1870s - Part One: Stage Musical Chronology

Stage Musical Chronology
The 1870s - Part One: 1870 to 1874
Compiled by John Kenrick
(Copyright 2003-2005)

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

1870

Without A Name, 1/3/1870, Wood's Museum, 15
Ixion (R), 1/10/1870, Wood's Museum, 24
La Grande Duchesse De Gerolstein, 1/24/1870, Francais, 13
The Glorious 7, 1/31/1870, Tammany Grand, 21
Twelve Temptations, The, 2/7/1870, Grand Opera House, 154
Faust (B), 2/7/1870, Wood's Museum, 21
Hamlet (B), 2/14/1870, Olympic, 72
Le Petit Faust (B), 3/26/1870, Kelly & Leon's, 48
William Tell (B), 3/14/1870, Wood's Museum, 10
Lischen Et Fritzchen, 3/14/1870, Kelly & Leon's, 12
Ching Chow Hi!, 3/28/1870, Kelly & Leon's, 24
White Cat, The, 3/28/1870, Wood's, 20
Pippin, 4/4/1870, Niblo's Garden, 28
Bohemian Girl, The (R), 4/11/1870, Wood's Museum, 17
Macbeth (B), 4/18/1870, Olympic, 24
Frow Frow, 4/18/1870, Kelly & Leon's, 17
La Belle L.N. (B-R), 5/2/1870, Kelly & Leon's, 6
Fra Diavolo (R), 5/2/1870, Wood's Museum, 12
Mosquito/La Sonnambula (B), 5/12/1879, Niblo's Garden, 21
Fair One With Blonde Wig, The, 5/16/1870, Olympic, 32
Forty Thieves, The (B), 5/23/1870, Niblo's, 12
Hop O' My Thumb, 6/6/1870, Wood's Museum, 28
Daughter of the Regiment, The (B), 6/13/1870, Olympic, 8
Fritz, Our German Cousin, 7/11/1870, Wallack's, 63
East Lynne (B), 7/25/1870, Wood's Museum, 12
Golden Butterfly, The, 9/5/1870, Wood's Museum, 20
Babies of the Period, The, 9/12/1870, Kelly & Leon's, 18
Le Petit Faust (in French), 9/26/1870, Grand Opera House, REP
Humpty Dumpty Junior (P), 10/3/1870, Wood's Museum, 14
Rip Van Winkle, 10/3/1870, Wood's Museum, 10 (Matinees only)
Wee Willie Winkie, 10/5/1870, Olympic, 132
Little Nell and the Marchioness (R), 10/10/1870, Niblo's, 11
Law! Son-Amble-Ah! (B), 10/10/1870, Lina Edwin's, 21
Lurline, 10/17/1870, Wood's Museum, 28
La Rose De Saint Flour, 10/24/1870, Kelly & Leon's, 36
Aladdin, 1/31/1870, Lina Edwin's, 14
Grand Duchess, The (R), 11/14/1870, Wood's Museum, 11 (matinees)
Les Brigands (in French), 11/14/1870, Grand Opera House, REP
Paris (B), 11/14/1870, Wood's Museum, 49
Faust!/Love Among the Roses, 11/21/1870, Lina Edwin's, 8
Little Faust! (in English), 11/22/1870, Olympic, 48
Le Petite Faust! (in English), 11/29/1870, Kelly & Leon's 12
Black Crook, The (R), 12/12/1870, Niblo's Garden, 122
Barbe Bleu (R), 12/24/1870, Grand Opera House, REP

1871

Forty Thieves, The (B-R), 1/2/1871, Wood's Museum, 7
Drei Paar Schuhe (Vienna), 1/5/1871, Theater An Der Wein, 169
St. George and the Dragon!, 1/9/1871, Wood's Museum, 14
La Perichole (R), 1/18/1871, Grand Opera House, REP
Richelieu of the Period!, 2/6/1871, Olympic, 48
Lucretia Borgia, 2/13/1871, Wood's Museum, 17
Les Georgiennes, 3/6/1871, Grand Opera House, REP
La Belle Helene (R), 4/13/1871, Grand Opera House, REP
Three Hunchbacks, The, 5/22/1871, Grand Opera House, 35
Three Blind Mice, 6/5/1871, Wood's Museum, 36
Paul Clifford!, 6/12/1871, Niblo's Garden, 14
Humpty Dumpty (New), 6/26/1871, Wood's Museum, 12
Belles of the Kitchen, The, 7/31/1871, Lina Edwin's, 18
Little Nell and the Marchioness (R), 8/14/1871, Booth's, 28
Bluebeard, 8/16/1871, Wallack's, 30
Fritz, Our Cousin German (R), 8/21/1871
A Trip Around the World, 8/21/1871, Lina Edwin's, 112
On the Track, 8/28/1871, Bowery, 12
Humpty Dumpty (P-R), 8/31/1871, Olympic, 333
Princess of Trebizonde, The, 9/11/1871, Wallack's, 7
Pet of the Petticoats, The/Family Jars, 9/11/1871, Booth's, 7
Little Detective, The, (R), 9/18/1871, Booth's, 7
Carl the Fiddler, 9/18/1871, Niblo's Garden, 12
La Perichole (R), 10/9/1871, Lina Edwin's, 22
Fluer De The (R), 10/26/1871, Lina Edwin's, 20
La Grande Duchesse De Gerolstein (R), 10/13/1871, Lina Edwin's, 18
Le Point Des Soupirs (R), 11/27/1871, Lina Edwin's, 26
Black Crook, The (R), 12/18/1871, Niblo's Garden, 71
Barbe Bleue (R), 12/19/1871, Lina Edwin's, 12
Thespis (London), 12/26/1871, Gaiety (London), 64

