Broadway Shows by Year - Opened in 1940

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• A Case of Youth - 3/23/40
  National Theatre
• A Passenger to Bali - 3/14/40
  Ethel Barrymore Theatre
• All in Fun - 12/27/40
  Majestic Theatre
• An International Incident - 4/2/40
  Ethel Barrymore Theatre
• Another Sun - 2/23/40
  National Theatre
• At The Stroke of Eight - 5/20/40
  Belasco Theatre
• Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo - 10/14/40
  51st Street Theatre
• Beverly Hills - 11/7/40
  Fulton Theatre
• Big White Fog - 10/22/40
  Lincoln Square Theatre
• Blind Alley - 10/15/40
  Windsor Theatre
• Boyd's Daughter - 10/11/40
  Booth Theatre
• Boys and Girls Together - 10/1/40
  Broadhurst Theatre
• Cabin in the Sky - 10/25/40
  Martin Beck Theatre
• Charley's Aunt - 10/17/40
  James Earl Jones Theater
• Cue for Passion - 12/19/40
  Royale Theatre
• Delicate Story - 12/4/40
  Henry Miller's Theatre
• Earl Carroll's Vanities [1940] - 1/13/40
  St. James Theatre
• Every Man for Himself - 12/9/40
  Guild Theatre
• Fledgling - 11/27/40
  Hudson Theatre
• Flight to the West - 12/30/40
  Guild Theatre
• Geneva - 1/30/40
  Henry Miller's Theatre
• Gizelle - 1/12/40
  Center Theatre
• Glamour Preferred - 11/15/40
  Booth Theatre
• Goodbye in the Night - 3/18/40
  Biltmore Theatre
• Grey Farm - 5/3/40
  Hudson Theatre
• Heavenly Express - 4/18/40
  National Theatre
• Higher and Higher - 4/4/40
  Shubert Theatre
• Higher and Higher - 8/5/40
  Shubert Theatre
• Hold on to Your Hats - 9/11/40
  Shubert Theatre
• Horse Fever - 11/23/40
  Mansfield Theatre
• It Happens on Ice - 10/10/40
  Center Theatre
• John Henry - 1/10/40
  44th Street Theatre
• Johnny Belinda - 9/18/40
  Longacre Theatre
• Journey to Jerusalem - 10/5/40
  National Theatre
• Juno and the Paycock - 1/16/40
  Mansfield Theatre
• Jupiter Laughs - 9/9/40
  Biltmore Theatre
• Keep Off the Grass - 5/23/40
  Broadhurst Theatre
• Kind Lady - 9/3/40
  Playhouse Theatre
• King Richard II - 4/1/40
  St. James Theatre
• Ladies in Retirement - 3/26/40
  Henry Miller's Theatre
• Lady in Waiting - 3/27/40
  Martin Beck Theatre
• Leave Her To Heaven - 2/27/40
  Longacre Theatre
• Liliom - 3/25/40
  44th Street Theatre
• Louisiana Purchase - 5/28/40
  Imperial Theatre
• Love for Love - 6/3/40
  Hudson Theatre
• Love's Old Sweet Song - 5/2/40
  Plymouth Theatre
• Mamba's Daughters - 3/23/40
  Broadway Theatre
• Medicine Show - 4/12/40
  New Yorker Theatre
• Meet the People - 12/25/40
  Mansfield Theatre
• Morning Star - 4/16/40
  Longacre Theatre
• Mum's the Word - 12/5/40
  Belmont Theatre
• My Dear Children - 1/31/40
  Belasco Theatre
• My Sister Eileen - 12/26/40
  Biltmore Theatre
• Night Music - 2/22/40
  Broadhurst Theatre
• Old Acquaintance - 12/23/40
  Broadhurst Theatre
• Original Ballet Russe, Colonel de Basil's - 11/3/40
  51st Street Theatre
• Out From Under - 5/4/40
  Biltmore Theatre
• Pal Joey - 12/25/40
  Ethel Barrymore Theatre
• Panama Hattie - 10/30/40
  46th Street Theatre
• Quiet, Please! - 11/8/40
  Guild Theatre
• Retreat to Pleasure - 12/17/40
  Belasco Theatre
• Return Engagement - 11/1/40
  John Golden Theatre
• Reunion in New York - 2/21/40
  Little Theatre
• Romantic Mr. Dickens - 12/2/40
  Playhouse Theatre
• Romeo and Juliet - 5/9/40
  51st Street Theatre
• Russian Bank - 5/24/40
  St. James Theatre
• Ruth Draper - 12/26/40
  Booth Theatre
• Separate Rooms - 3/23/40
  Maxine Elliott's Theatre
• Sim Sala Bim - 9/9/40
  Morosco Theatre
• Suspect - 4/9/40
  Playhouse Theatre
• Suzanna and the Elders - 10/29/40
  Morosco Theatre
• The Burning Deck - 3/1/40
  Maxine Elliott's Theatre
• The Corn Is Green - 11/26/40
  National Theatre
• The Fifth Column - 3/6/40
  Alvin Theatre
• The Flying Gerardos - 12/29/40
  Playhouse Theatre
• The Gondoliers - 9/30/40
  44th Street Theatre
• The Little Dog Laughed (Closed on Road) - 8/13/40
  
