1890-94: Musical Stage Chronology

Stage Musical Chronology
The 1890s: Part I - 1890 to 1894
Compiled by John Kenrick
(Copyright 2003)

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

1890

The Brigands (R), 1/6/1890, Casino, 49
The Gondoliers, 1/7/1890, Park, 103
Bluebeard, Jr., 1/13/1890, Niblo's Garden, 40
A Midnight Bell (R), 1/13/1890, Bijou, 32
Prince Lavender's Reception, 1/20/1890, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 36
Shane-Ne-Lawn (R), 2/8/1890, 14th Street, 8
The City Directory, 2/10/1890, Bijou, 154
The Chandeliers (B of Gondoliers), 2/17/1890, 9
The King's Fool, 2/17/1890, Niblo's Garden, 16
Little Puck (R), 2/24/1890, New Park, 42
The Grand Duchess (R), 2/25/1890, 2/25/1890, Casino, 100
My Aunt Bridget (R), 3/17/1890, 14th Street, 24
Our Belle Helene (B), 3/31/1890, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 45
The Mikado (R), 3/31/1890, Broadway, 7
The Pirates of Penzance (R), 4/14/1890, Broadway, 7
Around the World in 80 Days (R), 5/5/1890, Niblo's Garden, 24
Castles in the Air, 5/5/1890, Broadway, 106
H.M.S. Pinafore (R), 5/12/1889, Academy of Music, 24
The Brazilian, 6/2/1890, Casino, 73
The Mikado (R), 6/2/1890, Academy of Music, 8
La Fille De Madame Angot (B), 7/7/1890, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 126
Red Hussar, The, 8/5/1890, Palmer's, 78
Mme. Angot (R), 8/14/1889, Casino, 60
Kajanka (R), 8/16/1889, Niblo's Garden, 17
The Merry Monarch, 8/18/1890, Broadway, 49
Hendrik Hudson, 8/18/1890, 14th Street, 32
Later On (R), 9/1/1890, New Park, 32
The Seven Surbians, 9/1/1890, Hammerstein's Harlem Opera House, 14
My Aunt Bridget (R), 9/8/1890, Bijou, 33
A Parlor Match (R), 9/15/1890, New Park, 42
The Pupil In Magic, 9/15/1890, Niblo's Garden, 99
Carmen Up-To-Date (London), 10/4/1890, Gaiety, 248
The City Directory (R), 10/6/1890, Bijou, 32
Paul Jones, 10/6/1890, Broadway, 35
Poor Jonathan, 10/14/1890, Casino, 208
Blue Jeans, 10/6/1890, 14th Street, 187
The Old Homestead (R), 10/6/1890, Academy of Music, 216
Suzette, 10/11/1890, Hermann's, 26
The Dumb Girl of Sevilla, 10/13/1890, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 36
Claudius Nero, 10/21/1890, Niblo's Garden, 62
A Texas Steer, 11/10/1890, Bijou, 88
The Clemenceau Case (B), 11/10/1890, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 45
Miss Helyett (Paris), 11/12/1890, Bouffes-Parisiens, 500+
Pippins, 11/26/1890, Broadway, 13
Ship Ahoy!, 12/8/1890, Standard, 50
O'Nero (B), 12/22/1890, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 126
The Pirates of Penzance (R), 12/22/1890, Broadway, 3 REP
Patience (R), 12/25/1890, Broadway, 4 REP
Iolanthe (R), 12/29/1890, Broadway, 7 REP
Reilly and the Four Hundred, 12/29/1890, Harrigan's, 202 (336 according to some sources)
The Babes In The Wood (New), 12/30/1890, Niblo's Garden, 48

