The Drama Nerds Database

Shows · 1950s · 1958

1958

81 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1958.

Broadway opened 79 shows in 1958, far more than the years around it.

Royale Theatre, where La plume de ma tante opened in 1958 · Broadway Tour

La plume de ma tante, by Gerard Calvi, opened November 11, 1958 at Royale Theatre and ran 835 performances.

Orpheum Theatre opened.

Opened in 1958

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Undated: 2 openings

My Fair Lady London
The Unexpected Guest Duchess TheatreLondon

January: 7 openings

January 9, 1958 The Chairs and The Lesson Phoenix TheatreBroadway 22 perf.
January 16, 1958 Two for the Seesaw Booth TheatreBroadway 750 perf.
January 22, 1958 Summer of the 17th Doll Coronet TheatreBroadway 29 perf.
January 23, 1958 The Body Beautiful BroadwayBroadway 60 perf.
January 29, 1958 Maybe Tuesday Playhouse TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
January 30, 1958 Sunrise at Campobello Cort TheatreBroadway 556 perf.
January 31, 1958 Present Laughter Belasco TheatreBroadway 6 perf.

February: 10 openings

February 3, 1958 The Infernal Machine Phoenix TheatreBroadway 40 perf.
February 4, 1958 Oh Captain! Alvin TheatreBroadway 192 perf.
February 5, 1958 Winesburg, Ohio National TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
February 6, 1958 Interlock Anta PlayhouseBroadway 4 perf.
February 10, 1958 Transposed Heads Phoenix TheatreBroadway 2 perf.
February 12, 1958 The Entertainer Royale TheatreBroadway 97 perf.
February 14, 1958 Cloud 7 John Golden TheatreBroadway 11 perf.
February 20, 1958 The Day the Money Stopped Belasco TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
February 21, 1958 Portofino Adelphi TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
February 27, 1958 Blue Denim Playhouse TheatreBroadway 166 perf.

March: 5 openings

March 3, 1958 Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 208 perf.
March 4, 1958 The Waltz of the Toreadors Coronet TheatreBroadway 31 perf.
March 12, 1958 International Soiree Bijou TheatreBroadway 21 perf.
March 18, 1958 Two Gentlemen of Verona Phoenix TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
March 26, 1958 Back to Methuselah Ambassador TheatreBroadway 29 perf.

April: 9 openings

April 1, 1958 The Broken Jug Phoenix TheatreBroadway 12 perf.
April 3, 1958 Say, Darling ANTA TheatreBroadway 332 perf.
April 7, 1958 Joyce Grenfell: Monologues and Songs “Her All New Program” Lyceum TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
April 7, 1958 Les Ballets de Paris Broadway TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
April 9, 1958 The Next President Bijou TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
April 9, 1958 The Next President “A Musical Salmagundi” Bijou TheatreBroadway 13 perf.
April 14, 1958 Love Me Little Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway 9 perf.
April 29, 1958 Le Malade Imaginaire Phoenix TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
April 30, 1958 The First Born Coronet TheatreBroadway 38 perf.

May: 5 openings

May 1, 1958 Jane Eyre Belasco TheatreBroadway 52 perf.
May 5, 1958 The Visit Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway 189 perf.
May 6, 1958 An Evening of 3 Farces Phoenix TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
May 20, 1958 Simply Heavenly Adelphi TheatreBroadway
May 20, 1958 The Broken Date Adelphi TheatreBroadway 16 perf.

September: 2 openings

September 4, 1958 Jerome Robbins' Ballet: U.S.A. Alvin TheatreBroadway 44 perf.
September 17, 1958 Howie 46th Street TheatreBroadway 5 perf.

