64 shows opened on Broadway in 1869.

Broadway opened 64 shows in 1869, far more than the years around it.

The Forty Thieves, by Henry B. Farnie, opened February 1, 1869 at Niblos Garden and ran 136 performances.

Opened in 1869

January: 2 openings

January 4, 1869	La Périchole Pikes Opera House, Broadway	35 perf.
January 25, 1869	The Dramatic Review for 1868 Broughams Theatre, Broadway	24 perf.

February: 7 openings

February 1, 1869	Pluto Theatre Comique, Broadway	128 perf.
February 1, 1869	The Field of the Cloth of Gold Woods Museum And Metropolitan, Broadway	28 perf.
February 1, 1869	The Forty Thieves Niblos Garden, Broadway	136 perf.
February 3, 1869	Les Deux Aveugles Grand Opera House, Broadway	6 perf.
February 3, 1869	Romeo and Juliet Booths Theatre, Broadway
February 17, 1869	Lucretia Borgia, M.D. Waverley Theatre, Broadway	49 perf.
February 22, 1869	Po-Ca-Hon-Tas Broughams Theatre, Broadway	12 perf.

March: 3 openings

March 8, 1869	Much Ado About A Merchant of Venice Broughams Theatre, Broadway	24 perf.
March 15, 1869	School Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
March 31, 1869	Ivanhoe Waverley Theatre, Broadway	19 perf.

April: 1 opening

April 28, 1869

Paris Waverley Theatre, Broadway

12 perf.

May: 5 openings

May 8, 1869	Robinson Crusoe Woods Museum And Metropolitan, Broadway	81 perf.
May 15, 1869	Pygmalion Waverley Theatre, Broadway	10 perf.
May 18, 1869	Hiccory Diccory Dock Olympic Theatre, Broadway	110 perf.
May 26, 1869	Ixion Waverley Theatre, Broadway	19 perf.
May 29, 1869	Sinbad the Sailor Niblos Garden, Broadway	64 perf.

August: 4 openings

August 2, 1869	Arrah-Na-Pogue Niblos Garden, Broadway	30 perf.
August 2, 1869	Lalla Rookh Woods Museum And Metropolitan, Broadway	18 perf.
August 16, 1869	David Garrick Theatre Comique, Broadway
August 16, 1869	Play Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway

September: 8 openings

September 6, 1869	Dreams Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
September 6, 1869	Uncle Tom's Cabin Olympic Theatre, Broadway
September 13, 1869	Masaniello Woods Museum And Metropolitan, Broadway	12 perf.
September 15, 1869	The School for Scandal Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
September 20, 1869	Wip Wan Winkle Woods Museum And Metropolitan, Broadway	18 perf.
September 27, 1869	Old Heads and Young Hearts Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
September 27, 1869	Progress Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
September 29, 1869	London Assurance Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway

October: 11 openings

October 4, 1869	The Streets of New York, or Poverty is No Crime Olympic Theatre, Broadway
October 4, 1869	Twelfth Night Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
October 18, 1869	As You Like It Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
October 18, 1869	Charles O'Malley Grand Opera House, Broadway
October 18, 1869	East Lynne Niblos Garden, Broadway
October 18, 1869	Flick Flock Woods Museum And Metropolitan, Broadway	18 perf.
October 18, 1869	Mary Warner Booths Theatre, Broadway
October 22, 1869	King Rene's Daughter Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
October 22, 1869	The Heir-at-Law Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
October 25, 1869	Oliver Twist Niblos Garden, Broadway
October 27, 1869	She Would and She Would Not Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway

November: 16 openings

November 1, 1869	Little Nell and the Marchioness Niblos Garden, Broadway
November 1, 1869	Still Waters Run Deep Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
November 8, 1869	A Bull in a China Shop Olympic Theatre, Broadway
November 8, 1869	A Regular Fix Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
November 8, 1869	Home Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
November 8, 1869	Much Ado About Nothing Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
November 8, 1869	Poor Humanity Olympic Theatre, Broadway
November 15, 1869	Aladdin Woods Museum And Metropolitan, Broadway	11 perf.
November 15, 1869	Caste Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
November 15, 1869	London 14th Street Theatre, Broadway
November 20, 1869	Henry Dunbar Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
November 20, 1869	The Lottery Ticket Olympic Theatre, Broadway
November 22, 1869	The Bohemian Girl Grand Opera House, Broadway
November 22, 1869	The Firefly Niblos Garden, Broadway	14 perf.
November 29, 1869	Darius Dutton Olympic Theatre, Broadway
November 29, 1869	Kenilworth Woods Museum And Metropolitan, Broadway	39 perf.

December: 7 openings

December 1, 1869	Checkmate Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
December 1, 1869	Daddy Gray Dalys Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
December 6, 1869	The Little Detective Niblos Garden, Broadway
December 6, 1869	Under the Gaslight Olympic Theatre, Broadway
December 7, 1869	The Captain of the Watch Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
December 13, 1869	Dora Bella Woods Museum And Metropolitan, Broadway	21 perf.
December 20, 1869	The Maid and the Magpie Grand Opera House, Broadway	7 perf.

January 2, 1869	La Chanson de Fortunio Pikes Opera House, opened 1868	14 run
January 2, 1869	Les Bavards Pikes Opera House, opened 1868	26 run
January 30, 1869	Ernani Woods Museum And Metropolitan, opened 1868	40 run
January 30, 1869	Ixion Woods Museum And Metropolitan, opened 1868	120 run
May 15, 1869	Humpty Dumpty Olympic Theatre, opened 1868	483 run