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List of the shortest-running Broadway shows

List of the shortest-running Broadway shows

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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.

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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.

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Shows that closed during previews

The following shows started previews but did not officially open on Broadway:[202]

See also

References

Notes

  1. [1]
    ​A Broadway Musical​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  2. [2]
    ​A Teaspoon Every Four Hours​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  3. [3]
    ​Billy​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  4. [4]
    ​Blood Red Roses​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  5. [5]
    ​Break a Leg​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  6. [6]
    ​Brightower​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  7. [7]
    ​Broadway Follies​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  8. [8]
    ​Cleavage​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  9. [9]
    ​The Cuban Thing​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  10. [10]
    ​Dance a Little Closer​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  11. [11]
    ​Eyes​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  12. [12]
    ​Fame​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  13. [13]
    ​Father's Day​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  14. [14]
    ​First One Asleep, Whistle​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  15. [15]
    ​Frank Merriwell​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  16. [16]
    ​Frankenstein​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  17. [17]
    ​Gandhi​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  18. [18]
    ​Gantry​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  19. [19]
    ​The Garden of Sweets​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  20. [20]
    ​Glory Days​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  21. [21]
    ​The Goodbye People (1979 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  22. [22]
    ​Gorey Stories: An Entertainment With Music​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  23. [23]
    ​Happiness Is Just a Little Thing Called a Rolls Royce​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  24. [24]
    ​Have I Got A Girl For You!​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  25. [25]
    ​Heathen!​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  26. [26]
    ​Here's Where I Belong​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  27. [27]
    ​Home Sweet Homer​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  28. [28]
    ​I Won't Dance​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  29. [29]
    ​Johnny No-Trump​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  30. [30]
    ​Kelly​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  31. [31]
    ​La Strada​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  32. [32]
    ​Let Me Hear You Smile​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  33. [33]
    ​Little Johnny Jones (1982 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  34. [34]
    ​Masquerade​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  35. [35]
    ​Me and Thee​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  36. [36]
    ​A Meeting by the River​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  37. [37]
    ​The Moony Shapiro Songbook​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  38. [38]
    ​Moose Murders​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Mother Lover​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Natural Look​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​No Hard Feelings​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  44. [44]
    ​Once There Was a Russian​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  45. [45]
    ​Onward Victoria​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  46. [46]
    ​A Place for Polly​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  47. [47]
    ​Play Me a Country Song​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  48. [48]
    ​Rainbow Jones​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  49. [49]
    ​Ring Around the Bathtub​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  50. [50]
    ​The Ritz (1983 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  51. [51]
    ​Stages​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  52. [52]
    ​Step on a Crack​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  53. [53]
    ​Take Me Along (1985 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  54. [54]
    ​Total Abandon​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  55. [55]
    ​The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  56. [56]
    ​The Watering Place​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  57. [57]
    ​Wild and Wonderful​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  58. [58]
    ​The Cool World​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  59. [59]
    ​Gabrielle​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  60. [60]
    ​Medea and Jason​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  61. [61]
    ​Signature​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  62. [62]
    ​Springtime Folly​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  63. [63]
    ​Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  64. [64]
    ​Cafe Crown​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  65. [65]
    ​Into the Whirlwind​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  66. [66]
    ​Nathan Weinstein, Mystic, Connecticut​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  67. [67]
    ​Requiem for a Heavyweight​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  68. [68]
    ​Ti-coq​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  69. [69]
    ​The Yearling​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  70. [70]
    ​Your Loving Son​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  71. [71]
    ​A Race of Hairy Men!​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  72. [72]
    ​All You Need Is One Good Break​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  73. [73]
    ​The Barrier​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  74. [74]
    ​Bosoms and Neglect​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  75. [75]
    ​Bring Back Birdie​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  76. [76]
    ​But, Seriously...​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  77. [77]
    ​Children From Their Games​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  78. [78]
    ​Conscience​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  79. [79]
    ​Einstein and the Polar Bear​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  80. [80]
    ​Good as Gold​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  81. [81]
    ​Horses in Midstream​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​In the Counting House​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Innkeepers​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  85. [85]
    ​Late Nite Comic​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  86. [86]
    ​Minor Miracle​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  87. [87]
    ​Murder at the Howard Johnson's​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  88. [88]
    ​Rags​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  89. [89]
    ​Song of the Grasshopper​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  90. [90]
    ​Xmas in Las Vegas​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  91. [91]
    ​Agatha, Sue, I Love You​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  92. [92]
    ​A Doll's Life​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  93. [93]
