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Shows · 1940s · 1942

1942

106 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1942.

John Willard, Edna May Oliver, J.H. Benrimo, George M. Cohan, Cyrus Wood and Michel Fokine all died in 1942.

Center Theatre, where Stars on Ice opened in 1942 · Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA

Stars on Ice opened July 2, 1942 at Center Theatre and ran 827 performances.

Opened in 1942

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Undated: 3 openings

Du Barry Was a Lady London
Let’s Face It West EndLondon
The Petrified Forest Gielgud TheatreLondon

January: 13 openings

January 2, 1942 The First Crocus Longacre TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
January 6, 1942 Papa Is All Guild TheatreBroadway 63 perf.
January 8, 1942 Johnny on a Spot Plymouth TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
January 9, 1942 The Lady Comes Across 44th Street TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
January 14, 1942 The Rivals Shubert TheatreBroadway 54 perf.
January 20, 1942 All in Favor Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
January 21, 1942 H.M.S. Pinafore / The Green Table St James TheatreBroadway 18 perf.
January 21, 1942 Jason Hudson TheatreBroadway 125 perf.
January 22, 1942 Porgy and Bess Majestic TheatreBroadway 286 perf.
January 23, 1942 Cafe Crown Broadway 141 perf.
January 26, 1942 Lily of the Valley Windsor TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
January 27, 1942 Solitaire Plymouth TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
January 29, 1942 Hedda Gabler Longacre TheatreBroadway 12 perf.

February: 11 openings

February 3, 1942 The Mikado / The Big City / A Ball in Old Vienna St James TheatreBroadway 19 perf.
February 5, 1942 The Flowers of Virtue Royale TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
February 11, 1942 Of V We Sing Concert TheatreBroadway 76 perf.
February 12, 1942 Heart of a City Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
February 13, 1942 They Should Have Stood in Bed Mansfield TheatreBroadway 11 perf.
February 17, 1942 The Pirates of Penzance / The Prodigal Son St James TheatreBroadway 11 perf.
February 20, 1942 Plan M Belasco TheatreBroadway 6 perf.
February 22, 1942 Under This Roof Windsor TheatreBroadway 17 perf.
February 23, 1942 Iolanthe St James TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
February 24, 1942 Guest in the House Plymouth TheatreBroadway 153 perf.
February 28, 1942 Trial by Jury St James TheatreBroadway 7 perf.

March: 5 openings

March 1, 1942 Argentinita Shubert TheatreBroadway
March 3, 1942 The Gondoliers St James TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
March 10, 1942 A Kiss for Cinderella Music Box TheatreBroadway 48 perf.
March 12, 1942 Priorities of 1942 46th Street TheatreBroadway 353 perf.
March 16, 1942 Johnny 2 X 4 Longacre TheatreBroadway 65 perf.

April: 10 openings

April 3, 1942 Nathan the Wise Belasco TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
April 7, 1942 Gratefully Yours Imperial TheatreBroadway
April 7, 1942 The Moon Is Down Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 71 perf.
April 13, 1942 Autumn Hill Booth TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
April 14, 1942 Yesterday's Magic Guild TheatreBroadway 55 perf.
April 20, 1942 What Big Ears! Windsor TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
April 21, 1942 Billy the Kid National TheatreBroadway
April 24, 1942 Keep 'em Laughing 44th Street TheatreBroadway 77 perf.
April 27, 1942 Candida Shubert TheatreBroadway 27 perf.
April 29, 1942 The Life of Reilly Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 5 perf.

May: 7 openings

May 1, 1942 Harlem Cavalcade Ritz TheatreBroadway 49 perf.
May 7, 1942 The Walking Gentleman Belasco TheatreBroadway 6 perf.
May 19, 1942 The Strings, My Lord, Are False Royale TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
May 20, 1942 Uncle Harry Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 430 perf.
May 25, 1942 All the Comforts of Home Longacre TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
May 26, 1942 Comes the Revelation Jolsons 59th Street TheatreBroadway 2 perf.
May 29, 1942 Top-Notchers 44th Street TheatreBroadway 48 perf.

June: 5 openings

June 3, 1942 By Jupiter Shubert TheatreBroadway 427 perf.
June 16, 1942 The Cat Screams Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
June 22, 1942 Laugh, Town, Laugh! Alvin TheatreBroadway 65 perf.
June 23, 1942 Broken Journey Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
June 24, 1942 Star and Garter Music Box TheatreBroadway 609 perf.

July: 4 openings

July 2, 1942 Stars on Ice Center TheatreBroadway 827 perf.
July 4, 1942 This Is the Army Broadway TheatreBroadway 113 perf.
July 9, 1942 Yours, A. Lincoln Shubert TheatreBroadway 2 perf.
July 15, 1942 The Merry Widow Carnegie HallBroadway 39 perf.

August: 3 openings

August 17, 1942 Across the Board on Tomorrow Morning and Talking to You Belasco TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
August 18, 1942 The New Moon Carnegie HallBroadway 24 perf.
August 31, 1942 I Killed the Count Cort TheatreBroadway 29 perf.

