The Drama Nerds Database

Shows · 1990s

1990s

432 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in the 1990s.

Broadway opened just 372 shows in the 1990s, but the ones that did open stayed: half of those runs lasted 65 performances or more.

New Amsterdam Theatre, where The Lion King opened in 1997 · Epicgenius

The Lion King opened November 13, 1997 at New Amsterdam Theatre and ran 10,000 performances, the longest run to open in the 1990s.

The years

1990 38 openings · Six Degrees of Separation opened, ran 485 performances
1991 32 openings · Miss Saigon opened, ran 4,092 performances
1992 48 openings · Crazy for You opened, ran 1,622 performances
1993 54 openings · Kiss Of The Spider Woman-the Musical opened, ran 906 performances
1994 38 openings · Beauty and the Beast opened, ran 5,461 performances
1995 43 openings · Smokey Joe's Cafe opened, ran 2,036 performances
1996 47 openings · Chicago opened, ran 9,999 performances
1997 41 openings · The Lion King opened, ran 10,000 performances
1998 43 openings · Cabaret opened, ran 2,377 performances
1999 48 openings · Fosse opened, ran 1,093 performances

The buildings

Earl Carroll Theatre closed in 1990.

Edison Theatre closed in 1991.

Apollo Theatre closed in 1996.

Jane Street Theatre opened in 1996.

Lyric Theatre opened in 1998.

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