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.
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
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 2 openings
| Camelot 1965 Theatre Royal, Drury LaneLondon | ||
| Little Me London |
January: 6 openings
| January 5, 1963 | Camelot Theatre Royal, Drury LaneLondon | |
| January 1, 1964 | The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| January 2, 1964 | The Chinese Prime Minister Royale TheatreBroadway | 108 perf. |
| January 16, 1964 | Hello, Dolly! St. James TheatreBroadway | 2,844 perf. |
| January 18, 1964 | Dylan Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 273 perf. |
| January 23, 1964 | After The Fall Anta Washington Square TheatreBroadway | 208 perf. |
February: 12 openings
| February 3, 1964 | The Dybbuk Little TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| February 4, 1964 | Josephine Baker Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| February 6, 1964 | Rugantino Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| February 10, 1964 | Fair Game for Lovers Cort TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| February 11, 1964 | The Passion of Josef D. Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| February 16, 1964 | Foxy Ziegfeld TheatreBroadway | 72 perf. |
| February 17, 1964 | Abraham Cochrane Belasco TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| February 18, 1964 | Any Wednesday Music Box TheatreBroadway | 983 perf. |
| February 20, 1964 | Marco Millions Anta Washington Square TheatreBroadway | 49 perf. |
| February 26, 1964 | Children of the Shadows Little TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
| February 26, 1964 | The Deputy Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 316 perf. |
| February 27, 1964 | What Makes Sammy Run? 54th Street TheatreBroadway | 540 perf. |
March: 5 openings
| March 11, 1964 | Each Had Six Wings Little TheatreBroadway | 14 perf. |
| March 12, 1964 | But For Whom Charlie Anta Washington Square TheatreBroadway | 47 perf. |
| March 25, 1964 | A Murderer Among Us Morosco TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| March 26, 1964 | Funny Girl Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 1,348 perf. |
| March 28, 1964 | Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
April: 9 openings
| April 2, 1964 | Sponono Cort TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| April 4, 1964 | Anyone Can Whistle Majestic TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| April 5, 1964 | The Seagull Belasco TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| April 6, 1964 | The Crucible Belasco TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| April 7, 1964 | High Spirits Alvin TheatreBroadway | 375 perf. |
| April 9, 1964 | Hamlet Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 137 perf. |
| April 17, 1964 | Cafe Crown Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| April 19, 1964 | Baby Want a Kiss Little TheatreBroadway | 148 perf. |
| April 23, 1964 | Blues for Mister Charlie Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 148 perf. |
May: 5 openings
| May 13, 1964 | The Sunday Man Morosco TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| May 19, 1964 | The White House Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| May 21, 1964 | Roar Like a Dove Booth TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| May 25, 1964 | The Subject Was Roses Royale TheatreBroadway | 832 perf. |
| May 26, 1964 | Fade Out— Fade In Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 271 perf. |
June: 2 openings
| June 2, 1964 | Folies Bergère [1964] Broadway TheatreBroadway | 191 perf. |
| June 22, 1964 | The Three Sisters Morosco TheatreBroadway | 119 perf. |
September: 7 openings
| September 11, 1964 | Wiener Blut Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 27 perf. |
| September 16, 1964 | The Committee. Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 61 perf. |
| September 17, 1964 | Traveller Without Luggage Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 44 perf. |
| September 20, 1964 | A Girl Could Get Lucky Cort TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| September 21, 1964 | Absence of a Cello Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 120 perf. |
| September 22, 1964 | Fiddler on the Roof Imperial TheatreBroadway | 3,242 perf. |
| September 30, 1964 | Oh What a Lovely War Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 125 perf. |
October: 9 openings
| October 1, 1964 | The Last Analysis Belasco TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| October 6, 1964 | Cambridge Circus Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| October 7, 1964 | Beekman Place Morosco TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| October 13, 1964 | The Physicists Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 55 perf. |
| October 15, 1964 | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window Longacre TheatreBroadway | 101 perf. |
| October 20, 1964 | Golden Boy Majestic TheatreBroadway | 568 perf. |
| October 27, 1964 | Ben Franklin in Paris Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 215 perf. |
| October 28, 1964 | A Severed Head Royale TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| October 29, 1964 | The Changeling Anta Washington Square TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
November: 11 openings
| November 8, 1964 | I Was Dancing Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| November 9, 1964 | Comedy in Music Opus 2 John Golden TheatreBroadway | 192 perf. |
| November 10, 1964 | Something More! Eugene O’NeillBroadway | 15 perf. |
| November 11, 1964 | Luv Booth TheatreBroadway | 901 perf. |
| November 12, 1964 | Conversation at Midnight Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| November 14, 1964 | Poor Bitos Cort TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
| November 18, 1964 | The Owl and the Pussycat Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 427 perf. |
| November 19, 1964 | P.S. I Love You Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| November 21, 1964 | Zizi Broadway TheatreBroadway | 49 perf. |
| November 23, 1964 | Bajour Shubert TheatreBroadway | 232 perf. |
| November 30, 1964 | Slow Dance on the Killing Ground Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 88 perf. |
December: 9 openings
| December 1, 1964 | One by One Belasco TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| December 2, 1964 | Poor Richard Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 118 perf. |
| December 3, 1964 | Incident at Vichy Anta Washington Square TheatreBroadway | 99 perf. |
| December 7, 1964 | Ready When You Are, C.B.! Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 80 perf. |
| December 15, 1964 | Beyond the Fringe '65 Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 30 perf. |
| December 15, 1964 | I Had a Ball Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 199 perf. |
| December 17, 1964 | Alfie! Morosco TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
| December 22, 1964 | Hughie Royale TheatreBroadway | 51 perf. |
| December 29, 1964 | Tiny Alice Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 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 |