1888 One of 's greatest successes opens: Little Lord Fauntleroy, starring Tommy Russell. The play tells the story of a American boy who discovers he's the heir to a British fortune and is sent to live with a cold-hearted caretaker. It is frequently revived, toured, and filmed over the next century.
1947 makes its historic stop at the Barrymore Theatre. ' play stars , , , and in an 855-performance ride. It wins the Drama Critics' Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
1953 , , and star in "a Musical Arabian Night" called , beginning a 583 performance run at the Ziegfeld Theatre. The score by and , based on the music of , includes the songs "Stranger in Paradise" and "Baubles, Bangles and Beads."
1960 's reign as King Arthur of begins at the Majestic Theatre. The and musical was adapted from 's The Once and Future King. Citizens of the enchanted land include , , and . It runs for 873 performances.
1964 's opens at the Washington Square Theatre. The story involves a group of prisoners detained by Nazis in Vichy, awaiting deportation to concentration camps. The cast includes , , and .
1973 opens at the Palace Theatre. Since the show was styled and reviewed as a concert rather than a Broadway show, it is classified as one by the Tony Awards committee. They bestow a special award to Midler for "superior concert entertainment on the Broadway stage."
1997 With the resumption of performances of the revival at the Gershwin Theatre, Broadway sets a modern record by having 23 musicals playing simultaneously. Such a large number of musicals running at once had not occurred since at least the 1960s and possibly as far back as the 1920s.
2001 New York's landmark Drama Book Shop reopens in a roomier new location at 250 W. 40th Street, after a generation on Seventh Avenue and 48th Street.
2002 The Sound of Music film leads Julie Andrews and star in a national tour of the holiday-themed A Royal Christmas. Andrews and Plummer serve as the Mistress and Master of Ceremonies for the holiday extravaganza, featuring a cast of 150 dancers, singers, and musicians.
2003 plays some 40 characters in 's solo drama, , about a real-life German transvestite, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived both the Nazis and the Communists. The production was first seen Off-Broadway at . It goes on to win the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play.
2003 withdraws from the Off-Broadway debut production of 's latest play, Rose's Dilemma, after Simon writes a note critical of her performance. She leaves the theatre moments before the matinee performance.
2008 returns to Broadway for the first time in nearly a decade in her concert show , paying tribute to her godmother, vocal arranger and performer .
2017 and 's 1990 musical returns to Broadway in a new revival at the Circle in the Square Theatre. directs the immersive staging, set in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane. makes her Broadway debut as Ti Moune, starring opposite , , , and . The production wins the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.
2018 , , and share the role of entertainer and pop-culture icon in , opening on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre. Written by , the musical uses 35 Cher songs to chart her journey from kid on a tricycle to rock goddess. Block's performance wins her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
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