Stage Musical Chronology: The 1860s

Stage Musical Chronology

The 1860s

Compiled by John Kenrick

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are book musicals, and all dates are for Broadway openings. Since there was no authorized organization maintaining statistics, some performance totals are approximations.

KEY

Show Title (Genre/City), Opening Date, Theatre, Number of Performances

1860

Le Point des Soupirs (Paris), 3/23/1861, Bouffes-Parisiens, REP
Blue Beard, 5/7/1860, Niblo's Garden, 16
Bronze Donkey, 5/7/1860, New Bowery, 12
Invisible Prince, The (R), 5/16/1860, Laura Keene's, 18
Jenny Lind/Our Japanese Embassy, 6/4/1860, Laura Keene's, 24
Tycoon, The, 7/2/1860, Laura Keene's, 18
Seven Sisters, The, 11/26/1860, Laura Keene's, 253

1861

Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer, 2/4/1861, 2/4/1861, New Bowery, REP
Orpheus in der Underwelt (in German), 3/6/1861, New Yorker, 9
Cinderella, 9/9/1861, Winter Garden, 24
Monsieur Choufleuri (Paris), 9/14/1861, Bouffes-Parisiens, REP
Seven Sons, The, 12/3/1861, Laura Keene's, 96
Ondina, 12/23/1861, Barnum's Museum, 114

1862

Monsieur Et Madame Denis (Paris), 1/11/1862, Bouffes-Parisiens, REP
Sadak and Kalasrade!, 3/3/1862, Barnum's Museum, 60
Le Voyage de MM.Dunanan pere et fils (Paris), 3/23/1862, Bouffes Parisiens, ??
Hop O' My Thumb, 4/7/1862, Barnum's Museum, 46
Doctor of Alcantra, The (Boston), 4/7/1862, Boston Museum, ??
Enchantress, The (R), 4/4/1862, Niblo's Garden, 48
Syren, The, 6/9/1862, Niblo's Garden, 12
Wizard's Tempest, The, 6/9/1862, Winter Garden, 21
Mrs. Partington, 7/14/1862, Barnum's Museum, 24
King Cotton or The Exiled Prince, 7/21/1862, Winter Garden, 5
Zehn Madchen Und Kein Mann (Vienna), 10/25/1862, Franz Josefs Kai, 32
Blondette, 11/25/1862, Laura Keene's, 42

1863

Jenny Lind (R)/The Invincibles, 1/5/1863, Laura Keene's, 6
Pet of the Petticoats! (R), 1/26/1863, Laura Keene's, 6
Fair One With the Golden Locks, The, 2/9/1863, Laura Keene's, 30
Satanella, 2/23/1863, Niblo's Saloon, 18
Enchantress, The (R), 3/16/1863, Niblo's Saloon, 11
Tib, 5/4/1863, Laura Keene's, 2
Ixion (London), 9/28/1863, Royalty, 153
Brother and Sister, 10/17/1863, Olympic, 9
Po-co-hon-tas (R), 10/19/1863, Olympic, 12

1864

House That Jack Built, The, 1/11/1864, American, 21
Bohemian Girl, The (R), 1/13/1864, Niblo's Saloon, REP
Mazeppa or The Untamed Rocking Horse, 1/18/1864, Olympic, 18
House That Jack Built, The (R), 1/25/1864, Fox's Old Bowery, 36
Maritana (R), 2/5/1864, Niblo's Saloon (REP)
Ill Treated Il Trovatore, 2/8/1864, Olympic, 6
Les Georgiennes (Paris), 3/16/1864, Bouffes-fes-Parisiens, 100+
Loyalina, 4/11/1864, Olympic, 18
Fra Diavolo, 5/23/1864, Winter Garden, 24
Miss Lotta, 6/1/1864, Niblo's Saloon, 4
Aladdin, 6/2/1864, Olympic, 27
Maritana (R), 7/4/1864, Olympic, 27
Mazlum, 7/11/1864, Barnum's Museum, 48
Fra Diavolo (R), 7/11/1864, Olympic, 6
Bohemian Girl, The (R), 7/18/1864, Olympic, 8
Rose of Castile, The, 7/27/1864, Olympic, 4
Rose of Castile, The (R), 11/2/1864, Olympic, REP
La Belle Helene (Paris), 12/7/1864, Varietes, 6 months
Ring of Fate, The, 12/26/1864, Barnum's Museum, 40
Harlequin Bluebeard, 12/26/1864, Hippotheatron, 56

