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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances. 
The 'musical dream play' Bluebell In Fairyland is presented at The Vaudeville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 300 performances.
The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.
The comic opera Merrie England is playing at The Savoy Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 120 performances.
"The fascinating musical success" The Burgomaster, whose cast of 80 features "The Famous Girley Chorus of Youth, Beauty and Grace", is playing at The Columbia Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The Bostonians troupe performs the musical comedy The Serenade at The Tivoli Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Inventor Joshua C. Stoddard dies in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was the inventor of the steam calliope or steam piano, used on Mississippi steamerboats. He also founded The American Steam Piano Company. His first instrument, consisting of a steam boiler, a set of valves, and fifteen graded steam whistles played from a pinned cylinder, reportedly could be heard for a range of five miles. Worcester City Council banned him from playing it within the city limits because it was so loud.
Singer Maud Beall Price, "bizarre vocalists" Les Trois Dumonds and Piccolo's Royal Lilliputians are among the entertainments on offer at Chase's Polite Vaudeville Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Louis Robie's Big Show, Knickerbockers, featuring "A Bevy Of Beautiful Burlesque Belles" is playing at The Standard Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.Cornet soloist Walter B. Rogers with Sousa's Band, records A Southern Dance, for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Singer and banjo player Polk Miller And His Old South Quartette play at The YMCA Hall, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Miller is white, but his Quartette members are all black. Miller does not perform in blackface, but does sometime bill himself as The Old Virginia Plantation Negro.
Banjo virtuoso Fred Stuber, vocalists The Melani Trio and dancer Papinta are among the entertainments on offer at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA.Stage musical The Hall Of Fame is playing at The New York Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 137 performances.
The Empire Gaeity Co. is presenting a new Burlesque, About Town, at The Empire Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The Majestic Burlesquers plus Grace La Rue And Virginia lee And Their Musical Pickaninnies are appearing twice daily at Kernan's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Al. G. Field's Greater Minstrels play at The California Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Topsey Turvey Burlesquers are appearing at The Star Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
The musical comedy Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, is playing at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances.
"Popular soprana balladist" Dollie Rathburn Chesley, singing group The Harmony Four are among the entertainments on offer in a High Class Vaudeville show at The Grand Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.The Metropolitan Orchestra records Fiddle-de-dee March, Plantation Pastimes and A Watermelon Frolic for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.