1977
59 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1977.
Broadway opened 58 shows in 1977, and most of them stayed: half of those runs lasted 85 performances or more.
Annie opened April 21, 1977 at Alvin Theatre and ran 2,377 performances.
Eden Theatre closed.
Opened in 1977
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 1 opening
| I Love My Wife London |
January: 5 openings
| January 1, 1977 | Something Old, Something New Morosco TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| January 4, 1977 | The Trip Back Down Longacre TheatreBroadway | 70 perf. |
| January 11, 1977 | Dirty Linen & New-Found-Land John Golden TheatreBroadway | 159 perf. |
| January 12, 1977 | Ipi-Tombi Harkness TheatreBroadway | 39 perf. |
| January 18, 1977 | Merce Cunningham and Dance Company Minskoff TheatreBroadway |
February: 6 openings
| February 2, 1977 | Otherwise Engaged Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 309 perf. |
| February 10, 1977 | A Party with Betty Comden & Adolph Green Morosco TheatreBroadway | 92 perf. |
| February 14, 1977 | Piaf...A Remembrance Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
| February 16, 1977 | American Buffalo Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 122 perf. |
| February 17, 1977 | The Cherry Orchard Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 62 perf. |
| February 24, 1977 | Caesar and Cleopatra Palace TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
March: 8 openings
| March 1, 1977 | Nureyev Uris TheatreBroadway | |
| March 2, 1977 | Unexpected Guests Little TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| March 14, 1977 | Mark Twain Tonight! Imperial TheatreBroadway | 11 perf. |
| March 17, 1977 | Romeo and Juliet Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 77 perf. |
| March 22, 1977 | Béjart: Ballet of the Twentieth Century Uris TheatreBroadway | |
| March 24, 1977 | Appearing Nitely Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 96 perf. |
| March 30, 1977 | Mummenschanz Bijou TheatreBroadway | 1,326 perf. |
| March 31, 1977 | The Shadow Box Morosco TheatreBroadway | 315 perf. |
April: 7 openings
| April 7, 1977 | Ladies at the Alamo Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| April 14, 1977 | Anna Christie Imperial TheatreBroadway | 124 perf. |
| April 17, 1977 | I Love My Wife Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 857 perf. |
| April 18, 1977 | Side by Side by Sondheim Music Box TheatreBroadway | 384 perf. |
| April 21, 1977 | Annie Alvin TheatreBroadway | 2,377 perf. |
| April 24, 1977 | The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel Longacre TheatreBroadway | 117 perf. |
| April 26, 1977 | Nana Mouskouri on Broadway Broadway TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
May: 8 openings
| May 2, 1977 | The King and I Uris TheatreBroadway | 695 perf. |
| May 7, 1977 | Happy End Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 75 perf. |
| May 11, 1977 | Vieux Carré St James TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| May 16, 1977 | Primitive Mysteries Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | |
| May 18, 1977 | Agamemnon Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 39 perf. |
| May 19, 1977 | Toller Cranston's "The Ice Show" Palace TheatreBroadway | 60 perf. |
| May 21, 1977 | Gemini Little TheatreBroadway | 1,819 perf. |
| May 31, 1977 | Beatlemania Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 1,006 perf. |
June: 1 opening
| June 16, 1977 | The Importance of Being Earnest Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 85 perf. |
September: 4 openings
| September 15, 1977 | Man of La Mancha Palace TheatreBroadway | 124 perf. |
| September 20, 1977 | Estrada Majestic TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| September 25, 1977 | Tartuffe Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 65 perf. |
| September 27, 1977 | Miss Margarida's Way Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 98 perf. |
October: 9 openings
| October 3, 1977 | Comedy With Music Imperial TheatreBroadway | |
| October 5, 1977 | Cleo on Broadway Minskoff TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| October 5, 1977 | Hair Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 43 perf. |
| October 6, 1977 | The Gin Game John Golden TheatreBroadway | 517 perf. |
| October 13, 1977 | The Night of the Tribades Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| October 20, 1977 | Dracula Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 925 perf. |
| October 25, 1977 | Some of My Best Friends Longacre TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| October 27, 1977 | An Almost Perfect Person Belasco TheatreBroadway | 108 perf. |
| October 29, 1977 | The Act Majestic TheatreBroadway | 233 perf. |
November: 6 openings
| November 1, 1977 | Bully 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| November 7, 1977 | A Condition of Shadow Bijou TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| November 14, 1977 | Golda Morosco TheatreBroadway | 93 perf. |
| November 16, 1977 | The Merchant Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| November 23, 1977 | Jesus Christ Superstar Longacre TheatreBroadway | 96 perf. |
| November 23, 1977 | Lou Rawls on Broadway Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
December: 4 openings
| December 4, 1977 | Chapter Two Imperial TheatreBroadway | 857 perf. |
| December 15, 1977 | Saint Joan Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 77 perf. |
| December 28, 1977 | A Touch of the Poet Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 141 perf. |
| December 29, 1977 | Cold Storage Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 180 perf. |
Closed in 1977
| January 2, 1977 | Barry Manilow on Broadway Uris Theatre, opened 1976 | 12 run |
| January 2, 1977 | Poor Murderer Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1976 | 87 run |
| January 9, 1977 | Porgy and Bess Uris Theatre, opened 1976 | 122 run |
| January 23, 1977 | The Threepenny Opera Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1976 | 307 run |
| February 13, 1977 | Guys and Dolls Broadway Theatre, opened 1976 | 239 run |
| February 13, 1977 | The Robber Bridegroom Biltmore, opened 1976 | 145 run |
| February 20, 1977 | My Fair Lady St James Theatre, opened 1976 | 377 run |
| February 20, 1977 | The Night of the Iguana Circle In The Square Theatre, opened 1976 | 77 run |
| April 3, 1977 | Comedians Music Box Theatre, opened 1976 | 145 run |
| May 21, 1977 | Fiddler on the Roof Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1976 | 167 run |
| June 12, 1977 | Pippin Imperial Theatre, opened 1972 | 1,944 run |
| July 2, 1977 | California Suite Eugene Oneill Theatre, opened 1976 | 445 run |
| August 7, 1977 | Shenandoah Alvin Theatre, opened 1975 | 1,050 run |
| August 27, 1977 | Chicago 46th Street Theatre, opened 1975 | 936 run |
| September 4, 1977 | Godspell Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1976 | 527 run |
| October 2, 1977 | Equus Plymouth Theatre, opened 1974 | 1,209 run |
| December 31, 1977 | Bubbling Brown Sugar Anta Playhouse, opened 1976 | 766 run |