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This is a list of Broadway shows with 20 or fewer regular performances. The list only includes shows that had open-ended runs or limited runs that ended earlier than planned. The shows must have officially opened on Broadway, and thus productions that closed during previews are not included.

List

Unless otherwise noted, the run count listed is for the original Broadway production of the show. M denotes a musical, P denotes a straight play, R denotes revue, D denotes a predominantly dance musical, and S denotes a special case.

Shows that closed during previews

The following shows started previews but did not officially open on Broadway:

• Infidel Caesar (1962 play) — closed after 1 preview performance
• Venus Is (1966 play) — closed after 7 preview performances
• The Office (1966 play) — closed after 10 preview performances
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1966 musical) — closed after 4 preview performances
• The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake (1967 play) — closed after 3 preview performances
• Leda Had a Little Swan (1968 play) — closed after 14 preview performances
• A Way of Life (1969 play) — closed after 9 preview performances
• Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don't You Ever Forget It) (1973 musical) — closed after 7 preview performances
• Truckload (1975 musical) — closed after 6 preview performances
• Me Jack, You Jill (1976 play) — closed after 16 preview performances
• Let My People Come (1976 revue) — closed after 128 preview performances
• One Night Stand (1980 musical) — closed after 8 preview performances
• A Reel American Hero (1981 musical) - closed after 5 preview performances
• The Little Prince and the Aviator (1981 musical) — closed after 16 preview performances
• Senator Joe (1989 musical) — closed after 3 preview performances
• Face Value (1993 play) — closed after 8 preview performances
• Bobbi Boland (2003 play) — closed after 7 preview performances
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2020 revival) — closed after 9 preview performances due to the COVID-19 Broadway shutdown.