1865

Old Dame Trot and Her Cat, 1/30/1865. Bowery, 56
Mother Goose!, 2/12/1865, Hippotheatron, 49
Petroliamania, 3/6/1865, Wood's Minstrel Hall, 51
Fairy Prince O'Donoughue, 4/3/1865, Hippotheatron, 36
Die Schone Galathee (Berlin), 6/30/1865, ??
Green Monster, The, 7/10/1865, Barnum's Museum, 20
Arrah-Na-Pogue, 7/12/1865, Niblo's Garden, 102
Beauty of Seville, 7/31/1865, Barnum's Museum, 12
Midnight Assaoult, The, 8/7/1865, Barnum's Museum, 12
Witch of the Black Cauldron, The, 8/14/1865, Barnum's Museum, 12
Jocko, 8/28/1865, Barnum's Museum, 12
Die Schone Galathee (Vienna), 9/9/1865, Carltheater, ??
Sinbad the Sailor, 11/27/1865, Fox's Old Bowery, 18

1866

Black Domino, The/Between You, Me and the Post, 1/29/1866, Lucy Rushton's New York Theatre, 30
Barbe-Bleue (Paris), 2/5/1866, Varietes, 5 months
Jack and Gill, 2/19/1866, Fox's Bowery, 105
Cinderella E La Comare, 2/26/1866, Olympic, 30
Elves, The (R), 4/30/1866, Wood's Museum, 35
Doctor of Alcantra, The, 5/28/1866, Theatre Francais, ??
Invisible Prince, The (R), 6/4/1866, Wood's, 21
3 Sisters, The, 6/18/1866, Wood's Museum, 8
Sheep's Foot, The, 6/18/1866, New Bowery, 16
Po-Co-Hon-Tas (R), 6/18/1866, Winter Garden, 18
Fra Diavolo (R), 7/2/1866, Wood's Museum, 16
Columbus Reconstructed, 7/9/1866, Winter Garden, 24
Jenny Lind (R), 7/30/1866, Winter Garden, 12
Black Crook, The, 9/15/1866, Niblo's Garden, 474**
Two Doves, The/Hippodrome!, 10/1/1866, Kelly & Leon's, 6
Doctor of Alcantra, The, 10/3/1866, New York, 16
Doctor of All-Can-Tear-Her!, 10/8/1866, Kelly & Leon's, REP
La Vie Parisienne (Paris), 10/31/1866, Palais Royal, ??
Jack and Gill (R), 11/12/1866, Fox's Bowery, 22
Black-Eyed Susan (London), 11/29/1866, Royalty, 400+
Cendrillon, 12/13/1866, New York, 36

** The Black Crook was "reconstructed" on 5/27/1867 and 9/30/1867, closing its record setting run on 1/4/1868.

1867

Orpheus and Eurydice (French), 1/17/1867, Theatre Francais, 14
Little Boy Blue, 4/1/1867, Bowery, 72
La Grande Duchesse De Gerolstein (Paris), 4/12/1867, Varietes, 200+
Cox and Box (London), 5/11/1867, Adelphi, ??
Columbus Reconstructed, 7/22/1867, Olympic, 12
Little Nell and the Marchioness, 8/14/1867, Wallack's, 26
Kill Trovatore!, 8/26/1867, Kelly & Leon's, 30
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein, 9/24/1867, Francais, 156
Devil's Auction, The, 10/3/1867, Banvard's, 73
L'Oeil Creve (Paris), 10/12/1867, Folies Dramatiques, 345
Faust (B), 11/4/1867, Kelly & Leon's, 24
Ye Legend of Ye Grand Queen Bess, 12/9/1867, Kelly & Leon's, 25
Contrabandista, The (London), 12/18/1867, St. George's, 72
Little Dew Drop, 12/23/1867, Barnum & Amburgh Museum, 36

