2018
62 shows opened on Broadway and in the West End in 2018.
Broadway opened just 40 shows in 2018, but the ones that did open stayed: half of those runs lasted 84 performances or more.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child opened April 22, 2018 at Lyric Theatre and ran 2,231 performances.
Opened in 2018
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Undated: 23 openings
| Cats Gillian Lynne TheatreLondon | ||
| Dear Evan Hansen London | ||
| Fun Home London | ||
| Girl From The North Country Noël Coward TheatreLondon | ||
| Killer Joe Trafalgar TheatreLondon | ||
| King Lear Tom Stoppard TheatreLondon | ||
| Misty Trafalgar TheatreLondon | ||
| Moonlight and Night School Harold Pinter TheatreLondon | ||
| Nine Night Trafalgar TheatreLondon | ||
| Quiz Noël Coward TheatreLondon | ||
| Red Wyndham's TheatreLondon | ||
| Shen Yun Dominion TheatreLondon | ||
| The Best Man Playhouse TheatreLondon | ||
| The Jungle Playhouse TheatreLondon | ||
| The King and I London PalladiumLondon | ||
| The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh Noël Coward TheatreLondon | ||
| The Moderate Soprano Tom Stoppard TheatreLondon | ||
| The Prom Broadway | 309 perf. | |
| The Rink Playhouse TheatreBroadway | ||
| The School of Rock London | ||
| Tina The Tina Turner Musical 2025 featuring the music of Tina Turner Aldwych TheatreLondon | ||
| Tina The Tina Turner Musical Aldwych TheatreLondon | ||
| True West Vaudeville TheatreLondon |
January: 1 opening
| January 11, 2018 | John Lithgow: Stories By Heart American Airlines TheatreBroadway | 61 perf. |
March: 7 openings
| March 15, 2018 | Escape to Margaritaville Marquis TheatreBroadway | 124 perf. |
| March 22, 2018 | Frozen St. James TheatreBroadway | 825 perf. |
| March 25, 2018 | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 57 perf. |
| March 25, 2018 | Angels in America: Perestroika Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| March 26, 2018 | Lobby Hero Hayes TheaterBroadway | 56 perf. |
| March 27, 2018 | Rocktopia Broadway TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| March 29, 2018 | Three Tall Women John Golden TheatreBroadway | 102 perf. |
April: 9 openings
| April 8, 2018 | Mean Girls August Wilson TheatreBroadway | 833 perf. |
| April 11, 2018 | Children of a Lesser God Studio 54Broadway | 54 perf. |
| April 12, 2018 | Carousel Imperial TheatreBroadway | 249 perf. |
| April 19, 2018 | My Fair Lady Vivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway | 553 perf. |
| April 22, 2018 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Lyric TheatreBroadway | 2,231 perf. |
| April 23, 2018 | Summer Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway | 289 perf. |
| April 24, 2018 | Travesties American Airlines TheatreBroadway | 63 perf. |
| April 25, 2018 | Saint Joan Samuel J Friedman TheatreBroadway | 55 perf. |
| April 26, 2018 | The Iceman Cometh Bernard B Jacobs TheatreBroadway | 67 perf. |
May: 1 opening
| May 31, 2018 | The Boys in the Band Booth TheatreBroadway | 84 perf. |
July: 2 openings
| July 23, 2018 | Straight White Men Hayes TheaterBroadway | 56 perf. |
| July 26, 2018 | Head Over Heels Hudson TheatreBroadway | 188 perf. |
August: 3 openings
| August 13, 2018 | Gettin' The Band Back Together Belasco TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| August 13, 2018 | Getting the Band Back Together Belasco TheatreBroadway | 32 perf. |
| August 16, 2018 | Pretty Woman: The Musical Nederlander TheatreBroadway | 420 perf. |
September: 2 openings
| September 25, 2018 | Bernhardt/Hamlet American Airlines TheatreBroadway | 63 perf. |
| September 27, 2018 | The Nap Samuel J Friedman TheatreBroadway | 53 perf. |
October: 3 openings
| October 18, 2018 | The Lifespan of a Fact Studio 54Broadway | 101 perf. |
| October 21, 2018 | The Ferryman Bernard B Jacobs TheatreBroadway | 296 perf. |
| October 25, 2018 | The Waverly Gallery John Golden TheatreBroadway | 109 perf. |
November: 6 openings
| November 1, 2018 | Torch Song Hayes TheaterBroadway | 77 perf. |
| November 4, 2018 | American Son Booth TheatreBroadway | 97 perf. |
| November 8, 2018 | King Kong Broadway TheatreBroadway | 322 perf. |
| November 11, 2018 | The New One Cort TheatreBroadway | 81 perf. |
| November 23, 2018 | The Illusionists - Magic of the Holidays Marquis TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| November 26, 2018 | Celebrity Autobiography Marquis TheatreBroadway | 3 perf. |
December: 4 openings
| December 3, 2018 | The Cher Show Neil Simon TheatreBroadway | 129 perf. |
| December 6, 2018 | Network Belasco TheatreBroadway | 184 perf. |
| December 11, 2018 | Ruben & Clay's First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show Imperial TheatreBroadway | 24 perf. |
| December 13, 2018 | To Kill a Mockingbird Shubert TheatreBroadway | 626 perf. |
September: 1 opening
| September 27, 2019 | Company Gielgud TheatreLondon |
Closed in 2018
| January 7, 2018 | Junk Vivian Beaumont Theater, opened 2017 | 77 run |
| January 14, 2018 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, opened 2017 | 305 run |
| January 14, 2018 | Miss Saigon Broadway Theatre, opened 2017 | 547 run |
| January 21, 2018 | Meteor Shower Booth Theatre, opened 2017 | 61 run |
| February 4, 2018 | The Children Samuel J Friedman Theatre, opened 2017 | 63 run |
| February 25, 2018 | Latin History for Morons Studio 54, opened 2017 | 104 run |
| March 11, 2018 | The Parisian Woman Hudson Theatre, opened 2017 | 116 run |
| March 25, 2018 | Farinelli and the King Belasco Theatre, opened 2017 | 111 run |
| August 5, 2018 | A Bronx Tale Longacre Theatre, opened 2016 | 700 run |
| August 5, 2018 | A Bronx Tale: The Musical Longacre Theatre, opened 2016 | 700 run |
| August 25, 2018 | Hello, Dolly! Shubert Theatre, opened 2017 | 699 run |
| August 25, 2018 | Young Frankenstein Garrick Theatre, opened 2017 | |
| September 16, 2018 | SpongeBob SquarePants Palace Theatre, opened 2017 | 327 run |
| December 15, 2018 | Springsteen on Broadway Walter Kerr Theatre, opened 2017 | 229 run |