41 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1997.

Opened in 1997

UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneAugustOctoberNovemberDecember

Undated: 2 openings

	The Who\ London
	The Who\ London

January: 2 openings

January 7, 1995	Passion London
January 27, 1997	Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus Gershwin TheatreBroadway	7 perf.

February: 3 openings

February 13, 1997	The Three Sisters Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway	61 perf.
February 20, 1997	Stanley Circle In The Square TheatreBroadway	77 perf.
February 27, 1997	The Last Night of Ballyhoo Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway	556 perf.

March: 5 openings

March 1, 1997	Mandy Patinkin in Concert Lyceum TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
March 20, 1997	Play On! Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway	61 perf.
March 25, 1997	Barrymore Music Box TheatreBroadway	236 perf.
March 26, 1997	Annie Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	239 perf.
March 27, 1997	The Young Man from Atlanta Longacre TheatreBroadway	84 perf.

April: 11 openings

April 2, 1997	A Doll's House Belasco TheatreBroadway	150 perf.
April 3, 1997	Dream Royale TheatreBroadway	109 perf.
April 13, 1997	An American Daughter Cort TheatreBroadway	89 perf.
April 20, 1997	The Gin Game Lyceum TheatreBroadway	145 perf.
April 23, 1997	Titanic Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway	804 perf.
April 24, 1997	Steel Pier Richard Rodgers TheatreBroadway	76 perf.
April 26, 1997	The Life Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway	466 perf.
April 27, 1997	The Little Foxes Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway	57 perf.
April 28, 1997	Jekyll & Hyde Plymouth TheatreBroadway	1,543 perf.
April 29, 1997	Candide Gershwin TheatreBroadway	104 perf.
April 30, 1997	London Assurance Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway	72 perf.

May: 1 opening

May 18, 1997

King David New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway

6 perf.

June: 1 opening

June 19, 1997

Forever Tango Walter Kerr TheatreBroadway

332 perf.

August: 1 opening

August 14, 1997

1776 Broadway

333 perf.

October: 3 openings

October 16, 1997	Side Show Broadway	91 perf.
October 23, 1997	Triumph of Love Royale TheatreBroadway	85 perf.
October 30, 1997	The Cherry Orchard Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	12 perf.

November: 9 openings

November 6, 1997	Proposals Broadhurst TheatreBroadway	77 perf.
November 9, 1997	Into the Woods Broadway TheatreBroadway	2 perf.
November 9, 1997	The Scarlet Pimpernel Minskoff TheaterBroadway	772 perf.
November 10, 1997	Jackie Belasco TheatreBroadway	128 perf.
November 13, 1997	The Lion King New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway	10,000 perf.
November 19, 1997	Eugene Onegin Martin Beck TheatreBroadway	7 perf.
November 19, 1997	The Old Neighborhood Booth TheatreBroadway	197 perf.
November 20, 1997	Ivanov Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway	51 perf.
November 24, 1997	Street Corner Symphony Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway	79 perf.

December: 3 openings

December 4, 1997	The Diary of Anne Frank Music Box TheatreBroadway	221 perf.
December 8, 1997	The Sunshine Boys Lyceum TheatreBroadway	230 perf.
December 14, 1997	A View From the Bridge Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway	239 perf.

Closed in 1997

January 5, 1997	Juan Darien Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1996	49 run
January 5, 1997	Love Thy Neighbor Booth Theatre, opened 1996	234 run
January 5, 1997	Show Boat Gershwin Theatre, opened 1994	947 run
January 6, 1997	It's a Slippery Slope Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1996	17 run
January 10, 1997	The Rehearsal Criterion Center Stage Right, opened 1996	55 run
January 26, 1997	An Ideal Husband Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1996	307 run
March 22, 1997	Sunset Boulevard Minskoff Theatre, opened 1994	977 run
April 20, 1997	Present Laughter Walter Kerr Theatre, opened 1996	175 run
June 1, 1997	Once Upon A Mattress Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1996	188 run
June 22, 1997	Rob Becker's Defending the Caveman Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1995	671 run
June 29, 1997	Master Class John Golden Theatre, opened 1995	598 run
July 27, 1997	Victor/Victoria Marquis Theatre, opened 1995	734 run