The Drama Nerds Database

Shows · 1910s · 1917

1917

123 shows opened on Broadway in 1917.

Celeste Holm, Ted Thurston, Ossie Davis, Henderson Forsythe, Alice Pearce and Kenneth Tobey were all born in 1917.

Maytime, 1917 · Stage Publishing Company, Inc

Maytime opened August 16, 1917 at Shubert Theatre and ran 492 performances.

Bijou Theatre opened.

Broadhurst Theatre opened.

Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre opened.

Greenwich Village Theatre opened.

Morosco Theatre opened.

Opened in 1917

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

January: 9 openings

January 1, 1917 Gamblers All Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
January 1, 1917 Seremonda Criterion TheatreBroadway 48 perf.
January 8, 1917 Her Husband's Wife Lyceum TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
January 8, 1917 The Lodger Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway 56 perf.
January 8, 1917 The Merry Wives of Windsor Park TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
January 10, 1917 'Ception Shoals Princess TheatreBroadway 37 perf.
January 11, 1917 Have a Heart Liberty TheatreBroadway 76 perf.
January 14, 1917 The Life of Man Comedy TheatreBroadway
January 15, 1917 Love o' Mike Shubert TheatreBroadway 233 perf.

February: 5 openings

February 5, 1917 Canary Cottage Morosco TheatreBroadway 112 perf.
February 6, 1917 You're in Love Casino TheatreBroadway 167 perf.
February 12, 1917 Magic Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway 56 perf.
February 12, 1917 The Little Man Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway 56 perf.
February 20, 1917 Oh, Boy! Princess TheatreBroadway 463 perf.

March: 1 opening

March 19, 1917 Eileen Shubert TheatreBroadway 64 perf.

April: 10 openings

April 5, 1917 Three Plays for a Negro Theater Garden TheatreBroadway
April 16, 1917 Hamlet 44th Street TheatreBroadway
April 16, 1917 Julius Caesar 44th Street TheatreBroadway
April 16, 1917 King Lear 44th Street TheatreBroadway
April 16, 1917 King Richard III 44th Street TheatreBroadway
April 16, 1917 Macbeth 44th Street TheatreBroadway
April 16, 1917 Richelieu 44th Street TheatreBroadway
April 16, 1917 The Merchant of Venice 44th Street TheatreBroadway
April 26, 1917 The Passing Show of 1917 Winter Garden TheatreBroadway 196 perf.
April 30, 1917 His Little Widows Astor TheatreBroadway 72 perf.

May: 2 openings

May 2, 1917 The Highwayman 44th Street TheatreBroadway 22 perf.
May 7, 1917 When Johnny Comes Marching Home New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway 48 perf.

June: 5 openings

June 7, 1917 Hitchy-Koo [1917] Cohan And HarrisBroadway 220 perf.
June 7, 1917 Hitchy-Koo Cohan & Harris TheatreBroadway 220 perf.
June 12, 1917 Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway 111 perf.
June 18, 1917 Dance and Grow Thin Cocoanut GroveBroadway 56 perf.
June 18, 1917 My Lady's Glove Lyric TheatreBroadway 16 perf.

August: 8 openings

August 6, 1917 Mary's Ankle Bijou TheatreBroadway 80 perf.
August 13, 1917 The Inner Man Lyric TheatreBroadway 48 perf.
August 16, 1917 Maytime Shubert TheatreBroadway 492 perf.
August 22, 1917 Eyes of Youth Maxine Elliotts TheatreBroadway 414 perf.
August 23, 1917 Cheer Up Hippodrome TheatreBroadway 456 perf.
August 27, 1917 A Tailor-Made Man Cohan And HarrisBroadway 398 perf.
August 28, 1917 Leave It to Jane Longacre TheatreBroadway 167 perf.
August 30, 1917 What Happened to Jones 48th Street TheatreBroadway 12 perf.

September: 20 openings

September 1, 1917 Cendres D'Opium Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 Du Theatre au Champ D'Honneur Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 Hecube Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 L'Aiglon Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 L'Anglais tel Qu'on le Parle Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 L'Holocauste Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 La Chance du Mari Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 La Dame aux Camelias Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 La Faux Modele Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 La Mort de Cleopatre Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 La Paix Chez Soi Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 Le Proces de Jeanne d'Arc Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 Le Vitrail Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 Rosalie Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 1, 1917 Shylock Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway
September 3, 1917 Good Night, Paul Hudson TheatreBroadway 40 perf.
September 3, 1917 The Masquerader Lyric TheatreBroadway 160 perf.
September 6, 1917 Polly With a Past Belasco TheatreBroadway 315 perf.
September 10, 1917 Rambler Rose Empire TheatreBroadway 72 perf.
September 24, 1917 The Riviera Girl New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway 78 perf.

