69 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 2008.

Opened in 2008

UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulySeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Undated: 28 openings

Unknown	An Audience Apollo Theatre, London
Unknown	Bill Bailey's Tinselworm Gielgud Theatre, London
Unknown	Carl Rosa Opera presented a Gilbert and Sullivan season Gielgud Theatre, London
Unknown	Divas Apollo Theatre, London
Unknown	Eürobeat Almost Eurovision Novello Theatre, London
Unknown	Evita , London
Unknown	God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza Gielgud Theatre, London
Unknown	Hairspray , London
Unknown	Imagine This Gillian Lynne Theatre, London
Unknown	Into the Hoods Novello Theatre, London
Unknown	Parade , London
Unknown	Piaf Vaudeville Theatre, London
Unknown	Rain Man Apollo Theatre, London
Unknown	Rent , London
Unknown	Rock of Ages Off, Broadway
Unknown	Shrek the Musical , Broadway	441 perf.
Unknown	Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello Gielgud Theatre, London
Unknown	Spyski/The Importance of Being Ernest Lyric Theatre, London
Unknown	That Face Tom Stoppard Theatre, London
Unknown	The Deep Blue Sea Vaudeville Theatre, London
Unknown	The Drowsy Chaperone , London
Unknown	The Female of the Species Vaudeville Theatre, London
Unknown	The Harder They Come Playhouse Theatre, London
Unknown	The Importance of Being Earnest Vaudeville Theatre, London
Unknown	The Magic Flute Tom Stoppard Theatre, London
Unknown	The RSC's Hamlet Novello Theatre, London
Unknown	The Vortex Apollo Theatre, London
Unknown	Twelfth Night Wyndham's Theatre, London

January: 4 openings

January 10, 2008	The Little Mermaid Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway	685 perf.
January 15, 2008	The 39 Steps American Airlines Theatre, Broadway	771 perf.
January 17, 2008	November Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	205 perf.
January 24, 2008	Come Back, Little Sheba Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	58 perf.

February: 2 openings

February 21, 2008	Sunday in the Park with George Studio 54, Broadway	149 perf.
February 28, 2008	Passing Strange Belasco Theatre, Broadway	165 perf.

March: 4 openings

March 6, 2008	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway	125 perf.
March 9, 2008	In the Heights Richard Rodgers Theatre, Broadway	1,184 perf.
March 27, 2008	Gypsy St. James Theatre, Broadway	332 perf.
March 31, 2008	You May Now Worship Me Eugene Oneill Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.

April: 6 openings

April 3, 2008	South Pacific Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway	996 perf.
April 8, 2008	Macbeth Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	52 perf.
April 17, 2008	A Catered Affair Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway	116 perf.
April 24, 2008	Cry-Baby Marquis Theatre, Broadway	68 perf.
April 27, 2008	The Country Girl Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, Broadway	97 perf.
April 30, 2008	Thurgood Booth Theatre, Broadway	126 perf.

May: 5 openings

May 1, 2008	Les Liaisons Dangereuses American Airlines Theatre, Broadway	77 perf.
May 4, 2008	Boeing-Boeing Longacre Theatre, Broadway	279 perf.
May 6, 2008	Glory Days Circle In The Square Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.
May 7, 2008	Top Girls Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	63 perf.
May 19, 2008	Mandy Patinkin on Broadway Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.

June: 1 opening

June 26, 2008

Cirque Dreams Broadway Theatre, Broadway

70 perf.

July: 1 opening

July 17, 2008

[title of show] Lyceum Theatre, Broadway

102 perf.

September: 2 openings

September 18, 2008	A Tale Of Two Cities Al Hirschfeld Theatre, Broadway	60 perf.
September 25, 2008	Equus Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway	156 perf.

October: 7 openings

October 2, 2008	The Seagull Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway	94 perf.
October 5, 2008	13 Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway	105 perf.
October 7, 2008	A Man for All Seasons American Airlines Theatre, Broadway	73 perf.
October 14, 2008	To Be Or Not To Be Samuel J Friedman Theatre, Broadway	40 perf.
October 16, 2008	All My Sons Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway	101 perf.
October 23, 2008	Speed-the-Plow Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway	140 perf.
October 27, 2008	The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken Gershwin Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.

November: 5 openings

November 13, 2008	Billy Elliot Imperial Theatre, Broadway	1,312 perf.
November 17, 2008	American Buffalo Belasco Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.
November 17, 2008	The 24 Hour Plays 2008 American Airlines Theatre, Broadway
November 20, 2008	Dividing the Estate Booth Theatre, Broadway	50 perf.
November 23, 2008	Irving Berlin’s White Christmas Marquis Theatre, Broadway	53 perf.

December: 4 openings

December 3, 2008	Liza's at the Palace.... Palace Theatre, Broadway	22 perf.
December 4, 2008	Sunset Boulevard , London
December 7, 2008	Slava's Snowshow Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway	35 perf.
December 18, 2008	Pal Joey Studio 54, Broadway	85 perf.

Closed in 2008

January 6, 2008	Cymbeline Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 2007	40 run
January 6, 2008	Cyrano de Bergerac Richard Rodgers Theatre, opened 2007	56 run
January 6, 2008	Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas St James Theatre, opened 2007	96 run
January 6, 2008	Les Miserables Broadhurst Theatre, opened 2006	463 run
January 12, 2008	Mary Poppins Prince Edward Theatre, opened 2004
January 20, 2008	The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee , opened 2005	1,136 run
February 24, 2008	A Bronx Tale Walter Kerr Theatre, opened 2007	111 run
February 24, 2008	The Color Purple Broadway Theatre, opened 2005	910 run
March 2, 2008	The Farnsworth Invention Music Box Theatre, opened 2007	104 run
March 9, 2008	Is He Dead? Lyceum Theatre, opened 2007	105 run
March 9, 2008	Rock 'n' Roll Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, opened 2007	123 run
March 30, 2008	The Seafarer Booth Theatre, opened 2007	133 run
April 13, 2008	The Homecoming Cort Theatre, opened 2007	137 run
June 29, 2008	Curtains Al Hirschfeld Theatre, opened 2007	511 run
July 19, 2008	South Pacific Prince of Wales Theatre, opened 1988
August 17, 2008	A Chorus Line Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, opened 2006	759 run
September 7, 2008	Rent Nederlander Theatre, opened 1996	5,123 run
September 28, 2008	Xanadu Helen Hayes Theatre, opened 2007	512 run
October 19, 2008	Legally Blonde Palace Theatre, opened 2007	595 run