115 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1948.

Broadway's shows didn't last in 1948: half of the year's openings closed within 18 performances, one of the shortest medians of any year in this catalogue. Mister Roberts broke that pattern, running 1,157 performances, 64.3 times the median.

Mister Roberts opened February 18, 1948 at Alvin Theatre and ran 1,157 performances.

Opened in 1948

Undated: 2 openings

	A Caribbean Rhapsody Prince of Wales TheatreLondon
	Angela Baddeley in a revival of Eden End Duchess TheatreLondon

January: 18 openings

January 4, 1948	Lament for Ignacio Sanches Mejias Mansfield TheatreBroadway
January 4, 1948	Skipper Next to God Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	93 perf.
January 5, 1948	Trial by Jury & The Pirates of Penzance New Century TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
January 8, 1948	Volpone City CenterBroadway	14 perf.
January 11, 1948	Iva Kitchell Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway
January 12, 1948	Harvest of Years Hudson TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
January 12, 1948	Iolanthe New Century TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
January 13, 1948	Power Without Glory Booth TheatreBroadway	31 perf.
January 14, 1948	Strange Bedfellows Morosco TheatreBroadway	229 perf.
January 15, 1948	Make Mine Manhattan Broadhurst TheatreBroadway	429 perf.
January 16, 1948	The Men We Marry Mansfield TheatreBroadway	3 perf.
January 19, 1948	Cox and Box / H.M.S. Pinafore New Century TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
January 19, 1948	The Survivors Playhouse TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
January 22, 1948	Angel Street City CenterBroadway	14 perf.
January 25, 1948	Benefit: Spanish Refugee Appeal Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway
January 26, 1948	The Gondoliers New Century TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
January 27, 1948	The Last Dance Belasco TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
January 29, 1948	Look, Ma, I’m Dancin’! Adelphi TheatreBroadway	188 perf.

February: 14 openings

February 2, 1948	The Yeomen of the Guard New Century TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
February 3, 1948	Kathleen Mansfield TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
February 9, 1948	Patience New Century TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
February 10, 1948	John Bull's Other Island Mansfield TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
February 11, 1948	Doctor Social Booth TheatreBroadway	5 perf.
February 16, 1948	Ghosts Cort TheatreBroadway	9 perf.
February 17, 1948	Martha Graham Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway
February 17, 1948	The Old Lady Says "No!" Mansfield TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
February 18, 1948	Mister Roberts Alvin TheatreBroadway	1,157 perf.
February 20, 1948	Tonight at 8:30 National TheatreBroadway	26 perf.
February 24, 1948	Hedda Gabler Cort TheatreBroadway	15 perf.
February 24, 1948	Where Stars Walk Mansfield TheatreBroadway	14 perf.
February 26, 1948	Me and Molly Belasco TheatreBroadway	156 perf.
February 29, 1948	Maurice Chevalier in an evening of Songs and Impressions John Golden TheatreBroadway	33 perf.

March: 7 openings

March 2, 1948	The Linden Tree Music Box TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
March 4, 1948	The Hallams Booth TheatreBroadway	12 perf.
March 14, 1948	A Temporary Island Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	6 perf.
March 16, 1948	The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden and The Respectful Prostitute Cort TheatreBroadway	318 perf.
March 16, 1948	You Never Can Tell Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	39 perf.
March 18, 1948	Joy to the World Plymouth TheatreBroadway	124 perf.
March 31, 1948	Macbeth National TheatreBroadway	29 perf.

April: 19 openings

April 11, 1948	Six O'Clock Theatre Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
April 14, 1948	Aida Center TheatreBroadway
April 14, 1948	Carmen Center TheatreBroadway	21 perf.
April 14, 1948	Cavalleria Rusticana Center TheatreBroadway
April 14, 1948	Faust Center TheatreBroadway
April 14, 1948	Il Trovatore Center TheatreBroadway
April 14, 1948	La Bohème Center TheatreBroadway
April 14, 1948	La Tosca Center TheatreBroadway
April 14, 1948	La Traviata Center TheatreBroadway
April 14, 1948	Madame Butterfly Center TheatreBroadway
April 14, 1948	Rigoletto Center TheatreBroadway
April 14, 1948	The Barber of Seville Center TheatreBroadway
April 15, 1948	The Rats of Norway Booth TheatreBroadway	4 perf.
April 18, 1948	Charles Weidman Dancers Mansfield TheatreBroadway
April 20, 1948	The Cup of Trembling Music Box TheatreBroadway	31 perf.
April 26, 1948	Marie Marchowsky Cort TheatreBroadway
April 27, 1948	Holiday on Broadway Mansfield TheatreBroadway	6 perf.
April 28, 1948	The Play's the Thing Booth TheatreBroadway	244 perf.
April 30, 1948	Inside U.S.A. New Century TheatreBroadway	399 perf.

May: 12 openings

May 1, 1948	The Dybbuk Broadway TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
May 5, 1948	Hold It National TheatreBroadway	46 perf.
May 6, 1948	Sally Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	36 perf.
May 6, 1948	The Alchemist City CenterBroadway	14 perf.
May 8, 1948	David's Crown Broadway TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
May 9, 1948	Ballet Ballads Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway	69 perf.
May 11, 1948	Hope's the Thing Playhouse TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
May 15, 1948	The Golem Broadway TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
May 20, 1948	S. S. Glencairn City CenterBroadway	14 perf.
May 21, 1948	The Vigil Royale TheatreBroadway	11 perf.
May 22, 1948	Oedipus Rex Broadway TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
May 25, 1948	Seeds in the Wind Empire TheatreBroadway	7 perf.

