1943
81 shows opened on Broadway in 1943.
Broadway opened 81 shows in 1943: half of those runs were over within 34 performances. Oklahoma! broke that pattern, running 2,212 performances, 65.1 times the median.
Oklahoma! opened March 31, 1943 at St. James Theatre and ran 2,212 performances.
Gaiety Theatre closed.
Opened in 1943
JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
January: 4 openings
| January 7, 1943 | Something for the Boys Alvin TheatreBroadway | 422 perf. |
| January 13, 1943 | Nine Girls Longacre TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| January 14, 1943 | Dark Eyes Belasco TheatreBroadway | 230 perf. |
| January 29, 1943 | The Patriots National TheatreBroadway | 173 perf. |
February: 7 openings
| February 1, 1943 | The Barber Had Two Sons Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| February 4, 1943 | Ask My Friend Sandy Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| February 4, 1943 | Counterattack Windsor TheatreBroadway | 85 perf. |
| February 5, 1943 | For Your Pleasure Mansfield TheatreBroadway | 11 perf. |
| February 11, 1943 | The Moon Vine Morosco TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| February 18, 1943 | This Rock Longacre TheatreBroadway | 37 perf. |
| February 27, 1943 | Lady in the Dark Broadway TheatreBroadway | 83 perf. |
March: 7 openings
| March 3, 1943 | Harriet Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 377 perf. |
| March 10, 1943 | Men in Shadow Morosco TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
| March 17, 1943 | Kiss and Tell Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 956 perf. |
| March 22, 1943 | Apology Mansfield TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| March 24, 1943 | King Richard III Forrest TheatreBroadway | 11 perf. |
| March 30, 1943 | The Family Windsor TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| March 31, 1943 | Oklahoma! St. James TheatreBroadway | 2,212 perf. |
April: 3 openings
| April 1, 1943 | Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 553 perf. |
| April 14, 1943 | Tomorrow the World Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 500 perf. |
| April 28, 1943 | The First Million Ritz TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
May: 3 openings
| May 3, 1943 | The Corn Is Green Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| May 4, 1943 | Sons and Soldiers Morosco TheatreBroadway | 22 perf. |
| May 5, 1943 | Three's a Family Longacre TheatreBroadway | 497 perf. |
June: 8 openings
| June 8, 1943 | The Student Prince Broadway TheatreBroadway | 153 perf. |
| June 9, 1943 | The Milky Way Windsor TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| June 14, 1943 | Army Play-by Play 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 41 perf. |
| June 16, 1943 | Those Endearing Young Charms Booth TheatreBroadway | 53 perf. |
| June 17, 1943 | Early to Bed Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 380 perf. |
| June 22, 1943 | Boy Meets Girl Windsor TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| June 24, 1943 | Stars on Ice Center TheatreBroadway | 403 perf. |
| June 29, 1943 | The Vagabond King Shubert TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
August: 6 openings
| August 2, 1943 | Try and Get It Cort TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| August 3, 1943 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls Booth TheatreBroadway | 585 perf. |
| August 4, 1943 | The Merry Widow Majestic TheatreBroadway | 322 perf. |
| August 11, 1943 | Run, Little Chillun Hudson TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| August 12, 1943 | Chauve-Souris [1943] Royale TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| August 18, 1943 | Murder Without Crime Cort TheatreBroadway | 37 perf. |
September: 12 openings
| September 1, 1943 | The Snark Was a Boojum 48th Street TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| September 4, 1943 | Blossom Time Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 47 perf. |
| September 4, 1943 | Tobacco Road Ritz TheatreBroadway | 66 perf. |
| September 6, 1943 | Blithe Spirit Morosco TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| September 8, 1943 | Laugh Time Shubert TheatreBroadway | 126 perf. |
| September 9, 1943 | My Dear Public 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 45 perf. |
| September 13, 1943 | Porgy and Bess 44th Street TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| September 15, 1943 | A New Life Royale TheatreBroadway | 70 perf. |
| September 16, 1943 | Bright Lights of 1944 Forrest TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| September 19, 1943 | Tropical Revue Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | |
| September 21, 1943 | Land of Fame Belasco TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| September 29, 1943 | All for All Bijou TheatreBroadway | 85 perf. |
October: 8 openings
