Shows ยท 1980s
1980s
517 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in the 1980s.
Broadway opened 471 shows in the 1980s, and most of them stayed: half of those runs lasted 48 performances or more.
The Phantom of the Opera opened January 26, 1988 at Majestic Theatre and ran 13,981 performances, the longest run to open in the 1980s.
The years
| 1980 | 76 openings 42nd Street opened, ran 3,486 performances |
| 1981 | 62 openings Dreamgirls opened, ran 1,521 performances |
| 1982 | 54 openings Cats opened, ran 7,485 performances |
| 1983 | 52 openings La Cage aux Folles opened, ran 1,761 performances |
| 1984 | 42 openings Sunday in the Park with George opened, ran 604 performances |
| 1985 | 41 openings Big River opened, ran 1,005 performances |
| 1986 | 53 openings Me And My Girl opened, ran 1,412 performances |
| 1987 | 48 openings Les Miserables opened, ran 6,680 performances |
| 1988 | 42 openings The Phantom of the Opera opened, ran 13,981 performances |
| 1989 | 47 openings Grand Hotel opened, ran 1,077 performances |
The buildings
Theatre de Lys closed in 1981.
Bijou Theatre closed in 1982.
Fulton Theatre closed in 1982.
Morosco Theatre closed in 1982.
Ritz Theatre closed in 1982.
Minetta Lane Theatre opened in 1984.
Atlantic Theater Company opened in 1985.
Marquis Theatre opened in 1986.
Entermedia Theatre closed in 1989.
Mark Hellinger Theatre closed in 1989.