Shows ยท 1950s
1950s
743 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in the 1950s.
Broadway opened 724 shows in the 1950s: half of those runs were over within 39 performances.
My Fair Lady opened March 15, 1956 at Mark Hellinger Theatre and ran 2,717 performances, the longest run to open in the 1950s.
The years
| 1950 | 81 openings Guys and Dolls opened, ran 1,200 performances |
| 1951 | 88 openings The King and I opened, ran 1,246 performances |
| 1952 | 82 openings The Seven Year Itch opened, ran 1,141 performances |
| 1953 | 74 openings The Teahouse of the August Moon opened, ran 1,027 performances |
| 1954 | 66 openings The Pajama Game opened, ran 1,063 performances |
| 1955 | 75 openings Damn Yankees opened, ran 1,019 performances |
| 1956 | 64 openings My Fair Lady opened, ran 2,717 performances |
| 1957 | 70 openings The Music Man opened, ran 1,375 performances |
| 1958 | 81 openings La plume de ma tante opened, ran 835 performances |
| 1959 | 62 openings The Sound of Music opened, ran 1,443 performances |
The buildings
Theatre de Lys opened in 1952.
Phoenix Theatre opened in 1953.
Center Theatre closed in 1954.
48th Street Theatre closed in 1955.
Central Theatre closed in 1955.
Holiday Theatre closed in 1955.
Lucille Lortel Theatre opened in 1955.
Princess Theatre closed in 1955.
Orpheum Theatre opened in 1958.
Astor Theatre closed in 1959.
Coronet Theatre closed in 1959.
Hammerstein's Theatre closed in 1959.
Maxine Elliott's Theatre closed in 1959.
Windsor Theatre closed in 1959.