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2000
44 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 2000.
Aida opened March 23, 2000 at Palace Theatre and ran 1,852 performances.
Opened in 2000
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulySeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 12 openings
| Unknown | The King and I London Palladium, London | |
| Unknown | Fallen Angels Apollo Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | Fame Victoria Palace Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | Fame Victoria Palace Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | Fosse Prince of Wales Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake Dominion Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | Notre Dame de Paris Dominion Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | Side Man Apollo Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street , London | |
| Unknown | Tango Passion Dominion Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | The Beautiful Game Cambridge Theatre, London | |
| Unknown | The Witches of Eastwick 2001 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London |
January: 2 openings
| January 11, 2000 | James Joyce's The Dead Belasco Theatre, Broadway | 120 perf. |
| January 13, 2000 | Wrong Mountain Eugene Oneill Theatre, Broadway | 28 perf. |
February: 1 opening
| February 29, 2000 | Squonk Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway | 32 perf. |
March: 5 openings
| March 2, 2000 | True West Circle In The Square Theatre, Broadway | 154 perf. |
| March 16, 2000 | Riverdance - On Broadway Gershwin Theatre, Broadway | 605 perf. |
| March 19, 2000 | A Moon for the Misbegotten Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway | 120 perf. |
| March 23, 2000 | Aida Palace Theatre, Broadway | 1,852 perf. |
| March 30, 2000 | Contact Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | 1,010 perf. |
April: 10 openings
| April 9, 2000 | The Ride Down Mt. Morgan Ambassador Theatre, Broadway | 121 perf. |
| April 11, 2000 | Copenhagen Royale Theatre, Broadway | 326 perf. |
| April 12, 2000 | Rose Lyceum Theatre, Broadway | 42 perf. |
| April 13, 2000 | The Wild Party Virginia Theatre, Broadway | 54 perf. |
| April 16, 2000 | Jesus Christ Superstar Ford Center For The Performing Arts, Broadway | 161 perf. |
| April 17, 2000 | The Real Thing Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway | 136 perf. |
| April 18, 2000 | The Green Bird Cort Theatre, Broadway | 56 perf. |
| April 25, 2000 | Taller Than a Dwarf Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 56 perf. |
| April 27, 2000 | The Music Man Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway | 699 perf. |
| April 30, 2000 | Uncle Vanya Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway | 49 perf. |
May: 1 opening
| May 1, 2000 | Dirty Blonde Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway | 352 perf. |
June: 1 opening
| June 15, 2000 | Macbeth Music Box Theatre, Broadway | 13 perf. |
July: 1 opening
| July 27, 2000 | The Man Who Came to Dinner American Airlines Theatre, Broadway | 85 perf. |
September: 1 opening
| September 17, 2000 | Gore Vidal's The Best Man Virginia Theatre, Broadway | 121 perf. |
October: 3 openings
| October 19, 2000 | The Dinner Party Music Box Theatre, Broadway | 364 perf. |
| October 24, 2000 | Proof Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway | 917 perf. |
| October 26, 2000 | The Full Monty Eugene O’Neill Theatre, Broadway | 770 perf. |
November: 6 openings
| November 2, 2000 | The Tale of the Allergist's Wife Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway | 777 perf. |
| November 13, 2000 | Matters of the Heart Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway | 11 perf. |
| November 14, 2000 | Betrayal American Airlines Theatre, Broadway | 89 perf. |
| November 15, 2000 | The Rocky Horror Show Circle In The Square Theatre, Broadway | 437 perf. |
| November 16, 2000 | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Booth Theatre, Broadway | 184 perf. |
| November 30, 2000 | Seussical , Broadway | 198 perf. |
December: 1 opening
| December 10, 2000 | Jane Eyre Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway | 209 perf. |
Closed in 2000
| January 2, 2000 | Kat and the Kings Cort Theatre, opened 1999 | 157 run |
| January 2, 2000 | Minnelli on Minnelli Palace Theatre, opened 1999 | 20 run |
| January 2, 2000 | The Scarlet Pimpernel Minskoff Theater, opened 1997 | 772 run |
| January 9, 2000 | It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1999 | 284 run |
| January 9, 2000 | Marie Christine Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1999 | 42 run |
| January 9, 2000 | Tango Argentino Gershwin Theatre, opened 1999 | 63 run |
| January 10, 2000 | Morning, Noon and Night Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 1999 | 12 run |
| January 16, 2000 | Ragtime Ford Center, opened 1998 | 834 run |
| January 16, 2000 | Smokey Joe's Cafe , opened 1995 | 2,036 run |
| January 23, 2000 | The Rainmaker Brooks Atkinson Theatre, opened 1999 | 74 run |
| March 5, 2000 | The Price Royale Theatre, opened 1999 | 128 run |
| April 16, 2000 | Bug , opened 1996 | |
| May 14, 2000 | Amadeus Music Box Theatre, opened 1999 | 173 run |
| May 28, 2000 | Waiting in the Wings Walter Kerr Theatre, opened 1999 | 186 run |
| July 2, 2000 | Dame Edna: The Royal Tour Booth Theatre, opened 1999 | 297 run |
| July 2, 2000 | Footloose Richard Rodgers Theatre, opened 1998 | 709 run |
| July 30, 2000 | Much Ado About Everything John Golden Theatre, opened 1999 | 186 run |
| September 10, 2000 | Cats Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1982 | 7,485 run |
| December 30, 2000 | Saturday Night Fever Minskoff Theatre, opened 1999 | 501 run |