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