1963
73 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1963.
Broadway opened 69 shows in 1963: half of those runs were over within 46.5 performances. Barefoot in the Park, by Neil Simon, broke that pattern, running 1,530 performances, 32.9 times the median.
Barefoot in the Park, by Neil Simon, opened October 23, 1963 at Biltmore Theatre and ran 1,530 performances.
Opened in 1963
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 3 openings
| Bill Naughton's Alfie and the return of Sybil Thorndike in William Douglas Home's The Reluctant Peer Duchess TheatreLondon | ||
| Candide London | ||
| On the Town Prince of Wales TheatreLondon |
January: 9 openings
| January 2, 1963 | The White Snake Longacre TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| January 6, 1963 | Oliver! Imperial TheatreBroadway | 774 perf. |
| January 8, 1963 | Hidden Stranger Longacre TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| January 16, 1963 | The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Morosco TheatreBroadway | 69 perf. |
| January 24, 1963 | The School for Scandal Majestic TheatreBroadway | 60 perf. |
| January 28, 1963 | An Evening with Maurice Chevalier Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| January 28, 1963 | On an Open Roof Cort TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| January 29, 1963 | The Hollow Crown Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 46 perf. |
| January 31, 1963 | Natural Affection Booth TheatreBroadway | 36 perf. |
February: 5 openings
| February 9, 1963 | Andorra Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| February 12, 1963 | Photo Finish Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 159 perf. |
| February 14, 1963 | Lorenzo Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| February 19, 1963 | The Heroine Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| February 27, 1963 | The Jack Benny Show Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway | 50 perf. |
March: 9 openings
| March 2, 1963 | Dear Me, The Sky is Falling Music Box TheatreBroadway | 145 perf. |
| March 7, 1963 | The Riot Act Cort TheatreBroadway | 44 perf. |
| March 11, 1963 | Strange Interlude Hudson TheatreBroadway | 97 perf. |
| March 12, 1963 | Too True to Be Good 54th Street TheatreBroadway | 94 perf. |
| March 13, 1963 | Enter Laughing Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 419 perf. |
| March 18, 1963 | Tovarich Broadway TheatreBroadway | 264 perf. |
| March 20, 1963 | The Lady of the Camellias Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| March 23, 1963 | My Mother, My Father and Me Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
| March 28, 1963 | Mother Courage and Her Children Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 52 perf. |
April: 8 openings
| April 10, 1963 | Danny Kaye Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway | 47 perf. |
| April 11, 1963 | Children From Their Games Morosco TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| April 11, 1963 | Man in the Moon Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| April 14, 1963 | Ages of Man Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| April 15, 1963 | Sophie Winter GardenBroadway | 8 perf. |
| April 17, 1963 | Rattle of a Simple Man Booth TheatreBroadway | 94 perf. |
| April 19, 1963 | Hot Spot Majestic TheatreBroadway | 43 perf. |
| April 23, 1963 | She Loves Me Eugene O'Neill TheatreBroadway | 301 perf. |
May: 3 openings
| May 14, 1963 | The Beast in Me Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| May 20, 1963 | Karmon Israeli Dancers Royale TheatreBroadway | |
| May 31, 1963 | Pajama Tops Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 52 perf. |
August: 1 opening
| August 27, 1963 | Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad Morosco TheatreBroadway | 47 perf. |
September: 6 openings
| September 18, 1963 | The Irregular Verb to Love Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 115 perf. |
| September 23, 1963 | The Rehearsal Royale TheatreBroadway | 110 perf. |
| September 24, 1963 | Bicycle Ride to Nevada Cort TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| September 25, 1963 | Luther St James TheatreBroadway | 211 perf. |
| September 29, 1963 | Spoon River Anthology Booth TheatreBroadway | 111 perf. |
| September 30, 1963 | The Student Gypsy 54th Street TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
October: 15 openings
| October 1, 1963 | Chips With Everything Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 149 perf. |
| October 2, 1963 | Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre Broadway TheatreBroadway | 76 perf. |
| October 3, 1963 | Here’s Love Shubert TheatreBroadway | 334 perf. |
| October 7, 1963 | Semi-Detached Music Box TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| October 9, 1963 | The Private Ear and The Public Eye Morosco TheatreBroadway | 163 perf. |
| October 10, 1963 | A Case of Libel Longacre TheatreBroadway | 242 perf. |
| October 13, 1963 | Martha Graham Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| October 14, 1963 | The Advocate Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 8 perf. |
| October 17, 1963 | Jennie Majestic TheatreBroadway | 82 perf. |
| October 20, 1963 | Phèdre Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| October 22, 1963 | A Rainy Day in Newark Belasco TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| October 23, 1963 | Barefoot in the Park Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 1,530 perf. |
| October 24, 1963 | 110 in the Shade Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 330 perf. |
| October 29, 1963 | Bérénice Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| October 30, 1963 | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 123 perf. |
November: 7 openings
| November 2, 1963 | Tambourines to Glory Little TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| November 7, 1963 | The Boys from Syracuse London | |
| November 11, 1963 | Arturo Ui Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| November 12, 1963 | Man and Boy Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 54 perf. |
| November 13, 1963 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Cort TheatreBroadway | 82 perf. |
| November 18, 1963 | The Golden Age Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| November 20, 1963 | Once for the Asking Booth TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
December: 7 openings
| December 2, 1963 | Have I Got a Girl for You! Music Box TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| December 8, 1963 | The Girl Who Came to Supper BroadwayBroadway | 112 perf. |
| December 18, 1963 | Love and Kisses Music Box TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| December 19, 1963 | Nobody Loves an Albatross Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 212 perf. |
| December 22, 1963 | Marathon '33 Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 48 perf. |
| December 24, 1963 | The Beautiful Bait Morosco TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| December 26, 1963 | Double Dublin Little TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
Closed in 1963
| January 5, 1963 | Camelot Majestic Theatre, opened 1960 | 873 run |
| January 5, 1963 | Carnival! Imperial Theatre, opened 1961 | 719 run |
| January 19, 1963 | Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright Booth Theatre, opened 1962 | 33 run |
| January 26, 1963 | Milk and Honey Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1961 | 543 run |
| March 9, 1963 | The Beauty Part Music Box Theatre, opened 1962 | 85 run |
| April 13, 1963 | A Thousand Clowns Eugene Oneill Theatre, opened 1962 | 428 run |
| April 20, 1963 | Lord Pengo Royale Theatre, opened 1962 | 175 run |
| April 20, 1963 | Seidman and Son Belasco Theatre, opened 1962 | 216 run |
| May 11, 1963 | Calculated Risk Ambassador Theatre, opened 1962 | 221 run |
| May 18, 1963 | Tchin-Tchin Plymouth Theatre, opened 1962 | 222 run |
| June 1, 1963 | A Man for All Seasons Anta Playhouse, opened 1961 | 637 run |
| June 8, 1963 | Mr. President St. James Theatre, opened 1962 | 265 run |
| June 15, 1963 | The Sound of Music Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, opened 1959 | 1,443 run |
| June 29, 1963 | Little Me Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, opened 1962 | 257 run |
| August 3, 1963 | No Strings 54th Street Theatre, opened 1962 | 580 run |