1891

Der Vogelhandler (Vienna), 1/10/1891, An der Wein, 50
An Irishman's Love, 1/12/1891, Third Avenue, 8
A Straight Tip, 1/26/1891, Park, 123
The Fakir, 3/2/1891, Standard, 7
The Prodigal Son, 3/7/1891, Daly's, 7
Myles Aroon (R), 3/9/1891, 14th Street, 8
The Irish Minstrel (R), 3/16/1891, 14th Street, 8
McKenna's Flirtation (R), 3/16/1891, Niblo's Garden, 16
U and I, 3/23/1891, Standard, 42
L'Oncle Celestin (Paris), 3/24/1891, Menus-Plaisirs, 150
Adam's Temptation, 3/30/1891, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 100
La Demoiselle De Telephone (Paris), 5/2/1891, Nouveautes, 116
Wang, 5/4/1891, Broadway, 151
Apollo, 5/7/1891, Casino, 65
The Tar And The Tartar, 5/11/1891, Palmer's, 122
A Knotty Affair, 5/18/1891, Park, 16
Aunt Bridget's Baby, 5/18/1891, Bijou, 32
Ye Olden Times, 6/29/1891, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 54
Nautch Girl, The (London), 6/30/1891, Savoy, 200
The Grand Duchess (R), 7/13/1891, Casino, 36
Miss Decima (London), 7/23/1891, Criterion, 191
A High Roller, 8/3/1891, Bijou, 32
Dck Whtngton!! And His Cat, 8/10/1891, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 99
Captain Karl!, 8/22/1891, Grand Opera House, 9
Fleurette, 8/24/1891, Standard, 14
Indigo, 8/25/1891, Casino, 41
The Khedive, 8/27/1891, Niblo's Garden, 12
8 Bells, 9/7/1891, Union Square, 25
Reilly And The 400 (R), 9/14, Harrigan's, 124
Boys And Girls, 9/21/1891, Park, 16
The Cadi, 9/21/1891, Union Square, 104
Mavoureen, 9/28/1891, 14th Street, 104
Robin Hood, 9/28/1891, Standard, 77
The Merry Monarch (R), 10/5/1891, Broadway, 84
The Tyrolean, 10/5/1891, Casino, 103
Tuxedo, 10/5/1891, New Park, 48
The Dwarf's Wedding at The Court of Peter The Great, 10/6/1891, Thalia, 40
Beautiful Stars, 10/12/1891, Niblo's, 8
Carmen Up Too Late (B), 10/19/1891, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 100
La Cigale, 10/26/1891, Garden, 112
Hoss and Hoss, 11/2/1891, Park, 32
Miss Helyett, 11/3/1891, Star, 116
La Fille De Fanchon La Vielleuse (Paris), 11/3/1891, Folies Dramatiques, 110
A Trip To Chinatown, 11/9/1891, Madison Square, 657
The Hustler, 11/23/1891, Bijou, 24
Cinderella, 11/24/1891, Academy of Music, 40
The Gossoon, 11/30/1891, People's, 9
The New City Directory (R-Revised), 12/7/1891, Bijou, 88
A Night At The Circus, 12/21/1891, Park, 41
The Last of the Hogans, 12/22/1891, Harrigan, 160
Yon Yonson, 12/28/1891, Park, 33
The Lion Tamer, 12/30/1891, Broadway, 130

1892

Blue Jeans (R), 1/4/1892, 14th Street, 107
Joan of Arc (B), 1/4/21892, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 81
Mountebanks, The (London), 1/4/1892, Lyric, 228
Nanon (R), 1-/2/1892, Casino, 34
Evangeline (R), 1/18/1892, Niblo's, 24
A Straight Tip (R), 1/25/1892, Park, 32
Aunt Bridget's Baby (R), 1/25/1892, Union Square, 7
Maid Marian (London - aka Robin Hood), 2/5/1892, Prince of Wales, 6 weeks
Uncle Celestin, 2/15/1892, Casino, 60
Captain Therese, 2/15/1892, Union Square, 12
The New Boys and Girls, 2/22/1892, Union Square, 16
The Pearl of Pekin (R), 3/7/1892, Niblo's, 8
Fritz In Ireland (R), 3/7/1892, Standard, 16
The Foresters, 3/17/1892, Daly's, 43
The Child of Fortune, 4/18/1892, Casino, 63
Polly Middles, 4/18/1892, 14th Street, 35
A Jolly Surprise, 4/18/1892, Bijou, 32
A Parlor Match, 4/18/1892, Harry Miner's People's, 8
Jupiter, 5/2/1892, Palmer's, 7
Starlight, 5/2/1892, New Park, 8
Les Vingt-Huit Jour (Paris), 5/3/1892, Folies Dramatiques, 236
Wang (R), 5/9/1892, Broadway, 28
Elysium, 5/16/1892, Herrmann's, 28
The Robber of the Rhine, 5/28/1892, Henry Miner's Fifth Avenue, 36
Pocohontas Up-To-Date (B), 5/30/1892, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 126
Sport McAllister, 5/16/1892, Bijou, 32
King Kalliko, 6/7/1892, Broadway, 13
The Vice Admiral, 6/18/1892, Casino, 73
Sinbad, 6/27/1823, Garden, 105
The Mascot (R), 7/18/1892, Palmer's, 42
Fatherland, 8/1/1892, Union Square, 16
A Village Wedding, 8/8/1892, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 108
Wang (R), 8/15/1892, Broadway, 70
The Kid, 8/22/1892, Columbus, 16
Around the World in Eighty Days (R), 8/27/1892, Niblo's, 9
The New City Directory, 8/27/1892, Grand Opera House, 9
Patience (R), 8/30/1892, Palmer's, 13
The Black Crook (R), 9/1/1892, Academy of Music, 306
12 P.M., 9/5/1892, Bijou, 16
Iolanthe (R), 9/12/1892, Palmer's, 14
Robin Hood (New), 9/12/1892, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 63
Puritania, 9/19/1892, Miner's Fifth Avenue, 55
Candy, 9/19/1892, Union Square, 96
Squatter Sovereignty (R), 9/19/1892, Harrigan's, 80
A Parlor Match (R), 9/19/1892, Bijou, 48
Haddon Hall (London), 9/24/1892, Savoy, 204
The Sorcerer & Trial By Jury (R), 9/26/1892, Palmer's, 6
In Town (London), 10/15/1892, Prince of Wales, 292
The Lady or The Tiger (R), 10/17/1892, Broadway, 28
Mrs. O'Brien, Esquire, 10/31/1892, Bijou, 16
Bluebeard/The Rendezvous, 10/31/1892, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 82
Tuxedo (R), 11/7/1892, Park, 18
Robin Hood (R-DeKoven), 11/7/1892, Garden, 91
The Fencing Master, 11/14/1892, Casino, 136
Fun On the Bristol, 11/14/1892, Bijou, 24
The Mulligan Guard's Ball (R), 11/30/1892, Harrigan's, 126
The Isle of Champagne, 12/5/1892, Manhattan Opera House, 50
A Society Fad, 12/5/1892, Bijou, 96
If I Were You, 12/20/1892, Herrmann's, 25
Miss Blythe of Duluth, 12/26/1892, Grand Opera House, 8
Superba, 12/26/1892, 14th Street, 16
La Cigale (R), 12/26/1892, Garden, 14

