1984
42 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1984.
Broadway opened just 38 shows in 1984, and even those didn't last: half of those runs closed within 33 performances. Sunday in the Park with George broke that pattern, running 604 performances, 18.3 times the median.
Sunday in the Park with George opened May 2, 1984 at Booth Theatre and ran 604 performances.
Minetta Lane Theatre opened.
Opened in 1984
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 4 openings
| Barnum MadridInternational | ||
| Snoopy!!! The Musical Duchess TheatreLondon | ||
| Starlight Express London | ||
| Starlight Express Apollo Victoria TheatreLondon |
January: 3 openings
| January 5, 1984 | The Real Thing Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 566 perf. |
| January 19, 1984 | Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare Ritz TheatreBroadway | 37 perf. |
| January 29, 1984 | Open Admissions Music Box TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
February: 1 opening
| February 9, 1984 | The Rink Martin BeckBroadway | 204 perf. |
March: 3 openings
| March 8, 1984 | Awake and Sing! Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 61 perf. |
| March 25, 1984 | Glengarry Glen Ross John Golden TheatreBroadway | 378 perf. |
| March 29, 1984 | Death of a Salesman Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 155 perf. |
April: 6 openings
| April 5, 1984 | The Human Comedy RoyaleBroadway | 13 perf. |
| April 12, 1984 | The Golden Age Jack Lawrence TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| April 19, 1984 | Shirley MacLaine on Broadway Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 46 perf. |
| April 22, 1984 | Beethoven's Tenth Nederlander TheatreBroadway | 25 perf. |
| April 26, 1984 | Play Memory Longacre TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| April 29, 1984 | Oliver! Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
May: 6 openings
| May 1, 1984 | A Moon for the Misbegotten Cort TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| May 2, 1984 | Sunday in the Park with George Booth TheatreBroadway | 604 perf. |
| May 3, 1984 | A Woman of Independent Means Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| May 6, 1984 | End of the World Music Box TheatreBroadway | 33 perf. |
| May 17, 1984 | The Babe Princess TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| May 24, 1984 | The Wiz Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
June: 1 opening
| June 20, 1984 | Design For Living Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 245 perf. |
July: 2 openings
| July 11, 1984 | Twyla Tharp Dance on Broadway Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 15 perf. |
| July 17, 1984 | Oedipus Rex Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 8 perf. |
August: 4 openings
| August 7, 1984 | Hurlyburly Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 343 perf. |
| August 8, 1984 | 42nd Street West EndLondon | |
| August 16, 1984 | Nureyev and Friends Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| August 28, 1984 | Gladys Knight & the Pips & Kashif Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
September: 2 openings
| September 11, 1984 | Patti LaBelle on Broadway: The 'Look to the Rainbow' Tour Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| September 25, 1984 | Quilters Jack Lawrence TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
October: 6 openings
| October 10, 1984 | Kipling Royale TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| October 11, 1984 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Cort TheatreBroadway | 276 perf. |
| October 14, 1984 | Much Ado About Nothing Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 53 perf. |
| October 16, 1984 | Cyrano de Bergerac Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 59 perf. |
| October 21, 1984 | Alone Together Music Box TheatreBroadway | 97 perf. |
| October 24, 1984 | Whoopi Goldberg Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 156 perf. |
November: 3 openings
| November 11, 1984 | The Three Musketeers Broadway TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| November 15, 1984 | Accidental Death of an Anarchist Belasco TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| November 18, 1984 | André DeShields' Haarlem Nocturne Latin QuarterBroadway | 49 perf. |
December: 1 opening
| December 11, 1984 | Doug Henning & His World of Magic Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 60 perf. |
Closed in 1984
| January 1, 1984 | You Can't Take It With You Plymouth Theatre, opened 1983 | 312 run |
| February 4, 1984 | American Buffalo Booth Theatre, opened 1983 | 93 run |
| February 4, 1984 | Nine 46th Street Theatre, opened 1982 | 729 run |
| February 5, 1984 | Heartbreak House Circle In The Square Theatre, opened 1983 | 65 run |
| February 19, 1984 | Doonesbury Biltmore Theatre, opened 1983 | 104 run |
| February 19, 1984 | The Glass Menagerie Eugene Oneill Theatre, opened 1983 | 92 run |
| February 26, 1984 | 'night, Mother John Golden Theatre, opened 1983 | 380 run |
| April 28, 1984 | La Tragedie de Carmen Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1983 | 187 run |
| May 20, 1984 | On Your Toes Virginia Theatre, opened 1983 | 505 run |
| July 1, 1984 | Baby Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1983 | 241 run |
| September 2, 1984 | Zorba Broadway Theatre, opened 1983 | 344 run |