Older than the show they belong to
These shows have a production listed that opened before the show was written. Gypsy has stagings from 1903 and 1929, decades before the 1959 musical, because two different works ended up filed under the same title. We show both and mark them rather than picking one.
127 shows in the catalogue.
| 2016 | A Bronx Tale | earliest staging 2007 |
| 1962 | A Family Affair | earliest staging 1946 |
| 2000 | Aida | earliest staging 1927 |
| 2014 | Aladdin | earliest staging 1864 |
| 2024 | An Enemy of the People | earliest staging 1895 |
| 2017 | Anastasia | earliest staging 1954 |
| 1992 | Anna Karenina | earliest staging 1905 |
| 1950 | Arms and the Girl | earliest staging 1916 |
| 1946 | Around the World | earliest staging 1911 |
| 2025 | Art | earliest staging 1998 |
| 1990 | Aspects of Love | earliest staging 1989 |
| 1926 | Betsy | earliest staging 1911 |
| 2008 | Billy Elliot | earliest staging 2006 |
| 2016 | Bright Star | earliest staging 1935 |
| 2026 | Bug | earliest staging 1996 |
| 2001 | By Jeeves | earliest staging 1975 |
| 1956 | Candide | earliest staging 1933 |
| 1961 | Carnival! | earliest staging 1919 |
| 2011 | Catch Me If You Can | earliest staging 1965 |
| 1982 | Cats | earliest staging 1981 |
| 2026 | Celebrity Autobiography | earliest staging 2018 |
| 2017 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | earliest staging 2010 |
| 1975 | Chicago | earliest staging 1926 |
| 2005 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | earliest staging 2002 |
| 2026 | Death of a Salesman | earliest staging 1949 |
| 2021 | Diana | earliest staging 1929 |
| 2024 | Doubt | earliest staging 2005 |
| 2026 | Every Brilliant Thing | earliest staging 2025 |
| 2026 | Fallen Angels | earliest staging 1925 |
| 1954 | Fanny | earliest staging 1926 |
| 1992 | Five Guys Named Moe | earliest staging 1990 |
| 1900 | Florodora | earliest staging 1899 |
| 2025 | Floyd Collins | earliest staging 1996 |
| 1998 | Footloose | earliest staging 1920 |
| 2018 | Frozen | earliest staging 2004 |
| 2026 | Galileo | earliest staging 1947 |
| 1932 | Gay Divorce | earliest staging 1905 |
| 1949 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | earliest staging 1926 |
| 2026 | Giant | earliest staging 2025 |
| 1973 | Gigi | earliest staging 1951 |
| 2025 | Glengarry Glen Ross | earliest staging 1983 |
| 1964 | Golden Boy | earliest staging 1937 |
| 1989 | Grand Hotel | earliest staging 1930 |
| 2017 | Groundhog Day | earliest staging 2016 |
| 1959 | Gypsy | earliest staging 1903 |
| 2018 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | earliest staging 2016 |
| 2018 | Head Over Heels | earliest staging 1918 |
| 1998 | High Society | earliest staging 1987 |
| 2024 | Home | earliest staging 1869 |
| 1979 | I Remember Mama | earliest staging 1944 |
| 2026 | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | earliest staging 1988 |
| 1953 | Kismet | earliest staging 1911 |
| 1993 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | earliest staging 1992 |
| 1987 | Les Miserables | earliest staging 1985 |
| 2005 | Little Women | earliest staging 1913 |
| 1974 | Lorelei | earliest staging 1938 |
| 2006 | Mary Poppins | earliest staging 2004 |
| 2013 | Matilda The Musical | earliest staging 2011 |
| 1955 | Maurice Chevalier | earliest staging 1930 |
| 1981 | Merrily We Roll Along | earliest staging 1934 |