See also

• List of the longest-running Broadway shows

References

Notes

1. ​A Broadway Musical​ at the Internet Broadway Database
2. ​A Teaspoon Every Four Hours​ at the Internet Broadway Database
3. ​Billy​ at the Internet Broadway Database
4. ​Blood Red Roses​ at the Internet Broadway Database
5. ​Break a Leg​ at the Internet Broadway Database
6. ​Brightower​ at the Internet Broadway Database
7. ​Broadway Follies​ at the Internet Broadway Database
8. ​Cleavage​ at the Internet Broadway Database
9. ​The Cuban Thing​ at the Internet Broadway Database
10. ​Dance a Little Closer​ at the Internet Broadway Database
11. ​Eyes​ at the Internet Broadway Database
12. ​Fame​ at the Internet Broadway Database
13. ​Father's Day​ at the Internet Broadway Database
14. ​First One Asleep, Whistle​ at the Internet Broadway Database
15. ​Frank Merriwell​ at the Internet Broadway Database
16. ​Frankenstein​ at the Internet Broadway Database
17. ​Gandhi​ at the Internet Broadway Database
18. ​Gantry​ at the Internet Broadway Database
19. ​The Garden of Sweets​ at the Internet Broadway Database
20. ​Glory Days​ at the Internet Broadway Database
21. ​The Goodbye People (1979 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
22. ​Gorey Stories: An Entertainment With Music​ at the Internet Broadway Database
23. ​Happiness Is Just a Little Thing Called a Rolls Royce​ at the Internet Broadway Database
24. ​Have I Got A Girl For You!​ at the Internet Broadway Database
25. ​Heathen!​ at the Internet Broadway Database
26. ​Here's Where I Belong​ at the Internet Broadway Database
27. ​Home Sweet Homer​ at the Internet Broadway Database
28. ​I Won't Dance​ at the Internet Broadway Database
29. ​Johnny No-Trump​ at the Internet Broadway Database
30. ​Julia, Jake and Uncle Joe​ at the Internet Broadway Database
31. ​Kelly​ at the Internet Broadway Database
32. ​La Strada​ at the Internet Broadway Database
33. ​Let Me Hear You Smile​ at the Internet Broadway Database
34. ​Little Johnny Jones (1982 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
35. ​Masquerade​ at the Internet Broadway Database
36. ​Me and Thee​ at the Internet Broadway Database
37. ​A Meeting by the River​ at the Internet Broadway Database
38. ​The Moony Shapiro Songbook​ at the Internet Broadway Database
39. ​Moose Murders​ at the Internet Broadway Database
40. ​The Mother Lover​ at the Internet Broadway Database
41. ​The Natural Look​ at the Internet Broadway Database
42. "Ned and Jack". The Internet Broadway Database (IBDB). Retrieved January 8, 2023.
43. ​No Hard Feelings​ at the Internet Broadway Database
44. ​Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All​ at the Internet Broadway Database
45. ​Once There Was a Russian​ at the Internet Broadway Database
46. ​Onward Victoria​ at the Internet Broadway Database
47. ​A Place for Polly​ at the Internet Broadway Database
48. ​Play Me a Country Song​ at the Internet Broadway Database
49. ​Rainbow Jones​ at the Internet Broadway Database
50. ​Ring Around the Bathtub​ at the Internet Broadway Database
51. ​The Ritz (1983 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
52. ​Stages​ at the Internet Broadway Database
53. ​Step on a Crack​ at the Internet Broadway Database
54. ​Take Me Along (1985 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
55. ​Total Abandon​ at the Internet Broadway Database
56. ​The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall​ at the Internet Broadway Database
57. ​The Watering Place​ at the Internet Broadway Database
58. ​Wild and Wonderful​ at the Internet Broadway Database
59. ​The Cool World​ at the Internet Broadway Database
60. ​Gabrielle​ at the Internet Broadway Database
61. ​Medea and Jason​ at the Internet Broadway Database
62. ​Signature​ at the Internet Broadway Database
63. ​Springtime Folly​ at the Internet Broadway Database
64. ​Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap​ at the Internet Broadway Database
65. ​Cafe Crown​ at the Internet Broadway Database
66. ​Into the Whirlwind​ at the Internet Broadway Database
67. ​Nathan Weinstein, Mystic, Connecticut​ at the Internet Broadway Database
68. ​Portofino​ at the Internet Broadway Database
69. ​Requiem for a Heavyweight​ at the Internet Broadway Database
70. ​Soon​ at the Internet Broadway Database
71. ​Ti-coq​ at the Internet Broadway Database
72. ​The Yearling​ at the Internet Broadway Database
73. ​Your Loving Son​ at the Internet Broadway Database
74. ​A Race of Hairy Men!​ at the Internet Broadway Database
75. ​All You Need Is One Good Break​ at the Internet Broadway Database
76. ​The Barrier​ at the Internet Broadway Database
77. ​Bosoms and Neglect​ at the Internet Broadway Database
78. ​Bring Back Birdie​ at the Internet Broadway Database