1872

Les Noces de Jeanette (R), 1/4/1872, Lina Edwin's, 12
Little Red Riding-Hood, 1/15/1872, Wood's Museum, 17
Le Roi Carotte (Paris), 1/15/1872, Gaite, 149
Les Brigands (R), 1/29/1872, Lina Edwin's, 6
Dick Wittington and His Cat, 2/5/1872, Wood's Museum, 10
Poll and Partner Joe, 2/19/1872, Wood's Museum, 10
Naiad Queen, The (R), 2/26/1872, Niblo's Garden, 7
Ixion (R), 2/26/1878, Theatre Comique, 24
Luna, 3/4/1872, Wood's Museum, 12
La Belle Sauvage, 3/4/1872, Niblo's Garden, 28
Les Cent Vierges (Brussels), 3/16/1872, Fantasies Parisien, REP
Lalla Rookh, 3/18/1872, Grand Opera House, 50
Poll and Partner Joe (New Score), 4/1/1872, Niblo's Garden, 21
Lurline (R), 4/1/1872, Wood's Museum, 9

La Timbale D'Argent (Paris), 4/9/1872, Bouffe-Parisiens, REP
Belles of the Kitchen, The (R), 4/15/1872, Union Square Theatre, 49
Ixion (R), 4/29/1872, Wood's Museum, 12
Les Cent Vierges (Paris), 5/13/1872, Varietes, 100+
Wrong Man in the Right Place, The, 5/21/1872, Union Square, 6
Fortunio and His Gifted Servants, 6/3/1872, Union Square Theatre, 18
Bohemian Girl, The (R), 6/3/1872, Bryant's Opera House, 3
Prima Donna of a Night, 6/21/1872, Union Square, 7
Fair One With the Blonde Wig, The, 6/26/1872, Union Square, 12
Grand Duchess, The (R), 7/3/1872, Union Square, 12
Robin Hood (B), 7/22/1872, Wallack's, 21
Blue Beard (R), 8/12/1872, Wallack's, 21
Le Roi Carotte, 8/26/1872, Grand Opera House, 92
Ixion (R), 9/2/1872, Wallack's, 20
Chow Chow, 9/9/1872, Wood's Museum, 24
Kenilworth, 9/21/1872, Wallack's, 7
Arra-Na-Pogue! (R), 9/23/1872, Booth's, 43
La Perichole (R), 10/14/1872, Olympic, 16
La Grande Duchesse De Gerolstein (R), 10/18/1872, Olympic, 4
Three Musketeers, The, 10/21/1872, Wood's Museum, 12
Genevieve De Brabant, 10/24/1872, Olympic, 18
Silver Demon, The, 11/4/1872, Wood's Museum, 17
Barbe Bleue (R), 11/5/1872, Olympic, 5
Aladdin the Second, 11/11/1872, Olympic, 21
Round the Clock, 11/25/1872, Grand Opera House, 57
Ixion (R), 11/25/1872, Wood's Museum, 5
Leo and Lotos, 11/30/1872, Niblo's Garden, 120
Golden Butterfly, The, 12/2/1872, Wood's Museum, 10
La File De Madame Angot (Brussels), 12/4/1872, Fantasies-Parisien, 500+
La Belle Helene, 12/9/1872, Olympic, 15
Babes in the Wood, The, 12/16/1872, Wood's Museum, 12
Le Petit Faust (R), 12/21/1872, Olympic, 4
Le Cent Vierges, 12/23/1872, Olympic, 8
Black Crook, The (London**), 12/23/1872, Alhambra, 204
Jack The Giant Killer, 12/30/1872, Wood's Museum, 12

(**This "opera bouffe" had no connection to the historic 1866 Broadway extravaganza of the same name.)

