2012
85 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 2012.
Broadway opened just 46 shows in 2012, but the ones that did open stayed: half of those runs lasted 80 performances or more.
Once opened March 18, 2012 at Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre and ran 1,168 performances.
Opened in 2012
UndatedJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Undated: 37 openings
January: 4 openings
| January 12, 2012 | Porgy and Bess Richard Rodgers TheatreBroadway | 322 perf. |
| January 12, 2012 | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Richard Rodgers TheatreBroadway | 293 perf. |
| January 17, 2012 | The Road to Mecca American Airlines TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| January 26, 2012 | Wit Samuel J Friedman TheatreBroadway | 60 perf. |
February: 1 opening
| February 16, 2012 | Shatner's World: We Just Live in It Music Box TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
March: 4 openings
| March 15, 2012 | Death of a Salesman Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 78 perf. |
| March 18, 2012 | Once Bernard B. Jacobs TheatreBroadway | 1,168 perf. |
| March 22, 2012 | Jesus Christ Superstar Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 116 perf. |
| March 29, 2012 | Newsies Nederlander TheatreBroadway | 1,005 perf. |
April: 13 openings
| April 1, 2012 | Gore Vidal's The Best Man Gerald Schoenfeld TheatreBroadway | 185 perf. |
| April 2, 2012 | End of the Rainbow Belasco TheatreBroadway | 160 perf. |
| April 5, 2012 | Evita Marquis TheatreBroadway | 337 perf. |
| April 11, 2012 | Magic/Bird Longacre TheatreBroadway | 37 perf. |
| April 15, 2012 | Peter and the Starcatcher Brooks Atkinson TheatreBroadway | 319 perf. |
| April 18, 2012 | One Man, Two Guvnors Music Box TheatreBroadway | 159 perf. |
| April 19, 2012 | Clybourne Park Walter Kerr TheatreBroadway | 157 perf. |
| April 22, 2012 | A Streetcar Named Desire Broadhurst TheatreBroadway | 105 perf. |
| April 23, 2012 | Ghost The Musical Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 136 perf. |
| April 23, 2012 | The Lyons Cort TheatreBroadway | 80 perf. |
| April 24, 2012 | Nice Work If You Can Get It Imperial TheatreBroadway | 478 perf. |
| April 26, 2012 | Don't Dress for Dinner American Airlines TheatreBroadway | 61 perf. |
| April 26, 2012 | Leap of Faith St. James TheatreBroadway | 20 perf. |
June: 2 openings
| June 4, 2012 | Barack on Broadway New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| June 14, 2012 | Harvey Studio 54Broadway | 62 perf. |
July: 1 opening
| July 12, 2012 | Fela! Al Hirschfeld TheatreBroadway | 28 perf. |
August: 2 openings
| August 1, 2012 | Bring It On: The Musical St. James TheatreBroadway | 173 perf. |
| August 2, 2012 | Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth Longacre TheatreBroadway | 10 perf. |
September: 2 openings
| September 10, 2012 | Chaplin Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway | 135 perf. |
| September 27, 2012 | An Enemy of the People Samuel J Friedman TheatreBroadway | 59 perf. |
October: 5 openings
| October 4, 2012 | Grace Cort TheatreBroadway | 108 perf. |
| October 9, 2012 | Running On Empty Richard Rodgers TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
| October 11, 2012 | Cyrano de Bergerac American Airlines TheatreBroadway | 52 perf. |
| October 13, 2012 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Booth TheatreBroadway | 142 perf. |
| October 19, 2012 | Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons On Broadway Broadway TheatreBroadway | 7 perf. |
November: 9 openings
| November 1, 2012 | The Heiress Walter Kerr TheatreBroadway | 117 perf. |
| November 8, 2012 | Annie Palace TheatreBroadway | 487 perf. |
| November 9, 2012 | Elf Al Hirschfeld TheatreBroadway | 74 perf. |
| November 13, 2012 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood Studio 54Broadway | 136 perf. |
| November 14, 2012 | The Performers Longacre TheatreBroadway | 6 perf. |
| November 15, 2012 | Scandalous Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 29 perf. |
| November 19, 2012 | A Christmas Story, The Musical Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 252 perf. |
| November 28, 2012 | Merrily We Roll Along London | |
| November 29, 2012 | Dead Accounts Music Box TheatreBroadway | 44 perf. |
December: 5 openings
| December 2, 2012 | The Anarchist John Golden TheatreBroadway | 17 perf. |
| December 3, 2012 | Assassins (2004 Revival) Studio 54Broadway | |
| December 6, 2012 | Golden Boy Belasco TheatreBroadway | 53 perf. |
| December 8, 2012 | Glengarry Glen Ross Gerald Schoenfeld TheatreBroadway | 45 perf. |
| December 13, 2012 | Crazy for You London |
Closed in 2012
| January 1, 2012 | Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway Broadhurst Theatre, opened 2011 | 61 run |
| January 8, 2012 | Billy Elliot Imperial Theatre, opened 2008 | 1,312 run |
| January 8, 2012 | Lysistrata Jones Walter Kerr Theatre, opened 2011 | 30 run |
| January 13, 2012 | An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened 2011 | 57 run |
| January 22, 2012 | Follies Marquis Theatre, opened 2011 | 152 run |
| January 22, 2012 | The Mountaintop Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, opened 2011 | 117 run |
| January 29, 2012 | Chinglish Longacre Theatre, opened 2011 | 109 run |
| January 29, 2012 | On A Clear Day You Can See Forever St James Theatre, opened 2011 | 57 run |
| January 29, 2012 | Relatively Speaking Brooks Atkinson Theatre, opened 2011 | 117 run |
| February 26, 2012 | Stick Fly Cort Theatre, opened 2011 | 93 run |
| May 6, 2012 | Seminar John Golden Theatre, opened 2011 | 191 run |
| May 20, 2012 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Al Hirschfeld Theatre, opened 2011 | 473 run |
| June 17, 2012 | Other Desert Cities Booth Theatre, opened 2011 | 261 run |
| June 17, 2012 | Venus in Fur Samuel J Friedman Theatre, opened 2011 | 191 run |
| June 24, 2012 | Godspell Circle In The Square Theatre, opened 2011 | 264 run |
| June 24, 2012 | Priscilla Queen of the Desert Palace Theatre, opened 2011 | 526 run |
| July 8, 2012 | Anything Goes Stephen Sondheim Theatre, opened 2011 | 521 run |
| August 5, 2012 | Memphis Shubert Theatre, opened 2009 | 1,165 run |
| August 26, 2012 | Sister Act , opened 2011 | 561 run |
| September 1, 2012 | Chicago Cambridge Theatre, opened 2006 |