1900 Composer is born in Dessau, Germany. He composes the scores for 's Threepenny Opera and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. His greatest Broadway success is the 1941 musical , written with and , which runs 467 performances.
1921 on West 45th Street opens with a production of ' . Owned by theatrical producer , the house is renamed the Avon in 1929. takes it over for its radio studio in 1934. The theatre is demolished in 1954.
1955 directs . and are two of the stranded passengers in the play.
1960 stars in the memorable flop , with book, music, and lyrics by The show runs 28 performances at the 54th Street Theatre.
1975 Did anyone guess the careers , John Belushi, and Bill Murray would have? All three appear in The National Lampoon Show at the Palladium in New York. The revue, directed by , runs 23 weeks.
1989 's , starring , , and , opens on Broadway at the Royale Theatre. Bosco and director win Tony Awards for their work.
1995 Opening night for , the musical revue saluting the songs of and . Directed by , the show runs 2,036 performances at the Virginia Theatre, making it the longest-running revue in Broadway history, save
2000 and 's dance play starts performances at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The show, which sold out its Off-Broadway run at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, gains Broadway status (and Tony eligibility) in the move. It officially opens March 30, and wins the Tony Award for Best Musical, despite using an entirely prerecorded score of jazz music and pop tunes.
2014 The New York premiere of 's romantic comedy Stage Kiss opens Off-Broadway at . and star as actors in a forgotten 1930s melodrama who quickly lose touch with reality as their onstage story follows them offstage.
2017 's opens on Broadway at the Booth Theatre following a successful Off-Broadway run. stars as a gay, single twentysomething whose bond with his once-inseparable group of friends begins to fracture as the women in his life get married. The production runs 61 performances.
2020 Company returns to Broadway (with a twist) as a new revival of the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical begins previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Marianne Elliott鈥檚 gender-reversed production starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone was officially scheduled to open March 22鈥擲ondheim鈥檚 90th birthday鈥攂ut was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It would instead end up opening December 9, 2021.
2020 Diana, the new musical about the late Princess of Wales, begins previews at Broadway's Longacre Theatre. The musical was scheduled to officially open March 31, but was delayed due to COVID-19. The show would instead open in November 2021 and close a month later.
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