75 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1955.

Opened in 1955

UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Undated: 5 openings

Unknown	Man Alive Aldwych Theatre, London
Unknown	The Pajama Game , London
Unknown	The Scandalous Affair of Mr Kettle and Mrs Moon a comedy in three acts Duchess Theatre, London
Unknown	The Whole Truth Aldwych Theatre, London
Unknown	Waiting for Godot , London

January: 5 openings

January 5, 1955	The Fourposter City Center, Broadway	15 perf.
January 18, 1955	Festival Longacre Theatre, Broadway	23 perf.
January 19, 1955	The Time of Your Life City Center, Broadway	15 perf.
January 26, 1955	The Grand Prize Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	21 perf.
January 27, 1955	Plain And Fancy Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway	461 perf.

February: 8 openings

February 2, 1955	The Wisteria Trees City Center, Broadway	15 perf.
February 3, 1955	The Southwest Corner Holiday Theatre, Broadway	36 perf.
February 7, 1955	Escudero Playhouse Theatre, Broadway
February 10, 1955	The Desperate Hours Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	212 perf.
February 16, 1955	Tonight in Samarkand Morosco Theatre, Broadway	29 perf.
February 17, 1955	The Wayward Saint Cort Theatre, Broadway	21 perf.
February 23, 1955	The Dark Is Light Enough Anta Playhouse, Broadway	69 perf.
February 24, 1955	Silk Stockings Imperial Theatre, Broadway	478 perf.

March: 2 openings

March 2, 1955	Bus Stop Music Box Theatre, Broadway	478 perf.
March 24, 1955	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Morosco Theatre, Broadway	694 perf.

April: 7 openings

April 6, 1955	3 for Tonight Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	85 perf.
April 12, 1955	Champagne Complex Cort Theatre, Broadway	23 perf.
April 18, 1955	Ankles Aweigh Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway	176 perf.
April 19, 1955	All in One Playhouse Theatre, Broadway	47 perf.
April 20, 1955	Guys and Dolls City Center, Broadway	31 perf.
April 21, 1955	Inherit the Wind National Theatre, Broadway	806 perf.
April 28, 1955	The Honeys Longacre Theatre, Broadway	36 perf.

May: 3 openings

May 5, 1955	Damn Yankees 46th Street Theatre, Broadway	1,019 perf.
May 23, 1955	Once Upon A Tailor Cort Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
May 26, 1955	Seventh Heaven ANTA Theatre, Broadway	44 perf.

June: 1 opening

June 20, 1955

Almost Crazy Longacre Theatre, Broadway

16 perf.

August: 1 opening

August 17, 1955

The Skin of Our Teeth Anta Playhouse, Broadway

22 perf.

September: 7 openings

September 6, 1955	Catch a Star! Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	23 perf.
September 20, 1955	Marcel Marceau Phoenix Theatre, Broadway	32 perf.
September 26, 1955	A Day By The Sea Anta Playhouse, Broadway	24 perf.
September 27, 1955	Hear! Hear! Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway	38 perf.
September 28, 1955	Maurice Chevalier Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	46 perf.
September 28, 1955	Maurice Chevalier in an evening of Songs and Impressions Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	46 perf.
September 29, 1955	A View From the Bridge / A Memory of Two Mondays Coronet Theatre, Broadway	149 perf.

