1954
66 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1954.
Broadway opened 64 shows in 1954, and most of them stayed: half of those runs lasted 76 performances or more.
The Pajama Game opened May 13, 1954 at St. James Theatre and ran 1,063 performances.
Center Theatre closed.
Opened in 1954
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 3 openings
| The Girl in the Pink Tights Broadway | 115 perf. | |
| The Little Glass Clock Aldwych TheatreLondon | ||
| The Manor of Northstead Duchess TheatreLondon |
January: 6 openings
| January 6, 1954 | Mademoiselle Colombe Longacre TheatreBroadway | 61 perf. |
| January 7, 1954 | His and Hers 48th Street TheatreBroadway | 76 perf. |
| January 13, 1954 | The Starcross Story Royale TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| January 19, 1954 | Roland Petit's Les Ballets de Paris Broadway TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
| January 20, 1954 | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 415 perf. |
| January 25, 1954 | Ruth Draper Vanderbilt TheatreBroadway | 58 perf. |
February: 7 openings
| February 3, 1954 | Lullaby Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 45 perf. |
| February 4, 1954 | Stockade President TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| February 8, 1954 | The Immoralist Royale TheatreBroadway | 96 perf. |
| February 11, 1954 | The Confidential Clerk Morosco TheatreBroadway | 117 perf. |
| February 17, 1954 | The Winner Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 30 perf. |
| February 18, 1954 | Ondine 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 157 perf. |
| February 22, 1954 | The Azuma Kabuki Dancers and Musicians New Century TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
March: 4 openings
| March 4, 1954 | The Burning Glass Longacre TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| March 5, 1954 | The Girl in Pink Tights Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 115 perf. |
| March 10, 1954 | The Threepenny Opera Theatre de LysOff-Broadway | 95 perf. |
| March 11, 1954 | The Golden Apple Phoenix TheatreOff-Broadway | 173 perf. |
April: 8 openings
| April 1, 1954 | King of Hearts Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 279 perf. |
| April 1, 1954 | The Girl on the Via Flaminia 48th Street TheatreBroadway | 68 perf. |
| April 7, 1954 | Anniversary Waltz Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 611 perf. |
| April 8, 1954 | By the Beautiful Sea Majestic TheatreBroadway | 270 perf. |
| April 8, 1954 | By the Beautiful Sea “The New Musical” Majestic TheatreBroadway | 270 perf. |
| April 9, 1954 | The Magic and The Loss Booth TheatreBroadway | 27 perf. |
| April 19, 1954 | Now You See It Longacre TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| April 26, 1954 | Jose Greco Broadway TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
May: 3 openings
| May 5, 1954 | Show Boat City CenterBroadway | 15 perf. |
| May 13, 1954 | The Pajama Game St. James TheatreBroadway | 1,063 perf. |
| May 19, 1954 | Die Fledermaus City CenterBroadway | 15 perf. |
June: 1 opening
| June 2, 1954 | Carousel City CenterBroadway | 79 perf. |
September: 6 openings
| September 13, 1954 | Hayride 48th Street TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| September 15, 1954 | Dear Charles Morosco TheatreBroadway | 155 perf. |
| September 21, 1954 | A Midsummer Night's Dream Metropolitan Opera HouseBroadway | 29 perf. |
| September 22, 1954 | Home Is the Hero Booth TheatreBroadway | 30 perf. |
| September 23, 1954 | All Summer Long Coronet TheatreBroadway | 60 perf. |
| September 30, 1954 | The Boy Friend Royale TheatreBroadway | 485 perf. |
October: 9 openings
| October 4, 1954 | Blues, Ballads and Sin-Songs Bijou TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| October 7, 1954 | Reclining Figure Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 116 perf. |
| October 10, 1954 | DeCordoba and His Ballet 48th Street TheatreBroadway | |
