1971
51 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1971.
The year before, 59 had.
No, No, Nanette opened January 19, 1971 at 46th Street Theatre and ran 861 performances.
63rd St. Music Hall closed.
Opened in 1971
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 5 openings
| No Sex Please, We're British Novello TheatreLondon | ||
| Old Times Aldwych TheatreLondon | ||
| The Balcony Aldwych TheatreLondon | ||
| The Dirtiest Show in Town Duchess TheatreLondon | ||
| Two Gentlemen of Verona London |
January: 7 openings
| January 7, 1971 | The Playboy of the Western World Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 52 perf. |
| January 12, 1971 | Soon Ritz TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| January 13, 1971 | A Doll's House Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 111 perf. |
| January 15, 1971 | Ari Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 19 perf. |
| January 19, 1971 | No, No, Nanette 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 861 perf. |
| January 20, 1971 | A Midsummer Night's Dream Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 62 perf. |
| January 30, 1971 | Four on a Garden Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 57 perf. |
February: 3 openings
| February 16, 1971 | The School for Wives Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 120 perf. |
| February 17, 1971 | Hedda Gabler Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| February 25, 1971 | And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little Morosco TheatreBroadway | 108 perf. |
March: 6 openings
| March 10, 1971 | Abelard and Heloise Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 53 perf. |
| March 11, 1971 | An Enemy of the People Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 53 perf. |
| March 15, 1971 | The Philanthropist Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
| March 16, 1971 | Father's Day John Golden TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| March 28, 1971 | All Over Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| March 29, 1971 | How the Other Half Loves Royale TheatreBroadway | 104 perf. |
April: 6 openings
| April 4, 1971 | Follies Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 522 perf. |
| April 11, 1971 | Johnny Johnson Edison TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| April 15, 1971 | 70, Girls, 70 BroadhurstBroadway | 36 perf. |
| April 22, 1971 | Ovid's Metamorphoses Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 35 perf. |
| April 24, 1971 | Frank Merriwell Longacre TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| April 28, 1971 | Dance of Death Ritz TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
May: 4 openings
| May 5, 1971 | Earl of Ruston Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| May 6, 1971 | Scratch St James TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| May 13, 1971 | Antigone Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 46 perf. |
| May 26, 1971 | Lenny Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 453 perf. |
June: 2 openings
| June 1, 1971 | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown John Golden TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| June 2, 1971 | The Trial of the Catonsville Nine Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
September: 2 openings
| September 9, 1971 | No Place to Be Somebody Morosco TheatreBroadway | 39 perf. |
| September 30, 1971 | Solitaire / Double Solitaire John Golden TheatreBroadway | 36 perf. |
October: 6 openings
| October 12, 1971 | Jesus Christ Superstar Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 711 perf. |
| October 19, 1971 | The Incomparable Max Royale TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| October 20, 1971 | Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 325 perf. |
| October 21, 1971 | To Live Another Summer, To Pass Another Winter Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 173 perf. |
| October 26, 1971 | Unlikely Heroes Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| October 31, 1971 | On the Town Imperial TheatreBroadway | 73 perf. |
November: 6 openings
| November 2, 1971 | The Grass Harp Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| November 11, 1971 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 798 perf. |
| November 12, 1971 | Mary Stuart Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 44 perf. |
| November 14, 1971 | Twigs Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 289 perf. |
| November 16, 1971 | Old Times Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 120 perf. |
| November 22, 1971 | Only Fools Are Sad Edison TheatreBroadway | 144 perf. |
December: 4 openings
| December 1, 1971 | Two Gentlemen of Verona St. James TheatreBroadway | 614 perf. |
| December 7, 1971 | Wild and Wonderful Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| December 19, 1971 | Inner City Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 97 perf. |
| December 20, 1971 | Murderous Angels Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
Closed in 1971
| January 3, 1971 | The President's Daughter Billy Rose Theatre, opened 1970 | 72 run |
| January 9, 1971 | Amahl and the Night Visitors/Help, Help, the Globolinks! Anta Playhouse, opened 1970 | 20 run |
| January 9, 1971 | Light, Lively and Yiddish Belasco Theatre, opened 1970 | 87 run |
| January 9, 1971 | Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen Majestic Theatre, opened 1970 | 19 run |
| January 10, 1971 | Foreplay Bijou Theatre, opened 1970 | 38 run |
| January 16, 1971 | A Place Without Doors Stairway Theatre, opened 1970 | 30 run |
| February 13, 1971 | Bob and Ray -- The Two and Only John Golden Theatre, opened 1970 | 158 run |
| February 14, 1971 | Conduct Unbecoming Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1970 | 144 run |
| February 20, 1971 | Home Morosco Theatre, opened 1970 | 110 run |
| March 14, 1971 | Happy Birthday, Wanda June Edison Theatre, opened 1970 | 96 run |
| May 29, 1971 | The Gingerbread Lady Plymouth Theatre, opened 1970 | 193 run |
| June 26, 1971 | Man of La Mancha ANTA Washington Square Theatre, opened 1965 | 2,328 run |
| July 3, 1971 | Paul Sills' Story Theatre Ambassador Theatre, opened 1970 | 243 run |
| September 4, 1971 | Last of the Red Hot Lovers Eugene Oneill Theatre, opened 1969 | 706 run |
| September 11, 1971 | Two By Two Imperial Theatre, opened 1970 | 343 run |
| November 6, 1971 | Purlie Broadway Theatre, opened 1970 | 688 run |
| November 14, 1971 | The Me Nobody Knows Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1970 | 586 run |