1970
65 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1970.
Broadway opened 59 shows in 1970: half of those runs were over within 28 performances. Sleuth, by Anthony Shaffer, broke that pattern, running 1,222 performances, 43.6 times the median.
Sleuth, by Anthony Shaffer, opened November 12, 1970 at Music Box Theatre and ran 1,222 performances.
Adelphi Theatre closed.
Opened in 1970
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJulySeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 6 openings
January: 5 openings
| January 8, 1970 | Camino Real Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 52 perf. |
| January 12, 1970 | The National Theater of the Deaf Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 8 perf. |
| January 21, 1970 | Watercolor & Criss-Crossing Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 5 perf. |
| January 28, 1970 | Brightower John Golden TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| January 31, 1970 | Sheep on the Runway Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 105 perf. |
February: 8 openings
| February 2, 1970 | Paris Is Out! Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 96 perf. |
| February 3, 1970 | Charles Aznavour Music Box TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| February 4, 1970 | Gloria and Esperanza Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 13 perf. |
| February 14, 1970 | Gantry George Abbott TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| February 17, 1970 | Child's Play Royale TheatreBroadway | 342 perf. |
| February 19, 1970 | Norman, Is That You? Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| February 24, 1970 | Harvey Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 79 perf. |
| February 26, 1970 | Georgy Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
March: 9 openings
| March 10, 1970 | The Chinese and Dr. Fish Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| March 12, 1970 | Operation Sidewinder Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 52 perf. |
| March 15, 1970 | Purlie Broadway TheatreBroadway | 688 perf. |
| March 16, 1970 | Grin and Bare It! / Postcards Belasco TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| March 22, 1970 | Blood Red Roses John Golden TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| March 26, 1970 | Minnie’s Boys Imperial TheatreBroadway | 80 perf. |
| March 29, 1970 | Look to the Lilies Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 25 perf. |
| March 30, 1970 | Applause Palace TheatreBroadway | 896 perf. |
| March 31, 1970 | Borstal Boy Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 143 perf. |
April: 7 openings
| April 6, 1970 | Candida Longacre TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| April 8, 1970 | Cry For Us All Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| April 14, 1970 | The Boy Friend Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 111 perf. |
| April 18, 1970 | A Place for Polly Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| April 22, 1970 | Park John Golden TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| April 23, 1970 | Inquest Music Box TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| April 26, 1970 | Company Alvin TheatreBroadway | 705 perf. |
May: 4 openings
| May 6, 1970 | The Cherry Orchard Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 5 perf. |
| May 14, 1970 | Beggar on Horseback Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 52 perf. |
| May 21, 1970 | The Engagement Baby Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| May 26, 1970 | Wilson in the Promise Land Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 7 perf. |
July: 1 opening
| July 4, 1970 | Charley's Aunt Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
September: 2 openings
| September 14, 1970 | Othello Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 16 perf. |
| September 24, 1970 | Bob and Ray -- The Two and Only John Golden TheatreBroadway | 158 perf. |
October: 7 openings
| October 5, 1970 | Opium Edison TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| October 12, 1970 | Conduct Unbecoming Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 144 perf. |
| October 19, 1970 | The Rothschilds Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 507 perf. |
| October 20, 1970 | Gandhi Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| October 26, 1970 | Paul Sills' Story Theatre Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 243 perf. |
| October 27, 1970 | Light, Lively and Yiddish Belasco TheatreBroadway | 87 perf. |
| October 29, 1970 | Not Now, Darling Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
November: 9 openings
| November 3, 1970 | The President's Daughter Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 72 perf. |
| November 5, 1970 | The Good Woman of Setzuan Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 44 perf. |
| November 9, 1970 | Hay Fever Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| November 10, 1970 | Two By Two Imperial TheatreBroadway | 343 perf. |
| November 12, 1970 | Sleuth Music Box TheatreBroadway | 1,222 perf. |
| November 15, 1970 | Les Blancs Longacre TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| November 17, 1970 | Home Morosco TheatreBroadway | 110 perf. |
| November 18, 1970 | The Castro Complex Stairway TheatreBroadway | 14 perf. |
| November 23, 1970 | The Candyapple Edison TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
December: 7 openings
| December 11, 1970 | Foreplay Bijou TheatreBroadway | 38 perf. |
| December 13, 1970 | The Gingerbread Lady Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 193 perf. |
| December 18, 1970 | The Me Nobody Knows Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 586 perf. |
| December 22, 1970 | A Place Without Doors Stairway TheatreBroadway | 30 perf. |
| December 22, 1970 | Happy Birthday, Wanda June Edison TheatreBroadway | 96 perf. |
| December 23, 1970 | Amahl and the Night Visitors/Help, Help, the Globolinks! Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 20 perf. |
| December 28, 1970 | Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen Majestic TheatreBroadway | 19 perf. |
Closed in 1970
| January 3, 1970 | Indians Brooks Atkinson Theatre, opened 1969 | 96 run |
| January 3, 1970 | Jimmy Winter Garden, opened 1969 | 84 run |
| January 3, 1970 | Mame Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1966 | 1,508 run |
| January 10, 1970 | No Place to Be Somebody Anta Playhouse, opened 1969 | 16 run |
| January 10, 1970 | Three Men on a Horse Lyceum Theatre, opened 1969 | 100 run |
| January 31, 1970 | The Great White Hope Alvin Theatre, opened 1968 | 546 run |
| March 14, 1970 | Play It Again, Sam Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1969 | 453 run |
| May 30, 1970 | Private Lives Billy Rose Theatre, opened 1969 | 198 run |
| October 3, 1970 | Coco Mark Hellinger Theatre, opened 1969 | 329 run |
| October 3, 1970 | Plaza Suite Plymouth Theatre, opened 1968 | 1,097 run |
| November 7, 1970 | Forty Carats Morosco Theatre, opened 1968 | 780 run |
| December 27, 1970 | Hello, Dolly! St. James Theatre, opened 1964 | 2,844 run |