• The Male Animal - 1/9/40
  James Earl Jones Theater
• The Man Who Killed Lincoln - 1/17/40
  Longacre Theatre
• The Mikado - 10/3/40
  44th Street Theatre
• The Old Foolishness - 12/20/40
  Windsor Theatre
• The Pirates of Penzance - 10/7/40
  44th Street Theatre
• The Return of the Vagabond - 5/17/40
  National Theatre
• The Scene of the Crime - 3/28/40
  Fulton Theatre
• The Strangler Fig - 5/6/40
  Lyceum Theatre
• The Taming of the Shrew - 2/5/40
  Alvin Theatre
• The Time of Your Life - 9/23/40
  Booth Theatre
• The Unconquered - 2/13/40
  Biltmore Theatre
• The Weak Link - 3/4/40
  John Golden Theatre
• There Shall Be No Night - 4/29/40
  Alvin Theatre
• There Shall Be No Night - 9/9/40
  Alvin Theatre
• Tis of Thee - 10/26/40
  Maxine Elliott's Theatre
• Trial by Jury - 10/7/40
  44th Street Theatre
• Twelfth Night - 11/19/40
  St. James Theatre
• Two For The Show - 2/8/40
  Booth Theatre
• Two On An Island - 1/22/40
  Broadhurst Theatre
• Two Weeks with Pay (Closed on Road) - 6/24/40
  
• Walk With Music - 6/4/40
  Ethel Barrymore Theatre
• Young Couple Wanted - 1/24/40
  Maxine Elliott's Theatre

Broadway Theatres in 1940

• 44th Street Theatre
• 46th Street Theatre
• 51st Street Theatre
• Alvin Theatre
• Belasco Theatre (Broadway)
• Belmont Theatre
• Biltmore Theatre
• Booth Theatre (Broadway)
• Broadhurst Theatre (Broadway)
• Broadway Theatre (Broadway)
• Center Theatre
• Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Broadway)
• Fulton Theatre
• Guild Theatre
• Henry Miller's Theatre
• Hudson Theatre (Broadway)
• Imperial Theatre (Broadway)
• James Earl Jones Theater (Broadway)
• John Golden Theatre (Broadway)
• Lincoln Square Theatre
• Little Theatre
• Longacre Theatre (Broadway)
• Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)
• Majestic Theatre (Broadway)
• Mansfield Theatre
• Martin Beck Theatre
• Maxine Elliott's Theatre
• Morosco Theatre
• National Theatre
• New Yorker Theatre
• Playhouse Theatre
• Plymouth Theatre
• Ritz Theatre
• Royale Theatre
• Shubert Theatre (Broadway)
• St. James Theatre (Broadway)
• Windsor Theatre