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Shows · 1960s · 1964

1964

77 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1964.

Broadway opened 74 shows in 1964: half of those runs were over within 49 performances. Fiddler on the Roof broke that pattern, running 3,242 performances, 66.2 times the median.

Imperial Theatre, where Fiddler on the Roof opened in 1964 · Cam Steeves from Saint John, Canada

Fiddler on the Roof opened September 22, 1964 at Imperial Theatre and ran 3,242 performances.

ANTA Washington Square Theatre opened.

Theatre 80 St. Marks opened.

Opened in 1964

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Undated: 2 openings

Unknown Camelot 1965 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Unknown Little Me , London

January: 6 openings

January 5, 1963 Camelot Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
January 1, 1964 The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway 5 perf.
January 2, 1964 The Chinese Prime Minister Royale Theatre, Broadway 108 perf.
January 16, 1964 Hello, Dolly! St. James Theatre, Broadway 2,844 perf.
January 18, 1964 Dylan Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 273 perf.
January 23, 1964 After The Fall Anta Washington Square Theatre, Broadway 208 perf.

February: 12 openings

February 3, 1964 The Dybbuk Little Theatre, Broadway 24 perf.
February 4, 1964 Josephine Baker Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
February 6, 1964 Rugantino Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway 28 perf.
February 10, 1964 Fair Game for Lovers Cort Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
February 11, 1964 The Passion of Josef D. Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 15 perf.
February 16, 1964 Foxy Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway 72 perf.
February 17, 1964 Abraham Cochrane Belasco Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
February 18, 1964 Any Wednesday Music Box Theatre, Broadway 983 perf.
February 20, 1964 Marco Millions Anta Washington Square Theatre, Broadway 49 perf.
February 26, 1964 Children of the Shadows Little Theatre, Broadway 17 perf.
February 26, 1964 The Deputy Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway 316 perf.
February 27, 1964 What Makes Sammy Run? 54th Street Theatre, Broadway 540 perf.

March: 5 openings

March 11, 1964 Each Had Six Wings Little Theatre, Broadway 14 perf.
March 12, 1964 But For Whom Charlie Anta Washington Square Theatre, Broadway 47 perf.
March 25, 1964 A Murderer Among Us Morosco Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
March 26, 1964 Funny Girl Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway 1,348 perf.
March 28, 1964 Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory Eugene Oneill Theatre, Broadway 9 perf.

April: 9 openings

April 2, 1964 Sponono Cort Theatre, Broadway 20 perf.
April 4, 1964 Anyone Can Whistle Majestic Theatre, Broadway 9 perf.
April 5, 1964 The Seagull Belasco Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
April 6, 1964 The Crucible Belasco Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
April 7, 1964 High Spirits Alvin Theatre, Broadway 375 perf.
April 9, 1964 Hamlet Lunt Fontanne Theatre, Broadway 137 perf.
April 17, 1964 Cafe Crown Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 3 perf.
April 19, 1964 Baby Want a Kiss Little Theatre, Broadway 148 perf.
April 23, 1964 Blues for Mister Charlie Anta Playhouse, Broadway 148 perf.

May: 5 openings

May 13, 1964 The Sunday Man Morosco Theatre, Broadway 1 perf.
May 19, 1964 The White House Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 23 perf.
May 21, 1964 Roar Like a Dove Booth Theatre, Broadway 20 perf.
May 25, 1964 The Subject Was Roses Royale Theatre, Broadway 832 perf.
May 26, 1964 Fade Out— Fade In Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway 271 perf.

June: 2 openings

June 2, 1964 Folies Bergère [1964] Broadway Theatre, Broadway 191 perf.
June 22, 1964 The Three Sisters Morosco Theatre, Broadway 119 perf.

September: 7 openings

September 11, 1964 Wiener Blut Lunt Fontanne Theatre, Broadway 27 perf.
September 16, 1964 The Committee. Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 61 perf.
September 17, 1964 Traveller Without Luggage Anta Playhouse, Broadway 44 perf.
September 20, 1964 A Girl Could Get Lucky Cort Theatre, Broadway 8 perf.
September 21, 1964 Absence of a Cello Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 120 perf.
September 22, 1964 Fiddler on the Roof Imperial Theatre, Broadway 3,242 perf.
September 30, 1964 Oh What a Lovely War Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 125 perf.