79. ​But, Seriously...​ at the Internet Broadway Database
80. ​Children From Their Games​ at the Internet Broadway Database
81. ​Conscience​ at the Internet Broadway Database
82. ​Einstein and the Polar Bear​ at the Internet Broadway Database
83. ​Good as Gold​ at the Internet Broadway Database
84. ​Horses in Midstream​ at the Internet Broadway Database
85. "The Fig Leaves Are Falling Broadway @ Broadhurst Theatre – Tickets and Discounts". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
86. ​In the Counting House​ at the Internet Broadway Database
87. ​The Innkeepers​ at the Internet Broadway Database
88. ​Late Nite Comic​ at the Internet Broadway Database
89. ​Minor Miracle​ at the Internet Broadway Database
90. ​Murder at the Howard Johnson's​ at the Internet Broadway Database
91. ​Rags​ at the Internet Broadway Database
92. ​The Roast​ at the Internet Broadway Database
93. ​Song of the Grasshopper​ at the Internet Broadway Database
94. ​Xmas in Las Vegas​ at the Internet Broadway Database
95. ​Agatha, Sue, I Love You​ at the Internet Broadway Database
96. ​A Doll's Life​ at the Internet Broadway Database
97. ​Angel​ at the Internet Broadway Database
98. ​Be Your Age​ at the Internet Broadway Database
99. ​Carrie​ at the Internet Broadway Database
100. ​Charlotte​ at the Internet Broadway Database
101. ​Devour the Snow​ at the Internet Broadway Database
102. ​Diamond Orchid​ at the Internet Broadway Database
103. ​Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?​ at the Internet Broadway Database
104. ​The Exercise​ at the Internet Broadway Database
105. ​The Gingham Dog​ at the Internet Broadway Database
106. ​Happy Town​ at the Internet Broadway Database
107. ​Legend​ at the Internet Broadway Database
108. ​The Life of Reilly​ at the Internet Broadway Database
109. ​Look, We've Come Through​ at the Internet Broadway Database
110. ​More to Love​ at the Internet Broadway Database
111. ​Park​ at the Internet Broadway Database
112. ​Peg: A Musical Autobiography​ at the Internet Broadway Database
113. ​Play Memory​ at the Internet Broadway Database
114. ​Prymate​ at the Internet Broadway Database
115. ​Raggedy Ann​ at the Internet Broadway Database
116. ​The Red Shoes​ at the Internet Broadway Database
117. ​Ring Two​ at the Internet Broadway Database
118. ​See the Jaguar​ at the Internet Broadway Database
119. ​Seven Brides for Seven Brothers​ at the Internet Broadway Database
120. ​Star-Spangled Family​ at the Internet Broadway Database
121. ​The Story of My Life​ at the Internet Broadway Database
122. ​The Sudden and Accidental Re-Education of Horse Johnson​ at the Internet Broadway Database
123. ​The Three Sisters​ at the Internet Broadway Database
124. ​Woman Bites Dog​ at the Internet Broadway Database
125. ​Zelda​ at the Internet Broadway Database
126. ​Carnival in Flanders​ at the Internet Broadway Database
127. ​Horowitz and Mrs. Washington​ at the Internet Broadway Database
128. ​Into the Light​ at the Internet Broadway Database
129. ​The Performers​ at the Internet Broadway Database
130. ​Siege​ at the Internet Broadway Database
131. ​Buttrio Square​ at the Internet Broadway Database
132. ​The Genius and the Goddess​ at the Internet Broadway Database
133. ​The Goodbye People​ at the Internet Broadway Database
134. ​High​ at the Internet Broadway Database
135. ​I'll Take The High Road​ at the Internet Broadway Database
136. ​La Grosse Valise​ at the Internet Broadway Database
137. ​The Night Circus​ at the Internet Broadway Database
138. ​Patate​ at the Internet Broadway Database
139. Peikert, Mark (February 17, 2020). "Looking Back at Rockabye Hamlet on Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
140. ​Slapstick Tragedy​ at the Internet Broadway Database
141. ​Via Galactica​ at the Internet Broadway Database
142. ​We Interrupt This Program...​ at the Internet Broadway Database
143. ​The Wrong Way Lightbulb​ at the Internet Broadway Database
144. ​American Buffalo​ at the Internet Broadway Database
145. ​Arturo Ui​ at the Internet Broadway Database
146. "Dr. Cook's Garden". IBDB. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
147. ​Drat! The Cat!​ at the Internet Broadway Database
148. ​It's So Nice to Be Civilized​ at the Internet Broadway Database
149. ​Kiss Me, Kate!​ at the Internet Broadway Database
150. ​The Leaf People​ at the Internet Broadway Database
151. ​Love is a Time of Day​ at the Internet Broadway Database
152. ​Voices​ at the Internet Broadway Database
153. ​Who's Who in Hell​ at the Internet Broadway Database
154. ​Women of Twilight​ at the Internet Broadway Database
155. ​Ambassador​ at the Internet Broadway Database
156. ​Anyone Can Whistle​ at the Internet Broadway Database
