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 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
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 |