1905 's production of The Merchant of Venice was to have opened the annual Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon. But Irving was taken ill and Frank Benson and his company presented their version instead.
1944 and on her way stops at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway. is the Face in this version of 's La Belle Helene. adapts the music for and 's libretto. It runs three months.
1977 stars in 's . The revival, first mounted by the Theatre Company of Boston, plays on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre for more than 13 weeks.
1997 The new - musical opens on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Featured in the cast of the show centering on marathon-dancing in The Depression of the 1930s are , , , and . The production also marks the Broadway debut of future Tony Award winner . Following mixed reviews and a shut-out (from 11 nominations) at the Tony Awards, the show closes on June 28, after only 76 performances.
2008 Hairspray librettists and fashion a musical from another film, , set in the world of "Squares" and "Drapes" in 1950s Baltimore. directs a cast that includes , , and , performing a score by Broadway newcomers and . It plays 68 performances at the Marquis Theatre.
2011 A revival of , 's hit 1946 comedy about a rough-edged chorus girl named Billie Dawn, who refines herself in the context of a world of politics, greed, and corruption, opens on Broadway at the Cort Theatre. directs the production, which stars , , and .
2012 A new generation of Broadway theatregoer gets exposed to the classic songs of composer and lyricist when the musical 鈥攚hich borrows the brothers' show tunes from the '20s and '30s鈥攐pens on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre. Inspired by the Gershwins' 1926 musical , the production stars as a bootlegger who falls for a tipsy playboy, played by .
2013 's , starring , opens on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. Directed by , the production casts Midler as legendary Hollywood agent Sue Mengers (1932鈥�2011).
2014 , who won a 1998 Tony Award for his portrayal of the sexy and seductive Emcee in Cabaret, returns to Broadway in , opening at 's Studio 54. Once again directed by and , the new production co-stars as Sally Bowles.
2016 The musical , based upon the 2007 motion picture about a small town waitress and pie maker who dreams of escaping her loveless marriage, opens at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The production features an all-female creative team, including a score by singer-songwriter , and direction by . stars.
2017 , a new musical based on the 1997 animated film, opens on Broadway. The film's original songwriters, and , write 16 additional songs for the stage version, and provides the book. stars in the title role. The production runs 808 performances at the Broadhurst Theatre.
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