Broadway opened just 45 shows in 1987, but the ones that did open stayed: half of those runs lasted 69 performances or more.
1987
48 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1987.
Les Miserables opened March 12, 1987 at Broadway Theatre and ran 6,680 performances.
Opened in 1987
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneAugustOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 4 openings
| Unknown | Flora, the Red Menace off, Broadway | |
| Unknown | High Society Victoria Palace Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer Gielgud Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | The Phantom of the Opera , London |
January: 2 openings
| January 8, 1987 | Sweet Sue Music Box Theatre, Broadway | 164 perf. |
| January 11, 1987 | Stepping Out John Golden Theatre, Broadway | 73 perf. |
February: 1 opening
| February 19, 1987 | Stardust Biltmore Theatre, Broadway | 101 perf. |
March: 7 openings
| March 1, 1987 | Death and the King's Horseman Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | 33 perf. |
| March 4, 1987 | Coastal Disturbances Circle In The Square Theatre, Broadway | 350 perf. |
| March 12, 1987 | Les Miserables Broadway Theatre, Broadway | 6,680 perf. |
| March 15, 1987 | Starlight Express Gershwin Theatre, Broadway | 761 perf. |
| March 22, 1987 | The Nerd Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway | 441 perf. |
| March 26, 1987 | Fences 46th Street Theatre, Broadway | 525 perf. |
| March 31, 1987 | Blithe Spirit Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway | 104 perf. |
April: 10 openings
| April 2, 1987 | The Mikado Virginia Theatre, Broadway | 37 perf. |
| April 5, 1987 | Safe Sex Lyceum Theatre, Broadway | 9 perf. |
| April 6, 1987 | The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 136 perf. |
| April 12, 1987 | The Regard of Flight Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | 17 perf. |
| April 15, 1987 | Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre Ambassador Theatre, Broadway | 13 perf. |
| April 16, 1987 | A Month of Sundays Ritz Theatre, Broadway | 4 perf. |
| April 22, 1987 | All My Sons John Golden Theatre, Broadway | 31 perf. |
| April 23, 1987 | Asinamali! Jack Lawrence Theatre, Broadway | 28 perf. |
| April 26, 1987 | Pygmalion Plymouth Theatre, Broadway | 113 perf. |
| April 30, 1987 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses Music Box Theatre, Broadway | 149 perf. |
May: 2 openings
| May 3, 1987 | Sleight of Hand Cort Theatre, Broadway | 9 perf. |
| May 31, 1987 | The Comedy of Errors Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | 65 perf. |
June: 3 openings
| June 22, 1987 | Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott! Palace Theatre, Broadway | 1 perf. |
| June 25, 1987 | Broadway Royale Theatre, Broadway | 4 perf. |
| June 28, 1987 | Dreamgirls Ambassador Theatre, Broadway | 177 perf. |
August: 1 opening
| August 20, 1987 | Sherlock's Last Case Nederlander Theatre, Broadway | 124 perf. |
October: 14 openings
| October 1, 1987 | Roza Royale Theatre, Broadway | 12 perf. |
| October 6, 1987 | La Serva Padrona Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway | 1 perf. |
| October 9, 1987 | Pulcinella Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway | 3 perf. |
| October 11, 1987 | Mort Sahl on Broadway! Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway | 26 perf. |
| October 13, 1987 | Tom Waits in Concert on Broadway Eugene Oneill Theatre, Broadway | 7 perf. |
| October 14, 1987 | Burn This Plymouth Theatre, Broadway | 437 perf. |
| October 14, 1987 | Il Berretto a Songali Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway | 3 perf. |
| October 15, 1987 | Jerry Garcia Acoustic and Electric Lunt Fontanne Theatre, Broadway | 18 perf. |
| October 15, 1987 | Late Nite Comic Ritz Theatre, Broadway | 4 perf. |
| October 19, 1987 | Anything Goes , Broadway | 784 perf. |
| October 22, 1987 | Cabaret Imperial Theatre, Broadway | 261 perf. |
| October 23, 1987 | Podrecca Puppet Theatre Company Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway | 1 perf. |
| October 27, 1987 | La Serva Amorosa Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway | 3 perf. |
| October 29, 1987 | Don't Get God Started Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 85 perf. |
November: 3 openings
| November 5, 1987 | Into the Woods Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway | 765 perf. |
| November 12, 1987 | Teddy & Alice Minskoff, Broadway | 77 perf. |
| November 15, 1987 | Breaking the Code Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway | 169 perf. |
December: 1 opening
| December 1, 1987 | Penn & Teller Ritz Theatre, Broadway | 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 |