84 shows opened on Broadway in 1897.

The Little Minister, by James M. Barrie, opened September 27, 1897 at Empire Theatre and ran 300 performances.

Opened in 1897

January: 10 openings

January 4, 1897	A Contented Woman Hoyts Theatre, Broadway	56 perf.
January 4, 1897	A Superfluous Husband Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
January 4, 1897	Captain Imprudence American Theatre, Broadway
January 4, 1897	Fatal City Peoples Theatre, Broadway
January 4, 1897	The Hobby Horse Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway
January 6, 1897	The Old Homestead Harlem Opera House, Broadway
January 11, 1897	Heartsease Garden Theatre, Broadway
January 11, 1897	The Gold Bug Harlem Opera House, Broadway	8 perf.
January 25, 1897	The First Gentleman of Europe Lyceum Theatre, Broadway
January 25, 1897	When a Man's Married Lyceum Theatre, Broadway

February: 8 openings

February 1, 1897	Dr. Claudius Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
February 1, 1897	New York American Theatre, Broadway
February 8, 1897	Cuba's Vow Star Theatre, Broadway
February 8, 1897	When George IV Was King Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway
February 15, 1897	For Bonnie Prince Charlie Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
February 15, 1897	Six Persons Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway
February 22, 1897	At Piney Ridge American Theatre, Broadway
February 22, 1897	Spiritisme Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway

March: 10 openings

March 2, 1897	Tess of the D'Urbervilles Miners Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
March 6, 1897	A Man and His Wife Empire Theatre, Broadway	1 perf.
March 8, 1897	Never Again Garrick Theatre, Broadway
March 8, 1897	The Mayflower Lyceum Theatre, Broadway
March 15, 1897	The Boys of Kilkenny Star Theatre, Broadway
March 16, 1897	The Serenade Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway	79 perf.
March 22, 1897	L'Arlesienne Broadway Theatre, Broadway
March 23, 1897	Miss Manhattan Wallacks Theatre, Broadway	40 perf.
March 29, 1897	A Divorce Cure Murray Hill Theatre, Broadway
March 29, 1897	The New Dominion American Theatre, Broadway	8 perf.

April: 4 openings

April 5, 1897	The Wife of Scarli Garden Theatre, Broadway
April 19, 1897	Dr. Belgraff Garden Theatre, Broadway
April 19, 1897	The Man from Mexico Hoyts Theatre, Broadway
April 19, 1897	The Mysterious Mr. Bugle Lyceum Theatre, Broadway

May: 3 openings

May 7, 1897	Divorçons Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
May 17, 1897	The Widow Goldstein Haverlys 14th Street Theatre, Broadway
May 24, 1897	The Alderman Haverlys 14th Street Theatre, Broadway

August: 6 openings

August 21, 1897	A Fight For Honor Grand Opera House, Broadway
August 21, 1897	The Privateer Star Theatre, Broadway
August 28, 1897	A Bachelor's Baby Murray Hill Theatre, Broadway
August 30, 1897	New York Day by Day Peoples Theatre, Broadway
August 30, 1897	Shall We Forgive Her? Haverlys 14th Street Theatre, Broadway
August 30, 1897	What Happened to Jones Manhattan Theatre, Broadway

September: 12 openings

September 1, 1897	The Cat and the Cherub Olympia Theatre Lyric, Broadway
September 4, 1897	A Southern Romance Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
September 6, 1897	A Bachelor's Honeymoon Hoyts Theatre, Broadway
September 6, 1897	Change Alley Lyceum Theatre, Broadway
September 6, 1897	The Indian Peoples Theatre, Broadway
September 6, 1897	The Wrong Mr. Wright Bijou Theatre, Broadway
September 13, 1897	A Coat of Many Colors Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
September 13, 1897	A Stranger in New York Garrick Theatre, Broadway	64 perf.
September 13, 1897	Captain of the Nonsuch Star Theatre, Broadway
September 20, 1897	A Bachelor's Romance Garden Theatre, Broadway
September 27, 1897	The Little Minister Empire Theatre, Broadway	300 perf.
September 28, 1897	The Belle of New York Casino Theatre, Broadway	64 perf.

October: 9 openings

October 4, 1897	The Devil's Disciple Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway	56 perf.
October 4, 1897	The Physician Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
October 4, 1897	The Proper Caper Hoyts Theatre, Broadway
October 5, 1897	The First Born Manhattan Theatre, Broadway
October 11, 1897	An American Citizen Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway
October 11, 1897	For Liberty and Love Grand Opera House, Broadway
October 18, 1897	Courted Into Court Harlem Opera House, Broadway	16 perf.
October 18, 1897	Cumberland '61 Haverlys 14th Street Theatre, Broadway
October 21, 1897	La Poupée Olympia Theatre Lyric, Broadway	14 perf.

November: 16 openings

November 1, 1897	A Lady of Quality Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
November 8, 1897	A Marriage of Convenience Empire Theatre, Broadway
November 8, 1897	Miss Francis of Yale Manhattan Theatre, Broadway
November 8, 1897	Old Money Bags Peoples Theatre, Broadway
November 8, 1897	The Heart of the Klondike Star Theatre, Broadway
November 15, 1897	Always on Time Peoples Theatre, Broadway
November 15, 1897	The Magdalene Murray Hill Theatre, Broadway	2 perf.
November 18, 1897	John Gabriel Borkman Hoyts Theatre, Broadway
November 22, 1897	A Close Shave Manhattan Theatre, Broadway
November 22, 1897	His Little Dodge Manhattan Theatre, Broadway
November 22, 1897	The White Heather Academy Of Music, Broadway	184 perf.
November 23, 1897	The Princess and the Butterfly Lyceum Theatre, Broadway
November 29, 1897	A Guilty Mother Peoples Theatre, Broadway
November 29, 1897	A Night Session Manhattan Theatre, Broadway
November 29, 1897	Alexandra Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway
November 29, 1897	Indian Summer Garden Theatre, Broadway

December: 6 openings

December 6, 1897	Madeline of Fort Reno Peoples Theatre, Broadway
December 7, 1897	Number 9 Dalys Theatre, Broadway
December 13, 1897	A Ward of France Wallacks Theatre, Broadway
December 13, 1897	The Highwayman Broadway Theatre, Broadway	144 perf.
December 20, 1897	The Secret Enemy Grand Opera House, Broadway
December 21, 1897	The Royal Box Fifth Avenue Theatre, Broadway