| October 11, 1954 | On Your Toes 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
| October 12, 1954 | Fragile Fox Belasco TheatreBroadway | 55 perf. |
| October 13, 1954 | The Tender Trap Longacre TheatreBroadway | 102 perf. |
| October 20, 1954 | Peter Pan Winter GardenBroadway | 152 perf. |
| October 27, 1954 | The Traveling Lady Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 30 perf. |
| October 28, 1954 | The Rainmaker Cort TheatreBroadway | 125 perf. |
November: 6 openings
| November 3, 1954 | Quadrille Coronet TheatreBroadway | 150 perf. |
| November 4, 1954 | Fanny Majestic TheatreBroadway | 888 perf. |
| November 17, 1954 | The Living Room Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 22 perf. |
| November 18, 1954 | Abie's Irish Rose Holiday TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| November 20, 1954 | Wedding Breakfast 48th Street TheatreBroadway | 113 perf. |
| November 24, 1954 | One Eye Closed Bijou TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
December: 13 openings
| December 1, 1954 | Mrs. Patterson National TheatreBroadway | 101 perf. |
| December 2, 1954 | Hit the Trail Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| December 8, 1954 | The Bad Seed 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 334 perf. |
| December 13, 1954 | Lunatics and Lovers Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 336 perf. |
| December 16, 1954 | Witness for the Prosecution Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 645 perf. |
| December 21, 1954 | Portrait of a Lady Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 7 perf. |
| December 22, 1954 | What Every Woman Knows City CenterBroadway | 15 perf. |
| December 23, 1954 | Black-Eyed Susan Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| December 26, 1954 | Ruth Draper and Paul Draper Bijou TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| December 27, 1954 | The Saint of Bleecker Street “A New Music Drama” Broadway TheatreBroadway | 92 perf. |
| December 28, 1954 | The Flowering Peach Belasco TheatreBroadway | 135 perf. |
| December 29, 1954 | Anastasia Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 272 perf. |
| December 30, 1954 | House of Flowers Alvin TheatreBroadway | 165 perf. |
Closed in 1954
| January 2, 1954 | Late Love National Theatre, opened 1953 | 95 run |
| January 2, 1954 | My 3 Angels Morosco Theatre, opened 1953 | 344 run |
| January 2, 1954 | Sing Till Tomorrow Royale Theatre, opened 1953 | 8 run |
| January 4, 1954 | Charley's Aunt City Center, opened 1953 | 15 run |
| January 9, 1954 | Dead Pigeon Vanderbilt Theatre, opened 1953 | 21 run |
| January 16, 1954 | End as a Man Vanderbilt Theatre, opened 1953 | 105 run |
| January 16, 1954 | South Pacific Majestic Theatre, opened 1949 | 1,925 run |
| February 13, 1954 | In the Summer House Playhouse Theatre, opened 1953 | 55 run |
| February 27, 1954 | Dial "M" for Murder Plymouth Theatre, opened 1952 | 552 run |
| March 20, 1954 | The King and I St. James Theatre, opened 1951 | 1,246 run |
| March 27, 1954 | Kind Sir Alvin Theatre, opened 1953 | 166 run |
| April 3, 1954 | Me and Juliet Majestic Theatre, opened 1953 | 358 run |
| April 3, 1954 | The Prescott Proposals Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1953 | 125 run |
| April 10, 1954 | Picnic Music Box Theatre, opened 1953 | 477 run |
| June 26, 1954 | John Murray Anderson's Almanac Imperial Theatre, opened 1953 | 229 run |
| July 3, 1954 | Wonderful Town Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1953 | 559 run |
| July 10, 1954 | The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker Coronet Theatre, opened 1953 | 221 run |
| August 8, 1954 | Carousel Majestic Theatre, opened 1945 | 890 run |
| August 21, 1954 | Sabrina Fair National Theatre, opened 1953 | 318 run |
| October 23, 1954 | The Fifth Season Cort Theatre, opened 1953 | 654 run |
| November 13, 1954 | Oh, Men! Oh, Women! Henry Millers Theatre, opened 1953 | 382 run |
| December 4, 1954 | On Your Toes Imperial Theatre, opened 1936 | 315 run |