157. "Suzanne Somers' The Blonde in the Thunderbird to Close on Saturday". BroadwayWorld. July 20, 2005. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
158. ​The Blonde in the Thunderbird​ at the Internet Broadway Database
159. ​Brighton Beach Memoirs (2009 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
160. ​Elling​ at the Internet Broadway Database
161. ​The Lieutenant​ at the Internet Broadway Database
162. ​Nick & Nora​ at the Internet Broadway Database
163. ​The Paisley Convertible​ at the Internet Broadway Database
164. ​Rock 'N Roll! The First 5,000 Years​ at the Internet Broadway Database
165. ​Safe Sex​ at the Internet Broadway Database
166. ​The Three Musketeers​ at the Internet Broadway Database
167. ​We Have Always Lived in the Castle​ at the Internet Broadway Database
168. ​Cloud 7​ at the Internet Broadway Database
169. ​The Story of Mary Sturratt​ at the Internet Broadway Database
170. ​A Joyful Noise​ at the Internet Broadway Database
171. ​The American Clock​ at the Internet Broadway Database
172. ​Dreyfus in Rehearsal​ at the Internet Broadway Database
173. ​Fearless Frank​ at the Internet Broadway Database
174. ​P.S. I Love You​ at the Internet Broadway Database
175. ​The Lady from Dubuque​ at the Internet Broadway Database
176. ​Lolita​ at the Internet Broadway Database
177. ​Saturday Sunday Monday​ at the Internet Broadway Database
178. ​Seagulls Over Sorrento​ at the Internet Broadway Database
179. ​The Secret Rapture​ at the Internet Broadway Database
180. ​The Threepenny Opera​ at the Internet Broadway Database
181. ​Wally's Cafe​ at the Internet Broadway Database
182. ​What's Wrong With This Picture​ at the Internet Broadway Database
183. ​Great Day in the Morning​ at the Internet Broadway Database
184. McKinley, Jesse (June 20, 2000). "'Macbeth' Will Close After Just 10 Days on Broadway". The New York Times. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
185. ​Macbeth​ at the Internet Broadway Database
186. ​Metro​ at the Internet Broadway Database
187. ​Moby Dick​ at the Internet Broadway Database
188. ​The Wiz​ at the Internet Broadway Database
189. ​A Woman of Independent Means​ at the Internet Broadway Database
190. ​Flare Path​ at the Internet Broadway Database
191. ​High Fidelity​ at the Internet Broadway Database
192. ​Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only​ at the Internet Broadway Database
193. ​Purlie​ at the Internet Broadway Database
194. ​Captain Brassbound's Conversion​ at the Internet Broadway Database
195. ​Last Licks​ at the Internet Broadway Database
196. ​The Passion of Josef. D​ at the Internet Broadway Database
197. ​The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public​ at the Internet Broadway Database
198. ​Captain Brassbound's Conversion​ at the Internet Broadway Database
199. ​Dude​ at the Internet Broadway Database
200. ​Enron​ at the Internet Broadway Database
201. ​The Man Who Had Three Arms​ at the Internet Broadway Database
202. ​Merrily We Roll Along​ at the Internet Broadway Database
203. ​Nellie Bly​ at the Internet Broadway Database
204. ​Oh, Kay! (1928 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
205. ​Passione​ at the Internet Broadway Database
206. ​Amour​ at the Internet Broadway Database
207. ​The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2006 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
208. ​Charlie and Algernon​ at the Internet Broadway Database
209. Putnam, Leah. "Broadway's KPOP Sets Abrupt Closing Date". Playbill. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
210. ​Leap of Faith​ at the Internet Broadway Database
211. ​Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen​ at the Internet Broadway Database
212. ​All About Me​ at the Internet Broadway Database
213. ​The Climate of Eden​ at the Internet Broadway Database
214. Culwell-Block, Logan (July 3, 2019). "16 Broadway Shows That Closed Before Opening". Playbill. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
215. ​Infidel Caesar​ at the Internet Broadway Database
216. ​Venus Is​ at the Internet Broadway Database
217. ​The Office​ at the Internet Broadway Database
218. ​Leda Had a Little Swan​ at the Internet Broadway Database
219. ​A Way of Life​ at the Internet Broadway Database
220. ​Me Jack, You Jill​ at the Internet Broadway Database
221. ​Let My People Come​ at the Internet Broadway Database
222. Lang, Brent (March 21, 2020). "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Revival Closes Due to Coronavirus Shutdown". Variety. Retrieved November 19, 2024.

Further reading

• Mandelbaum, Ken (1992). Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312082734.
• Suskin, Steven (2006). Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Big Musical Bombs. Hal Leonard. ISBN 9781557836311.

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