October: 22 openings

October 1, 1955	The Young and Beautiful Longacre Theatre, Broadway	65 perf.
October 2, 1955	Antonio Broadway Theatre, Broadway	37 perf.
October 3, 1955	The Yeomen of the Guard Shubert Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
October 3, 1955	Tiger at the Gates Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	217 perf.
October 4, 1955	Island of Goats Fulton Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
October 5, 1955	The Diary of Anne Frank Cort Theatre, Broadway	717 perf.
October 6, 1955	The Pirates Of Penzance Shubert Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
October 6, 1955	The Wooden Dish Booth Theatre, Broadway	12 perf.
October 10, 1955	Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure . . . Bijou Theatre, Broadway	65 perf.
October 10, 1955	The Mikado Shubert Theatre, Broadway	12 perf.
October 11, 1955	The Carefree Tree Phoenix Theatre, Broadway	24 perf.
October 13, 1955	Princess Ida Shubert Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
October 13, 1955	Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Belasco Theatre, Broadway	444 perf.
October 17, 1955	A Roomful of Roses Playhouse Theatre, Broadway	88 perf.
October 17, 1955	Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore Shubert Theatre, Broadway	13 perf.
October 20, 1955	No Time for Sergeants Alvin Theatre, Broadway	796 perf.
October 20, 1955	Ruddigore Shubert Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
October 24, 1955	Iolanthe Shubert Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
October 24, 1955	The Desk Set Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway	297 perf.
October 25, 1955	Comédie Française Program 1 Broadway Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
October 26, 1955	The Chalk Garden Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	182 perf.
October 27, 1955	Deadfall Holiday Theatre, Broadway	20 perf.

November: 11 openings

November 4, 1955	The Heavenly Twins Booth Theatre, Broadway	35 perf.
November 8, 1955	Comédie Française Program 2 Broadway Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
November 9, 1955	A Hatful of Rain Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	398 perf.
November 10, 1955	The Vamp Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway	60 perf.
November 15, 1955	Comédie Française Program 3 Broadway Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
November 15, 1955	The Terrible Swift Sword Phoenix Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
November 17, 1955	The Lark Longacre Theatre, Broadway	229 perf.
November 22, 1955	Carmen Amaya and Her Company Broadway Theatre, Broadway	18 perf.
November 22, 1955	Katherine Dunham and Her Company Broadway Theatre, Broadway	32 perf.
November 24, 1955	Janus Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	251 perf.
November 30, 1955	Pipe Dream Shubert Theatre, Broadway	246 perf.

December: 3 openings

December 5, 1955	The Matchmaker Royale Theatre, Broadway	486 perf.
December 22, 1955	The Righteous Are Bold Holiday Theatre, Broadway	68 perf.
December 28, 1955	Red Roses for Me Booth Theatre, Broadway	29 perf.

Closed in 1955

January 2, 1955	What Every Woman Knows City Center, opened 1954	15 run
January 8, 1955	The Tender Trap Longacre Theatre, opened 1954	102 run
January 15, 1955	Reclining Figure Lyceum Theatre, opened 1954	116 run
January 15, 1955	Ruth Draper and Paul Draper Bijou Theatre, opened 1954	24 run
January 22, 1955	The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Plymouth Theatre, opened 1954	415 run
January 29, 1955	Dear Charles Morosco Theatre, opened 1954	155 run
February 12, 1955	The Rainmaker Cort Theatre, opened 1954	125 run
February 12, 1955	The Solid Gold Cadillac Belasco Theatre, opened 1953	526 run
February 26, 1955	Mrs. Patterson National Theatre, opened 1954	101 run
February 26, 1955	Peter Pan Winter Garden, opened 1954	152 run
February 26, 1955	Wedding Breakfast 48th Street Theatre, opened 1954	113 run
March 12, 1955	Quadrille Coronet Theatre, opened 1954	150 run
April 2, 1955	The Saint of Bleecker Street “A New Music Drama” Broadway Theatre, opened 1954	92 run
April 23, 1955	Kismet Ziegfeld Theatre, opened 1953	583 run
April 23, 1955	The Flowering Peach Belasco Theatre, opened 1954	135 run
May 21, 1955	House of Flowers Alvin Theatre, opened 1954	165 run
June 18, 1955	Tea and Sympathy Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1953	712 run
June 25, 1955	Can-Can Shubert Theatre, opened 1953	892 run
August 13, 1955	The Seven Year Itch Fulton Theatre, opened 1952	1,141 run
September 24, 1955	Anastasia Lyceum Theatre, opened 1954	272 run
September 24, 1955	Anniversary Waltz Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1954	611 run
September 27, 1955	The Bad Seed 46th Street Theatre, opened 1954	334 run
October 1, 1955	Lunatics and Lovers Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1954	336 run
November 26, 1955	The Boy Friend Royale Theatre, opened 1954	485 run