1893

Orpheus/The Miller's Daughter, 1/2/1893, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 54
Mountebanks, The, 1/11/1893, Garden, 48
Friend Fritz, 1/26/1893, Herrmann's, 36
La Fille De Mme. Angot (R), 2/13/1893, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 54
La Basoche, 2/27/1893, Casino, 14
A Mad Bargain, 2/27/1893, Bijou, 24
Girofle-Girofla (R), 3/3/1893, Garden, 35
Hoss and Hoss (R), 3/13/1893, Bijou, 32
The Gondoliers (R), 3/16/1893, Casino, 18
Cordelia's Aspirations (R), 3/20/1893, Harrigan's, 48
The Poet and The Puppets, 4/3/1893, Garden, 49
Fritz In A Mad House, 4/3/1893, Grand Opera House, 8
Adonis (R), 4/8/1893, Casino, 85
A Texas Steer (R), 4/10/1893, Bijou, 56
Morocco Bound (London), 4/13/1893, Shaftsbury, 295
Reilly and The 400 (R), 5/1/1893, Harrigan's, 16
Pajandrum, 5/1/1893, Broadway, 154
1492, 5/15/1893, Palmer's, 452
Robin Hood (R), 5/22/1893, Garden, 35*
The Knickerbockers, 5/29/1893, Garden, 7*

(*Note: After The Knickerbockers failed, the revival of Robin Hood re-opened briefly.)

The Isle of Champagne (R), 5/29/1893, Miner's Fifth Avenue, 48
The Talisman, 6/21/1893, Manhattan Opera House, 19
La Belle Helene (R), 6/19/1893, Koster & Bial's Concert Hall, 90
The Black Crook (R), 8/14/1893, Academy of Music, 48
Robert Grau's American Celebrities, 8/16/1893, Garden, 19
L'Enfant Prodigue, 8/21/1893, Daly's, 49
A Night At The Circus (R), 8/26/1893, Park, 17
Dan's Tribulations (R), 8/28/1893, Harrigan's, 48
The City Directory (R), 9/5/1893, Bijou, 31
A Trip to Mars, 9/8/1893, Niblo's, 78
The Rising Generation, 9/11/1893, Park, 24
A Temperance Town, 9/18/1893, Madison Square, 125
The Rainmaker of Syria, 9/25/1893, Casino, 21
Comrades, 10/2/1893, Park, 16
The Golden Wedding, 10/2/1893, Bijou, 16
Erminie (R), 10/3/1893, Broadway, 77
Utopia Limited (London), 10/7/1893, Savoy, 245
Woolen Stocking, The, 10/9/1893, Harrigan's, 89
Little Christopher Columbus (London), 10/10/1893, Lyric, 421
Gaiety Girl, A (London), 10/14/1893, Prince of Wales, 413
Starlight (R), 10/23/1893, Park, 16
Fritz In Prosperity, 10/23/1893, Grand Opera house, 8
Princess Nicotine, 10/25/1893, Casino, 98
The Algerian, 10/26/1893, Garden, 47
The Koh-i-noor, 10/30/1893, Koster & Bial's Music Hall, 28
Mam'zelle Carabin (Paris), 11/3/1893, Bouffe Parisiens, 150+
Delmonico's At Six, 11/6/1893, Bijou, 32
Trip to Chinatown, A, 11/9/1893, Madison Square, 657
Playmates, 11/13/1893, Park, 24
King Rene's Daughter/Philemon and Baucis, 11/22/1893, Herrmann's, 15
America, 12/5/1893, Metropolitan Opera House, 15 REP
Old Lavender (R), 12/18/1893, Harrigan's, 40
The Voyage of Suzette, 12/23/1893, American, 31
Robin Hood (R), 12/25/1893, Broadway, 50
A Country Sport, 12/25/1893, Bijou, 104
Africa, 12/25/1893, Star, 35