    ​Angel​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  94. [94]
    ​Be Your Age​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  95. [95]
    ​Carrie​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  96. [96]
    ​Charlotte​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  97. [97]
    ​Devour the Snow​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  98. [98]
    ​Diamond Orchid​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  99. [99]
    ​Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  100. [100]
    ​The Exercise​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  101. [101]
    ​The Gingham Dog​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  102. [102]
    ​Happy Town​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  103. [103]
    ​Legend​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  104. [104]
    ​The Life of Reilly​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  105. [105]
    ​Look, We've Come Through​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  106. [106]
    ​More to Love​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  107. [107]
    ​Park​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  108. [108]
    ​Peg: A Musical Autobiography​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  109. [109]
    ​Play Memory​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  110. [110]
    ​Prymate​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  111. [111]
    ​Raggedy Ann​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  112. [112]
    ​The Red Shoes​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  113. [113]
    ​Ring Two​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  114. [114]
    ​See the Jaguar​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  115. [115]
    ​Seven Brides for Seven Brothers​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  116. [116]
    ​Star-Spangled Family​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  117. [117]
    ​The Story of My Life​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  118. [118]
    ​The Sudden and Accidental Re-Education of Horse Johnson​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  119. [119]
    ​The Three Sisters​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  120. [120]
    ​Woman Bites Dog​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  121. [121]
    ​Zelda​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  122. [122]
    ​Carnival in Flanders​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  123. [123]
    ​Horowitz and Mrs. Washington​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  124. [124]
    ​Into the Light​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  125. [125]
    ​The Performers​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  126. [126]
    ​Siege​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  127. [127]
    ​Buttrio Square​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  128. [128]
    ​The Genius and the Goddess​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  129. [129]
    ​The Goodbye People​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  130. [130]
    ​High​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  131. [131]
    ​I'll Take The High Road​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  132. [132]
    ​La Grosse Valise​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  133. [133]
    ​The Night Circus​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  134. [134]
    ​Patate​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Slapstick Tragedy​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  137. [137]
    ​Via Galactica​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  138. [138]
    ​The Wrong Way Lightbulb​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​American Buffalo​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  140. [140]
    ​Arturo Ui​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Drat! The Cat!​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Kiss Me, Kate!​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Leaf People​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  145. [145]
    ​Love is a Time of Day​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  146. [146]
    ​Voices​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  147. [147]
    ​Who's Who in Hell​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  148. [148]
    ​Women of Twilight​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  149. [149]
    ​Ambassador​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Anyone Can Whistle​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Blonde in the Thunderbird​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Brighton Beach Memoirs (2009 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Elling​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  155. [155]
    ​The Lieutenant​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Nick & Nora​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Paisley Convertible​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Rock 'N Roll! The First 5,000 Years​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Safe Sex​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Three Musketeers​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​We Have Always Lived in the Castle​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  162. [162]
    ​Cloud 7​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Story of Mary Sturratt​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​A Joyful Noise​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Dreyfus in Rehearsal​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​P.S. I Love You​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Lady from Dubuque​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Lolita​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Saturday Sunday Monday​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Seagulls Over Sorrento​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Secret Rapture​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  172. [172]
    ​The Threepenny Opera​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Wally's Cafe​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Macbeth​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Metro​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Moby Dick​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​A Woman of Independent Means​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Flare Path​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​High Fidelity​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Purlie​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Captain Brassbound's Conversion​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Last Licks​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Passion of Josef. D​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Captain Brassbound's Conversion​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Dude​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Man Who Had Three Arms​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Merrily We Roll Along​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Nellie Bly​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Oh, Kay! (1928 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Amour​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2006 revival)​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Leap of Faith​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Infidel Caesar​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Venus Is​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​A Way of Life​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​The Office​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Leda Had a Little Swan​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Me Jack, You Jill​ at the Internet Broadway Database
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    ​Let My People Come​ at the Internet Broadway Database

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