 11, 1940 | Hold on to Your Hats Shubert TheatreBroadway | 158 perf. |
| September 18, 1940 | Johnny Belinda Belasco TheatreBroadway | 321 perf. |
| September 23, 1940 | The Time of Your Life Booth TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| September 30, 1940 | The Gondoliers 44th Street TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
October: 15 openings
| October 1, 1940 | Boys and Girls Together Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 191 perf. |
| October 3, 1940 | The Mikado 44th Street TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| October 5, 1940 | Journey to Jerusalem National TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
| October 7, 1940 | The Pirates Of Penzance 44th Street TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| October 10, 1940 | It Happens on Ice Center TheatreBroadway | 276 perf. |
| October 11, 1940 | Boyd's Daughter Booth TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| October 14, 1940 | Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 51st Street TheatreBroadway | |
| October 15, 1940 | Blind Alley Windsor TheatreBroadway | 63 perf. |
| October 17, 1940 | Charley's Aunt Cort TheatreBroadway | 233 perf. |
| October 18, 1940 | George Washington Slept Here Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 173 perf. |
| October 22, 1940 | Big White Fog Lincoln TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
| October 25, 1940 | Cabin In The Sky Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 156 perf. |
| October 26, 1940 | Tis of Thee Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| October 29, 1940 | Suzanna and the Elders Morosco TheatreBroadway | 30 perf. |
| October 30, 1940 | Panama Hattie 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 501 perf. |
November: 9 openings
| November 1, 1940 | Return Engagement John Golden TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| November 3, 1940 | Original Ballet Russe, Colonel de Basil's 51st Street TheatreBroadway | 106 perf. |
| November 7, 1940 | Beverly Hills Fulton TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| November 8, 1940 | Quiet, Please! Guild TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| November 15, 1940 | Glamour Preferred Booth TheatreBroadway | 11 perf. |
| November 19, 1940 | Twelfth Night St James TheatreBroadway | 129 perf. |
| November 23, 1940 | Horse Fever Mansfield TheatreBroadway | 25 perf. |
| November 26, 1940 | The Corn Is Green National TheatreBroadway | 477 perf. |
| November 27, 1940 | Fledgling Hudson TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
December: 15 openings
| December 2, 1940 | Romantic Mr. Dickens Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| December 4, 1940 | Delicate Story Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| December 5, 1940 | Mum's the Word Belmont TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| December 9, 1940 | Every Man for Himself Guild TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| December 17, 1940 | Retreat to Pleasure Belasco TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| December 19, 1940 | Cue for Passion Royale TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| December 20, 1940 | The Old Foolishness Windsor TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| December 23, 1940 | Old Acquaintance Morosco TheatreBroadway | 170 perf. |
| December 25, 1940 | Meet the People Mansfield TheatreBroadway | 160 perf. |
| December 25, 1940 | Pal Joey Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 374 perf. |
| December 26, 1940 | My Sister Eileen Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 864 perf. |
| December 26, 1940 | Ruth Draper Booth TheatreBroadway | 22 perf. |
| December 27, 1940 | All in Fun Majestic TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| December 29, 1940 | The Flying Gerardos Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| December 30, 1940 | Flight to the West Guild TheatreBroadway | 136 perf. |
Closed in 1940
| January 6, 1940 | Farm of Three Echoes Cort Theatre, opened 1939 | 48 run |
| January 6, 1940 | Hamlet 44th Street Theatre, opened 1939 | 40 run |
| January 6, 1940 | Kindred Maxine Elliotts Theatre, opened 1939 | 16 run |
| January 6, 1940 | Morning's at Seven Longacre Theatre, opened 1939 | 44 run |
| January 6, 1940 | Very Warm for May Alvin Theatre, opened 1939 | 59 run |
| January 6, 1940 | Yokel Boy Majestic Theatre, opened 1939 | 208 run |
| January 13, 1940 | Ladies and Gentlemen Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1939 | 105 run |
| January 27, 1940 | The World We Make Guild Theatre, opened 1939 | 80 run |
| February 3, 1940 | The Little Foxes National Theatre, opened 1939 | 410 run |
| February 10, 1940 | Streets of Paris Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1939 | 274 run |
| February 11, 1940 | Folies Bergère [1939] Broadway Theatre, opened 1939 | 121 run |
| February 24, 1940 | Key Largo Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1939 | 105 run |
| March 30, 1940 | The Philadelphia Story Shubert Theatre, opened 1939 | 417 run |
| April 6, 1940 | See My Lawyer Biltmore Theatre, opened 1939 | 224 run |
| April 6, 1940 | The Time of Your Life Booth Theatre, opened 1939 | 185 run |
| May 4, 1940 | When We Are Married Lyceum Theatre, opened 1939 | 156 run |
| May 18, 1940 | Too Many Girls Imperial Theatre, opened 1939 | 249 run |
| May 25, 1940 | Skylark Morosco Theatre, opened 1939 | 256 run |
| June 15, 1940 | Margin for Error Plymouth Theatre, opened 1939 | 264 run |
| June 22, 1940 | Pins And Needles Labor Stage, opened 1937 | 1,108 run |
| December 12, 1940 | Du Barry Was a Lady 46th Street Theatre, opened 1939 | 408 run |