55 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1961.

Opened in 1961

UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Undated: 1 opening

Good Night Mrs Puffin Duchess TheatreLondon

January: 5 openings

January 9, 1961	Rhinoceros Longacre TheatreBroadway	240 perf.
January 12, 1961	Show Girl Broadway	100 perf.
January 16, 1961	The Conquering Hero ANTABroadway	8 perf.
January 27, 1961	The Octoroon Phoenix TheatreBroadway	45 perf.
January 28, 1961	Julia, Jake and Uncle Joe Booth TheatreBroadway	1 perf.

February: 4 openings

February 1, 1961	Midgie Purvis Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	21 perf.
February 2, 1961	How to Make a Man Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway	12 perf.
February 18, 1961	Once There Was a Russian Music Box TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
February 22, 1961	Come Blow Your Horn Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway	677 perf.

March: 6 openings

March 2, 1961	13 Daughters 54th Street TheatreBroadway	28 perf.
March 8, 1961	Mary, Mary Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway	1,572 perf.
March 9, 1961	The Devil's Advocate Billy Rose TheatreBroadway	116 perf.
March 14, 1961	The Importance Of Being Oscar Lyceum TheatreBroadway	31 perf.
March 15, 1961	Big Fish, Little Fish Anta PlayhouseBroadway	101 perf.
March 16, 1961	Hamlet Phoenix TheatreBroadway	102 perf.

April: 4 openings

April 3, 1961	The Happiest Girl in the World Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	96 perf.
April 4, 1961	A Far Country Music Box TheatreBroadway	271 perf.
April 13, 1961	Carnival! Imperial TheatreBroadway	719 perf.
April 25, 1961	The Young Abe Lincoln Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway	27 perf.

May: 4 openings

May 8, 1961	Becket Hudson TheatreBroadway	27 perf.
May 18, 1961	Donnybrook! 46th Street TheatreBroadway	68 perf.
May 22, 1961	Mandingo Lyceum TheatreBroadway	8 perf.
May 25, 1961	A Call on Kuprin Broadhurst TheatreBroadway	12 perf.

June: 1 opening

June 13, 1961

The Billy Barnes People Royale TheatreBroadway

7 perf.

September: 2 openings

September 26, 1961	From the Second City Royale TheatreBroadway	87 perf.
September 28, 1961	Purlie Victorious Cort TheatreBroadway	261 perf.

October: 16 openings

October 3, 1961	Sail Away! BroadhurstBroadway	167 perf.
October 4, 1961	The Caretaker Lyceum TheatreBroadway	165 perf.
October 5, 1961	Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole Morosco TheatreBroadway	84 perf.
October 8, 1961	Jerome Robbins' Ballet: U.S.A. Anta PlayhouseBroadway	24 perf.
October 10, 1961	Milk and Honey Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	543 perf.
October 11, 1961	Everybody Loves Opal Longacre TheatreBroadway	21 perf.
October 12, 1961	Let It Ride Eugene O'Neill TheatreBroadway	68 perf.
October 14, 1961	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 46th Street TheatreBroadway	1,417 perf.
October 16, 1961	Do You Know the Milky Way? Billy Rose TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
October 18, 1961	A Shot in the Dark Booth TheatreBroadway	389 perf.
October 19, 1961	A Cook for Mr. General Playhouse TheatreBroadway	28 perf.
October 23, 1961	Kwamina 54th Street TheatreBroadway	32 perf.
October 24, 1961	An Evening With Yves Montand John Golden TheatreBroadway	55 perf.
October 25, 1961	Look, We've Come Through Hudson TheatreBroadway	5 perf.
October 26, 1961	Write Me a Murder Belasco TheatreBroadway	196 perf.
October 31, 1961	The Garden of Sweets Anta PlayhouseBroadway	1 perf.

November: 7 openings

November 1, 1961	The Complaisant Lover Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway	101 perf.
November 2, 1961	Kean BroadwayBroadway	92 perf.
November 9, 1961	Gideon Plymouth TheatreBroadway	236 perf.
November 18, 1961	The Gay Life Shubert TheatreBroadway	113 perf.
November 22, 1961	A Man for All Seasons Anta PlayhouseBroadway	637 perf.
November 29, 1961	Sunday in New York Cort TheatreBroadway	188 perf.
November 30, 1961	Daughter of Silence Music Box TheatreBroadway	36 perf.

December: 5 openings

December 21, 1961	Take Her, She's Mine Biltmore TheatreBroadway	404 perf.
December 25, 1961	First Love Morosco TheatreBroadway	24 perf.
December 26, 1961	Ross Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway	159 perf.
December 27, 1961	Subways Are For Sleeping St. JamesBroadway	205 perf.
December 28, 1961	The Night of the Iguana Royale TheatreBroadway	316 perf.

Closed in 1961

January 1, 1961	The Plough and the Stars Phoenix Theatre, opened 1960	32 run
January 7, 1961	Send Me No Flowers Brooks Atkinson Theatre, opened 1960	40 run
January 7, 1961	The Hostage Cort Theatre, opened 1960	127 run
January 21, 1961	The 49th Cousin Ambassador Theatre, opened 1960	100 run
February 4, 1961	Invitation to a March Music Box Theatre, opened 1960	113 run
March 4, 1961	Period of Adjustment Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1960	132 run
March 4, 1961	The Wall Billy Rose Theatre, opened 1960	167 run
March 25, 1961	Becket St James Theatre, opened 1960	193 run
March 25, 1961	Gypsy Broadway Theatre, opened 1959	702 run
April 8, 1961	Toys in the Attic Hudson Theatre, opened 1960	456 run
April 15, 1961	The Music Man Majestic Theatre, opened 1957	1,375 run
April 15, 1961	Under the Yum-Yum Tree Henry Millers Theatre, opened 1960	173 run
April 23, 1961	Tenderloin 46th Street, opened 1960	216 run
May 13, 1961	The Tenth Man Booth Theatre, opened 1959	623 run
May 20, 1961	Advise and Consent Cort Theatre, opened 1960	212 run
May 27, 1961	Critic's Choice Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1960	189 run
June 3, 1961	Wildcat Alvin Theatre, opened 1960	172 run
July 1, 1961	An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May John Golden Theatre, opened 1960	306 run
July 1, 1961	The Miracle Worker Playhouse Theatre, opened 1959	719 run
July 8, 1961	The Best Man Morosco Theatre, opened 1960	520 run
September 9, 1961	A Taste of Honey Lyceum Theatre, opened 1960	376 run
September 16, 1961	All the Way Home Belasco Theatre, opened 1960	333 run
October 7, 1961	Bye Bye Birdie Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1960	607 run
October 14, 1961	Flower Drum Song West End, opened 1960
October 28, 1961	Fiorello! Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1959	795 run
December 31, 1961	Irma La Douce Plymouth Theatre, opened 1960	524 run