The show that made them

The show where somebody arrived. Girl Crazy in 1930 was Ethel Merman's first Broadway credit; Brigadoon was Helen Gallagher's. Every show here is the earliest credit of a performer who went on to at least six more.

4,279 shows in the catalogue.

1935	Weep for the Virgins	Play
2006	Well	Play
1957	West Side Story	Musical
1938	What a Life	Play
1908	What Every Woman Knows	Play
1897	What Happened to Jones	Play
1914	What is Love?	Play
1924	What Price Glory	Play
1927	What the Doctor Ordered	Play
1922	What the Public Wants	Play
1920	What's in a Name?	Musical
1903	What's the Matter with Susan?	Play
1935	Whatever Goes Up	Play
1934	Whatever Possessed Her	Play
1943	What’s Up?	Musical
1899	Wheels Within Wheels	Play
1913	When Dreams Come True	Musical
1934	When in Rome	Play
1902	When Johnny Comes Marching Home	Musical
1901	When Knighthood Was in Flower	Play
1907	When Knights Were Bold	Play
1896	When London Sleeps	Play
1911	When Sweet Sixteen	Musical
1924	When the Whirlwind Blows	Play
1920	When We Are Young	Play
1905	When We Were Forty-one	Musical
1900	When We Were Twenty-one	Play
1925	When You Smile	Musical
1913	Where Ignorance Is Bliss	Play
1918	Where Poppies Bloom	Play
1948	Where Stars Walk	Play
1948	Where’s Charley?	Musical
1899	Whirl-i-gig	Musical
1929	Whirlpool	Play
1922	Whispering Wires	Play
1932	Whistling in the Dark	Play
1927	White Eagle	Musical
1929	White Flame	Play
1936	White Horse Inn	Musical
1993	White Liars & Black Comedy	Play
1912	White Magic	Play
1926	White Wings	Play
1905	Who Goes There?	Play
1928	Whoopee	Musical
1979	Whose Life is it Anyway?	Play
1917	Why Marry?	Play
1922	Why Men Leave Home	Play
1922	Why Not?	Play
1899	Why Smith Left Home	Play
1918	Why Worry?	Play
2003	Wicked	Musical
1922	Wild Oats Lane	Play
1932	Wild Waves	Play
1960	Wildcat	Musical
1908	Wildfire	Play
1923	Wildflower	Musical
1923	Will Shakespeare	Play
1955	Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	Play
1970	Wilson in the Promise Land	Play
1985	Wind in the Willows	Musical

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