Broadway opened just 46 shows in 2012, but the ones that did open stayed: half of those runs lasted 80 performances or more.
2012
85 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 2012.
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 Theatre, Broadway | 322 perf. |
| January 12, 2012 | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Richard Rodgers Theatre, Broadway | 293 perf. |
| January 17, 2012 | The Road to Mecca American Airlines Theatre, Broadway | 56 perf. |
| January 26, 2012 | Wit Samuel J Friedman Theatre, Broadway | 60 perf. |
February: 1 opening
| February 16, 2012 | Shatner's World: We Just Live in It Music Box Theatre, Broadway | 17 perf. |
March: 4 openings
| March 15, 2012 | Death of a Salesman Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway | 78 perf. |
| March 18, 2012 | Once Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway | 1,168 perf. |
| March 22, 2012 | Jesus Christ Superstar Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway | 116 perf. |
| March 29, 2012 | Newsies Nederlander Theatre, Broadway | 1,005 perf. |
April: 13 openings
| April 1, 2012 | Gore Vidal's The Best Man Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway | 185 perf. |
| April 2, 2012 | End of the Rainbow Belasco Theatre, Broadway | 160 perf. |
| April 5, 2012 | Evita Marquis Theatre, Broadway | 337 perf. |
| April 11, 2012 | Magic/Bird Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 37 perf. |
| April 15, 2012 | Peter and the Starcatcher Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway | 319 perf. |
| April 18, 2012 | One Man, Two Guvnors Music Box Theatre, Broadway | 159 perf. |
| April 19, 2012 | Clybourne Park Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway | 157 perf. |
| April 22, 2012 | A Streetcar Named Desire Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway | 105 perf. |
| April 23, 2012 | Ghost The Musical Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway | 136 perf. |
| April 23, 2012 | The Lyons Cort Theatre, Broadway | 80 perf. |
| April 24, 2012 | Nice Work If You Can Get It Imperial Theatre, Broadway | 478 perf. |
| April 26, 2012 | Don't Dress for Dinner American Airlines Theatre, Broadway | 61 perf. |
| April 26, 2012 | Leap of Faith St. James Theatre, Broadway | 20 perf. |
June: 2 openings
| June 4, 2012 | Barack on Broadway New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway | 1 perf. |
| June 14, 2012 | Harvey Studio 54, Broadway | 62 perf. |
July: 1 opening
| July 12, 2012 | Fela! Al Hirschfeld Theatre, Broadway | 28 perf. |
August: 2 openings
| August 1, 2012 | Bring It On: The Musical St. James Theatre, Broadway | 173 perf. |
| August 2, 2012 | Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 10 perf. |
September: 2 openings
| September 10, 2012 | Chaplin Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway | 135 perf. |
| September 27, 2012 | An Enemy of the People Samuel J Friedman Theatre, Broadway | 59 perf. |
October: 5 openings
| October 4, 2012 | Grace Cort Theatre, Broadway | 108 perf. |
| October 9, 2012 | Running On Empty Richard Rodgers Theatre, Broadway | 8 perf. |
| October 11, 2012 | Cyrano de Bergerac American Airlines Theatre, Broadway | 52 perf. |
| October 13, 2012 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Booth Theatre, Broadway | 142 perf. |
| October 19, 2012 | Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons On Broadway Broadway Theatre, Broadway | 7 perf. |
November: 9 openings
| November 1, 2012 | The Heiress Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway | 117 perf. |
| November 8, 2012 | Annie Palace Theatre, Broadway | 487 perf. |
| November 9, 2012 | Elf Al Hirschfeld Theatre, Broadway | 74 perf. |
| November 13, 2012 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood Studio 54, Broadway | 136 perf. |
| November 14, 2012 | The Performers Longacre Theatre, Broadway | 6 perf. |
| November 15, 2012 | Scandalous Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway | 29 perf. |
| November 19, 2012 | A Christmas Story, The Musical Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway | 252 perf. |
| November 28, 2012 | Merrily We Roll Along , London | |
| November 29, 2012 | Dead Accounts Music Box Theatre, Broadway | 44 perf. |
December: 5 openings
| December 2, 2012 | The Anarchist John Golden Theatre, Broadway | 17 perf. |
| December 3, 2012 | Assassins (2004 Revival) Studio 54, Broadway | |
| December 6, 2012 | Golden Boy Belasco Theatre, Broadway | 53 perf. |
| December 8, 2012 | Glengarry Glen Ross Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway | 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 |