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Shows · 1940s · 1946

1946

104 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1946.

Broadway opened 103 shows in 1946: half of those runs were over within 31 performances. Born Yesterday, by Garson Kanin, broke that pattern, running 1,642 performances, 53.0 times the median.

Lyceum Theatre, where Born Yesterday opened in 1946 · Self-photographed

Born Yesterday, by Garson Kanin, opened February 4, 1946 at Lyceum Theatre and ran 1,642 performances.

Opened in 1946

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Undated: 1 opening

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January: 8 openings

January 5, 1946 Show Boat Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway 418 perf.
January 7, 1946 A Joy Forever Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
January 8, 1946 The Desert Song City Center, Broadway 45 perf.
January 9, 1946 The Would-Be Gentleman Booth Theatre, Broadway 77 perf.
January 15, 1946 The Winter's Tale Cort Theatre, Broadway 39 perf.
January 21, 1946 Nellie Bly Adelphi Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
January 22, 1946 The Magnificent Yankee Royale Theatre, Broadway 159 perf.
January 23, 1946 O Mistress Mine Empire Theatre, Broadway 482 perf.

February: 8 openings

February 4, 1946 Born Yesterday Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 1,642 perf.
February 4, 1946 January Thaw John Golden Theatre, Broadway 48 perf.
February 5, 1946 Apple of His Eye Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 118 perf.
February 6, 1946 Lute Song Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 142 perf.
February 13, 1946 The Duchess Misbehaves Adelphi Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
February 18, 1946 Antigone Cort Theatre, Broadway 64 perf.
February 21, 1946 Jeb Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 9 perf.
February 27, 1946 Truckline Cafe Belasco Theatre, Broadway 13 perf.

March: 8 openings

March 6, 1946 Little Brown Jug Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
March 7, 1946 Three to Make Ready Adelphi Theatre, Broadway 327 perf.
March 19, 1946 Flamingo Road Belasco Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
March 20, 1946 He Who Gets Slapped Booth Theatre, Broadway 46 perf.
March 22, 1946 I Like It Here John Golden Theatre, Broadway 52 perf.
March 26, 1946 The Song of Bernadette Belasco Theatre, Broadway 3 perf.
March 27, 1946 Walk Hard Chanin Auditorium, Broadway 7 perf.
March 30, 1946 St. Louis Woman Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 113 perf.

April: 5 openings

April 3, 1946 Candida Cort Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
April 7, 1946 Carmen Jones City Center, Broadway 32 perf.
April 17, 1946 Woman Bites Dog Belasco Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
April 18, 1946 Call Me Mister National Theatre, Broadway 734 perf.
April 30, 1946 This, Too, Shall Pass Belasco Theatre, Broadway 63 perf.

May: 22 openings

May 1, 1946 Aida Center Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
May 2, 1946 Madame Butterfly Center Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
May 3, 1946 La Traviata Center Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
May 4, 1946 Carmen Center Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
May 4, 1946 Il Trovatore Center Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
May 5, 1946 La Bohème Center Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
May 5, 1946 Rigoletto Center Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
May 6, 1946 King Henry IV, Part I New Century Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
May 6, 1946 La Tosca Center Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
May 7, 1946 King Henry IV, Part II New Century Theatre, Broadway 9 perf.
May 7, 1946 The Barber of Seville Center Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
May 8, 1946 Cavalleria Rusticana Center Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
May 8, 1946 On Whitman Avenue Cort Theatre, Broadway 150 perf.
May 8, 1946 Pagliacci Center Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
May 9, 1946 Faust Center Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
May 12, 1946 The Pirates Of Penzance City Center, Broadway 4 perf.
May 13, 1946 Uncle Vanya New Century Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
May 15, 1946 Swan Song Booth Theatre, Broadway 22 perf.
May 16, 1946 Annie Get Your Gun Imperial Theatre, Broadway 1,147 perf.
May 20, 1946 Oedipus Rex New Century Theatre, Broadway 15 perf.
May 20, 1946 The Critic New Century Theatre, Broadway
May 31, 1946 Around the World Adelphi Theatre, Broadway 75 perf.

June: 4 openings

June 3, 1946 Hamlet City Center, Broadway 16 perf.
June 3, 1946 Second Best Bed Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
June 5, 1946 The Dancer Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
June 20, 1946 Icetime Center Theatre, Broadway 405 perf.

July: 2 openings

July 8, 1946 Tidbits of 1946 Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
July 15, 1946 Maid in the Ozarks Belasco Theatre, Broadway 103 perf.

