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

Opened in 1955

UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Undated: 5 openings

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

January: 5 openings

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

February: 8 openings

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

March: 2 openings

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

April: 7 openings

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

May: 3 openings

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

June: 1 opening

June 20, 1955

Almost Crazy Longacre TheatreBroadway

16 perf.

August: 1 opening

August 17, 1955

The Skin of Our Teeth Anta PlayhouseBroadway

22 perf.

September: 7 openings

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

October: 22 openings

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

November: 11 openings

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

December: 3 openings

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