1868

White Fawn, The, 1/17/1868, Niblo's Garden, 176
Humpty Dumpty (Panto), 3/10/1868, Olympic, 483
Belle Helene, La, 3/26/1868, Francaise, 37
Leon's La! Bell-L.N., 6/6/1868, Kelly & Leon's, 21
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein (R), 6/13/1868, Francaise, 1
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, The, 6/17/1868, Kelly & Leon's
Barbe Blue, 7/13/1868, Niblo's Garden, 119
Fire Fly, 8/10/1868, Wallack's, 24
Bar-Ber-Blu, 8/10/1868, Kelly & Leon's
Little Nell and the Marchioness (R), 9/7/1868, Wallack's, 7
Ixion, 9/28/1868, Wood's Museum, 104
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein (R), 10/5/1868, Francais, 12
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein (R), 10/14/1868, Pike's, 18
Genevieve De Brabant, 10/22/1868, Francais, REP
La Belle Helene (R), 11/2/1868, Pikes, 14
Orphee Aux Enfers (B), 11/2/1868, Kelly & Leon's, 25
Tame Cats, 11/30/1868, Kelly & Leon's, 25
Les Bevards 12/9/1868, Pike's, 26
La Chanson De Fortunio, 12/21/1868, 17
Ernani (B), 12/28/1868, Wood's Museum, 40
Gin-Nevive De Graw (B), 12/28/1868, Kelly & Leon's, 13

1869

La Perichole, 1/4/1869, Pikes, 44
Pages Revel, The, 1/4/1869, Tammany Grand, 14
L'Oeil Creve, 1/11/1869, Francais, 21
Ixion (B-Return), 1/18/1869, Wood's Museum, 16
Dramatic Review for 1868, The, 1/25/1869, Brougham's, 24
Fluer De The, 2/1/1869, Francais, 21
Forty Thieves, The (B), 2/1/1869, Niblo's Garden, 136
Pluto, 2/1/1869, Theatre Comique, 128
Field of Cloth of Gold, The, 2/1/1869, Wood's Museum, 28
Les Deux Aveugles, 2/3/1869, Grand Opera House, 6
Orphee Aux Enfers (R), 2/20/1869, Grand Opera House, 15
Lucretia Borgia M.D., 2/17/1869, Waverly, 49
Monsieur Choufleury, 2/20/1869, Grand Opera House, 1
Po-Co-Hon-Tas (R), 2/22/1869, Brougham's, 12
Horse Marines, The/Nicodemus, 3/1/1869, Tammany Grand, 56
Much Ado About a Merchant of Venice, 3/8/1869, Brougham's, 24
La Vie Parisienne, 3/29/1869, Francais, 11
Ivanhoe, 3/31/1869, Waverly, 19
Le Grand Duchesse De Gerolstein (R), 4/6/1869, Fifth Avenue, 5
Robinson Crusoe and His Man Friday (B), 4/26/1869, Tammany Grand, 28
Paris, 4/24/1869, Waverly, 16
Le Petit Faust (Paris), 4/28/1869, Folies Dramatiques, ??
Les Mariage Aux Lanternes, 5/6/1869, Fifth Avenue, 3
Robinson Crusoe, 5/8/1869, Wood's Museum, 81
Les Dragons De Vilars, 5/10/1869, Fifth Avenue, 15
Pygmalion (B), 5/15/1869, Waverly, 10
Hiccory Diccory Dock, 5/18/1869, Olympic, 110
Clorinda, 5/24/1869, Tammany Grand, 20
Ixion (R), 5/26/1869, Waverly, 19
Sinbad the Sailor (B), 5/29/1869, Niblo's Garden, 64
Chilperk , 6/1/1869, Francais, 6
Ixion (B-R), 6/7/1869, Bowery, 9
Beppo, 6/12/1869, Tammany Grand, 8
Arrah-Na-Pogue (R), 8/2/1869, Niblo's Garden, 30
Lalla Rookh, 8/2/1869, Wood's Museum, 18
Queen of Hearts, The, 8/6/1869, Tammany Grand, 48
Masaniello, 9/13/1869, Wood's Museum, 12
Wip Van Winkle, 10/20/1869, Wood's Museum, 18
Flick Flock, 11/6/1869, Wood's Museum, 18
Aladdin, 11/15/1869, Wood's Museum, ??
Fire Fly, 11/22/1869, Niblo's Garden, 14
Kenilworth, 11/29/1869, Wood's Museum, 39
Bad Dickey, 12/6/1869, Tammany Grand, 56
Little Detective, The/An Object of Interest, 12/6/1869, Niblo's Garden, 14
La Princesse de Trebizonde (Paris), 12/7/1869, Bouffes-Pariesiens, 4 months
Les Brigand (Paris), 12/12/1869, Varietes, 2 months
Dora Bell, 12/13/1869, Wood's Museum, 21
Pluto (R), 12/13/1869, Grand Opera House, 21
Maid and the Magpie, The, 12/20/1869, Grand Opera House, 7

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(B)	Burlesque (parody) version
(P)	Pantomime
(R)	Revival
(London)	London production
(City)	Other productions outside the USA
REP	Repertory company - performance totals unknown
??	Number of performances unknown