October: 33 openings

October 3, 1917 Tiger Rose Lyceum TheatreBroadway 384 perf.
October 8, 1917 Out There Liberty TheatreBroadway
October 8, 1917 The Rescuing Angel Hudson TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
October 9, 1917 Furs and Frills Casino TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
October 9, 1917 The Claim Fulton TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
October 10, 1917 A Successful Calamity Plymouth TheatreBroadway
October 11, 1917 Eve's Daughter Playhouse TheatreBroadway 36 perf.
October 13, 1917 The Barton Mystery Comedy TheatreBroadway 20 perf.
October 16, 1917 Jack O'Lantern Globe TheatreBroadway 265 perf.
October 17, 1917 Romance and Arabella Harris TheatreBroadway 29 perf.
October 18, 1917 Doing Our Bit Winter Garden TheatreBroadway 130 perf.
October 22, 1917 Chu Chin Chow Manhattan Opera HouseBroadway 208 perf.
October 23, 1917 Anthony in Wonderland Criterion TheatreBroadway 7 perf.
October 24, 1917 The Torches Bijou TheatreBroadway 29 perf.
October 29, 1917 Broken Threads Fulton TheatreBroadway 56 perf.
October 29, 1917 On With the Dance Theatre RepublicBroadway 56 perf.
October 31, 1917 Blind Alleys Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 Enter the Hero Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 Habit Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 His Widow's Husband Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 In The Zone Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 Lonesome Like Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 Neighbors Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 Suppressed Desires Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 The Avenue Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 The Beautiful Legend of Pokey Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 The Critic's Comedy Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 The Girl in the Coffin Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 The Home of the Free Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 The Land of Joy Park TheatreBroadway 100 perf.
October 31, 1917 The Poisoned Flower Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 The Sandbar Queen Comedy TheatreBroadway
October 31, 1917 Yum Chapab Comedy TheatreBroadway

November: 12 openings

November 5, 1917 Miss 1917 Century TheatreBroadway 72 perf.
November 7, 1917 Kitty Darlin' Casino TheatreBroadway 14 perf.
November 13, 1917 The Three Bears Empire TheatreBroadway 39 perf.
November 14, 1917 L'Elevation Playhouse TheatreBroadway 38 perf.
November 17, 1917 Losing Eloise Harris TheatreBroadway 72 perf.
November 19, 1917 Madame Sand Criterion TheatreBroadway 64 perf.
November 19, 1917 Odds and Ends of 1917 Bijou TheatreBroadway 112 perf.
November 20, 1917 The King George M Cohans TheatreBroadway 127 perf.
November 26, 1917 Art and Opportunity Knickerbocker TheatreBroadway 32 perf.
November 26, 1917 The Star Gazer Plymouth TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
November 28, 1917 Over the Top Lew Fields 44th Street Roof GardenBroadway 78 perf.
November 29, 1917 Six Months' Option Princess TheatreBroadway 28 perf.

December: 18 openings

December 3, 1917 Blind Youth Theatre RepublicBroadway 96 perf.
December 3, 1917 The Grass Widow Liberty TheatreBroadway 43 perf.
December 4, 1917 The Gipsy Trail Plymouth TheatreBroadway 111 perf.
December 6, 1917 A Night in Spain Cocoanut Grove TheatreBroadway 33 perf.
December 8, 1917 The Silent Assertion Bramhall PlayhouseBroadway 41 perf.
December 10, 1917 Good Morning, Rosamond 48th Street TheatreBroadway 8 perf.
December 20, 1917 Flo-Flo Cort TheatreBroadway 220 perf.
December 21, 1917 Yes or No 48th Street TheatreBroadway 147 perf.
December 22, 1917 Lord and Lady Algy Broadhurst TheatreBroadway 41 perf.
December 24, 1917 General Post Gaiety TheatreBroadway 72 perf.
December 24, 1917 Parlor, Bedroom and Bath Theatre RepublicBroadway 232 perf.
December 24, 1917 The Lady of the Camellias Empire TheatreBroadway 56 perf.
December 24, 1917 Words and Music Fulton TheatreBroadway 24 perf.
December 25, 1917 Billeted Playhouse TheatreBroadway 79 perf.
December 25, 1917 Going Up Liberty TheatreBroadway 351 perf.
December 25, 1917 Why Marry? Astor TheatreBroadway 120 perf.
December 31, 1917 Happiness Criterion TheatreBroadway 136 perf.
December 31, 1917 The Cohan Revue of 1918 New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway 96 perf.

Closed in 1917

January 6, 1917 Gammer Gurton's Needle 39th Street Theatre, opened 1916
January 6, 1917 The Crier by Night 39th Street Theatre, opened 1916
January 6, 1917 The Gods of the Mountain 39th Street Theatre, opened 1916
January 6, 1917 The Golden Doom 39th Street Theatre, opened 1916
January 13, 1917 So Long Letty Shubert Theatre, opened 1916 96 run
January 27, 1917 Pierrot the Prodigal Booth Theatre, opened 1916 165 run
February 3, 1917 Follow Me Casino Theatre, opened 1916 78 run
February 3, 1917 Good Gracious Annabelle Theatre Republic, opened 1916 111 run
February 24, 1917 The Music Master Knickerbocker Theatre, opened 1916 159 run
April 7, 1917 Miss Springtime New Amsterdam Theatre, opened 1916 224 run
April 7, 1917 The Yellow Jacket Cort Theatre, opened 1916 172 run
April 21, 1917 The Show of Wonders Winter Garden Theatre, opened 1916 209 run
April 28, 1917 The Century Girl Century Theatre, opened 1916 200 run
May 5, 1917 The Big Show Hippodrome Theatre, opened 1916 425 run
May 26, 1917 Ghosts Comedy Theatre, opened 1916
May 26, 1917 Her Soldier Boy Astor Theatre, opened 1916 198 run
August 29, 1917 Turn to the Right! Gaiety Theatre, opened 1916 435 run

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