On Nov. 23, 1938, , and ' The Boys From Syracuse opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre. The musical about two twins separated at birth was adapted from The Comedy of Errors.
On Nov. 29, 1939, , , and 's Swingin' the Dream opened on Broadway at the Center Theatre. The jazz musical, which starred and , was based on A Midsummer Night's Dream. It ran for only 13 performances.
On Dec. 30, 1948, , and 's Kiss Me, Kate premiered on Broadway at the New Century Theatre, starring and . The backstage musical takes place during a performance of a musical version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
On Sept. 26, 1957, , and 's West Side Story opened on Broadway starring and . The musical re-sets Romeo and Juliet to 1950s Manhattan.
On Dec. 1, 1971, , and 's Two Gentlemen of Verona opened on Broadway starring , , and . The rock musical, based on the Shakespeare play of the same name, was first seen in summer 1971 as part of 's Shakespeare in the Park season.
On Feb. 17, 1976, ' Rockabye Hamlet opened on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre. Starring and , the Hamlet-based rock musical ran only seven performances.
On Nov. 10, 1981, and 's Oh, Brother! opened on Broadway at the ANTA Theatre starring and . The Middle East-set musical, based on The Comedy of Errors, ran only three performances.
On March 20, 1997, 's Play On!, featuring the songs of , opened on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. , and starred in the musical, which re-set Twelfth Night in 1940s Harlem.
On Nov. 13, 1997, , , and 's The Lion King, based on the 1994 Disney animated film, opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre. The musical about a lion cub prince in Africa, is partly based on Hamlet.
On March 24, 2005, 's All Shook Up, featuring the songs of , opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre. starred in the Twelfth Night-inspired musical about a mysterious, leather-jacketed stranger who shakes up a small Midwestern town in the 1950s.
