Broadway opened 58 shows in 1966: half of those runs were over within 46 performances. Mame broke that pattern, running 1,508 performances, 32.8 times the median.
1966
61 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1966.
Mame opened May 24, 1966 at Winter Garden Theatre and ran 1,508 performances.
Ziegfeld Theatre closed.
Opened in 1966
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchMaySeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 3 openings
| Unknown | Khartoum Prince Edward Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | The Matchgirls Gielgud Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | There's a Girl in My Soup Gielgud Theatre, London |
January: 4 openings
| January 4, 1966 | UTBU Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway | 7 perf. |
| January 11, 1966 | Malcolm Shubert Theatre, Broadway | 7 perf. |
| January 19, 1966 | The Wayward Stork 46th Street Theatre, Broadway | 5 perf. |
| January 29, 1966 | Sweet Charity Palace Theatre, Broadway | 608 perf. |
February: 8 openings
| February 1, 1966 | The Great Indoors Eugene Oneill Theatre, Broadway | 7 perf. |
| February 2, 1966 | Wait Until Dark Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway | 373 perf. |
| February 3, 1966 | The Condemned of Altona Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | 46 perf. |
| February 16, 1966 | Philadelphia, Here I Come! Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway | 326 perf. |
| February 17, 1966 | Hostile Witness Music Box Theatre, Broadway | 156 perf. |
| February 22, 1966 | Slapstick Tragedy Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 7 perf. |
| February 25, 1966 | Nathan Weinstein, Mystic, Connecticut Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway | 3 perf. |
| February 26, 1966 | First One Asleep, Whistle Belasco Theatre, Broadway | 1 perf. |
March: 10 openings
| March 2, 1966 | Where's Daddy? Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway | 22 perf. |
| March 3, 1966 | The Lion in Winter Ambassador Theatre, Broadway | 92 perf. |
| March 6, 1966 | 3 Bags Full Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway | 33 perf. |
| March 8, 1966 | Chu Chem Locust Theatre, Broadway | |
| March 10, 1966 | Happily Never After Eugene Oneill Theatre, Broadway | 4 perf. |
| March 18, 1966 | Pousse-Café 46th Street Theatre, Broadway | 3 perf. |
| March 23, 1966 | Mark Twain Tonight! Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 85 perf. |
| March 24, 1966 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | 100 perf. |
| March 25, 1966 | The Best Laid Plans Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway | 3 perf. |
| March 29, 1966 | “It’s a Bird... It’s a Plane... It’s Superman” Alvin Theatre, Broadway | 129 perf. |
May: 3 openings
| May 3, 1966 | Ivanov Shubert Theatre, Broadway | 47 perf. |
| May 21, 1966 | A Time for Singing Broadway Theatre, Broadway | 41 perf. |
| May 24, 1966 | Mame Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway | 1,508 perf. |
September: 6 openings
| September 21, 1966 | A Hand Is on the Gate Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 20 perf. |
| September 21, 1966 | Annie Get Your Gun Broadway Theatre, Broadway | 78 perf. |
| September 22, 1966 | A Delicate Balance Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway | 132 perf. |
| September 26, 1966 | Manuela Vargas Anta Playhouse, Broadway | |
| September 27, 1966 | Dinner at Eight Alvin Theatre, Broadway | 127 perf. |
| September 29, 1966 | Help Stamp Out Marriage! Booth Theatre, Broadway | 20 perf. |
October: 10 openings
| October 4, 1966 | The Investigation Ambassador Theatre, Broadway | 103 perf. |
| October 5, 1966 | The Killing of Sister George Belasco Theatre, Broadway | 205 perf. |
| October 6, 1966 | The Loves of Cass McGuire Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway | 20 perf. |
| October 13, 1966 | The Alchemist Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | 52 perf. |
| October 18, 1966 | The Apple Tree Shubert Theatre, Broadway | 463 perf. |
| October 19, 1966 | We Have Always Lived in the Castle Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway | 9 perf. |
| October 24, 1966 | How's the World Treating You? Music Box Theatre, Broadway | 40 perf. |
| October 27, 1966 | The Threepenny Opera Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway | 13 perf. |
| October 27, 1966 | Under the Weather Cort Theatre, Broadway | 12 perf. |
| October 31, 1966 | Gilbert Becaud on Broadway Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 19 perf. |
November: 9 openings
| November 9, 1966 | Let's Sing Yiddish Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway | 107 perf. |
| November 9, 1966 | The Rose Tattoo Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway | 62 perf. |
| November 16, 1966 | Les Ballets Africains Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway | 85 perf. |
| November 16, 1966 | The Apparition Theatre of Prague Cort Theatre, Broadway | 21 perf. |
| November 17, 1966 | Don't Drink the Water Morosco Theatre, Broadway | 598 perf. |
| November 20, 1966 | Cabaret Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway | 1,165 perf. |
| November 24, 1966 | Those That Play the Clowns Anta Playhouse, Broadway | 4 perf. |
| November 26, 1966 | Walking Happy Lunt Fontanne Theatre, Broadway | 161 perf. |
| November 28, 1966 | Hail Scrawdyke! Booth Theatre, Broadway | 8 perf. |
December: 8 openings
| December 5, 1966 | I Do! I Do! 46th Street Theatre, Broadway | 560 perf. |
| December 6, 1966 | My Sweet Charlie Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 31 perf. |
| December 8, 1966 | Yerma Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | 60 perf. |
| December 14, 1966 | Agatha Sue, I Love You Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway | 5 perf. |
| December 14, 1966 | Breakfast At Tiffany’s Majestic Theatre, Broadway | |
| December 15, 1966 | A Joyful Noise Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway | 12 perf. |
| December 21, 1966 | The Star-Spangled Girl Plymouth Theatre, Broadway | 261 perf. |
| December 27, 1966 | At the Drop of Another Hat Booth Theatre, Broadway | 105 perf. |