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

February: 5 openings

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

March: 1 opening

March 19, 1917 Eileen Shubert Theatre, Broadway 64 perf.

April: 10 openings

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

May: 2 openings

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

June: 5 openings

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

August: 8 openings

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

September: 20 openings

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

October: 33 openings

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

November: 12 openings

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

December: 18 openings

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