1962
58 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1962.
Broadway opened just 52 shows in 1962, and even those didn't last: half of those runs closed within 51.5 performances. Never Too Late, by Sumner Arthur Long, broke that pattern, running 1,007 performances, 19.6 times the median.
Never Too Late, by Sumner Arthur Long, opened November 27, 1962 at Playhouse Theatre and ran 1,007 performances.
New Century Theatre closed.
Opened in 1962
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMaySeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 7 openings
| A Penny for a Song Aldwych TheatreLondon | ||
| Fiorello! BroadwayBroadway | ||
| Fiorello! London | ||
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes London | ||
| Rule of Three Duchess TheatreLondon | ||
| The Black and White Minstrel Show Victoria Palace TheatreLondon | ||
| The Collection Aldwych TheatreLondon |
January: 7 openings
| January 2, 1962 | The Captains and the Kings Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| January 4, 1962 | Something About a Soldier Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| January 6, 1962 | Giants, Sons of Giants Alvin TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| January 8, 1962 | The Egg Cort TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| January 10, 1962 | Romulus Music Box TheatreBroadway | 69 perf. |
| January 27, 1962 | A Family Affair Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 65 perf. |
| January 31, 1962 | A Passage to India Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 109 perf. |
February: 7 openings
| February 1, 1962 | New Faces of 1962 Alvin TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| February 6, 1962 | Macbeth City CenterBroadway | |
| February 7, 1962 | The Aspern Papers Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 93 perf. |
| February 13, 1962 | Romeo and Juliet City CenterBroadway | |
| February 20, 1962 | Saint Joan City CenterBroadway | |
| February 22, 1962 | A Gift of Time Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 92 perf. |
| February 28, 1962 | General Seeger Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 2 perf. |
March: 5 openings
| March 15, 1962 | No Strings 54th Street TheatreBroadway | 580 perf. |
| March 16, 1962 | Isle of Children Cort TheatreBroadway | 11 perf. |
| March 19, 1962 | All American Winter GardenBroadway | 80 perf. |
| March 22, 1962 | I Can Get It For You Wholesale Shubert TheatreBroadway | 300 perf. |
| March 28, 1962 | Great Day in the Morning Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
April: 2 openings
| April 5, 1962 | A Thousand Clowns Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 428 perf. |
| April 12, 1962 | Venus at Large Morosco TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
May: 5 openings
| May 8, 1962 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Alvin TheatreBroadway | 964 perf. |
| May 14, 1962 | The Father Cort TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| May 15, 1962 | Long Day's Journey Into Night Cort TheatreBroadway | 2 perf. |
| May 16, 1962 | Miss Julie Cort TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| May 19, 1962 | Bravo Giovanni Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 76 perf. |
September: 1 opening
| September 20, 1962 | The Affair Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 116 perf. |
October: 13 openings
| October 2, 1962 | Eddie Fisher at the Winter Garden Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| October 3, 1962 | Stop the World- I Want to Get Off Shubert TheatreBroadway | 555 perf. |
| October 4, 1962 | Come on Strong Morosco TheatreBroadway | 36 perf. |
| October 13, 1962 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 664 perf. |
| October 15, 1962 | Seidman and Son Belasco TheatreBroadway | 216 perf. |
| October 17, 1962 | Step on a Crack Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| October 20, 1962 | Mr. President St. James TheatreBroadway | 265 perf. |
| October 23, 1962 | Night Life Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 63 perf. |
| October 24, 1962 | The Perfect Setup Cort TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| October 25, 1962 | Tchin-Tchin Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 222 perf. |
| October 26, 1962 | The Fun Couple Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| October 27, 1962 | Beyond the Fringe John Golden TheatreBroadway | 667 perf. |
| October 31, 1962 | Calculated Risk Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 221 perf. |
November: 7 openings
| November 10, 1962 | Nowhere To Go But Up Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| November 12, 1962 | The Beautiful Bait Longacre TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| November 17, 1962 | Little Me Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 257 perf. |
| November 19, 1962 | Lord Pengo Royale TheatreBroadway | 175 perf. |
| November 27, 1962 | Never Too Late Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 1,007 perf. |
| November 28, 1962 | Moby Dick Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| November 29, 1962 | Harold Cort TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
December: 4 openings
| December 5, 1962 | The Moon Besieged Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| December 13, 1962 | In the Counting House Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| December 22, 1962 | Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright Booth TheatreBroadway | 33 perf. |
| December 26, 1962 | The Beauty Part Music Box TheatreBroadway | 85 perf. |
Closed in 1962
| January 13, 1962 | Do Re Mi St. James Theatre, opened 1960 | 400 run |
| January 13, 1962 | First Love Morosco Theatre, opened 1961 | 24 run |
| January 20, 1962 | Kean Broadway, opened 1961 | 92 run |
| January 27, 1962 | The Complaisant Lover Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1961 | 101 run |
| February 10, 1962 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown Winter Garden, opened 1960 | 532 run |
| February 24, 1962 | Sail Away! Broadhurst, opened 1961 | 167 run |
| February 24, 1962 | The Caretaker Lyceum Theatre, opened 1961 | 165 run |
| February 24, 1962 | The Gay Life Shubert Theatre, opened 1961 | 113 run |
| April 14, 1962 | Write Me a Murder Belasco Theatre, opened 1961 | 196 run |
| May 12, 1962 | Ross Eugene Oneill Theatre, opened 1961 | 159 run |
| May 12, 1962 | Sunday in New York Cort Theatre, opened 1961 | 188 run |
| May 13, 1962 | Purlie Victorious Cort Theatre, opened 1961 | 261 run |
| June 2, 1962 | Gideon Plymouth Theatre, opened 1961 | 236 run |
| June 23, 1962 | Subways Are For Sleeping St. James, opened 1961 | 205 run |
| September 22, 1962 | A Shot in the Dark Booth Theatre, opened 1961 | 389 run |
| September 29, 1962 | My Fair Lady Mark Hellinger Theatre, opened 1956 | 2,717 run |
| September 29, 1962 | The Night of the Iguana Royale Theatre, opened 1961 | 316 run |
| October 6, 1962 | Come Blow Your Horn Brooks Atkinson Theatre, opened 1961 | 677 run |
| December 8, 1962 | Take Her, She's Mine Biltmore Theatre, opened 1961 | 404 run |