October: 19 openings

October 1, 1958 Handful of Fire Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
October 2, 1958 A Touch of the Poet Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway 284 perf.
October 7, 1958 Ballet Español Broadway TheatreBroadway 12 perf.
October 8, 1958 Drink to Me Only 54th Street TheatreBroadway 77 perf.
October 11, 1958 Goldilocks Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway 161 perf.
October 14, 1958 Lorenzaccio Broadway TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
October 14, 1958 The World of Suzie Wong Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 508 perf.
October 15, 1958 The Girls in 509 Belasco TheatreBroadway 117 perf.
October 16, 1958 Le Triomphe de l'Amour Broadway TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
October 20, 1958 The Family Reunion Phoenix TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
October 21, 1958 Marie Tudor Broadway TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
October 21, 1958 Once More, With Feeling National TheatreBroadway 263 perf.
October 22, 1958 The Pleasure of His Company Longacre TheatreBroadway 474 perf.
October 23, 1958 Make a Million Playhouse TheatreBroadway 308 perf.
October 28, 1958 Don Juan Broadway TheatreBroadway 4 perf.
October 28, 1958 Patate Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
October 29, 1958 The Marriage-Go-Round Plymouth TheatreBroadway 431 perf.
October 30, 1958 Le Cid Broadway TheatreBroadway 3 perf.
October 30, 1958 The Man in the Dog Suit Coronet TheatreBroadway 36 perf.

November: 9 openings

November 4, 1958 Beryozka Russian Dance Company Broadway TheatreBroadway 34 perf.
November 4, 1958 Epitaph for George Dillon John Golden TheatreBroadway 23 perf.
November 5, 1958 Maria Golovin Martin Beck TheatreBroadway 5 perf.
November 6, 1958 Comes a Day Ambassador TheatreBroadway 28 perf.
November 11, 1958 La plume de ma tante Royale TheatreBroadway 835 perf.
November 20, 1958 The Shadow of a Gunman Bijou TheatreBroadway 52 perf.
November 24, 1958 Edwin Booth 46th Street TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
November 25, 1958 Cue for Passion Henry Millers TheatreBroadway 39 perf.
November 28, 1958 Britannicus Phoenix TheatreBroadway 4 perf.

December: 13 openings

December 1, 1958 Flower Drum Song St. James TheatreBroadway 600 perf.
December 2, 1958 The Night Circus John Golden TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
December 3, 1958 The Disenchanted Coronet TheatreBroadway 189 perf.
December 8, 1958 The Cold Wind and the Warm Morosco TheatreBroadway 120 perf.
December 9, 1958 Twelfth Night Broadway TheatreBroadway 14 perf.
December 11, 1958 J.B. Anta PlayhouseBroadway 364 perf.
December 12, 1958 The Gazebo Lyceum TheatreBroadway 266 perf.
December 16, 1958 Hamlet Broadway TheatreBroadway 14 perf.
December 22, 1958 Whoop-Up ShubertBroadway 56 perf.
December 23, 1958 A Party with Betty Comden & Adolph Green John Golden TheatreBroadway 82 perf.
December 25, 1958 King Henry V Broadway TheatreBroadway 11 perf.
December 28, 1958 Ages of Man 46th Street TheatreBroadway 40 perf.
December 30, 1958 Third Best Sport Ambassador TheatreBroadway 79 perf.

Closed in 1958

January 4, 1958 The Country Wife Adelphi Theatre, opened 1957 45 run
January 11, 1958 A Visit to a Small Planet Booth Theatre, opened 1957 388 run
January 11, 1958 The Cave Dwellers Bijou Theatre, opened 1957 97 run
February 8, 1958 Miss Isobel Royale Theatre, opened 1957 53 run
February 8, 1958 Nude With Violin Belasco Theatre, opened 1957 86 run
February 22, 1958 Compulsion Ambassador Theatre, opened 1957 140 run
February 22, 1958 The Tunnel of Love Royale Theatre, opened 1957 417 run
March 29, 1958 Long Day's Journey Into Night Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1956 390 run
May 3, 1958 The Rope Dancers Cort Theatre, opened 1957 189 run
May 10, 1958 Fair Game Longacre Theatre, opened 1957 217 run
May 11, 1958 Lost in the Stars Music Box, opened 1949 281 run
May 24, 1958 New Girl In Town 46th Street Theatre, opened 1957 431 run
June 28, 1958 Auntie Mame Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1956 639 run
June 28, 1958 Time Remembered Morosco Theatre, opened 1957 248 run
July 12, 1958 Li’l Abner St. James Theatre, opened 1956 693 run
September 13, 1958 Romanoff and Juliet Plymouth Theatre, opened 1957 389 run
September 20, 1958 Look Back in Anger Lyceum Theatre, opened 1957 407 run

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