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Stage Musical Chronology

1895 to 1899

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.

KEY

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

1895


1896

(*This unauthorized production was closed by court injunction. The official staging was not much more successful -- see 1/20/1895 below.)


1897


1898


1899

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(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

 

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