1969
63 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1969.
Broadway's shows didn't last in 1969: half of the year's openings closed within 16 performances, one of the shortest medians of any year in this catalogue. Oh! Calcutta! broke that pattern, running 1,314 performances, 82.1 times the median.
Oh! Calcutta! opened June 17, 1969 at Eden Theatre and ran 1,314 performances.
ANTA Washington Square Theatre closed.
Opened in 1969
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 6 openings
January: 7 openings
| January 2, 1969 | The Fig Leaves Are Falling Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| January 8, 1969 | Hadrian VII Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 359 perf. |
| January 13, 1969 | Harkness Ballet Music Box TheatreBroadway | |
| January 20, 1969 | Cock-A-Doodle Dandy Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| January 22, 1969 | Celebration Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 109 perf. |
| January 26, 1969 | Red, White and Maddox Cort TheatreBroadway | 41 perf. |
| January 28, 1969 | Fire! Longacre TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
February: 8 openings
| February 1, 1969 | A Way of Life Anta PlayhouseBroadway | |
| February 1, 1969 | The Mother Lover Booth TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| February 3, 1969 | Canterbury Tales Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 121 perf. |
| February 6, 1969 | Dear World Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 132 perf. |
| February 12, 1969 | Play It Again, Sam Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 453 perf. |
| February 24, 1969 | The National Theater of the Deaf Longacre TheatreBroadway | 10 perf. |
| February 25, 1969 | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? Belasco TheatreBroadway | 39 perf. |
| February 27, 1969 | But, Seriously... Henry Millers TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
March: 9 openings
| March 3, 1969 | Hamlet Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 45 perf. |
| March 4, 1969 | The Wrong Way Light Bulb John Golden TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| March 5, 1969 | Zelda Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| March 6, 1969 | In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 54 perf. |
| March 12, 1969 | The Watering Place Music Box TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| March 13, 1969 | The Dozens Booth TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| March 16, 1969 | 1776 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 1,217 perf. |
| March 18, 1969 | Come Summer Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| March 22, 1969 | Billy Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
April: 4 openings
| April 7, 1969 | Cop-Out Cort TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| April 19, 1969 | The Megilla of Itzik Manger Longacre TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| April 23, 1969 | The Gingham Dog John Golden TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| April 29, 1969 | Trumpets of the Lord Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
May: 5 openings
| May 2, 1969 | The Jimmy Roselli Show Palace TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| May 8, 1969 | The Miser Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 52 perf. |
| May 10, 1969 | The Front Page Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
| May 12, 1969 | The World's a Stage Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| May 14, 1969 | My Daughter, Your Son Booth TheatreBroadway | 47 perf. |
June: 2 openings
| June 14, 1969 | A Teaspoon Every Four Hours Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 1 perf. |
| June 17, 1969 | Oh! Calcutta! Eden TheatreBroadway | 1,314 perf. |
September: 1 opening
| September 29, 1969 | Tiny Alice Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 10 perf. |
October: 10 openings
| October 2, 1969 | The New Music Hall of Israel Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 77 perf. |
| October 3, 1969 | A Flea in Her Ear Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 11 perf. |
| October 6, 1969 | A Patriot for Me Imperial TheatreBroadway | 49 perf. |
| October 9, 1969 | The Three Sisters Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 11 perf. |
| October 13, 1969 | Indians Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 96 perf. |
| October 15, 1969 | The Penny Wars Royale TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| October 16, 1969 | Three Men on a Horse Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 100 perf. |
| October 21, 1969 | Butterflies Are Free Booth TheatreBroadway | 1,128 perf. |
| October 23, 1969 | Jimmy Winter GardenBroadway | 84 perf. |
| October 30, 1969 | Angela Music Box TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
November: 3 openings
| November 6, 1969 | The Time of Your Life Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 52 perf. |
| November 10, 1969 | King Henry V Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 16 perf. |
| November 27, 1969 | Our Town Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 36 perf. |
December: 8 openings
| December 2, 1969 | Buck White George Abbott TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| December 4, 1969 | Private Lives Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 198 perf. |
| December 11, 1969 | The Mundy Scheme Royale TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| December 14, 1969 | La Strada Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| December 18, 1969 | Coco Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 329 perf. |
| December 22, 1969 | Love Is a Time of Day Music Box TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| December 28, 1969 | Last of the Red Hot Lovers Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 706 perf. |
| December 30, 1969 | No Place to Be Somebody Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 16 perf. |
Closed in 1969
| January 4, 1969 | You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running Ambassador Theatre, opened 1967 | 756 run |
| January 5, 1969 | Maggie Flynn Anta Playhouse, opened 1968 | 82 run |
| January 5, 1969 | The House of Atreus Billy Rose Theatre, opened 1968 | 20 run |
| January 5, 1969 | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Billy Rose Theatre, opened 1968 | 10 run |
| January 11, 1969 | Golden Rainbow Shubert Theatre, opened 1968 | 385 run |
| January 11, 1969 | Morning, Noon and Night Henry Millers Theatre, opened 1968 | 52 run |
| February 12, 1969 | King Lear Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1968 | 72 run |
| February 15, 1969 | A Cry of Players Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1968 | 72 run |
| February 15, 1969 | The Price Morosco Theatre, opened 1968 | 429 run |
| April 26, 1969 | George M! Palace Theatre, opened 1968 | 433 run |
| April 26, 1969 | Jimmy Shine Brooks Atkinson Theatre, opened 1968 | 161 run |
| April 26, 1969 | The Cocktail Party Lyceum Theatre, opened 1968 | 44 run |
| April 26, 1969 | The Misanthrope Lyceum Theatre, opened 1968 | 86 run |
| May 17, 1969 | The Man in the Glass Booth Royale Theatre, opened 1968 | 264 run |
| August 9, 1969 | Zorba Imperial Theatre, opened 1968 | 305 run |
| September 6, 1969 | Cabaret Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1966 | 1,165 run |