1985
41 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1985.
Broadway opened just 39 shows in 1985, but the ones that did open stayed: half of those runs lasted 95 performances or more.
Big River opened April 25, 1985 at Eugene O'Neill Theatre and ran 1,005 performances.
Atlantic Theater Company opened.
Opened in 1985
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulySeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 2 openings
| Dorothy Tutin and Colin Blakeley in a trio of Pinter plays called collectively Other Places Duchess TheatreLondon | ||
| Les Miserables London |
January: 5 openings
| January 2, 1985 | Home Front Royale TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| January 3, 1985 | Dancing in the End Zone Ritz TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| January 7, 1985 | The King and I Broadway TheatreBroadway | 191 perf. |
| January 29, 1985 | Patti LaBelle on Broadway: The 'Look to the Rainbow' Tour Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| January 31, 1985 | Harrigan ‘n Hart Longacre TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
February: 3 openings
| February 11, 1985 | Pack of Lies Royale TheatreBroadway | 120 perf. |
| February 12, 1985 | An Evening with Smokey Robinson Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| February 21, 1985 | Strange Interlude Nederlander TheatreBroadway | 63 perf. |
March: 5 openings
| March 5, 1985 | The Octette Bridge Club Music Box TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| March 6, 1985 | The Loves of Anatol Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 46 perf. |
| March 7, 1985 | Requiem for a Heavyweight Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| March 27, 1985 | Joe Egg Longacre TheatreBroadway | 93 perf. |
| March 28, 1985 | Biloxi Blues Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 524 perf. |
April: 5 openings
| April 8, 1985 | Leader of the Pack Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 120 perf. |
| April 14, 1985 | Take Me Along Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| April 16, 1985 | Grind Mark HellingerBroadway | 71 perf. |
| April 25, 1985 | Big River Eugene O'Neill TheatreBroadway | 1,005 perf. |
| April 29, 1985 | Aren't We All? Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 93 perf. |
May: 4 openings
| May 1, 1985 | As Is Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 285 perf. |
| May 8, 1985 | Doubles Ritz TheatreBroadway | 277 perf. |
| May 13, 1985 | Mayor Latin QuarterBroadway | 185 perf. |
| May 30, 1985 | Arms and the Man Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 109 perf. |
June: 1 opening
| June 11, 1985 | The Odd Couple Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 295 perf. |
July: 1 opening
| July 2, 1985 | Singin' in the Rain Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 367 perf. |
September: 3 openings
| September 18, 1985 | Song and Dance Royale TheatreBroadway | 474 perf. |
| September 26, 1985 | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 391 perf. |
| September 29, 1985 | The Iceman Cometh Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 55 perf. |
October: 2 openings
| October 9, 1985 | Tango Argentino Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 199 perf. |
| October 10, 1985 | The Marriage of Figaro Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 77 perf. |
November: 2 openings
| November 7, 1985 | The News Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| November 19, 1985 | I'm Not Rappaport Booth TheatreBroadway | 891 perf. |
December: 8 openings
| December 1, 1985 | The Boys of Winter Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| December 2, 1985 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood Imperial TheatreBroadway | 608 perf. |
| December 10, 1985 | Blood Knot John Golden TheatreBroadway | 95 perf. |
| December 12, 1985 | Hay Fever Music Box TheatreBroadway | 124 perf. |
| December 18, 1985 | Jerry's Girls St James TheatreBroadway | 141 perf. |
| December 19, 1985 | Wind in the Willows Nederlander TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| December 20, 1985 | The Robert Klein Show! Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| December 22, 1985 | Benefactors Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 217 perf. |
Closed in 1985
| January 12, 1985 | Alone Together Music Box Theatre, opened 1984 | 97 run |
| January 16, 1985 | Much Ado About Nothing Gershwin Theatre, opened 1984 | 53 run |
| January 19, 1985 | Cyrano de Bergerac Gershwin Theatre, opened 1984 | 59 run |
| January 20, 1985 | Design For Living Circle In The Square Theatre, opened 1984 | 245 run |
| January 27, 1985 | Doug Henning & His World of Magic Lunt Fontanne Theatre, opened 1984 | 60 run |
| February 17, 1985 | Glengarry Glen Ross John Golden Theatre, opened 1984 | 378 run |
| March 3, 1985 | My One and Only St. James Theatre, opened 1983 | 767 run |
| March 10, 1985 | Whoopi Goldberg Lyceum Theatre, opened 1984 | 156 run |
| April 6, 1985 | Noises Off Brooks Atkinson Theatre, opened 1983 | 553 run |
| May 12, 1985 | The Real Thing Plymouth Theatre, opened 1984 | 566 run |
| May 18, 1985 | Torch Song Trilogy , opened 1982 | 1,222 run |
| June 2, 1985 | Hurlyburly Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1984 | 343 run |
| June 9, 1985 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Cort Theatre, opened 1984 | 276 run |
| August 11, 1985 | Dreamgirls Imperial Theatre, opened 1981 | 1,521 run |
| August 11, 1985 | The Tap Dance Kid Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1983 | 669 run |
| October 13, 1985 | Sunday in the Park with George Booth Theatre, opened 1984 | 604 run |