June: 3 openings

June 3, 1948	Sleepy Hollow St James TheatreBroadway	12 perf.
June 3, 1948	The Insect Comedy City CenterBroadway	14 perf.
June 24, 1948	Howdy, Mr. Ice Center TheatreBroadway	406 perf.

September: 11 openings

September 7, 1948	Show Boat City CenterBroadway	15 perf.
September 7, 1948	Sundown Beach Belasco TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
September 9, 1948	Hilarities Adelphi TheatreBroadway	14 perf.
September 15, 1948	Small Wonder Coronet TheatreBroadway	134 perf.
September 16, 1948	Heaven on Earth New Century TheatreBroadway	12 perf.
September 20, 1948	Magdalena Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway	88 perf.
September 21, 1948	A Story for Strangers Royale TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
September 22, 1948	Grandma's Diary Henry Millers TheatreBroadway	6 perf.
September 23, 1948	Town House National TheatreBroadway	12 perf.
September 27, 1948	Time for Elizabeth Fulton TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
September 30, 1948	Edward, My Son Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	260 perf.

October: 8 openings

October 4, 1948	Private Lives Plymouth TheatreBroadway	248 perf.
October 6, 1948	Summer and Smoke Music Box TheatreBroadway	102 perf.
October 7, 1948	Love Life 46th Street TheatreBroadway	252 perf.
October 11, 1948	Where’s Charley? St. James TheatreBroadway	792 perf.
October 18, 1948	The Leading Lady National TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
October 19, 1948	My Romance Shubert TheatreBroadway	95 perf.
October 20, 1948	Life With Mother Empire TheatreBroadway	262 perf.
October 27, 1948	Minnie and Mr. Williams Morosco TheatreBroadway	5 perf.

November: 8 openings

November 3, 1948	Set My People Free Hudson TheatreBroadway	29 perf.
November 11, 1948	Bravo! Lyceum TheatreBroadway	44 perf.
November 13, 1948	As The Girls Go Winter GardenBroadway	420 perf.
November 16, 1948	For Heaven's Sake, Mother! Belasco TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
November 17, 1948	Goodbye, My Fancy Morosco TheatreBroadway	446 perf.
November 18, 1948	Light Up the Sky Royale TheatreBroadway	214 perf.
November 22, 1948	The Young and Fair Fulton TheatreBroadway	64 perf.
November 24, 1948	The Silver Whistle Biltmore TheatreBroadway	219 perf.

December: 13 openings

December 4, 1948	Red Gloves Mansfield TheatreBroadway	113 perf.
December 7, 1948	The Medium City CenterBroadway	40 perf.
December 7, 1948	The Telephone City CenterBroadway	40 perf.
December 8, 1948	Anne of the Thousand Days Shubert TheatreBroadway	288 perf.
December 16, 1948	Lend An Ear National TheatreBroadway	460 perf.
December 22, 1948	High Button Shoes London
December 22, 1948	Make Way for Lucia Cort TheatreBroadway	29 perf.
December 23, 1948	Jenny Kissed Me Hudson TheatreBroadway	20 perf.
December 26, 1948	Oh, Mr. Meadowbrook! John Golden TheatreBroadway	41 perf.
December 27, 1948	The Madwoman of Chaillot Belasco TheatreBroadway	368 perf.
December 28, 1948	Don't Listen, Ladies Booth TheatreBroadway	15 perf.
December 29, 1948	The Rape of Lucretia Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway	23 perf.
December 30, 1948	Kiss Me, Kate New Century TheatreBroadway	1,077 perf.

Closed in 1948

January 3, 1948	The Voice of the Turtle Morosco Theatre, opened 1943	1,557 run
January 10, 1948	An Inspector Calls Booth Theatre, opened 1947	95 run
January 10, 1948	Burlesque Belasco Theatre, opened 1946	439 run
January 10, 1948	Call Me Mister National Theatre, opened 1946	734 run
January 24, 1948	Crime and Punishment National Theatre, opened 1947	40 run
January 24, 1948	Music in My Heart Adelphi Theatre, opened 1947	124 run
February 7, 1948	John Loves Mary Booth Theatre, opened 1947	423 run
February 7, 1948	The Cradle Will Rock Mansfield Theatre, opened 1947	34 run
February 14, 1948	A Young Man's Fancy Plymouth Theatre, opened 1947	335 run
March 13, 1948	Antony and Cleopatra Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1947	126 run
March 13, 1948	Happy Birthday Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1946	563 run
April 3, 1948	Icetime of 1948 Center Theatre, opened 1947	422 run
April 24, 1948	The Mikado New Century Theatre, opened 1947	40 run
May 1, 1948	The Winslow Boy Empire Theatre, opened 1947	214 run
May 15, 1948	Medea National Theatre, opened 1947	214 run
June 19, 1948	For Love or Money Henry Millers Theatre, opened 1947	263 run
June 19, 1948	Man and Superman Alvin Theatre, opened 1947	295 run
July 10, 1948	Allegro Majestic Theatre, opened 1947	315 run
September 4, 1948	Angel in the Wings Coronet Theatre, opened 1947	308 run
September 18, 1948	Command Decision Fulton Theatre, opened 1947	409 run
September 18, 1948	The Heiress Biltmore Theatre, opened 1947	410 run
October 2, 1948	Finian’s Rainbow 46th Street Theatre, opened 1947	725 run

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