90 shows opened on Broadway in 1896.

Secret Service, by William Gillette, opened October 5, 1896 at Garrick Theatre and ran 176 performances.

Opened in 1896

January: 15 openings

January 6, 1896	A Black Sheep Hoyts TheatreBroadway
January 6, 1896	A Girl Wanted Haverlys 14th Street TheatreBroadway
January 6, 1896	The Benefit of the Doubt Lyceum TheatreBroadway	30 perf.
January 6, 1896	Two Old Cronies Abbeys TheatreBroadway
January 7, 1896	Mrs. Ponderbury's Past Garrick TheatreBroadway
January 7, 1896	The Two Escutcheons Dalys TheatreBroadway
January 13, 1896	A Quiet Rubber Abbeys TheatreBroadway
January 13, 1896	Chimmie Fadden Garden TheatreBroadway
January 15, 1896	Michael and His Lost Angel Empire TheatreBroadway	13 perf.
January 20, 1896	Izeyl Abbeys TheatreBroadway
January 20, 1896	The Squire of Dames Palmers TheatreBroadway
January 21, 1896	The Governor of Kentucky Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway
January 27, 1896	A Woman's Reason Empire TheatreBroadway
January 28, 1896	Burmah American TheatreBroadway
January 28, 1896	The Countess Gucki Dalys TheatreBroadway

February: 7 openings

February 3, 1896	The Lady Slavey Casino TheatreBroadway	128 perf.
February 10, 1896	The Prisoner of Zenda Lyceum TheatreBroadway
February 10, 1896	The War of Wealth Star TheatreBroadway
February 11, 1896	For the Crown Palmers TheatreBroadway
February 17, 1896	Marriage Empire TheatreBroadway
February 17, 1896	Marse Van Empire TheatreBroadway
February 24, 1896	Arm of the Law Peoples TheatreBroadway

March: 9 openings

March 9, 1896	Bohemia Empire TheatreBroadway
March 16, 1896	Marie Deloche Garden TheatreBroadway
March 19, 1896	A Light From St. Agnes Garden TheatreBroadway
March 19, 1896	Pamela Nubile Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
March 19, 1896	The Light from St. Agnes Garden TheatreBroadway
March 19, 1896	This Picture and That Garden TheatreBroadway	1 perf.
March 23, 1896	A House of Cards Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway
March 23, 1896	Madame Palmers TheatreBroadway
March 23, 1896	The Last Stroke Star TheatreBroadway

April: 7 openings

April 6, 1896	A Lion's Heart Peoples TheatreBroadway
April 6, 1896	His Absent Boy Garden TheatreBroadway
April 7, 1896	The Law of the Land American TheatreBroadway
April 13, 1896	The Village Postmaster Haverlys 14th Street TheatreBroadway
April 18, 1896	The Speculator Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway
April 20, 1896	El Capitan Broadway TheatreBroadway	112 perf.
April 20, 1896	Thoroughbred Garrick TheatreBroadway

May: 3 openings

May 3, 1896	Prince Karl Hoyts TheatreBroadway	117 perf.
May 4, 1896	Too Much Johnson Empire TheatreBroadway	16 perf.
May 11, 1896	The Sunshine of Paradise Alley Haverlys 14th Street TheatreBroadway

August: 5 openings

August 20, 1896	Under the Polar Star Academy Of MusicBroadway
August 29, 1896	The Cotton Spinner Grand Opera HouseBroadway
August 31, 1896	Rosemary Empire TheatreBroadway
August 31, 1896	The Great Northwest American TheatreBroadway
August 31, 1896	When London Sleeps Haverlys 14th Street TheatreBroadway

September: 7 openings

September 1, 1896	An Enemy to the King Lyceum TheatreBroadway
September 2, 1896	The Liar Hoyts TheatreBroadway
September 9, 1896	The Geisha Dalys TheatreBroadway	161 perf.
September 14, 1896	A House of Mystery Haverlys 14th Street TheatreBroadway
September 15, 1896	Sue Hoyts TheatreBroadway
September 21, 1896	A Parlor Match Herald Square TheatreBroadway
September 24, 1896	Santa Maria Olympia Theatre LyricBroadway	100 perf.

October: 8 openings

October 5, 1896	Mary Pennington, Spinster Wallacks TheatreBroadway
October 5, 1896	Secret Service Garrick TheatreBroadway	176 perf.
October 6, 1896	My Friend from India Bijou TheatreBroadway
October 12, 1896	A Florida Enchantment Hoyts TheatreBroadway
October 12, 1896	Hogan's Alley Peoples TheatreBroadway
October 12, 1896	On Broadway Grand Opera HouseBroadway
October 12, 1896	The Cherry Pickers Haverlys 14th Street TheatreBroadway
October 19, 1896	The Great Train Robbery Peoples TheatreBroadway

November: 13 openings

November 2, 1896	The Mummy Garden TheatreBroadway
November 5, 1896	The Broken Melody American TheatreBroadway
November 9, 1896	The Nihilists Peoples TheatreBroadway
November 9, 1896	The Sign of the Cross Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
November 16, 1896	An Innocent Sinner Star TheatreBroadway
November 16, 1896	Roaring Dick & Co. Palmers TheatreBroadway
November 23, 1896	Turn of the Tide Peoples TheatreBroadway
November 23, 1896	Two Little Vagrants Academy Of MusicBroadway
November 24, 1896	The Courtship of Leonie Lyceum TheatreBroadway
November 30, 1896	A Fool of Fortune Miners Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway
November 30, 1896	The Chili Widow Bijou TheatreBroadway
November 30, 1896	The Naval Cadet Grand Opera HouseBroadway
November 30, 1896	The Seats of the Mighty Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway

December: 16 openings

December 7, 1896	The Politician Murray Hill TheatreBroadway
December 7, 1896	The Queen's Proctor Bijou TheatreBroadway
December 7, 1896	The Rogue's Comedy Wallacks TheatreBroadway
December 14, 1896	Brother for Brother Star TheatreBroadway
December 14, 1896	The Late Mr. Castello Lyceum TheatreBroadway
December 14, 1896	The Late Mr. Costello Lyceum TheatreBroadway
December 14, 1896	The Wife of Willoughby Lyceum TheatreBroadway
December 16, 1896	Castle Sombras Garden TheatreBroadway
December 16, 1896	The Gay Mr. Lightfoot Bijou TheatreBroadway
December 21, 1896	A Man of Honor American TheatreBroadway
December 21, 1896	Darkest America Peoples TheatreBroadway
December 21, 1896	True to Life Murray Hill TheatreBroadway
December 26, 1896	Courted Into Court Bijou TheatreBroadway	140 perf.
December 28, 1896	Society Shadows Savoy TheatreBroadway
December 28, 1896	Under the Red Robe Empire TheatreBroadway
December 31, 1896	The White Flower Lyceum TheatreBroadway