| October 1, 1943 | Hairpin Harmony National TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| October 7, 1943 | One Touch of Venus Imperial TheatreBroadway | 567 perf. |
| October 12, 1943 | Another Love Story Fulton TheatreBroadway | 104 perf. |
| October 19, 1943 | Othello Shubert TheatreBroadway | 296 perf. |
| October 21, 1943 | The Naked Genius Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 36 perf. |
| October 25, 1943 | Slightly Married Cort TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| October 26, 1943 | Manhattan Nocturne Forrest TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| October 26, 1943 | Victory Belles Mansfield TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
November: 12 openings
| November 1, 1943 | The Petrified Forest New Amsterdam RoofBroadway | 8 perf. |
| November 3, 1943 | Outrageous Fortune 48th Street TheatreBroadway | 77 perf. |
| November 5, 1943 | Artists and Models [1943] Broadway TheatreBroadway | 27 perf. |
| November 9, 1943 | Goodbye Again New Amsterdam RoofBroadway | 8 perf. |
| November 9, 1943 | I'll Take the High Road Ritz TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| November 11, 1943 | What’s Up? National TheatreBroadway | 63 perf. |
| November 15, 1943 | The Innocent Voyage Belasco TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| November 16, 1943 | Lady, Behave! Cort TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| November 17, 1943 | A Connecticut Yankee Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 135 perf. |
| November 20, 1943 | Winged Victory 44th Street TheatreBroadway | 212 perf. |
| November 24, 1943 | Get Away Old Man Cort TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| November 29, 1943 | Lovers and Friends Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 168 perf. |
December: 11 openings
| December 2, 1943 | Carmen Jones Broadway TheatreBroadway | 502 perf. |
| December 6, 1943 | The World's Full of Girls Royale TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| December 8, 1943 | The Voice of the Turtle Morosco TheatreBroadway | 1,557 perf. |
| December 10, 1943 | Pillar to Post Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 31 perf. |
| December 13, 1943 | Susan and God City CenterBroadway | 8 perf. |
| December 21, 1943 | Feathers in a Gale Music Box TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| December 22, 1943 | Listen, Professor Forrest TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| December 26, 1943 | Martha Graham and Company 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 2 perf. |
| December 28, 1943 | Doctors Disagree Bijou TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| December 29, 1943 | South Pacific Cort TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| December 31, 1943 | Paul Draper and Larry Adler City CenterBroadway | 4 perf. |
Closed in 1943
| January 2, 1943 | Flare Path Henry Millers Theatre, opened 1942 | 14 run |
| January 2, 1943 | Native Son Majestic Theatre, opened 1942 | 84 run |
| January 2, 1943 | Proof Thro' the Night Morosco Theatre, opened 1942 | 11 run |
| January 2, 1943 | Strip for Action National Theatre, opened 1942 | 110 run |
| January 2, 1943 | Sweet Charity Mansfield Theatre, opened 1942 | 8 run |
| January 2, 1943 | The Willow and I Windsor Theatre, opened 1942 | 28 run |
| January 2, 1943 | You'll See Stars Maxine Elliotts Theatre, opened 1942 | 4 run |
| January 9, 1943 | Claudia Booth Theatre, opened 1941 | 722 run |
| January 9, 1943 | The Damask Cheek Playhouse Theatre, opened 1942 | 93 run |
| January 16, 1943 | My Sister Eileen Biltmore Theatre, opened 1940 | 864 run |
| January 31, 1943 | The Russian People Guild Theatre, opened 1942 | 39 run |
| February 6, 1943 | Oy Is Dus a Leben! Molly Picon Theatre, opened 1942 | 139 run |
| February 13, 1943 | Without Love St James Theatre, opened 1942 | 113 run |
| March 13, 1943 | New Faces of 1943 Ritz Theatre, opened 1942 | 94 run |
| March 20, 1943 | Let’s Face It Imperial Theatre, opened 1941 | 547 run |
| April 3, 1943 | Show Time Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1942 | 342 run |
| April 3, 1943 | The Three Sisters Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1942 | 123 run |
| April 27, 1943 | The Pirate Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1942 | 177 run |
| May 9, 1943 | Uncle Harry Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1942 | 430 run |
| June 5, 1943 | Blithe Spirit Morosco Theatre, opened 1941 | 657 run |
| June 12, 1943 | By Jupiter Shubert Theatre, opened 1942 | 427 run |
| June 26, 1943 | The Eve of St. Mark Cort Theatre, opened 1942 | 307 run |
| July 10, 1943 | Counsellor-at-Law Royale Theatre, opened 1942 | 258 run |
| July 24, 1943 | Junior Miss Lyceum Theatre, opened 1941 | |
| August 29, 1943 | Sons o' Fun Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1941 | 742 run |
| September 25, 1943 | The Skin of Our Teeth Plymouth Theatre, opened 1942 | 359 run |
| December 4, 1943 | Star and Garter Music Box Theatre, opened 1942 | 609 run |