Adonis, London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on May 31 and ran for 110 performances.
Dorothy, London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on September 25. It transferred to the Prince of Wales Theatre on December 20 and to the Lyric Theatre on December 17, 1888, for a record-setting total run of 931 performances.
Erminie, Broadway production of this British show opened at the Casino Theatre on May 10 and ran for 571 performances.
The Queen of Hearts (music by John Philip Sousa), Broadway production.
Birthsedit
January 9 – Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (d. 1943)