Broadway opened 61 shows in 1959, and most of them stayed: half of those runs lasted 69 performances or more.
1959
62 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1959.
The Sound of Music opened November 16, 1959 at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and ran 1,443 performances.
Astor Theatre closed.
Coronet Theatre closed.
Hammerstein's Theatre closed.
Maxine Elliott's Theatre closed.
Windsor Theatre closed.
Opened in 1959
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January: 4 openings
| January 12, 1959 | Epitaph for George Dillon Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway | 48 perf. |
| January 27, 1959 | Rashomon Music Box Theatre, Broadway | 159 perf. |
| January 29, 1959 | Tall Story Belasco Theatre, Broadway | 108 perf. |
| January 30, 1959 | Requiem for a Nun John Golden Theatre, Broadway | 43 perf. |
February: 7 openings
| February 5, 1959 | Redhead 46th Street Theatre, Broadway | 452 perf. |
| February 7, 1959 | The Rivalry Bijou Theatre, Broadway | 81 perf. |
| February 9, 1959 | The Legend of Lizzie 54th Street Theatre, Broadway | 2 perf. |
| February 16, 1959 | A Majority of One Shubert Theatre, Broadway | 556 perf. |
| February 16, 1959 | Les Ballets Africains Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway | 48 perf. |
| February 24, 1959 | The Beaux Stratagem Phoenix Theatre, Broadway | 16 perf. |
| February 26, 1959 | God and Kate Murphy 54th Street Theatre, Broadway | 12 perf. |
March: 8 openings
| March 3, 1959 | Look After Lulu Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway | 39 perf. |
| March 9, 1959 | Juno Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway | 16 perf. |
| March 10, 1959 | Sweet Bird of Youth Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway | 375 perf. |
| March 11, 1959 | A Raisin in the Sun Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway | 530 perf. |
| March 16, 1959 | Masquerade John Golden Theatre, Broadway | 1 perf. |
| March 19, 1959 | First Impressions Alvin Theatre, Broadway | 92 perf. |
| March 24, 1959 | A Desert Incident John Golden Theatre, Broadway | 7 perf. |
| March 28, 1959 | Davy Jones' Locker Morosco Theatre, Broadway |
April: 4 openings
| April 9, 1959 | Kataki Ambassador Theatre, Broadway | 20 perf. |
| April 15, 1959 | Triple Play Playhouse Theatre, Broadway | 37 perf. |
| April 23, 1959 | Destry Rides Again Imperial Theatre, Broadway | 472 perf. |
| April 30, 1959 | Candide Shaftesbury Theatre, London |
May: 4 openings
| May 11, 1959 | Judy Garland Metropolitan Opera House, Broadway | 7 perf. |
| May 11, 1959 | Once Upon A Mattress Phoenix Theater, Broadway | 460 perf. |
| May 12, 1959 | The Nervous Set Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway | 23 perf. |
| May 21, 1959 | Gypsy Broadway Theatre, Broadway | 702 perf. |
August: 1 opening
| August 4, 1959 | Billy Barnes Revue John Golden Theatre, Broadway | 87 perf. |
September: 2 openings
| September 17, 1959 | Much Ado About Nothing Lunt Fontanne Theatre, Broadway | 58 perf. |
| September 22, 1959 | An Evening With Yves Montand Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway | 42 perf. |
October: 13 openings
| October 1, 1959 | The Gang’s All Here Ambassador Theatre, Broadway | 132 perf. |
| October 6, 1959 | The Great God Brown Coronet Theatre, Broadway | 32 perf. |
| October 7, 1959 | Happy Town 54th Street Theatre, Broadway | 5 perf. |
| October 8, 1959 | At the Drop of a Hat John Golden Theatre, Broadway | 215 perf. |
| October 9, 1959 | Moonbirds Cort Theatre, Broadway | 3 perf. |
| October 12, 1959 | Chéri Morosco Theatre, Broadway | 56 perf. |
| October 13, 1959 | Bayanihan Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway | |
| October 15, 1959 | Golden Fleecing Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway | 84 perf. |
| October 18, 1959 | Heartbreak House Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway | 112 perf. |
| October 19, 1959 | The Miracle Worker Playhouse Theatre, Broadway | 719 perf. |
| October 20, 1959 | The Warm Peninsula Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway | 86 perf. |
