| 2026-07-26 | When "One Day More" is sung in "Les Misérables" |
| 2026-07-17 | Start of a tragedy |
| 2026-05-08 | Whence the line "Beware the ides of March" in "Julius Caesar" |
| 2026-04-06 | When Macbeth meets the witches |
| 2025-09-17 | When Hamilton arrives in New York City, in "Hamilton" |
| 2025-09-10 | Opening on a stage? |
| 2025-07-30 | When Elphaba and Glinda sing "Defying Gravity" in Broadway's "Wicked" |
| 2025-06-19 | When Elphaba sings "Defying Gravity" in "Wicked" |
| 2024-12-09 | Play opener |
| 2024-11-08 | When Macbeth becomes Thane of Cawdor |
| 2024-08-14 | When the stage direction "Enter three Witches" appears in "Macbeth" |
| 2024-04-28 | Musical's beginning |
| 2023-11-30 | Opera piece |
| 2023-11-05 | First of five at the Globe Theatre |
| 2023-10-24 | When Blanche meets Stanley in "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| 2023-10-22 | Play opener |
| 2023-06-18 | Overture follower |
| 2023-04-16 | When the curtains open |
| 2023-02-01 | When "Time Warp" is sung in the musical "The Rocky Horror Show" |
| 2023-01-22 | Start to play? |
| 2022-10-24 | When Romeo meets Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 2022-10-15 | Prologue follower |
| 2022-10-05 | Drama starter? |
| 2022-09-02 | When Hamilton meets Burr, in "Hamilton" |
| 2022-08-22 | First part of a play |
| 2022-03-04 | Half of "Guys and Dolls" |
| 2022-02-28 | Play opener |
| 2022-02-17 | Stage opening |
| 2021-11-21 | When "Alexander Hamilton" is sung in "Hamilton" |
| 2021-08-21 | It's a start |
| 2021-08-20 | Dramatic beginning |
| 2021-01-17 | When the Battle of Yorktown occurs in "Hamilton" |
| 2020-10-06 | When Hamlet sees his father's ghost |
| 2020-07-26 | When Caesar is told to "Beware the ides of March" |
| 2020-07-14 | Broadway opening? |
| 2020-06-29 | Intermission preceder |
| 2020-06-13 | Prologue follower |
| 2020-02-16 | Broadway opening |
| 2018-09-22 | Dramatic opening |
| 2018-09-11 | Opening on Broadway? |
| 2018-05-25 | When the tempest occurs in "The Tempest" |
| 2018-05-24 | When Romeo first sees Juliet |
| 2018-03-07 | It starts when an overture's over |
| 2017-10-30 | Start of a play |
| 2017-03-23 | Broadway opening |
| 2016-10-10 | Play's start |
| 2016-02-22 | Start of a play |
| 2016-01-21 | Play starter |
| 2015-11-23 | First part of a play |
| 2015-07-13 | It follows a curtain-opening |
| 2015-05-03 | Opening on Broadway |
| 2014-12-15 | Play opener |
| 2014-10-07 | Opening of a play |
| 2014-08-12 | Prologue follower |
| 2014-02-23 | When the story begins, perhaps |
| 2014-01-25 | Early CliffsNotes subheading |
| 2013-10-19 | Dramatic opening |
| 2013-08-12 | Play's opening |
| 2013-08-11 | When Stanley cries "Hey, Stella!" in "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| 2012-08-06 | Start of a play |
| 2012-07-23 | Play opener |
| 2011-09-20 | Play opener |
| 2011-07-20 | When the nude scene occurs in 10-Across |
| 2011-04-05 | When Caesar is told to beware |
| 2011-01-04 | Stage opening |
| 2010-11-14 | Prologue follower |
| 2010-08-08 | Theater opening |
| 2010-06-27 | When the tempest occurs in "The Tempest" |
| 2010-02-18 | Start in literature |
| 2009-10-29 | Play start |
| 2009-10-07 | Dramatic start |
| 2009-09-11 | Show opening |
| 2009-08-25 | Play opener |
| 2009-07-01 | Play starter |
| 2008-06-27 | When Maggie calls herself "a cat on a hot tin roof" |
| 2007-12-24 | Play's start |
| 2007-10-07 | Start on a stage |
| 2007-08-05 | Play opener |
| 2007-05-20 | Dramatic opening |
| 2007-04-16 | When Romeo meets Juliet |
| 2007-03-30 | Broadway opening |
| 2007-02-15 | When the shipwreck occurs in "The Tempest" |
| 2006-12-19 | It follows a curtain's rise |
| 2006-08-01 | Broadway opener |
| 2006-03-28 | Follow-up to a curtain opening |
| 2006-02-19 | Musical opening |
| 2005-04-14 | Drama opening |
| 2005-02-01 | When Hamlet sees the ghost |
| 2004-12-10 | Opera synopsis heading |
| 2004-09-29 | Play's start |
| 2004-08-18 | When Hamlet sees his father's ghost |
| 2004-08-14 | Start of a show |
| 2004-02-15 | Curtain-rising time |
| 2004-02-10 | Show opener |
| 2003-11-11 | Stage opening |
| 2003-09-28 | Dramatic opening |
| 2003-07-31 | Prologue follower |
| 2003-07-02 | When the witches first appear in "Macbeth" |
| 2003-05-25 | Stage opening |
| 2003-04-16 | When Carmen meets Don José |
| 2003-01-14 | Play starter |
| 2002-12-04 | Broadway opening? |
| 2002-11-04 | Start of a play |
| 2002-10-29 | Start of a play |
| 2002-08-06 | Play starter |
| 2002-02-01 | Opening on Broadway |
| 2001-09-12 | Play opener |
| 2001-08-03 | Broadway opener |
| 2001-05-25 | Opera opener |
| 2001-04-08 | Play opening |
| 2000-05-21 | Dramatic beginning |
| 2000-01-25 | Curtain-raising time |
| 1999-07-26 | Play's opening |
| 1999-05-31 | It follows a curtain-raising |
| 1999-05-19 | When King Lear disinherits Cordelia |
| 1999-03-10 | Play opener |
| 1999-01-17 | Opera opener |
| 1999-01-09 | Intermission preceder |
| 1998-08-25 | Play opener |
| 1997-08-09 | Overture follower |
| 1997-06-03 | Play start |
| 1996-10-12 | Curtain-parting time |
| 1996-03-23 | Stage beginning |
| 1995-09-21 | Play's opener |
| 1995-06-23 | Pre-intermission period |
| 1994-12-07 | Script starter |
| 1994-03-14 | Play opening |