October: 9 openings

October 1, 1964 The Last Analysis Belasco Theatre, Broadway 28 perf.
October 6, 1964 Cambridge Circus Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 23 perf.
October 7, 1964 Beekman Place Morosco Theatre, Broadway 29 perf.
October 13, 1964 The Physicists Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 55 perf.
October 15, 1964 The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window Longacre Theatre, Broadway 101 perf.
October 20, 1964 Golden Boy Majestic Theatre, Broadway 568 perf.
October 27, 1964 Ben Franklin in Paris Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway 215 perf.
October 28, 1964 A Severed Head Royale Theatre, Broadway 29 perf.
October 29, 1964 The Changeling Anta Washington Square Theatre, Broadway 32 perf.

November: 11 openings

November 8, 1964 I Was Dancing Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 16 perf.
November 9, 1964 Comedy in Music Opus 2 John Golden Theatre, Broadway 192 perf.
November 10, 1964 Something More! Eugene O’Neill, Broadway 15 perf.
November 11, 1964 Luv Booth Theatre, Broadway 901 perf.
November 12, 1964 Conversation at Midnight Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway 4 perf.
November 14, 1964 Poor Bitos Cort Theatre, Broadway 17 perf.
November 18, 1964 The Owl and the Pussycat Anta Playhouse, Broadway 427 perf.
November 19, 1964 P.S. I Love You Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway 12 perf.
November 21, 1964 Zizi Broadway Theatre, Broadway 49 perf.
November 23, 1964 Bajour Shubert Theatre, Broadway 232 perf.
November 30, 1964 Slow Dance on the Killing Ground Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 88 perf.

December: 9 openings

December 1, 1964 One by One Belasco Theatre, Broadway 7 perf.
December 2, 1964 Poor Richard Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway 118 perf.
December 3, 1964 Incident at Vichy Anta Washington Square Theatre, Broadway 99 perf.
December 7, 1964 Ready When You Are, C.B.! Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway 80 perf.
December 15, 1964 Beyond the Fringe '65 Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 30 perf.
December 15, 1964 I Had a Ball Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 199 perf.
December 17, 1964 Alfie! Morosco Theatre, Broadway 21 perf.
December 22, 1964 Hughie Royale Theatre, Broadway 51 perf.
December 29, 1964 Tiny Alice Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway 167 perf.

Closed in 1964

January 4, 1964 Spoon River Anthology Booth Theatre, opened 1963 111 run
January 5, 1964 The Beautiful Bait Morosco Theatre, opened 1963 8 run
January 11, 1964 She Loves Me Eugene O'Neill Theatre, opened 1963 301 run
January 25, 1964 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Cort Theatre, opened 1963 82 run
February 1, 1964 Marathon '33 Anta Playhouse, opened 1963 48 run
February 1, 1964 Stop the World- I Want to Get Off Shubert Theatre, opened 1962 555 run
February 8, 1964 Chips With Everything Plymouth Theatre, opened 1963 149 run
February 15, 1964 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1963 123 run
February 29, 1964 The Private Ear and The Public Eye Morosco Theatre, opened 1963 163 run
March 14, 1964 Enter Laughing Henry Millers Theatre, opened 1963 419 run
March 14, 1964 The Girl Who Came to Supper Broadway, opened 1963 112 run
March 28, 1964 Luther St James Theatre, opened 1963 211 run
May 9, 1964 A Case of Libel Longacre Theatre, opened 1963 242 run
May 16, 1964 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Billy Rose Theatre, opened 1962 664 run
May 30, 1964 Beyond the Fringe John Golden Theatre, opened 1962 667 run
June 20, 1964 Nobody Loves an Albatross Lyceum Theatre, opened 1963 212 run
July 25, 1964 Here’s Love Shubert Theatre, opened 1963 334 run
August 8, 1964 110 in the Shade Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1963 330 run
August 29, 1964 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Alvin Theatre, opened 1962 964 run
November 14, 1964 Oliver! Imperial Theatre, opened 1963 774 run
December 12, 1964 Mary, Mary Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1961 1,572 run

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