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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

Show Boat London

January: 8 openings

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

February: 8 openings

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

March: 8 openings

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

April: 5 openings

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

May: 22 openings

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

June: 4 openings

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

July: 2 openings

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

September: 7 openings

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

October: 16 openings

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

November: 12 openings

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

December: 11 openings

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