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1950

81 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1950.

Broadway opened 80 shows in 1950: half of those runs were over within 37 performances. Guys and Dolls broke that pattern, running 1,200 performances, 32.4 times the median.

46th Street Theatre, where Guys and Dolls opened in 1950 · Emily Mathews from Ann Arbor, MI

Guys and Dolls opened November 24, 1950 at 46th Street Theatre and ran 1,200 performances.

Opened in 1950

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Undated: 1 opening

The Holly and the Ivy Duchess TheatreLondon

January: 13 openings

January 5, 1950 The Member of the Wedding Empire TheatreBroadway 501 perf.
January 6, 1950 Happy as Larry Coronet TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
January 11, 1950 The Corn Is Green City CenterBroadway 16 perf.
January 17, 1950 Alive and Kicking Winter Garden TheatreBroadway 46 perf.
January 18, 1950 The Enchanted Lyceum TheatreBroadway 45 perf.
January 19, 1950 The Man Fulton TheatreBroadway 92 perf.
January 20, 1950 Dance Me a Song Royale TheatreBroadway 35 perf.
January 21, 1950 The Cocktail Party Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 409 perf.
January 23, 1950 Design for a Stained Glass Window Mansfield TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
January 24, 1950 The Happy Time Plymouth TheatreBroadway 614 perf.
January 26, 1950 As You Like It Cort TheatreBroadway 145 perf.
January 29, 1950 ANTA Album Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway
January 31, 1950 Mr. Barry's Etchings 48th Street TheatreBroadway 31 perf.

February: 8 openings

February 1, 1950 The Innocents Playhouse TheatreBroadway 141 perf.
February 2, 1950 Arms and the Girl 46th Street TheatreBroadway 134 perf.
February 8, 1950 The Heiress City CenterBroadway 16 perf.
February 9, 1950 All You Need Is One Good Break Mansfield TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
February 15, 1950 Come Back, Little Sheba Booth TheatreBroadway 191 perf.
February 17, 1950 Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath Selwyn TheatreBroadway 105 perf.
February 21, 1950 The Devil's Disciple Royale TheatreBroadway 111 perf.
February 22, 1950 The Bird Cage Coronet TheatreBroadway 21 perf.

March: 5 openings

March 2, 1950 Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 44 perf.
March 6, 1950 Tobacco Road 48th Street TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
March 15, 1950 The Consul Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway 269 perf.
March 23, 1950 Great to Be Alive! Winter Garden TheatreBroadway 52 perf.
March 29, 1950 The Wisteria Trees Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 165 perf.

April: 6 openings

April 11, 1950 Cry of the Peacock Mansfield TheatreBroadway 2 perf.
April 12, 1950 With a Silk Thread Lyceum TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
April 19, 1950 Katherine Dunham and Her Company Broadway TheatreBroadway 37 perf.
April 24, 1950 Peter Pan Imperial TheatreBroadway 321 perf.
April 26, 1950 A Phoenix Too Frequent / Freight Fulton TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
April 27, 1950 Tickets, Please! Coronet TheatreBroadway 245 perf.

May: 4 openings

May 2, 1950 Brigadoon City CenterBroadway 24 perf.
May 18, 1950 The Liar Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 12 perf.
May 23, 1950 A Streetcar Named Desire City CenterBroadway 24 perf.
May 31, 1950 The Show Off Arena TheatreBroadway 21 perf.

June: 3 openings

June 13, 1950 The Madwoman of Chaillot City CenterBroadway 17 perf.
June 20, 1950 Julius Caesar Arena TheatreBroadway 31 perf.
June 28, 1950 Michael Todd's Peep Show Winter Garden TheatreBroadway 278 perf.

July: 2 openings

July 19, 1950 The Telephone / The Medium Arena TheatreBroadway 110 perf.
July 24, 1950 Parisienne Fulton TheatreBroadway 16 perf.

August: 3 openings

August 7, 1950 The Lady from the Sea Fulton TheatreBroadway 16 perf.
August 17, 1950 The Live Wire Playhouse TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
August 21, 1950 Borned in Texas Fulton TheatreBroadway 8 perf.

September: 5 openings

September 18, 1950 Daphne Laureola Music Box TheatreBroadway 56 perf.
September 25, 1950 Affairs of State Royale TheatreBroadway 610 perf.
September 26, 1950 Southern Exposure Biltmore TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
September 27, 1950 Black Chiffon 48th Street TheatreBroadway 109 perf.
September 28, 1950 Season in the Sun Cort TheatreBroadway 367 perf.

