1959
62 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1959.
Broadway opened 61 shows in 1959, and most of them stayed: half of those runs lasted 69 performances or more.
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
JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
January: 4 openings
| January 12, 1959 | Epitaph for George Dillon Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
| January 27, 1959 | Rashomon Music Box TheatreBroadway | 159 perf. |
| January 29, 1959 | Tall Story Belasco TheatreBroadway | 108 perf. |
| January 30, 1959 | Requiem for a Nun John Golden TheatreBroadway | 43 perf. |
February: 7 openings
| February 5, 1959 | Redhead 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 452 perf. |
| February 7, 1959 | The Rivalry Bijou TheatreBroadway | 81 perf. |
| February 9, 1959 | The Legend of Lizzie 54th Street TheatreBroadway | 2 perf. |
| February 16, 1959 | A Majority of One Shubert TheatreBroadway | 556 perf. |
| February 16, 1959 | Les Ballets Africains Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
| February 24, 1959 | The Beaux Stratagem Phoenix TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| February 26, 1959 | God and Kate Murphy 54th Street TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
March: 8 openings
| March 3, 1959 | Look After Lulu Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 39 perf. |
| March 9, 1959 | Juno Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| March 10, 1959 | Sweet Bird of Youth Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 375 perf. |
| March 11, 1959 | A Raisin in the Sun Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 530 perf. |
| March 16, 1959 | Masquerade John Golden TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| March 19, 1959 | First Impressions Alvin TheatreBroadway | 92 perf. |
| March 24, 1959 | A Desert Incident John Golden TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| March 28, 1959 | Davy Jones' Locker Morosco TheatreBroadway |
April: 4 openings
| April 9, 1959 | Kataki Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| April 15, 1959 | Triple Play Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 37 perf. |
| April 23, 1959 | Destry Rides Again Imperial TheatreBroadway | 472 perf. |
| April 30, 1959 | Candide Shaftesbury TheatreLondon |
May: 4 openings
| May 11, 1959 | Judy Garland Metropolitan Opera HouseBroadway | 7 perf. |
| May 11, 1959 | Once Upon A Mattress Phoenix TheaterOff-Broadway | 460 perf. |
| May 12, 1959 | The Nervous Set Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| May 21, 1959 | Gypsy Broadway TheatreBroadway | 702 perf. |
August: 1 opening
| August 4, 1959 | Billy Barnes Revue John Golden TheatreBroadway | 87 perf. |
September: 2 openings
| September 17, 1959 | Much Ado About Nothing Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 58 perf. |
| September 22, 1959 | An Evening With Yves Montand Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 42 perf. |
October: 13 openings
| October 1, 1959 | The Gang’s All Here Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 132 perf. |
| October 6, 1959 | The Great God Brown Coronet TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| October 7, 1959 | Happy Town 54th Street TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| October 8, 1959 | At the Drop of a Hat John Golden TheatreBroadway | 215 perf. |
| October 9, 1959 | Moonbirds Cort TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| October 12, 1959 | Chéri Morosco TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| October 13, 1959 | Bayanihan Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | |
| October 15, 1959 | Golden Fleecing Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 84 perf. |
| October 18, 1959 | Heartbreak House Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 112 perf. |
| October 19, 1959 | The Miracle Worker Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 719 perf. |
| October 20, 1959 | The Warm Peninsula Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 86 perf. |
| October 21, 1959 | Flowering Cherry Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| October 22, 1959 | Take Me Along Shubert TheatreBroadway | 448 perf. |
November: 9 openings
| November 2, 1959 | The Girls Against the Boys Alvin TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| November 4, 1959 | The Highest Tree Longacre TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
| November 5, 1959 | The Tenth Man Booth TheatreBroadway | 623 perf. |
| November 16, 1959 | The Sound of Music Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 1,443 perf. |
| November 18, 1959 | Little Mary Sunshine Orpheum TheatreOff-Broadway | 1,143 perf. |
| November 19, 1959 | Only in America Cort TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| November 23, 1959 | Fiorello! Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 795 perf. |
| November 24, 1959 | Lysistrata Phoenix TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| November 28, 1959 | A Loss of Roses Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 25 perf. |
December: 10 openings
| December 2, 1959 | Five Finger Exercise Music Box TheatreBroadway | 337 perf. |
| December 3, 1959 | Silent Night, Lonely Night Morosco TheatreBroadway | 124 perf. |
| December 5, 1959 | Jolly's Progress Longacre TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| December 7, 1959 | Saratoga Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 80 perf. |
| December 8, 1959 | The Fighting Cock Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 87 perf. |
| December 15, 1959 | Belafonte at the Palace Palace TheatreBroadway | |
| December 16, 1959 | Goodbye, Charlie Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 109 perf. |
| December 25, 1959 | The Littlest Circus John Golden TheatreBroadway | 19 perf. |
| December 26, 1959 | Pictures in the Hallway Phoenix TheatreBroadway | 11 perf. |
| December 29, 1959 | The Andersonville Trial Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 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 |