1923 The play Red Light Annie opens at the Morosco Theatre (which closed in 1981 and was demolished a year later). Written by Norman Houston and Sam Forrest, the play features Ann Martin, Edward Ellis, and more.
1944 and put words to classical themes by to create the operetta , based on Grieg's life. It runs 860 performances at the Imperial Theatre, helped by 's choreography, and the success of the song "Strange Music."
1983 The - musical opens at Broadway's Palace Theatre. and star in the adaptation of the classic French play and film about a middle-aged homosexual couple who are forced to hide their sexual orientation in order to meet the fianc茅e of one of the men's sons, and her family. In pure musical comedy fashion, mayhem pursues. In a time when homosexuality had yet to become the basis of a big Broadway musical, La Cage proved to be a raging success, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical, and racking up 1,761 performances. Over the course of the run other actors to play either Albin or George include , , , and . A 1996 non-musical film version of the same story called The Birdcage stars , , , , and .
1986 Major Broadway talent converges on the musical , an original musical about immigrants on New York's Lower East Side, which opens a disappointing four-performance run. Music is by , lyrics are by (returning to Broadway for the first time since ), and libretto is by . Opera star leads a cast that includes Larry Kert, , , and .
1990 A revival of 's Light Up the Sky opens Off-Broadway at the . , , and are featured in the cast under the direction of . A week following the opening, replaces cast member .
1999 Off-Off-Broadway's Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre begins its 2000 season with On the Razzle, 's take on Viennese playwright 's Einen Jux will er sich machen. The play is the same source that inspired 's , which in turn inspired Jerry Herman's Cocteau Rep is no stranger to Stoppard works, as they have previously produced Travesties, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and Rough Crossing.
2001 's "environmental" staging of the musical Grand Hotel鈥攕pilling from the stage to the seating and out into the lobby鈥攂egins previews in Arlington, Virginia.
2002 Master dancer-choreographer and director 's song-and-dance revue Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk begins a revival tour with original cast members Glover and at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre Company. After the Atlanta run ends September 29, a new national tour kicks off, stopping in major U.S. cities including Boston; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; and Los Angeles; as well as short runs on college campuses throughout the U.S.
2016 Finding Neverland closes at Broadway鈥檚 Lunt-Fontanne Theatre after 33 previews and 565 regular performances. The show earned two Drama Desk nominations for leading actor Matthew Morrison and featured actor Carolee Carmello. The closing cast stars Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck (who replaced Morrison), and original cast members Laura Michelle Kelly and Carmello.
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