| October 21, 1959 | Flowering Cherry Lyceum Theatre, Broadway | 5 perf. |
| October 22, 1959 | Take Me Along Shubert Theatre, Broadway | 448 perf. |
November: 9 openings
| November 2, 1959 | The Girls Against the Boys Alvin Theatre, Broadway | 16 perf. |
| November 4, 1959 | The Highest Tree Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 21 perf. |
| November 5, 1959 | The Tenth Man Booth Theatre, Broadway | 623 perf. |
| November 16, 1959 | The Sound of Music Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway | 1,443 perf. |
| November 18, 1959 | Little Mary Sunshine Orpheum Theatre, Broadway | 1,143 perf. |
| November 19, 1959 | Only in America Cort Theatre, Broadway | 28 perf. |
| November 23, 1959 | Fiorello! Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway | 795 perf. |
| November 24, 1959 | Lysistrata Phoenix Theatre, Broadway | 24 perf. |
| November 28, 1959 | A Loss of Roses Eugene Oneill Theatre, Broadway | 25 perf. |
December: 10 openings
| December 2, 1959 | Five Finger Exercise Music Box Theatre, Broadway | 337 perf. |
| December 3, 1959 | Silent Night, Lonely Night Morosco Theatre, Broadway | 124 perf. |
| December 5, 1959 | Jolly's Progress Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 9 perf. |
| December 7, 1959 | Saratoga Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway | 80 perf. |
| December 8, 1959 | The Fighting Cock Anta Playhouse, Broadway | 87 perf. |
| December 15, 1959 | Belafonte at the Palace Palace Theatre, Broadway | |
| December 16, 1959 | Goodbye, Charlie Lyceum Theatre, Broadway | 109 perf. |
| December 25, 1959 | The Littlest Circus John Golden Theatre, Broadway | 19 perf. |
| December 26, 1959 | Pictures in the Hallway Phoenix Theatre, Broadway | 11 perf. |
| December 29, 1959 | The Andersonville Trial Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway | 179 perf. |
Closed in 1959
| January 3, 1959 | The Shadow of a Gunman Bijou Theatre, opened 1958 | 52 run |
| January 10, 1959 | Hamlet Broadway Theatre, opened 1958 | 14 run |
| January 10, 1959 | King Henry V Broadway Theatre, opened 1958 | 11 run |
| January 10, 1959 | Twelfth Night Broadway Theatre, opened 1958 | 14 run |
| January 17, 1959 | Say, Darling ANTA Theatre, opened 1958 | 332 run |
| January 17, 1959 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Music Box Theatre, opened 1957 | 468 run |
| January 24, 1959 | The Girls in 509 Belasco Theatre, opened 1958 | 117 run |
| January 31, 1959 | Ages of Man 46th Street Theatre, opened 1958 | 40 run |
| February 7, 1959 | Whoop-Up Shubert, opened 1958 | 56 run |
| February 28, 1959 | Goldilocks Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, opened 1958 | 161 run |
| March 7, 1959 | Bells Are Ringing Shubert Theatre, opened 1956 | 924 run |
| March 7, 1959 | Third Best Sport Ambassador Theatre, opened 1958 | 79 run |
| March 21, 1959 | The Cold Wind and the Warm Morosco Theatre, opened 1958 | 120 run |
| April 4, 1959 | Look Homeward, Angel Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1957 | 564 run |
| April 11, 1959 | Jamaica Imperial Theatre, opened 1957 | 555 run |
| April 29, 1959 | Street Scene Adelphi Theatre, opened 1947 | 148 run |
| May 16, 1959 | The Disenchanted Coronet Theatre, opened 1958 | 189 run |
| May 23, 1959 | A Party with Betty Comden & Adolph Green John Golden Theatre, opened 1958 | 82 run |
| May 30, 1959 | Sunrise at Campobello Cort Theatre, opened 1958 | 556 run |
| June 6, 1959 | Once More, With Feeling National Theatre, opened 1958 | 263 run |
| June 13, 1959 | A Touch of the Poet Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1958 | 284 run |
| June 27, 1959 | The Gazebo Lyceum Theatre, opened 1958 | 266 run |
| June 27, 1959 | West Side Story Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1957 | 732 run |
| July 18, 1959 | Make a Million Playhouse Theatre, opened 1958 | 308 run |
| October 24, 1959 | J.B. Anta Playhouse, opened 1958 | 364 run |
| October 31, 1959 | Two for the Seesaw Booth Theatre, opened 1958 | 750 run |
| November 21, 1959 | The Pleasure of His Company Longacre Theatre, opened 1958 | 474 run |