Shows ยท 1960s
1960s
658 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in the 1960s.
Broadway opened 620 shows in the 1960s, and most of them stayed: half of those runs lasted 45 performances or more.
The Fantasticks opened May 3, 1960 at Sullivan Street Playhouse and ran 17,162 performances, the longest run to open in the 1960s.
The years
| 1960 | 69 openings The Fantasticks opened, ran 17,162 performances |
| 1961 | 55 openings Mary, Mary opened, ran 1,572 performances |
| 1962 | 58 openings Never Too Late opened, ran 1,007 performances |
| 1963 | 73 openings Barefoot in the Park opened, ran 1,530 performances |
| 1964 | 77 openings Fiddler on the Roof opened, ran 3,242 performances |
| 1965 | 58 openings Man of La Mancha opened, ran 2,328 performances |
| 1966 | 61 openings Mame opened, ran 1,508 performances |
| 1967 | 66 openings You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown opened, ran 1,597 performances |
| 1968 | 78 openings Hair opened, ran 1,750 performances |
| 1969 | 63 openings Oh! Calcutta! opened, ran 1,314 performances |
The buildings
Entermedia Theatre opened in 1961.
New Century Theatre closed in 1962.
ANTA Washington Square Theatre opened in 1964.
Theatre 80 St. Marks opened in 1964.
Roundabout Theatre opened in 1965.
Vivian Beaumont Theater opened in 1965.
Ziegfeld Theatre closed in 1966.
The Public Theater opened in 1967.
Playhouse Theatre closed in 1968.
ANTA Washington Square Theatre closed in 1969.