1980
76 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1980.
Broadway opened 71 shows in 1980: half of those runs were over within 24 performances. 42nd Street broke that pattern, running 3,486 performances, 145.2 times the median.
42nd Street opened August 25, 1980 at Majestic Theatre and ran 3,486 performances.
Opened in 1980
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 5 openings
January: 3 openings
| January 3, 1980 | Watch on the Rhine John Golden TheatreBroadway | 36 perf. |
| January 5, 1980 | Betrayal Trafalgar TheatreBroadway | 170 perf. |
| January 31, 1980 | The Lady from Dubuque Morosco TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
February: 11 openings
| February 7, 1980 | Harold and Maude Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| February 10, 1980 | Filumena St James TheatreBroadway | 33 perf. |
| February 12, 1980 | Canterbury Tales Rialto TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| February 14, 1980 | West Side Story Minskoff TheatreBroadway | 333 perf. |
| February 20, 1980 | Talley's Folly Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 286 perf. |
| February 24, 1980 | Whose Life is it Anyway? Royale TheatreBroadway | 96 perf. |
| February 25, 1980 | Dance Theatre of Harlem Uris TheatreBroadway | |
| February 25, 1980 | Les Colombaioni Bijou TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| February 25, 1980 | Mister Lincoln Morosco TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| February 26, 1980 | Major Barbara Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| February 27, 1980 | Charlotte Belasco TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
March: 6 openings
| March 6, 1980 | Censored Scenes From King Kong Princess TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| March 19, 1980 | Heartaches of a Pussycat Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 5 perf. |
| March 24, 1980 | Twyla Tharp and Dancers Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| March 26, 1980 | Clothes for a Summer Hotel Cort TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| March 27, 1980 | Reggae Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
| March 30, 1980 | Children of a Lesser God Longacre TheatreBroadway | 887 perf. |
April: 8 openings
| April 2, 1980 | Horowitz and Mrs. Washington John Golden TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| April 3, 1980 | I Ought to Be in Pictures Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 324 perf. |
| April 10, 1980 | Morning's at Seven Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 564 perf. |
| April 23, 1980 | Goodbye Fidel New Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| April 24, 1980 | Past Tense Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 45 perf. |
| April 27, 1980 | Happy New Year Morosco TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
| April 28, 1980 | Nuts Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 96 perf. |
| April 30, 1980 | Barnum St. James TheatreBroadway | 854 perf. |
May: 8 openings
| May 1, 1980 | A Day in Hollywood/ A Night in the Ukraine John Golden TheatreBroadway | 588 perf. |
| May 4, 1980 | Hide and Seek Belasco TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| May 7, 1980 | Home Cort TheatreBroadway | 278 perf. |
| May 8, 1980 | The Roast Winter Garden TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| May 14, 1980 | Musical Chairs Rialto TheatreBroadway | 14 perf. |
| May 19, 1980 | Blackstone! Majestic TheatreBroadway | 104 perf. |
| May 27, 1980 | Of the Fields, Lately Century TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| May 29, 1980 | Billy Bishop Goes to War Morosco TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
June: 5 openings
| June 2, 1980 | Your Arms Too Short to Box With God Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 149 perf. |
| June 3, 1980 | It's So Nice to Be Civilized Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| June 5, 1980 | The Music Man City CenterBroadway | 21 perf. |
| June 15, 1980 | Fearless Frank Princess TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| June 26, 1980 | The Man Who Came to Dinner Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 85 perf. |
July: 1 opening
| July 8, 1980 | Camelot New York State TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
August: 2 openings
| August 20, 1980 | The Bat Uris TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| August 25, 1980 | 42nd Street Majestic TheatreBroadway | 3,486 perf. |
September: 4 openings
| September 9, 1980 | Coppelia Uris TheatreBroadway | 10 perf. |
| September 12, 1980 | Marcel Proust Remembered Uris TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| September 14, 1980 | Charlie and Algernon Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
| September 23, 1980 | Passione Morosco TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
October: 10 openings
| October 2, 1980 | Insideoutsideandallaround with Shelley Berman Bijou TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| October 2, 1980 | The Bacchae Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 61 perf. |
| October 7, 1980 | Makarova and Company Uris TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| October 8, 1980 | Division Street Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 21 perf. |
| October 9, 1980 | The Suicide Anta PlayhouseBroadway | 60 perf. |
| October 16, 1980 | Brigadoon Majestic TheatreBroadway | 133 perf. |
| October 20, 1980 | One Night Stand Nederlander TheatreBroadway | |
| October 21, 1980 | Banjo Dancing Century TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
| October 23, 1980 | Tintypes John Golden TheatreBroadway | 93 perf. |
| October 30, 1980 | Quick Change Bijou TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
November: 9 openings
| November 2, 1980 | A Life Morosco TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
| November 5, 1980 | Fifth of July New Apollo TheatreBroadway | 511 perf. |
| November 6, 1980 | Boston Ballet Company Uris TheatreBroadway | 19 perf. |
| November 6, 1980 | Tricks of the Trade Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| November 12, 1980 | Lunch Hour Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 262 perf. |
| November 14, 1980 | The Philadelphia Story Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 60 perf. |
| November 17, 1980 | A Lesson From Aloes Playhouse TheatreBroadway | 96 perf. |
| November 20, 1980 | The American Clock Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| November 30, 1980 | Perfectly Frank Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
December: 4 openings
| December 14, 1980 | Onward Victoria Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| December 17, 1980 | Amadeus Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 1,181 perf. |
| December 18, 1980 | John Gabriel Borkman Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 61 perf. |
| December 28, 1980 | Mixed Couples Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
Closed in 1980
| January 1, 1980 | Da Morosco Theatre, opened 1978 | 697 run |
| January 6, 1980 | Bette! Divine Madness Majestic Theatre, opened 1979 | 40 run |
| January 6, 1980 | Dracula Martin Beck Theatre, opened 1977 | 925 run |
| January 6, 1980 | Teibele and Her Demon Brooks Atkinson Theatre, opened 1979 | 25 run |
| January 6, 1980 | The 1940's Radio Hour St James Theatre, opened 1979 | 105 run |
| January 13, 1980 | King of Schnorrers Playhouse Theatre, opened 1979 | 63 run |
| January 27, 1980 | Comin' Uptown Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1979 | 45 run |
| January 27, 1980 | Loose Ends Circle In The Square Theatre, opened 1979 | 284 run |
| February 16, 1980 | Night and Day Anta Playhouse, opened 1979 | 95 run |
| April 13, 1980 | Grease Eden Theatre, opened 1972 | 3,388 run |
| April 20, 1980 | Mummenschanz Bijou Theatre, opened 1977 | 1,326 run |
| May 18, 1980 | Strider Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1979 | 214 run |
| June 1, 1980 | A Kurt Weill Cabaret Bijou Theatre, opened 1979 | 72 run |
| June 28, 1980 | Bent New Apollo Theatre, opened 1979 | 241 run |
| June 29, 1980 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Uris Theatre, opened 1979 | 557 run |
| August 24, 1980 | Oklahoma! Palace Theatre, opened 1979 | 293 run |
| October 18, 1980 | Romantic Comedy Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1979 | 396 run |