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1960

69 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1960.

Broadway opened 65 shows in 1960: half of those runs were over within 38.5 performances. The Fantasticks broke that pattern, running 17,162 performances, 445.8 times the median.

The Fantasticks opened May 3, 1960 at Sullivan Street Playhouse and ran 17,162 performances.

Opened in 1960

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Undated: 4 openings

Unknown A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt Gielgud Theatre, London
Unknown Flower Drum Song West End, London
Unknown Go Back for Murder Duchess Theatre, London
Unknown Harold Pinter's first West End success The Caretaker Duchess Theatre, London

January: 3 openings

January 6, 1960 A Mighty Man Is He Cort Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
January 12, 1960 Peer Gynt Phoenix Theatre, Broadway 32 perf.
January 13, 1960 A Distant Bell Eugene Oneill Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.

February: 12 openings

February 1, 1960 Cut of the Axe Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
February 2, 1960 The Deadly Game Longacre Theatre, Broadway 39 perf.
February 3, 1960 Roman Candle Cort Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
February 8, 1960 A Lovely Light Hudson Theatre, Broadway 17 perf.
February 10, 1960 Beg, Borrow or Steal Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
February 16, 1960 Caligula 54th Street Theatre, Broadway 38 perf.
February 17, 1960 The Long Dream Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
February 22, 1960 The Cool World Eugene Oneill Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
February 24, 1960 The Tumbler Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
February 25, 1960 Toys in the Attic Hudson Theatre, Broadway 456 perf.
February 26, 1960 A Thurber Carnival Anta Playhouse, Broadway 223 perf.
February 29, 1960 There Was a Little Girl Cort Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.

March: 7 openings

March 1, 1960 Henry IV, Part I Phoenix Theatre, Broadway 65 perf.
March 2, 1960 The Good Soup Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.
March 8, 1960 Greenwillow Alvin Theatre, Broadway 95 perf.
March 10, 1960 Semi-Detached Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
March 17, 1960 Dear Liar Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway 52 perf.
March 18, 1960 One More River Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 3 perf.
March 31, 1960 The Best Man Morosco Theatre, Broadway 520 perf.

April: 8 openings

April 6, 1960 Viva Madison Avenue! Longacre Theatre, Broadway 2 perf.
April 13, 1960 A Second String Eugene Oneill Theatre, Broadway 29 perf.
April 14, 1960 Bye Bye Birdie Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 607 perf.
April 18, 1960 Henry IV, Part II Phoenix Theatre, Broadway 31 perf.
April 19, 1960 Duel of Angels Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway 51 perf.
April 20, 1960 From A to Z Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.
April 27, 1960 West Side Story Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway 249 perf.
April 28, 1960 Christine 46th Street Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.

May: 3 openings

May 3, 1960 The Fantasticks Sullivan Street Playhouse, Broadway 17,162 perf.
May 4, 1960 Martha Graham and her Dance Company 54th Street Theatre, Broadway 3 perf.
May 23, 1960 Finian’s Rainbow 46th Street Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.

September: 8 openings

September 7, 1960 H.M.S. Pinafore Phoenix Theatre, Broadway 55 perf.
September 9, 1960 Vintage ’60 Mark Hellinger, Broadway 8 perf.
September 14, 1960 The World of Carl Sandburg Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 29 perf.
September 20, 1960 Once Upon A Mattress Adelphi Theatre, Broadway
September 20, 1960 The Hostage Cort Theatre, Broadway 127 perf.
September 26, 1960 Les Ballets Africains Alvin Theatre, Broadway
September 27, 1960 Farewell, Farewell Eugene Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
September 29, 1960 Irma La Douce Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 524 perf.

October: 9 openings

October 4, 1960 A Taste of Honey Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 376 perf.
October 5, 1960 Becket St James Theatre, Broadway 193 perf.
October 8, 1960 An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May John Golden Theatre, Broadway 306 perf.
October 10, 1960 Laughs and Other Events Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
October 11, 1960 The Wall Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway 167 perf.
October 17, 1960 Tenderloin 46th Street, Broadway 216 perf.
October 20, 1960 Face of a Hero Eugene Oneill Theatre, Broadway 36 perf.
October 27, 1960 The 49th Cousin Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 100 perf.
October 29, 1960 Invitation to a March Music Box Theatre, Broadway 113 perf.

November: 7 openings

November 1, 1960 She Stoops to Conquer Phoenix Theatre, Broadway
November 3, 1960 The Unsinkable Molly Brown Winter Garden, Broadway 532 perf.
November 5, 1960 Rape of the Belt Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 9 perf.
November 10, 1960 Period of Adjustment Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway 132 perf.
November 16, 1960 Under the Yum-Yum Tree Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 173 perf.
November 17, 1960 Advise and Consent Cort Theatre, Broadway 212 perf.
November 30, 1960 All the Way Home Belasco Theatre, Broadway 333 perf.

December: 8 openings

December 1, 1960 Little Moon of Alban Longacre Theatre, Broadway 20 perf.
December 3, 1960 Camelot Majestic Theatre, Broadway 873 perf.
December 5, 1960 Send Me No Flowers Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway 40 perf.
December 6, 1960 The Plough and the Stars Phoenix Theatre, Broadway 32 perf.
December 7, 1960 Love and Libel Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
December 14, 1960 Critic's Choice Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 189 perf.
December 16, 1960 Wildcat Alvin Theatre, Broadway 172 perf.
December 26, 1960 Do Re Mi St. James Theatre, Broadway 400 perf.

Closed in 1960

January 2, 1960 The Warm Peninsula Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1959 86 run
January 2, 1960 The World of Suzie Wong Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1958 508 run
January 3, 1960 Pictures in the Hallway Phoenix Theatre, opened 1959 11 run
January 3, 1960 The Littlest Circus John Golden Theatre, opened 1959 19 run
January 23, 1960 Heartbreak House Billy Rose Theatre, opened 1959 112 run
January 23, 1960 The Gang’s All Here Ambassador Theatre, opened 1959 132 run
January 30, 1960 Sweet Bird of Youth Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1959 375 run
February 13, 1960 Saratoga Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1959 80 run
February 13, 1960 The Marriage-Go-Round Plymouth Theatre, opened 1958 431 run
February 20, 1960 The Fighting Cock Anta Playhouse, opened 1959 87 run
March 19, 1960 Goodbye, Charlie Lyceum Theatre, opened 1959 109 run
March 19, 1960 Redhead 46th Street Theatre, opened 1959 452 run
March 19, 1960 Silent Night, Lonely Night Morosco Theatre, opened 1959 124 run
May 7, 1960 Flower Drum Song St. James Theatre, opened 1958 600 run
May 14, 1960 At the Drop of a Hat John Golden Theatre, opened 1959 215 run
June 1, 1960 The Andersonville Trial Henry Millers Theatre, opened 1959 179 run
June 18, 1960 Destry Rides Again Imperial Theatre, opened 1959 472 run
June 25, 1960 A Majority of One Shubert Theatre, opened 1959 556 run
June 25, 1960 A Raisin in the Sun Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1959 530 run
July 2, 1960 Once Upon A Mattress Phoenix Theater, opened 1959 460 run
October 1, 1960 Five Finger Exercise Music Box Theatre, opened 1959 337 run
December 17, 1960 La plume de ma tante Royale Theatre, opened 1958 835 run
December 17, 1960 Take Me Along Shubert Theatre, opened 1959 448 run

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