78 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1968.

Broadway opened 77 shows in 1968, far more than the years around it.

Hair opened April 29, 1968 at Biltmore Theatre and ran 1,750 performances.

Opened in 1968

Undated: 1 opening

Unknown

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown , London

January: 10 openings

January 4, 1968	Saint Joan Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway	44 perf.
January 9, 1968	Exit the King Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	47 perf.
January 10, 1968	Staircase Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	61 perf.
January 11, 1968	Before You Go Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway	29 perf.
January 13, 1968	Your Own Thing Orpheum Theatre, Broadway	933 perf.
January 16, 1968	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway	379 perf.
January 18, 1968	The Happy Time Broadway Theatre, Broadway	286 perf.
January 25, 1968	I Never Sang for My Father Longacre Theatre, Broadway	124 perf.
January 27, 1968	Darling of the Day George Abbott Theatre, Broadway	31 perf.
January 31, 1968	Avanti! Booth Theatre, Broadway	21 perf.

February: 10 openings

February 1, 1968	A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway	154 perf.
February 4, 1968	Golden Rainbow Shubert Theatre, Broadway	385 perf.
February 6, 1968	The Grand Music Hall of Israel Palace Theatre, Broadway	63 perf.
February 7, 1968	The Price Morosco Theatre, Broadway	429 perf.
February 14, 1968	Plaza Suite Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	1,097 perf.
February 20, 1968	Les Ballets Africains Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway
February 27, 1968	Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights John Golden Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
February 28, 1968	Cabaret Palace Theatre, Broadway
February 28, 1968	Portrait of a Queen Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway	60 perf.
February 29, 1968	Tiger at the Gates Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway	44 perf.

March: 6 openings

March 3, 1968	Here's Where I Belong Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.
March 6, 1968	The Guide Hudson Theatre, Broadway	5 perf.
March 13, 1968	Week-End Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway	21 perf.
March 18, 1968	Loot Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	22 perf.
March 19, 1968	The Cherry Orchard Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	38 perf.
March 27, 1968	The Seven Descents of Myrtle Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	29 perf.

April: 8 openings

April 4, 1968	The Education of HYMAN KAPLA*N Alvin Theatre, Broadway	29 perf.
April 10, 1968	George M! Palace Theatre, Broadway	433 perf.
April 10, 1968	Leda Had a Little Swan Cort Theatre, Broadway
April 18, 1968	Mike Downstairs Hudson Theatre, Broadway	4 perf.
April 23, 1968	I'm Solomon Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
April 24, 1968	The Exercise John Golden Theatre, Broadway	5 perf.
April 25, 1968	Cyrano de Bergerac Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway	52 perf.
April 29, 1968	Hair Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	1,750 perf.

May: 6 openings

May 1, 1968	Soldiers Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway	21 perf.
May 2, 1968	Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1968 Booth Theatre, Broadway	52 perf.
May 11, 1968	Happiness Is Just a Little Thing Called a Rolls Royce Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.
May 20, 1968	The Only Game in Town Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway	16 perf.
May 25, 1968	Martha Graham and Dance Company George Abbott Theatre, Broadway
May 28, 1968	The Venetian Twins Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway	32 perf.

June: 2 openings

June 25, 1968	The Three Musketeers Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway	9 perf.
June 27, 1968	George Dandin Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway	4 perf.

July: 2 openings

July 2, 1968	Tartuffe Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway	6 perf.
July 25, 1968	Lovers Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway	148 perf.

September: 8 openings

September 3, 1968	Pantagleize Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	9 perf.
September 13, 1968	The Show Off Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	19 perf.
September 18, 1968	Lovers and Other Strangers Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway	70 perf.
September 24, 1968	The Cuban Thing Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.
September 25, 1968	Woman Is My Idea Belasco Theatre, Broadway	5 perf.
September 26, 1968	The Man in the Glass Booth Royale Theatre, Broadway	264 perf.
September 29, 1968	Noël Coward's Sweet Potato Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	44 perf.
September 30, 1968	Box / Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway	12 perf.

October: 14 openings

October 2, 1968	The Death of Bessie Smith / The American Dream Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway	12 perf.
October 3, 1968	Marlene Dietrich Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway	67 perf.
October 3, 1968	The Great White Hope Alvin Theatre, Broadway	546 perf.
October 6, 1968	Gilbert Becaud Sings Love Cort Theatre, Broadway	17 perf.
October 7, 1968	The Cocktail Party Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	44 perf.
October 9, 1968	Krapp's Last Tape / The Zoo Story Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway	5 perf.
October 9, 1968	The Megilla of Itzik Manger John Golden Theatre, Broadway	78 perf.
October 9, 1968	The Misanthrope Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	86 perf.
October 11, 1968	The Flip Side Booth Theatre, Broadway	4 perf.
October 12, 1968	Happy Days Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway	3 perf.
October 16, 1968	We Bombed in New Haven Ambassador Theatre, Broadway	85 perf.
October 20, 1968	Her First Roman Lunt Fontanne Theatre, Broadway
October 23, 1968	Maggie Flynn Anta Playhouse, Broadway	82 perf.
October 24, 1968	Rockefeller and the Red Indians Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	4 perf.

November: 4 openings

November 7, 1968	King Lear Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway	72 perf.
November 14, 1968	A Cry of Players Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway	72 perf.
November 16, 1968	Zorba Imperial Theatre, Broadway	305 perf.
November 28, 1968	Morning, Noon and Night Henry Millers Theatre, Broadway	52 perf.

December: 7 openings

December 1, 1968	Promises, Promises Shubert Theatre, Broadway	1,281 perf.
December 3, 1968	The Goodbye People Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	7 perf.
December 5, 1968	Jimmy Shine Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway	161 perf.
December 17, 1968	The House of Atreus Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway	20 perf.
December 18, 1968	The Sudden & Accidental Re-Education of Horse Johnson Belasco Theatre, Broadway	5 perf.
December 22, 1968	The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway	10 perf.
December 26, 1968	Forty Carats Morosco Theatre, Broadway	780 perf.

January 13, 1968	Hallelujah, Baby! Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1967	293 run
January 13, 1968	How to Be a Jewish Mother Hudson Theatre, opened 1967	20 run
January 13, 1968	Illya Darling Mark Hellinger Theatre, opened 1967	320 run
January 20, 1968	The Birthday Party Booth Theatre, opened 1967	126 run
January 20, 1968	The Little Foxes Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1967	100 run
February 10, 1968	Everything in the Garden Plymouth Theatre, opened 1967	84 run
February 24, 1968	Something Different Cort Theatre, opened 1967	111 run
March 2, 1968	More Stately Mansions Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1967	142 run
April 20, 1968	Don't Drink the Water Morosco Theatre, opened 1966	598 run
June 8, 1968	Spofford Anta Playhouse, opened 1967	202 run
June 15, 1968	How Now, Dow Jones Lunt Fontanne Theatre, opened 1967	220 run
June 15, 1968	I Do! I Do! 46th Street Theatre, opened 1966	560 run
June 22, 1968	Pantagleize Lyceum Theatre, opened 1967	50 run
June 22, 1968	The Show Off Lyceum Theatre, opened 1967	69 run
July 27, 1968	There's a Girl in My Soup Music Box Theatre, opened 1967	322 run
October 19, 1968	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Alvin Theatre, opened 1967	420 run
November 23, 1968	Cactus Flower Royale Theatre, opened 1965	1,234 run