Stage Chronology
The 2010s
Compiled by John Kenrick
(Copyright 2011)
All dates are for Broadway openings unless otherwise noted.
KEY
Show Title (Genre/City), Opening Date, Theatre, Number of
Performances
2010
- Legally Blonde (London), 1/13/2010, Savoy
- Come Fly Away, 3/25/2010, Marquis, 185 perfs + 26 pvws
- The Addams Family, 4/8/2010, Lunt-Fontanne, 714 perfs + 35 pvws
- Million Dollar Quartet, 4/11/2010, Nederlander, 489 perfs + 34 pvws
- La Cage Aux Folles (R), 4/18/2010, Longacre, 433 perfs + 15 pvws
- American Idiot, 4/20/2010, St. James, 422 perfs + 26 pvws
- Sondheim on Sondheim, 4/22/2010, Studio 54, 76 perfs + 37 pvws
- Promises, Promises (R), 4/25/2010, Broadway, 289 perfs + 30 pvws
- Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Jacobs, 10/13/2010, 120 perfs + 26 pvws
- Rain, 10/26/2010, Neil Simon, 300 perfs + 8 pvws
- The Scottsboro Boys, 10/31/2010, Lyceum, 49 perfs + 29 pvws
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, 11/4/2010, Belasco, 69 perfs + 30 pvws
- Elf, 11/14/2010, Hirschfeld, 57 perfs + 15 pvws
2011
- Priscilla Queen of the Desert, 3/11/2011, Palace, 526 perfs + 23 pvws
- The Book of Mormon*, 3/14/2011, O'Neill, still running (1,300 perfs +)
- How to Succeed . . . (R - 2nd), 3/27/2011, Hirschfeld, 473 perfs + 30 pvws
- Anything Goes (R - 2nd), 4/7/2011, Sondheim, 521 perfs + 32 pvws
- Catch Me If You Can, 4/10/2011, Neil Simon, 166 perfs + 32 pvws
- Wonderland, 4/17/2011, Marquis, 33 perfs + 30 pvws
- Sister Act, 4/20/2011, Broadway, 561 perfs + 28 pvws
- Baby, It's You, 4/27/2011, Broadhurst, 148 perfs + 33 pvws
- Spider-man, Turn On the Dark, 6/14/2011, Hilton/Foxwoods, 1,066 perfs + 184 pvws
- Hair (R-Return), 7/13/2011, St. James, 67 perfs + 11 pvws
- Follies (R), 9/12/2011, Marquis, 152 perfs + 38 pvws
- Godspell (R), 11/7/2011, Circle in the Square, 264 perfs + 30 pvws
- Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, 11/10/2011, Broadhurst, 52 perfs + 18 pvws
- An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, 11/21/2011, Barrymore, 57 perfs + 6 pvws
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (R), 12/11/2011, St. James, 57 perfs + 29 pvws
- Lysistrata Jones, 12/14/2011, Walter Kerr, 30 perfs + 34 pvws
2012
- Porgy and Bess (R), 1/12/2012, Richard Rodgers, 293 perfs + 23 pvws
- Once*, 3/18/2012, Bernard Jacobs, 1167 perfs + 22 pvws
- Jesus Christ Superstar (R), 3/22/2012, Neil Simon, 116 perfs + 16 pvws
- Newsies, 3/29/2012, Nederlander, 1004 perfs + 14 pvws
- End of the Rainbow, 4/2/2012, Belasco, 160 perfs + 16 pvws
- Evita, 4/5/2012, Marquis, 337 perfs + 26 pvws
- Ghost, 4/23/2012, Lunt-Fontanne, 136 perfs + 39 pvws
- Nice Work If You Can Get It, 4/24/2012, Imperial, 478 perfs + 27 pvws
- Leap of Faith, 4/26/2012, St. James, 19 perfs + 25 pvws
- Bring It On!, 8/1/2012, St. James, 173 perfs + 21 pvws
- Chaplin, 9/12/2012, Barrymore, 136 perfs + 24 pvws
- Annie (R - 2nd), 11/08/2012, Palace, 487 perfs + 83 pvws
- Scandalous, 11/15/2012, Neil Simon, 29 perfs + 31 pvws
- Elf (Return), 11/09/2012, Hirschfeld, 74 perfs
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (R), 11/15/2012, Studio 54, 136 perfs + 28 pvws
- A Christmas Story, 11/19/2012, Lunt-Fontanne, 43 perfs + 15 pvws
2013
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, 3/3/2013, Broadway, 770 perfs + 41 pvws
- Rocky, 3/13/2014, Winter Garden, 180 performances + 28 pvws
- Hands on a Hardbody, 3/21/2013, Brooks Atkinson, 28 perf + 28 pvws
- Kinky Boots*, 4/4/2013, Al Hirschfeld, still running
- Matilda, 4/11/2013, Shubert, still running
