1994
38 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1994.
Broadway opened just 36 shows in 1994, and even those didn't last: half of those runs closed within 49 performances. Beauty and the Beast broke that pattern, running 5,461 performances, 111.4 times the median.
Beauty and the Beast opened April 18, 1994 at Palace Theatre and ran 5,461 performances.
Opened in 1994
UndatedJanuaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulySeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 3 openings
| Oliver! London PalladiumLondon | ||
| Copacabana Prince of Wales TheatreLondon | ||
| Fiorello! Broadway concertBroadway |
January: 2 openings
| January 6, 1994 | The Government Inspector Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 37 perf. |
| January 27, 1994 | No Man's Land Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway | 61 perf. |
March: 4 openings
| March 3, 1994 | Damn Yankees Marquis TheatreBroadway | 718 perf. |
| March 17, 1994 | A Little More Magic Belasco TheatreBroadway | 27 perf. |
| March 20, 1994 | The Flowering Peach Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 41 perf. |
| March 24, 1994 | Carousel Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 337 perf. |
April: 7 openings
| April 5, 1994 | Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect John Golden TheatreBroadway | 348 perf. |
| April 7, 1994 | Medea Longacre TheatreBroadway | 83 perf. |
| April 17, 1994 | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Cort TheatreBroadway | 72 perf. |
| April 18, 1994 | Beauty and the Beast Palace TheatreBroadway | 5,461 perf. |
| April 21, 1994 | Picnic Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway | 45 perf. |
| April 24, 1994 | Broken Glass Booth TheatreBroadway | 73 perf. |
| April 27, 1994 | An Inspector Calls Royale TheatreBroadway | 454 perf. |
May: 6 openings
| May 1, 1994 | The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| May 5, 1994 | Sally Marr...and her escorts Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 50 perf. |
| May 9, 1994 | Passion Plymouth TheatreBroadway | 280 perf. |
| May 10, 1994 | The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 16 perf. |
| May 11, 1994 | Grease Eugene O'Neill TheatreBroadway | 1,505 perf. |
| May 15, 1994 | Sunday in the Park with George St James TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
June: 2 openings
| June 5, 1994 | Gray's Anatomy Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 8 perf. |
| June 22, 1994 | Ian McKellen: A Knight Out at the Lyceum Lyceum TheatreBroadway | 4 perf. |
July: 1 opening
| July 10, 1994 | Hedda Gabler Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway | 33 perf. |
September: 1 opening
| September 8, 1994 | Philadelphia, Here I Come! Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway | 52 perf. |
October: 1 opening
| October 2, 1994 | Show Boat Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 947 perf. |
November: 6 openings
| November 2, 1994 | Nanci Griffith on Broadway Richard Rodgers TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| November 14, 1994 | Basia on Broadway Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 11 perf. |
| November 15, 1994 | The Glass Menagerie Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway | 57 perf. |
| November 17, 1994 | Sunset Boulevard Minskoff TheatreBroadway | 977 perf. |
| November 20, 1994 | The Flying Karamazov Brothers "Do The Impossible" Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 50 perf. |
| November 20, 1994 | The Shadow Box Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway | 49 perf. |
December: 5 openings
| December 6, 1994 | Lamb Chop on Broadway Richard Rodgers TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| December 8, 1994 | What's Wrong With This Picture? Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| December 15, 1994 | A Tuna Christmas Booth TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
| December 18, 1994 | Comedy Tonight Lunt Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 9 perf. |
| December 22, 1994 | A Christmas Carol Richard Rodgers TheatreBroadway | 18 perf. |