October: 10 openings

October 5, 1950 Pardon Our French Broadway TheatreBroadway 100 perf.
October 7, 1950 The Gioconda Smile Lyceum TheatreBroadway 41 perf.
October 8, 1950 Roland Petit's Les Ballets de Paris National TheatreBroadway
October 11, 1950 Legend of Sarah Fulton TheatreBroadway 29 perf.
October 12, 1950 Call Me Madam Imperial TheatreBroadway 644 perf.
October 18, 1950 Burning Bright Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
October 19, 1950 Arms and the Man Arena TheatreBroadway 110 perf.
October 24, 1950 The Curious Savage Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 31 perf.
October 26, 1950 The Day After Tomorrow Booth TheatreBroadway 12 perf.
October 30, 1950 The Grand Ballet New Century TheatreBroadway

November: 13 openings

November 1, 1950 Hilda Crane Coronet TheatreBroadway 70 perf.
November 2, 1950 The Barrier Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
November 8, 1950 The Lady's Not For Burning Royale TheatreBroadway 151 perf.
November 10, 1950 The Country Girl Lyceum TheatreBroadway 235 perf.
November 14, 1950 Bell, Book and Candle Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway 233 perf.
November 17, 1950 A Story for a Sunday Evening Playhouse TheatreBroadway 11 perf.
November 20, 1950 Pride's Crossing Biltmore TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
November 21, 1950 Edwina Black Booth TheatreBroadway 15 perf.
November 22, 1950 The Relapse Morosco TheatreBroadway 30 perf.
November 23, 1950 Ring Round the Moon Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 68 perf.
November 24, 1950 Guys and Dolls 46th Street TheatreBroadway 1,200 perf.
November 25, 1950 The Golden State Fulton TheatreBroadway 25 perf.
November 26, 1950 The Tower Beyond Tragedy Anta PlayhouseBroadway 32 perf.

December: 8 openings

December 10, 1950 The Cellar and the Well Anta PlayhouseBroadway 9 perf.
December 13, 1950 Let's Make an Opera John Golden TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
December 14, 1950 Bless You All Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway 84 perf.
December 21, 1950 Out of This World New Century TheatreBroadway 157 perf.
December 24, 1950 Twentieth Century Anta PlayhouseBroadway 233 perf.
December 25, 1950 King Lear National TheatreBroadway 48 perf.
December 27, 1950 Captain Brassbound's Conversion City CenterBroadway 15 perf.
December 28, 1950 An Enemy of the People Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 36 perf.

Closed in 1950

January 7, 1950 The Madwoman of Chaillot Belasco Theatre, opened 1948 368 run
January 8, 1950 She Stoops to Conquer City Center, opened 1949 16 run
January 14, 1950 As The Girls Go Winter Garden, opened 1948 420 run
January 14, 1950 Roland Petit's Les Ballets de Paris Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1949 116 run
January 14, 1950 The Father Cort Theatre, opened 1949 69 run
January 14, 1950 Uday Shan-Kar and his Hindu Ballet 48th Street Theatre, opened 1949
January 21, 1950 Lend An Ear National Theatre, opened 1948 460 run
January 28, 1950 That Lady Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1949 79 run
February 16, 1950 The Respectful Prostitute Selwyn Theatre, opened 1949 272 run
March 4, 1950 The Rat Race Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1949 84 run
March 18, 1950 Touch and Go Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1949 176 run
April 8, 1950 Miss Liberty Imperial Theatre, opened 1949 308 run
April 15, 1950 Howdy, Mr. Ice of 1950 Center Theatre, opened 1949 430 run
April 29, 1950 Caesar and Cleopatra National Theatre, opened 1949 151 run
May 13, 1950 The Velvet Glove Booth Theatre, opened 1949 152 run
May 21, 1950 Brigadoon Ziegfeld Theatre, opened 1947 581 run
June 3, 1950 I Know My Love Shubert Theatre, opened 1949 247 run
June 10, 1950 Clutterbuck Biltmore Theatre, opened 1949 218 run
August 12, 1950 Detective Story Hudson Theatre, opened 1949 581 run
September 9, 1950 Texas, Li'l Darlin' Mark Hellinger Theatre, opened 1949 293 run
November 18, 1950 Death of a Salesman Morosco Theatre, opened 1949 742 run

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