68 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1979.

Opened in 1979

UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Undated: 2 openings

	Ain't Misbehavin' London
	Aladdin Lyric TheatreLondon

January: 3 openings

January 2, 1979	Monteith & Rand Booth TheatreBroadway	79 perf.
January 11, 1979	The Grand Tour PalaceBroadway	61 perf.
January 28, 1979	Wings Lyceum TheatreBroadway	113 perf.

February: 7 openings

February 4, 1979	Trick Playhouse TheatreBroadway	9 perf.
February 6, 1979	Are You Now or Have You Ever Been Century TheatreBroadway	32 perf.
February 11, 1979	They’re Playing Our Song Imperial TheatreBroadway	1,082 perf.
February 14, 1979	Whoopee Anta PlayhouseBroadway	204 perf.
February 22, 1979	Coquelico 22 StepsBroadway	45 perf.
February 23, 1979	Saravá Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway	140 perf.
February 28, 1979	On Golden Pond New Apollo TheatreBroadway	126 perf.

March: 8 openings

March 1, 1979	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Uris TheatreBroadway	557 perf.
March 4, 1979	Strangers John Golden TheatreBroadway	9 perf.
March 6, 1979	Béjart: Ballet of the Twentieth Century Minskoff TheatreBroadway
March 7, 1979	Homage to Diaghilev Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway	31 perf.
March 15, 1979	Spokesong Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway	77 perf.
March 25, 1979	Zoot Suit Winter Garden TheatreBroadway	41 perf.
March 28, 1979	A Meeting by the River Palace TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
March 29, 1979	Bedroom Farce Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway	276 perf.

April: 10 openings

April 5, 1979	Faith Healer Longacre TheatreBroadway	20 perf.
April 8, 1979	Carmelina St. James TheatreBroadway	17 perf.
April 12, 1979	My Old Friends 22 StepsBroadway	53 perf.
April 16, 1979	G. R. Point Playhouse TheatreBroadway	32 perf.
April 17, 1979	Whose Life is it Anyway? Trafalgar TheatreBroadway	223 perf.
April 18, 1979	Manny Century TheatreBroadway	31 perf.
April 19, 1979	The Elephant Man Booth TheatreBroadway	916 perf.
April 22, 1979	V.I.P. Night on Broadway Shubert TheatreBroadway
April 29, 1979	Break a Leg Palace TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
April 30, 1979	The Goodbye People Belasco TheatreBroadway	1 perf.

May: 7 openings

May 3, 1979	Bosoms and Neglect Longacre TheatreBroadway	4 perf.
May 6, 1979	Knockout Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway	154 perf.
May 13, 1979	The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
May 14, 1979	Lerner and Loewe: A Very Special Evening Winter Garden TheatreBroadway
May 17, 1979	Murder at the Howard Johnson's John Golden TheatreBroadway	4 perf.
May 23, 1979	Up in One Biltmore TheatreBroadway	46 perf.
May 31, 1979	I Remember Mama Majestic TheatreBroadway	108 perf.

June: 7 openings

June 6, 1979	Loose Ends Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway	284 perf.
June 7, 1979	Lone Star & Pvt. Wars Century TheatreBroadway	69 perf.
June 12, 1979	Bruce Forsyth on Broadway! Winter Garden TheatreBroadway	5 perf.
June 13, 1979	The Madwoman of Central Park West 22 StepsBroadway	85 perf.
June 14, 1979	King Richard III Cort TheatreBroadway	31 perf.
June 19, 1979	The Price Playhouse TheatreBroadway	144 perf.
June 25, 1979	Got Tu Go Disco Minskoff TheatreBroadway	8 perf.

July: 2 openings

July 27, 1979	Broadway Opry '79 St James TheatreBroadway	6 perf.
July 31, 1979	But Never Jam Today Longacre TheatreBroadway	8 perf.

August: 1 opening

August 2, 1979

Gilda Radner - Live From New York Winter Garden TheatreBroadway

52 perf.

September: 3 openings

September 6, 1979	Peter Pan Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway	554 perf.
September 10, 1979	Shirley Bassey Minskoff TheatreBroadway	12 perf.
September 25, 1979	Evita Broadway TheatreBroadway	1,567 perf.

October: 5 openings

October 3, 1979	Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth 22 StepsBroadway	31 perf.
October 7, 1979	The 1940's Radio Hour St James TheatreBroadway	105 perf.
October 8, 1979	Sugar Babies Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway	1,208 perf.
October 10, 1979	Once a Catholic Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway	6 perf.
October 11, 1979	The Most Happy Fella Majestic TheatreBroadway	53 perf.

November: 7 openings

November 5, 1979	A Kurt Weill Cabaret Bijou TheatreBroadway	72 perf.
November 7, 1979	Devour the Snow John Golden TheatreBroadway	5 perf.
November 8, 1979	Romantic Comedy Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway	396 perf.
November 14, 1979	Strider Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway	214 perf.
November 20, 1979	Last Licks Longacre TheatreBroadway	15 perf.
November 27, 1979	Night and Day Anta PlayhouseBroadway	95 perf.
November 28, 1979	King of Schnorrers Playhouse TheatreBroadway	63 perf.

December: 6 openings

December 2, 1979	Bent New Apollo TheatreBroadway	241 perf.
December 5, 1979	Bette! Divine Madness Majestic TheatreBroadway	40 perf.
December 13, 1979	Oklahoma! Palace TheatreBroadway	293 perf.
December 16, 1979	Teibele and Her Demon Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway	25 perf.
December 18, 1979	Chinese Acrobats & Magicians of Taiwan Minskoff TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
December 20, 1979	Comin' Uptown Winter Garden TheatreBroadway	45 perf.

Closed in 1979

January 28, 1979	The Wiz Majestic Theatre, opened 1975	1,672 run
February 18, 1979	Man and Superman Circle In The Square Theatre, opened 1978	77 run
March 18, 1979	On the Twentieth Century St. James Theatre, opened 1978	449 run
March 24, 1979	Ballroom Majestic Theatre, opened 1978	116 run
April 22, 1979	The Crucifer of Blood Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1978	236 run
May 13, 1979	The Kingfisher Biltmore Theatre, opened 1978	181 run
May 20, 1979	I Love My Wife Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1977	857 run
October 7, 1979	Eubie! Ambassador Theatre, opened 1978	439 run
October 17, 1979	Beatlemania Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1977	1,006 run
December 8, 1979	Chapter Two Imperial Theatre, opened 1977	857 run