1998
43 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 1998.
Broadway opened just 39 shows in 1998, but the ones that did open stayed: half of those runs lasted 69 performances or more.
Cabaret opened March 19, 1998 at Kit Kat Klub at Studio 54 and ran 2,377 performances.
Lyric Theatre opened.
Opened in 1998
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilJuneJulyAugustOctoberNovemberDecemberNovember
Undated: 3 openings
| Saturday Night Fever London PalladiumLondon | ||
| Rent West EndLondon | ||
| Whistle Down The Wind 2001 Aldwych TheatreLondon |
January: 3 openings
| January 13, 1998 | Patti LaBelle on Broadway St James TheatreBroadway | 12 perf. |
| January 18, 1998 | Ragtime Ford CenterBroadway | 834 perf. |
| January 29, 1998 | The Capeman Marquis TheatreBroadway | 68 perf. |
February: 2 openings
| February 12, 1998 | Freak Cort TheatreBroadway | 144 perf. |
| February 14, 1998 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch Jane Street Theatre (Off-Broadway)Broadway | 857 perf. |
March: 6 openings
| March 1, 1998 | Art Royale TheatreBroadway | 600 perf. |
| March 8, 1998 | Paul McKenna's Hypnotic World Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway | 16 perf. |
| March 12, 1998 | The Sound of Music Martin Beck TheatreBroadway | 533 perf. |
| March 18, 1998 | Ah, Wilderness! Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 54 perf. |
| March 19, 1998 | Cabaret Kit Kat Klub at Studio 54Broadway | 2,377 perf. |
| March 26, 1998 | The Deep Blue Sea Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway | 61 perf. |
April: 8 openings
| April 1, 1998 | The Chairs John Golden TheatreBroadway | 74 perf. |
| April 2, 1998 | Golden Child Longacre TheatreBroadway | 69 perf. |
| April 5, 1998 | Wait Until Dark Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 97 perf. |
| April 16, 1998 | The Herbal Bed Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 13 perf. |
| April 23, 1998 | The Beauty Queen of Leenane Walter Kerr TheatreBroadway | 365 perf. |
| April 26, 1998 | Honour Belasco TheatreBroadway | 57 perf. |
| April 27, 1998 | High Society St. James TheatreBroadway | 144 perf. |
| April 29, 1998 | The Judas Kiss Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 103 perf. |
June: 1 opening
| June 25, 1998 | Side Man Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway | 517 perf. |
July: 2 openings
| July 16, 1998 | Twelfth Night Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 53 perf. |
| July 28, 1998 | An Evening with Jerry Herman Booth TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
August: 2 openings
| August 5, 1998 | Jerry Seinfeld: Live On Broadway Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 10 perf. |
| August 27, 1998 | Colin Quinn -- An Irish Wake Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 22 perf. |
October: 7 openings
| October 8, 1998 | Swan Lake Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 124 perf. |
| October 13, 1998 | Mandy Patinkin in Concert: "Mamaloshen" Belasco TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
| October 15, 1998 | More to Love Eugene Oneill TheatreBroadway | 5 perf. |
| October 19, 1998 | A Mom's Life Belasco TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
| October 21, 1998 | Aznavour Marquis TheatreBroadway | 23 perf. |
| October 22, 1998 | Footloose Richard Rodgers TheatreBroadway | 709 perf. |
| October 25, 1998 | Getting and Spending Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway | 41 perf. |
November: 5 openings
| November 5, 1998 | I'm Still Here...Damn It! Booth TheatreBroadway | 51 perf. |
| November 12, 1998 | Little Me Criterion Center Stage RightBroadway | 99 perf. |
| November 19, 1998 | On the Town Gershwin TheatreBroadway | 69 perf. |
| November 23, 1998 | Fool Moon Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 49 perf. |
| November 23, 1998 | Peter Pan Marquis TheatreBroadway | 48 perf. |
December: 3 openings
| December 3, 1998 | Electra Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 116 perf. |
| December 13, 1998 | The Blue Room Cort TheatreBroadway | 81 perf. |
| December 17, 1998 | Parade Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 84 perf. |
November: 1 opening
| November 7, 2024 | Show Boat London |
Closed in 1998
| January 3, 1998 | Side Show , opened 1997 | 91 run |
| January 4, 1998 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum St James Theatre, opened 1996 | 715 run |
| January 4, 1998 | Ivanov Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1997 | 51 run |
| January 4, 1998 | Triumph of Love Royale Theatre, opened 1997 | 85 run |
| January 11, 1998 | Proposals Broadhurst Theatre, opened 1997 | 77 run |
| January 25, 1998 | Grease Eugene O'Neill Theatre, opened 1994 | 1,505 run |
| February 1, 1998 | Street Corner Symphony Brooks Atkinson Theatre, opened 1997 | 79 run |
| February 22, 1998 | The King and I Neil Simon Theatre, opened 1996 | 780 run |
| March 1, 1998 | Jackie Belasco Theatre, opened 1997 | 128 run |
| May 10, 1998 | The Old Neighborhood Booth Theatre, opened 1997 | 197 run |
| June 7, 1998 | The Life Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 1997 | 466 run |
| June 14, 1998 | 1776 , opened 1997 | 333 run |
| June 14, 1998 | The Diary of Anne Frank Music Box Theatre, opened 1997 | 221 run |
| June 28, 1998 | The Last Night of Ballyhoo Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 1997 | 556 run |
| June 28, 1998 | The Sunshine Boys Lyceum Theatre, opened 1997 | 230 run |
| August 2, 1998 | Forever Tango Walter Kerr Theatre, opened 1997 | 332 run |
| August 30, 1998 | A View From the Bridge Criterion Center Stage Right, opened 1997 | 239 run |