1873

Les Brigands (R), 1/6/1873, Olympic, 6

Humpty Dumpty (R), 2/17/1873, Olympic, 128

Roughing It!, 2/18/1873, Grand Opera House, 27

La Fille De Madame Angot (Paris), 2/21/1873, Folies Dramatiques, 411

Masks and Faces/La Sonambula, 3/3/1873, St. James, 12

Lucrezia Borgia (B), 3/17/1873, St. James, 6

Belles of the Kitchen, The (R), 4/14/1873, Niblo's Garden, 8

Nemesis (London), 4/17/1873, Strand, 262

Wrong Man in the Right Place, The (R), 4/21/1873, Niblo's Garden, 8

Azrael, 4/28/1873, Niblo's Garden, 47

Fun in a Fog, 8/11/1873, Union Square, 30
Black Crook, The (R), 8/18/1873, Niblo's Garden, 120
La Fille De Madame Angot (R), 8/25/1873, Daly's Broadway, REP
Mephisto and the Four Sensations! (B), 8/25/1873, Olympic, 20
Belles of the Kitchen, The (R), 9/10/1873, Niblo's Garden, 43
Sinbad the Sailor (B), 9/11/1873, Olympic, 12
La Grande Duchesse De Gerolstein (R), 9/15/1873, Daly's Broadway, REP
La Perichole (R), 9/17/1873, Daly's, REP
Aladdin/Sinbad the Sailor (B-R), 9/22/1873, Olympic, 8
Mme. Angot's Child!, 9/29/1873, Olympic, 16
Max! The Merry Swiss Boy, 10/6/1873, Broadway, 15
Arrah-Na-Brogue! (B), 10/13/1873, Theatre Comique, 8
Grand Duchess, The (R), 10/13/1873, Olympic, 8
Crook, The (B), 10/20/1873, Theatre Comique, 8
Monsieur Choufleuri (R), 10/20/1873, Olympic, 13
Fritz! Our Cousin German, 10/21/1873, Daly's Broadway, 13
Round the Clock (R), 10/27/1873, Grand Opera House, 14
Humpty Dumpty Abroad (P), 11/25/1873, Grand Opera House, 10 weeks
La Jolie Parfumeuse (Paris), 11/29/1873, Renaissance, 200+
Ixion (R), 12/1/1873, Theatre Comique, 8
Children in the Wood, The, 12/8/1873, Niblo's Garden, 28
Gabriel Grub, 12/22/1873, Olympic, 34

1874

Grand Duchess, The (R), 2/2/1874, Olympic, 8
Bohemian Girl, The (R), 2/9/1874
Humpty Dumpty at School (Panto), 2/9/1874, Grand Opera House, 10 weeks
Les Cent Vierges (R), 3/20/1874, Lyceum, REP
Les Petit Faust (R), 3/20/1874, Lyceum, REP
Girofle-Girofla (Brussels), 3/21/1874, Fantasies-Parisienns, 80
La Vie Parisienne (R), 3/23/1874, Lyceum, REP
L'Oeil Creve (R), 3/27/1874, Lyceum, REP
Monsieur Choufleuri (R), 3/28/1874, Lyceum, REP
Die Fledermaus (Vienna), 4/4/1874, And Der Wein, 68
Humpty Dumpty at Home (Panto), 4/6/1874, Fox's Broadway, 54
A Parisian Folly, 4/6/1874, Lyceum, 28
Perichole, La, (Paris), 4/25/1874, Varieites, ??
Evangeline, 7/27/1874, Niblo's Gardens, 14
La Timbale D'Argent, 8/24/1874, Lyceum, 17
Deluge, The, 9/7/1874, Niblo's Gardens, 71
La Princess De Trebizone, 9/10/1874, Lyceum., 25
La Fille De Madame Angot (R), 9/10/1874, Lyceum, 10
La Perichole (R), 10/16/1874, Lyceum, 2
Genevieve De Brabant (R), 10/19/1874, Olympic, 16
Genevieve De Brabant (R), 10/19/1874, Lyceum, 14
Les Pres Saint-Gervais (Paris), 11/14/1874, Varietes, 46
Round the Clock (R), 11/23/1874, Wood's Museum, 12
Black Crook, The (R), 11/25/1874, Grand Opera House, 44
La Fille De Madame Angot (R), 11/28/1874, Lyceum, 15
Les Pres Saint-Gervais (London), 11/28/1874, Criterion, 132
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, The (R), 11/30/1874, Lyceum, 10
Chilperic (R), 12/9/1874, Lyceum, 13
Jack and Jill (P), 12/21/1874, Niblo's Garden, 17
Fee-G!, 12/21/1874, Theatre Comique, 9
Whittington (London), 12/26/1874, Alhambra, 112
Madame L'Archiduc, 12/29/1874, Lyceum, 6

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