September: 7 openings

September 4, 1946 The Front Page Royale Theatre, Broadway 79 perf.
September 5, 1946 A Flag Is Born Alvin Theatre, Broadway 120 perf.
September 5, 1946 Yours Is My Heart Shubert Theatre, Broadway 36 perf.
September 17, 1946 Gypsy Lady Century Theatre, Broadway 79 perf.
September 19, 1946 Hidden Horizon Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
September 26, 1946 The Bees and the Flowers Cort Theatre, Broadway 28 perf.
September 30, 1946 Ballet Theatre Broadway Theatre, Broadway

October: 16 openings

October 1, 1946 Obsession Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.
October 7, 1946 Hear That Trumpet Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
October 8, 1946 Cyrano de Bergerac Alvin Theatre, Broadway 193 perf.
October 9, 1946 Finden Sie, dass Constance sich richtig verhaelt? Barbizon Plaza Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
October 9, 1946 The Iceman Cometh Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 136 perf.
October 10, 1946 Ariadne Auf Naxos City Center, Broadway 6 perf.
October 10, 1946 Mr. Peebles and Mr. Hooker Music Box Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
October 14, 1946 Lady Windermere's Fan Cort Theatre, Broadway 228 perf.
October 15, 1946 The Duchess of Malfi Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 38 perf.
October 16, 1946 Loco Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 37 perf.
October 17, 1946 Lysistrata Belasco Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
October 19, 1946 Naughty Naught '00 Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway 17 perf.
October 24, 1946 Made in Heaven Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 92 perf.
October 26, 1946 The Playboy of the Western World Booth Theatre, Broadway 81 perf.
October 29, 1946 Present Laughter Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 158 perf.
October 31, 1946 Happy Birthday Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 563 perf.

November: 12 openings

November 4, 1946 Park Avenue Shubert Theatre, Broadway 72 perf.
November 6, 1946 King Henry VIII International Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.
November 7, 1946 Bal Negre Belasco Theatre, Broadway 52 perf.
November 8, 1946 What Every Woman Knows International Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.
November 12, 1946 John Gabriel Borkman International Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.
November 13, 1946 The Haven Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
November 18, 1946 Joan of Lorraine Alvin Theatre, Broadway 199 perf.
November 19, 1946 The Fatal Weakness Royale Theatre, Broadway 119 perf.
November 20, 1946 Another Part of the Forest Fulton Theatre, Broadway 182 perf.
November 26, 1946 No Exit Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.
November 27, 1946 A Family Affair Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 6 perf.
November 30, 1946 Christopher Blake Music Box Theatre, Broadway 114 perf.

December: 11 openings

December 3, 1946 Years Ago Mansfield Theatre, Broadway 206 perf.
December 5, 1946 If the Shoe Fits New Century Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.
December 11, 1946 Land's End Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
December 11, 1946 Ruth Mata, Eugene Hari National Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
December 19, 1946 A Pound on Demand / Androcles and the Lion International Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.
December 25, 1946 Burlesque Belasco Theatre, Broadway 439 perf.
December 25, 1946 Lovely Me Adelphi Theatre, Broadway 37 perf.
December 25, 1946 Wonderful Journey Coronet Theatre, Broadway 9 perf.
December 26, 1946 Beggar's Holiday Broadway Theatre, Broadway 111 perf.
December 26, 1946 Toplitzky of Notre Dame New Century Theatre, Broadway 60 perf.
December 27, 1946 Temper the Wind Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 35 perf.

Closed in 1946

January 4, 1946 Squaring the Circle Lyceum Theatre, opened 1935 108 run
January 5, 1946 Brighten the Corner Lyceum Theatre, opened 1945 29 run
January 5, 1946 Little Women City Center, opened 1945 16 run
January 5, 1946 The French Touch Cort Theatre, opened 1945 33 run
January 5, 1946 You Touched Me Booth Theatre, opened 1945 109 run
January 12, 1946 Polonaise Alvin Theatre, opened 1945 113 run
January 12, 1946 The Mermaids Singing Empire Theatre, opened 1945 53 run
January 19, 1946 Strange Fruit Royale Theatre, opened 1945 60 run
January 19, 1946 The Rugged Path Plymouth Theatre, opened 1945 81 run
January 26, 1946 Dunnigan's Daughter John Golden Theatre, opened 1945 38 run
February 2, 1946 On the Town Adelphi Theatre, opened 1944 462 run
February 23, 1946 Home of the Brave Belasco Theatre, opened 1945 69 run
April 2, 1946 Hats Off to Ice Center Theatre, opened 1944 889 run
April 8, 1946 Hamlet Columbus Circle, opened 1945 131 run
April 13, 1946 The Day Before Spring National Theatre, opened 1945 167 run
April 13, 1946 Up in Central Park New Century Theatre, opened 1945 504 run
April 27, 1946 Bloomer Girl Shubert Theatre, opened 1944 654 run
May 18, 1946 Follow The Girls New Century Theatre, opened 1944 882 run
May 26, 1946 La Bohème City Center, opened 1945 7 run
June 1, 1946 Pygmalion Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1945 179 run
June 29, 1946 Are You With It? New Century Theatre, opened 1945 264 run
June 29, 1946 Billion Dollar Baby Alvin Theatre, opened 1945 220 run
June 29, 1946 I Remember Mama Music Box Theatre, opened 1944 713 run
July 27, 1946 Dear Ruth Henry Millers Theatre, opened 1944 680 run
August 3, 1946 The Glass Menagerie Playhouse Theatre, opened 1945 563 run
September 7, 1946 Song of Norway Imperial Theatre, opened 1944 860 run
November 16, 1946 Deep Are the Roots Fulton Theatre, opened 1945 477 run
November 30, 1946 Anna Lucasta Mansfield Theatre, opened 1944 957 run
December 14, 1946 Dream Girl Coronet Theatre, opened 1945 348 run

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