- Motown, 4/14/2013, Lunt-Fontanne, 738 perfs + 37 pvws
- Jekyll & Hyde (R), 4/18/2013, Marquis, 30 perfs + 15 pvws
- Pippin (R), 4/24/2013, Music Box, 709 perfs + 37 pvws
- Soul Doctor, 8/15/2012, Circle in the Square, 66 perfs + 32 pvws
- Forever Tango (R - Return), 7/14/2013, Walter Kerr, 73 perfs + 7 pvws
- Let It Be, 7/24/2013, St. James, 46 perfs + 10 pvws
- Big Fish, 10/6/2013, Neil Simon, 98 perfs + 34 pvws
- A Night With Janis Joplin, 10/10/2013, Lyceum, 140 perfs + 22 pvws
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder*, 11/17/2013, Walter Kerr, closing Jan. 2016 - 905 perfs + 30 pvws
2014
- Beautiful: The Carol King Musical, 1/12/2014, Stephen Sondheim, still running
- Bridges of Madison County, 2/20/2014, Schoenfeld, 100 perfs + 37 pvws
- Aladdin, 3/20/2014, New Amsterdam, still running
- If/Then, 3/30/2014, Richard Rodgers, 401 perfs + 29 pvws
- Les Miserables (R - 2nd), 3/23/2014, Imperial, still running
- Bullets Over Broadway, 4/10/2014, St. James, 156 perfs + 33 pvws
- Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (R), 4/13/2014, Circle in the Square, 173 perfs + 20 pvws
- Violet (R), 4/20/2014, American Airlines, 128 perfs + 28 pvws
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (R), 4/22/2014, Belasco, 506 perfs + 22 pvws
- Cabaret (Revival - Return), 4/24/2014, Studio 54, still running
- Holler If Ya Hear Me, Palace, 6/19/2014, 38 perfs + 17 pvws
- On the Town (R), 10/16/2014, Lyric, 368 perfs + 23 pvws
- The Last Ship, 10/24/2014, Neil Simon, 105 perfs + 29 pvws
2015
- Honeymoon in Vegas, 1/15/2015, Brooks Atkinson, 93 perfs + 66 pvws
- On the 20th Century (R), 3/12/2015, American Airlines, 144 perfs + 33 pvws
- An American in Paris, 4/12/2015, Palace, still running
- Finding Neverland, 4/15/2015, Lunt-Fontanne, 565 perfs + 33 pvws
- The King and I (R), 4/16/2015, Vivian Beaumont, 499 perfs + 39 pvws
- Fun Home*, 4/19/2015, Circe in the Square, 582 perfs + 26 pvws
- Something Rotten!, 4/22/2015, St. Jmes, still running
- The Visit, 4/23/2015, Lyceum, 61 perfs + 32 pvws
- Amazing Grace, 7/16/2015, Nederlander, 116 perfs + 24 pvws
- Hamilton*, 8/6/2015, Richard Rodgers, still running
- Spring Awakening (R), 9/27/2015, Brooks Atkinson, 135 perfs + 23 pvws
- Dames at Sea (R), 10/22/2015, Helen Hayes, 85 perfs + 32 pvws
- On Your Feet!, 11/5/2015, Marquis, still running
- Allegiance, 11/8/2015, Longacre, 111 perfs + 37 pvws
- School of Rock, 12/6/2015, Winter Garden, still running
- The Color Purple (R), 12/10/2015, Jacobs, still running
- Fiddler on the Roof (R), 12/20/2015, Broadway, still running
- She Loves Me (R), 3/3/2016, Studio 54, 132 perfs + 31 pvws
- Tuck Everlasting, 4/17/2016, Broadhurst, 39 perfs + 28 pvws
- Waitress, 4/24/2016, Brooks Atkinson, still running
- Shuffle Along (R?), 4/21/2016, Music Box, 100 perfs + 38 pvws
- Motown (Return), 7/12/2016, Nederlander, 24 perfs
UPCOMING BROADWAY MUSICALS
- Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn, 10/6/2016, Studio 54
- Falsettoes (R), 10/27/2016, Walter Kerr
- Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812, 11/14/2016, Imperial
- A Bronx Tale, 12/1/2016, Longacre
- In Transit, 12/11/2016, Circle in the Square
- Miss Saigon (R) 3/27/2017, Broadway
- Hello Dolly (R), 4/20/2017, Shubert
| (R) | Revival |
| (Return) | Return of a production |
| (Moved) | Moved to Broadway indicates an off-Broadway production that moved to a Broadway theatre |
| * | Tony Award Winner for Best Musical |
| (Off) | Off-Broadway NYC production |
| London | London production |