1966 Harold Prince鈥檚 short-lived It鈥檚 a Bird...It鈥檚 a Plane...It鈥檚 Superman closes at the Alvin Theatre, having begun previews March 9. With a book by and Robert Benton, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, the musical starred Bob Holiday as Superman/Clark Kent. The show earned three Tony nominations: Best Actor in a Musical for Jack Cassidy, Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Michael O鈥橲ullivan, and Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Patricia Marand.
1985 's Springtime for Henry is revived Off-Broadway by the at the Christian C. Yegen Theatre. , , , and comprise the cast of the production helmed by . (The play's title is the inspiration for the supposed 眉ber-flop Springtime for Hitler in ' 1968 film and 2001 Broadway musical .)
2000 Christmas in July! adapts the 1954 movie musical, White Christmas, for the stage. directs the world premiere of the show at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri. The show has a cast that features , , , and .
2001 Broadway finds itself full of Bologna today, as husband-and-wife acting team and bring their two-person stage memoir to the Cort Theatre. It is titled
2008 鈥攖he musical that would rather be nine people's favorite thing than 100 people's ninth favorite thing鈥攐pens at the Lyceum Theatre. Originally produced at the Vineyard Theatre in 2006, the entire original cast鈥攊ncluding co-creators (score) and (book) as well as co-stars and 鈥攎ake the leap to the Broadway stage with the show.
2018 A new musical version of Twelfth Night begins at the Delacorte in Central Park. Conceived by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub, the adaptation is directed by Public Theater Artistic Director and Kwei-Armah with choreography by Lorin Latarro. The cast features Ato Blankson-Wood as Orsino, as Viola, as Malvolio, Shuler Hensley as Sir Toby Belch, and co-creator Taub as Feste. The Shakespeare musical was first performed as part of the Public Works program in 2016. Also on this day, Ivo van Hove鈥檚 adaptation of The Damned, based on the 1969 Oscar-nominated movie of the same name, begins performances at the Park Avenue Armory. It receives raves reviews.
2019 Luis Alfaro's Mojada opens at The Public Theater Off-Broadway. Sabina Z煤帽iga Varela stars. Directed by Chay Yew, the play follows a young Mexican mother who gives up everything to bring her son to America.
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