Stage Musical Chronology
1890 to 1894
Compiled by John Kenrick
(Copyright 2003)
Unless otherwise noted, all dates are for Broadway openings. Since there was no authorized organization maintaining statistics, some performance totals are approximations.
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Show Title (Genre/City), Opening Date, Theatre, Number of Performances1890
- 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
Go to: 1895 to 1899
(P) | Pantomime |
(R) | Revival |
(London) | London production |
(City) | Other non-US city production (Vienna, Paris, etc.) |
REP | Repertory company - performance total unknown |
?? | Exact performance total unknown |