September: 9 openings

September 5, 1942 Tobacco Road Forrest TheatreBroadway 34 perf.
September 10, 1942 Janie Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 642 perf.
September 14, 1942 The Morning Star Morosco TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
September 15, 1942 New Priorities of 1943 46th Street TheatreBroadway 54 perf.
September 16, 1942 Show Time Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 342 perf.
September 22, 1942 Vickie Plymouth TheatreBroadway 48 perf.
September 28, 1942 Wine, Women and Song Ambassador TheatreBroadway 150 perf.
September 29, 1942 Magic / Hello, Out There Belasco TheatreBroadway 47 perf.
September 30, 1942 Strip for Action National TheatreBroadway 110 perf.

October: 12 openings

October 5, 1942 Let Freedom Sing Longacre TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
October 7, 1942 The Eve of St. Mark Cort TheatreBroadway 307 perf.
October 8, 1942 Count Me In Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway 61 perf.
October 9, 1942 Three Men on a Horse Forrest TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
October 12, 1942 Oy Is Dus a Leben! Molly Picon TheatreBroadway 139 perf.
October 14, 1942 Beat the Band 46th Street TheatreBroadway 68 perf.
October 19, 1942 Bird in Hand Morosco TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
October 21, 1942 The Time, the Place and the Girl Mansfield TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
October 22, 1942 The Damask Cheek Playhouse TheatreBroadway 93 perf.
October 23, 1942 Native Son Majestic TheatreBroadway 84 perf.
October 27, 1942 Little Darling Biltmore TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
October 28, 1942 Rosalinda 44th Street TheatreBroadway 611 perf.

November: 11 openings

November 3, 1942 New Opera Co.: Ballet Imperial / The Fair at Sorochinsk Broadway TheatreBroadway
November 10, 1942 La Vie Parisienne Broadway TheatreBroadway 17 perf.
November 10, 1942 Without Love St James TheatreBroadway 113 perf.
November 13, 1942 Mr. Sycamore Guild TheatreBroadway 19 perf.
November 18, 1942 The Skin of Our Teeth Plymouth TheatreBroadway 359 perf.
November 19, 1942 Once Over Lightly Alvin TheatreBroadway 6 perf.
November 23, 1942 Yankee Point Longacre TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
November 24, 1942 Counsellor-at-Law Royale TheatreBroadway 258 perf.
November 25, 1942 The Pirate Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 177 perf.
November 26, 1942 The Great Big Doorstep Morosco TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
November 30, 1942 Lifeline Belasco TheatreBroadway 8 perf.

December: 13 openings

December 3, 1942 R. U. R. Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
December 9, 1942 The Sun Field Biltmore TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
December 10, 1942 The Willow and I Windsor TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
December 21, 1942 The Three Sisters Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway 123 perf.
December 22, 1942 New Faces of 1943 Ritz TheatreBroadway 94 perf.
December 23, 1942 Flare Path Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 14 perf.
December 25, 1942 Proof Thro' the Night Morosco TheatreBroadway 11 perf.
December 26, 1942 Doodle Dandy of the U.S.A. Belasco TheatreBroadway
December 27, 1942 Angna Enters Alvin TheatreBroadway
December 28, 1942 Sweet Charity Mansfield TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
December 29, 1942 The Russian People Guild TheatreBroadway 39 perf.
December 29, 1942 You'll See Stars Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
December 30, 1942 The Doughgirls Lyceum TheatreBroadway 671 perf.

Closed in 1942

January 3, 1942 Cuckoos on the Hearth Morosco Theatre, opened 1941
January 3, 1942 Panama Hattie 46th Street Theatre, opened 1940 501 run
January 3, 1942 Sunny River St James Theatre, opened 1941 36 run
January 3, 1942 The Land Is Bright Music Box Theatre, opened 1941 79 run
January 3, 1942 The Wookey Plymouth Theatre, opened 1941 134 run
January 10, 1942 Candle in the Wind Shubert Theatre, opened 1941 95 run
January 10, 1942 Letters to Lucerne Cort Theatre, opened 1941 23 run
January 10, 1942 Spring Again Henry Millers Theatre, opened 1941 241 run
January 10, 1942 Theatre Hudson Theatre, opened 1941 69 run
January 17, 1942 The Corn Is Green National Theatre, opened 1940 477 run
January 31, 1942 In Time to Come Mansfield Theatre, opened 1941 40 run
February 7, 1942 Brooklyn, U.S.A. Forrest Theatre, opened 1941 57 run
February 7, 1942 Clash by Night Belasco Theatre, opened 1941 49 run
February 21, 1942 Watch on the Rhine Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1941 378 run
February 28, 1942 Macbeth National Theatre, opened 1941 131 run
March 28, 1942 High Kickers Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1941 171 run
April 12, 1942 Banjo Eyes Hollywood Theatre, opened 1941 126 run
April 26, 1942 It Happens on Ice Center Theatre, opened 1941 386 run
May 30, 1942 Lady in the Dark Alvin Theatre, opened 1941 467 run
July 4, 1942 Best Foot Forward Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1941 326 run

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