1894

The Pupil In Magic (R), 1/1/1894, Niblo's, 9
Der Obersteiger (Vienna), 1/6/1894, An der Wein, 61
A Texas Steer (R), 1/8/1894, Madison Square, 35
The Maid of Plymouth, 1/15/1894, Broadway, 28
The Leather Patch, 1/22/1894, Harrigan's, 32
Prince Kam, 1/29/1894, Casino, 28
The Rainmakers, 1/29/1894, Park, 32
A Trip to Chinatown (2nd), 2/12/1894, Madison Square, 49
The Ogallallas, 2/12/1894, Broadway, 7
About Town, 2/26/1894, Casino, 28
Fritz In A Mad House (R), 2/19/1894, Miner's People's, 16
The Princess of Trebizonde (R), 3/5/1894, Harrigan's, 32
Go-Bang (London), 3/10/1894, Trafalgar Square, 159
Yon Yonson, 3/12/1894, Park, 8
Hendrick Hudson (R), 3/19/1894, 14th Street, 16
Girofle-Girofla (R), 3/26/1894, Casino, 36
Utopia Limited, 3/26/1894, Broadway, 55
The Dazzler (R), 3/26/1894, Park, 16
The Idea, 4/9/1894, Park, 24
Cinderella, 4/23/1894, Abbey's, 64
Adonis (R), 5/7/1894, Palmer's, 14
Mavoureen (R), 5/7/1894, 14th Street, 24
Passing Show of 1894, The (Revue), 5/12/1894, Casino, 121
Tabasco, 5/14/1894, Broadway, 48
The Mikado (R), 6/14/1894, Fifth Avenue, 81
Dr. Syntax, 6/23/1894, Broadway, 169
1492 (R), 8/27/1894, Garden, 57
Coon Hollow, 8/27/1894, 14th Street, 16
The Little Trooper, 8/30/1894, Casino, 68
The Devil's Deputy, 9/10/1894, Abbey's, 56
Humpty Dumpty Up To Date, 9/11/1894, Fifth Avenue, 64
My Aunt Bridget (R), 9/17/1894, Third Avenue, 8
Struck Oil (R), 9/17/1894, 14th Street, 24
A Gaiety Girl, 9/17/1894, Daly's, 81
The Black Crook (R), 9/24/1894, Grand Opera House, 16
A Trip to Chinatown (R), 9/24/1894, American, 14
A Trip to Chinatown (London), 9/29/1896, Toole's, 125
Gay Parisienne, The (London), 10/1/1894, Royal, 369
The Irish Artist, 10/1/1894, 14th Street, 48
A Milk White Flag, 10/8/1894, Hoyt's, 153
Little Christopher Columbus, 10/15/1894, Garden, 264
Lady Slavey, The (London), 10/20/1894, Avenue, 96
The Pacific Mail, 10/22/1894, Star, 42
Rob Roy, 10/29/1894, Herald Square, 168
The Queen of Brilliants, 11/7/1894, Abbey's, 29
The Brownies, 11/12/1894, 14th Street, 108
A Night At The Circus (R), 11/19/1894, Niblo's, 8
The South Before The War, 11/19/1894, Bijou, 8
Prince Ananias, 11/20/1894, Broadway. 55
The Shop Girl (London), 11/24/1894, Gaiety, 546
The Flams, 11/26/1894, Bijou, 32
Jacinta, 11/26/1894, Miner's Fifth Avenue, 15
The Grand Duchess (R), 12/5/1894, Abbey's, 19
Notoriety, 12/10/1894, Harrigans, 64
The Side Show, 12/17/1894, Niblo's, 8
McFadden's Elopement, 12/31/1894, Jacob's Third Avenue, 9
The Old Homestead (R), 12/31/1894, Star, 136

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