1991
32 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1991.
The year before, 30 had.
Miss Saigon opened April 11, 1991 at Broadway Theatre and ran 4,092 performances.
Edison Theatre closed.
Opened in 1991
UndatedMarchJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 5 openings
| 70, Girls, 70 West EndLondon | ||
| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat London PalladiumLondon | ||
| An Evening Duchess TheatreLondon | ||
| Brand Aldwych TheatreLondon | ||
| Five Guys Named Moe London |
March: 1 opening
| March 15, 1990 | Sunday in the Park with George Sondheim TheatreLondon |
January: 1 opening
| January 21, 1991 | Monster in a Box Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 13 perf. |
February: 5 openings
| February 10, 1991 | La Bête Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 25 perf. |
| February 14, 1991 | Mule Bone Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 68 perf. |
| February 20, 1991 | Taking Steps Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 78 perf. |
| February 21, 1991 | Lost in Yonkers Richard Rodgers TheatreBroadway | 780 perf. |
| February 28, 1991 | The Speed of Darkness Belasco TheatreBroadway | 36 perf. |
March: 1 opening
| March 3, 1991 | The Big Love Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 41 perf. |
April: 6 openings
| April 3, 1991 | Penn & Teller: The Refrigerator Tour Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 103 perf. |
| April 4, 1991 | Lucifer's Child Music Box TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| April 8, 1991 | I Hate Hamlet Walter Kerr TheatreBroadway | 88 perf. |
| April 11, 1991 | Miss Saigon Broadway TheatreBroadway | 4,092 perf. |
| April 25, 1991 | The Secret Garden St. James TheatreBroadway | 709 perf. |
| April 29, 1991 | Our Country's Good Nederlander TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
May: 1 opening
| May 1, 1991 | The Will Rogers Follies The Palace TheatreBroadway | 981 perf. |
June: 1 opening
| June 26, 1991 | Getting Married Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 70 perf. |
October: 4 openings
| October 9, 1991 | On Borrowed Time Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 101 perf. |
| October 20, 1991 | André Heller's Wonderhouse Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| October 24, 1991 | Dancing at Lughnasa Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 421 perf. |
| October 27, 1991 | The Homecoming Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway | 49 perf. |
November: 3 openings
| November 6, 1991 | Moscow Circus - Cirk Valentin Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| November 7, 1991 | Park Your Car in Harvard Yard Music Box TheatreBroadway | 124 perf. |
| November 26, 1991 | Peter Pan Minskoff TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
December: 4 openings
| December 5, 1991 | Catskills on Broadway Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 453 perf. |
| December 8, 1991 | Nick & Nora Marquis TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| December 10, 1991 | The Crucible Belasco TheatreBroadway | 31 perf. |
| December 19, 1991 | A Christmas Carol Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 14 perf. |
Closed in 1991
| January 20, 1991 | Black and Blue Minskoff Theatre, opened 1989 | 829 run |
| January 20, 1991 | Peter Pan Lunt Fontanne Theatre, opened 1990 | 45 run |
| January 20, 1991 | Shogun, The Musical Marquis Theatre, opened 1990 | 72 run |
| January 26, 1991 | A Few Good Men Music Box Theatre, opened 1989 | 497 run |
| January 27, 1991 | The Piano Lesson Walter Kerr Theatre, opened 1990 | 328 run |
| February 24, 1991 | Those Were the Days Edison Theatre, opened 1990 | 126 run |
| March 2, 1991 | Aspects of Love Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1990 | 377 run |
| April 7, 1991 | Shadowlands Brooks Atkinson Theatre, opened 1990 | 169 run |
| April 14, 1991 | Oh, Kay! Richard Rodgers Theatre, opened 1990 | 77 run |
| May 19, 1991 | Buddy Shubert Theatre, opened 1990 | 225 run |
| May 19, 1991 | Prelude to a Kiss Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1990 | 440 run |
| June 16, 1991 | Fiddler on the Roof Gershwin Theatre, opened 1990 | 241 run |
| June 30, 1991 | Jackie Mason: Brand New Neil Simon Theatre, opened 1990 | 216 run |
| July 28, 1991 | Gypsy St James Theatre, opened 1989 | 581 run |
| December 1, 1991 | Once on This Island Booth Theatre, opened 1990 | 469 run |