1974
71 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1974.
Broadway opened 69 shows in 1974: half of those runs were over within 37 performances. The Magic Show broke that pattern, running 1,920 performances, 51.9 times the median.
The Magic Show opened May 28, 1974 at Cort Theatre and ran 1,920 performances.
Opened in 1974
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMaySeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 2 openings
| Billy 1976 Theatre Royal, Drury LaneLondon | ||
| Travesties Aldwych TheatreLondon |
January: 4 openings
| January 2, 1974 | Find Your Way Home Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 135 perf. |
| January 2, 1974 | Next Time I'll Sing to You Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 2 perf. |
| January 6, 1974 | Liza Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| January 27, 1974 | Lorelei Palace TheatreBroadway | 320 perf. |
February: 4 openings
| February 13, 1974 | Rainbow Jones Music Box TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| February 14, 1974 | What the Wine-Sellers Buy Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 37 perf. |
| February 17, 1974 | The Freedom of the City Alvin TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| February 28, 1974 | Noël Coward in Two Keys Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 140 perf. |
March: 6 openings
| March 3, 1974 | Sextet Bijou TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| March 6, 1974 | Over Here! Shubert TheatreBroadway | 341 perf. |
| March 10, 1974 | Candide Broadway TheatreBroadway | 740 perf. |
| March 10, 1974 | Ulysses in Nighttown Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 69 perf. |
| March 26, 1974 | Clarence Darrow Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| March 31, 1974 | My Fat Friend Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 288 perf. |
April: 8 openings
| April 4, 1974 | Dance of Death Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 37 perf. |
| April 7, 1974 | Thieves Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 313 perf. |
| April 15, 1974 | Martha Graham and Company Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | |
| April 16, 1974 | Words & Music John Golden TheatreBroadway | 127 perf. |
| April 20, 1974 | An American Millionaire Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| April 22, 1974 | Jumpers Billy Rose TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
| April 23, 1974 | Sammy Uris TheatreBroadway | 14 perf. |
| April 30, 1974 | My Sister, My Sister Little TheatreBroadway | 238 perf. |
May: 8 openings
| May 5, 1974 | Bad Habits Booth TheatreBroadway | 177 perf. |
| May 6, 1974 | Will Rogers' USA Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| May 7, 1974 | Mott the Hoople Uris TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| May 16, 1974 | Ride the Winds Bijou TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| May 18, 1974 | Scapino Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 121 perf. |
| May 19, 1974 | Jule's Friends at the Palace Palace TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| May 23, 1974 | Short Eyes Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 102 perf. |
| May 28, 1974 | The Magic Show Cort TheatreBroadway | 1,920 perf. |
September: 2 openings
| September 23, 1974 | Gypsy Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 120 perf. |
| September 24, 1974 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 160 perf. |
October: 15 openings
| October 1, 1974 | Enrico Macias and his La Fete Orientale Co. Uris TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| October 2, 1974 | Medea and Jason Little TheatreBroadway | 2 perf. |
| October 6, 1974 | Mack & Mabel Majestic TheatreBroadway | 66 perf. |
| October 7, 1974 | Flowers Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| October 8, 1974 | Absurd Person Singular Music Box TheatreBroadway | 591 perf. |
| October 14, 1974 | Hosanna Bijou TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| October 15, 1974 | Charles Aznavour on Broadway Minskoff TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| October 16, 1974 | Andy Williams with Michel Legrand Uris TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| October 16, 1974 | Brief Lives Booth TheatreBroadway | 53 perf. |
| October 17, 1974 | Dreyfus in Rehearsal Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| October 24, 1974 | Equus Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 1,209 perf. |
| October 30, 1974 | Mert & Phil Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 41 perf. |
| October 30, 1974 | Tony & Lena Sing Minskoff TheatreBroadway | 37 perf. |
| October 31, 1974 | Anthony Newley / Henry Mancini Uris TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| October 31, 1974 | Tubstrip Mayfair TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
November: 10 openings
| November 10, 1974 | Mourning Pictures Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| November 11, 1974 | Love for Love Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| November 12, 1974 | Sherlock Holmes Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 471 perf. |
| November 13, 1974 | Johnny Mathis and The Miracles Uris TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| November 13, 1974 | Sizwe Banzi Is Dead Edison TheatreBroadway | 159 perf. |
| November 18, 1974 | Fame John Golden TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| November 21, 1974 | Saturday Sunday Monday Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| November 24, 1974 | The Island Edison TheatreBroadway | 52 perf. |
| November 25, 1974 | Eddy Arnold Palace TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| November 27, 1974 | The Fifth Dimension with Jo Jo's Dance Factory Uris TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
December: 12 openings
| December 3, 1974 | As You Like It Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| December 5, 1974 | London Assurance Palace TheatreBroadway | 45 perf. |
| December 9, 1974 | Who's Who in Hell Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| December 10, 1974 | In Praise of Love Morosco TheatreBroadway | 200 perf. |
| December 11, 1974 | God's Favorite Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 119 perf. |
| December 12, 1974 | The Rules of the Game Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| December 18, 1974 | Of Mice and Men Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 61 perf. |
| December 19, 1974 | Raphael in Concert with The Voices of New York Uris TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| December 20, 1974 | Where’s Charley? Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 76 perf. |
| December 23, 1974 | Good News! St James TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| December 26, 1974 | Nureyev and Friends Uris TheatreBroadway | |
| December 29, 1974 | All Over Town Booth TheatreBroadway | 233 perf. |
Closed in 1974
| January 5, 1974 | Measure for Measure Billy Rose Theatre, opened 1973 | 7 run |
| January 6, 1974 | An Evening With Josephine Baker Palace Theatre, opened 1973 | 7 run |
| January 11, 1974 | The Three Sisters Billy Rose Theatre, opened 1973 | 7 run |
| January 27, 1974 | The au Pair Man Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1973 | 37 run |
| February 3, 1974 | The Pajama Game Lunt Fontanne Theatre, opened 1973 | 65 run |
| February 10, 1974 | Gigi Uris Theatre, opened 1973 | 103 run |
| February 16, 1974 | Chemin de Fer Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1973 | 42 run |
| February 16, 1974 | Holiday Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1973 | 28 run |
| February 16, 1974 | The Visit Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1973 | 32 run |
| February 24, 1974 | The Iceman Cometh Circle In The Square Theatre, opened 1973 | 85 run |
| April 21, 1974 | That Championship Season Booth Theatre, opened 1972 | 700 run |
| April 21, 1974 | The Sunshine Boys Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1972 | 538 run |
| May 26, 1974 | The Good Doctor Eugene Oneill Theatre, opened 1973 | 208 run |
| August 3, 1974 | A Little Night Music Shubert Theatre, opened 1973 | 601 run |
| September 7, 1974 | Irene Minskoff Theatre, opened 1973 | 594 run |
| October 27, 1974 | Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope Playhouse Theatre, opened 1972 | 1,065 run |
| November 17, 1974 | A Moon for the Misbegotten Morosco Theatre, opened 1973 | 313 run |
| November 30, 1974 | Good Evening Plymouth Theatre, opened 1973 | 438 run |