1897
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
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January: 10 openings
| January 4, 1897 | A Contented Woman Hoyts TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| January 4, 1897 | A Superfluous Husband Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway | |
| January 4, 1897 | Captain Imprudence American TheatreBroadway | |
| January 4, 1897 | Fatal City Peoples TheatreBroadway | |
| January 4, 1897 | The Hobby Horse Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | |
| January 6, 1897 | The Old Homestead Harlem Opera HouseBroadway | |
| January 11, 1897 | Heartsease Garden TheatreBroadway | |
| January 11, 1897 | The Gold Bug Harlem Opera HouseBroadway | 8 perf. |
| January 25, 1897 | The First Gentleman of Europe Lyceum TheatreBroadway | |
| January 25, 1897 | When a Man's Married Lyceum TheatreBroadway |
February: 8 openings
| February 1, 1897 | Dr. Claudius Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway | |
| February 1, 1897 | New York American TheatreBroadway | |
| February 8, 1897 | Cuba's Vow Star TheatreBroadway | |
| February 8, 1897 | When George IV Was King Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | |
| February 15, 1897 | For Bonnie Prince Charlie Wallacks TheatreBroadway | |
| February 15, 1897 | Six Persons Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | |
| February 22, 1897 | At Piney Ridge American TheatreBroadway | |
| February 22, 1897 | Spiritisme Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway |
March: 10 openings
| March 2, 1897 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles Miners Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway | |
| March 6, 1897 | A Man and His Wife Empire TheatreBroadway | 1 perf. |
| March 8, 1897 | Never Again Garrick TheatreBroadway | |
| March 8, 1897 | The Mayflower Lyceum TheatreBroadway | |
| March 15, 1897 | The Boys of Kilkenny Star TheatreBroadway | |
| March 16, 1897 | The Serenade Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | 79 perf. |
| March 22, 1897 | L'Arlesienne Broadway TheatreBroadway | |
| March 23, 1897 | Miss Manhattan Wallacks TheatreBroadway | 40 perf. |
| March 29, 1897 | A Divorce Cure Murray Hill TheatreBroadway | |
| March 29, 1897 | The New Dominion American TheatreBroadway | 8 perf. |
April: 4 openings
| April 5, 1897 | The Wife of Scarli Garden TheatreBroadway | |
| April 19, 1897 | Dr. Belgraff Garden TheatreBroadway | |
| April 19, 1897 | The Man from Mexico Hoyts TheatreBroadway | |
| April 19, 1897 | The Mysterious Mr. Bugle Lyceum TheatreBroadway |
May: 3 openings
| May 7, 1897 | Divorçons Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway | |
| May 17, 1897 | The Widow Goldstein Haverlys 14th Street TheatreBroadway | |
| May 24, 1897 | The Alderman Haverlys 14th Street TheatreBroadway |
August: 6 openings
| August 21, 1897 | A Fight For Honor Grand Opera HouseBroadway | |
| August 21, 1897 | The Privateer Star TheatreBroadway | |
| August 28, 1897 | A Bachelor's Baby Murray Hill TheatreBroadway | |
| August 30, 1897 | New York Day by Day Peoples TheatreBroadway | |
| August 30, 1897 | Shall We Forgive Her? Haverlys 14th Street TheatreBroadway | |
| August 30, 1897 | What Happened to Jones Manhattan TheatreBroadway |
September: 12 openings
| September 1, 1897 | The Cat and the Cherub Olympia Theatre LyricBroadway | |
| September 4, 1897 | A Southern Romance Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway | |
| September 6, 1897 | A Bachelor's Honeymoon Hoyts TheatreBroadway | |
| September 6, 1897 | Change Alley Lyceum TheatreBroadway | |
| September 6, 1897 | The Indian Peoples TheatreBroadway | |
| September 6, 1897 | The Wrong Mr. Wright Bijou TheatreBroadway | |
| September 13, 1897 | A Coat of Many Colors Wallacks TheatreBroadway | |
| September 13, 1897 | A Stranger in New York Garrick TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
| September 13, 1897 | Captain of the Nonsuch Star TheatreBroadway | |
| September 20, 1897 | A Bachelor's Romance Garden TheatreBroadway | |
| September 27, 1897 | The Little Minister Empire TheatreBroadway | 300 perf. |
| September 28, 1897 | The Belle of New York Casino TheatreBroadway | 64 perf. |
October: 9 openings
| October 4, 1897 | The Devil's Disciple Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway | 56 perf. |
| October 4, 1897 | The Physician Wallacks TheatreBroadway | |
| October 4, 1897 | The Proper Caper Hoyts TheatreBroadway | |
| October 5, 1897 | The First Born Manhattan TheatreBroadway | |
| October 11, 1897 | An American Citizen Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway | |
| October 11, 1897 | For Liberty and Love Grand Opera HouseBroadway | |
| October 18, 1897 | Courted Into Court Harlem Opera HouseBroadway | 16 perf. |
| October 18, 1897 | Cumberland '61 Haverlys 14th Street TheatreBroadway | |
| October 21, 1897 | La Poupée Olympia Theatre LyricBroadway | 14 perf. |
November: 16 openings
| November 1, 1897 | A Lady of Quality Wallacks TheatreBroadway | |
| November 8, 1897 | A Marriage of Convenience Empire TheatreBroadway | |
| November 8, 1897 | Miss Francis of Yale Manhattan TheatreBroadway | |
| November 8, 1897 | Old Money Bags Peoples TheatreBroadway | |
| November 8, 1897 | The Heart of the Klondike Star TheatreBroadway | |
| November 15, 1897 | Always on Time Peoples TheatreBroadway | |
| November 15, 1897 | The Magdalene Murray Hill TheatreBroadway | 2 perf. |
| November 18, 1897 | John Gabriel Borkman Hoyts TheatreBroadway | |
| November 22, 1897 | A Close Shave Manhattan TheatreBroadway | |
| November 22, 1897 | His Little Dodge Manhattan TheatreBroadway | |
| November 22, 1897 | The White Heather Academy Of MusicBroadway | 184 perf. |
| November 23, 1897 | The Princess and the Butterfly Lyceum TheatreBroadway | |
| November 29, 1897 | A Guilty Mother Peoples TheatreBroadway | |
| November 29, 1897 | A Night Session Manhattan TheatreBroadway | |
| November 29, 1897 | Alexandra Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway | |
| November 29, 1897 | Indian Summer Garden TheatreBroadway |
December: 6 openings
| December 6, 1897 | Madeline of Fort Reno Peoples TheatreBroadway | |
| December 7, 1897 | Number 9 Dalys TheatreBroadway | |
| December 13, 1897 | A Ward of France Wallacks TheatreBroadway | |
| December 13, 1897 | The Highwayman Broadway TheatreBroadway | 144 perf. |
| December 20, 1897 | The Secret Enemy Grand Opera HouseBroadway | |
| December 21, 1897 | The Royal Box Fifth Avenue TheatreBroadway |
Closed in 1897
| April 21, 1897 | The Geisha Dalys Theatre, opened 1896 | 161 run |