1987
48 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1987.
Broadway opened just 45 shows in 1987, but the ones that did open stayed: half of those runs lasted 69 performances or more.
Les Miserables opened March 12, 1987 at Broadway Theatre and ran 6,680 performances.
Opened in 1987
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneAugustOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 4 openings
| Flora, the Red Menace offBroadway | ||
| High Society Victoria Palace TheatreLondon | ||
| Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer Gielgud TheatreLondon | ||
| The Phantom of the Opera London |
January: 2 openings
| January 8, 1987 | Sweet Sue Music Box TheatreBroadway | 164 perf. |
| January 11, 1987 | Stepping Out John Golden TheatreBroadway | 73 perf. |
February: 1 opening
| February 19, 1987 | Stardust Biltmore TheatreBroadway | 101 perf. |
March: 7 openings
| March 1, 1987 | Death and the King's Horseman Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 33 perf. |
| March 4, 1987 | Coastal Disturbances Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 350 perf. |
| March 12, 1987 | Les Miserables Broadway TheatreBroadway | 6,680 perf. |
| March 15, 1987 | Starlight Express Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 761 perf. |
| March 22, 1987 | The Nerd Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 441 perf. |
| March 26, 1987 | Fences 46th Street TheatreBroadway | 525 perf. |
| March 31, 1987 | Blithe Spirit Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 104 perf. |
April: 10 openings
| April 2, 1987 | The Mikado Virginia TheatreBroadway | 37 perf. |
| April 5, 1987 | Safe Sex Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| April 6, 1987 | The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 Longacre TheatreBroadway | 136 perf. |
| April 12, 1987 | The Regard of Flight Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 17 perf. |
| April 15, 1987 | Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| April 16, 1987 | A Month of Sundays Ritz TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| April 22, 1987 | All My Sons John Golden TheatreBroadway | 31 perf. |
| April 23, 1987 | Asinamali! Jack Lawrence TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| April 26, 1987 | Pygmalion Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 113 perf. |
| April 30, 1987 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses Music Box TheatreBroadway | 149 perf. |
May: 2 openings
| May 3, 1987 | Sleight of Hand Cort TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| May 31, 1987 | The Comedy of Errors Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 65 perf. |
June: 3 openings
| June 22, 1987 | Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott! Palace TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| June 25, 1987 | Broadway Royale TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| June 28, 1987 | Dreamgirls Ambassador TheatreBroadway | 177 perf. |
August: 1 opening
| August 20, 1987 | Sherlock's Last Case Nederlander TheatreBroadway | 124 perf. |
October: 14 openings
| October 1, 1987 | Roza Royale TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| October 6, 1987 | La Serva Padrona Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| October 9, 1987 | Pulcinella Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| October 11, 1987 | Mort Sahl on Broadway! Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 26 perf. |
| October 13, 1987 | Tom Waits in Concert on Broadway Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
| October 14, 1987 | Burn This Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 437 perf. |
| October 14, 1987 | Il Berretto a Songali Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| October 15, 1987 | Jerry Garcia Acoustic and Electric Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 18 perf. |
| October 15, 1987 | Late Nite Comic Ritz TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
| October 19, 1987 | Anything Goes Broadway | 784 perf. |
| October 22, 1987 | Cabaret Imperial TheatreBroadway | 261 perf. |
| October 23, 1987 | Podrecca Puppet Theatre Company Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| October 27, 1987 | La Serva Amorosa Mark Hellinger TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| October 29, 1987 | Don't Get God Started Longacre TheatreBroadway | 85 perf. |
November: 3 openings
| November 5, 1987 | Into the Woods Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 765 perf. |
| November 12, 1987 | Teddy & Alice MinskoffBroadway | 77 perf. |
| November 15, 1987 | Breaking the Code Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 169 perf. |
December: 1 opening
| December 1, 1987 | Penn & Teller Ritz TheatreBroadway | 130 perf. |
Closed in 1987
| January 3, 1987 | Arsenic and Old Lace 46th Street Theatre, opened 1986 | 221 run |
| January 3, 1987 | Oh Coward! Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1986 | 56 run |
| January 3, 1987 | Smile Lunt-Fontanne, opened 1986 | 48 run |
| January 11, 1987 | The Front Page Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1986 | 57 run |
| January 11, 1987 | Wild Honey Virginia Theatre, opened 1986 | 28 run |
| January 25, 1987 | You Never Can Tell Circle In The Square Theatre, opened 1986 | 125 run |
| March 15, 1987 | Sweet Charity , opened 1986 | 369 run |
| March 15, 1987 | The House of Blue Leaves Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1986 | 360 run |
| March 22, 1987 | Social Security Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1986 | 388 run |
| May 16, 1987 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood Imperial Theatre, opened 1985 | 608 run |
| May 31, 1987 | As You Like It Belasco Theatre, opened 1986 | 174 run |
| May 31, 1987 | Macbeth Belasco Theatre, opened 1986 | |
| May 31, 1987 | Romeo and Juliet Belasco Theatre, opened 1986 | |
| September 20, 1987 | Big River Eugene O'Neill Theatre, opened 1985 | 1,005 run |
| November 15, 1987 | La Cage aux Folles Palace Theatre, opened 1983 | 1,761 run |