1907 Top 'o the World, a musical extravaganza, opens on Broadway to a then-impressive 156-performance run.
1920 Opening night of the musical revue , with music by , book by , and lyrics by MacDonough and .
1938 , and 's take on New York's colonial mayor Pieter Stuyvesant, opens on Broadway, with as hizzoner. It's Weill's first Broadway hit since his fleeing to the U.S. from Nazi Germany.
1943 "The theatre鈥攁nd its patrons鈥攁re increasingly assuming a tolerance that has too long been lacking," says Variety concerning the pairing of white as Desdemona with Black as the title character in , which opens at the Shubert Theatre. , married offstage to Hagen, plays Iago. Burton Rascoe of the World-Telegram reports that the production is "one of the most memorable events in the history of the theatre." It still holds the record for the longest-running Shakespeare production to play Broadway.
1944 makes his Broadway debut only three years before he is to win critical acclaim in 1947's . He is featured in , the comedy produced by and , which opens at the Music Box Theatre. Brando is reported in the 半岛体育 as having "served his apprenticeship at the New School...Born in Calcutta, India, he came to this country when he was six months old." The truth is that Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska. According to the New York Journal-American, "Brando's Nels is, if he doesn't mind me saying so, charming." and are the stars in this production, which is the basis for the 1949 hit television show of the same name. This production runs 714 performances.
1945 Birth of future Tony-winning star , whose Broadway credits include , , , , , and .
1959 is the toast of Broadway as the story of young blind and deaf Helen Keller and her companion, Annie Sullivan, is brought to life by and . This show, which opens at the Playhouse Theatre, wins Bancroft a Tony Award for Best Actress, and playwright the Tony for Best Play. The 1962 film stars the same two actors, both winning Oscars for their performances.
1970 stars as the founder of the Rothschild banking clan in Broadway's . It proves to be the final collaboration for songwriters and , who had already seen their musicals win the Pulitzer Prize () and become the longest-running show in Broadway history, up to that time ().
1975 Almost three months after it began previews at the Shubert Theatre, opens on Broadway. Opening night was originally announced for September 28, but a 28-day musician strike forced it to be postponed. Despite the extended preview period, A Chorus Line proves to be, as its lyrics say, "one singular sensation," racking up 6,137 performances to become Broadway's longest-running show up to that time. Conceived, choreographed, and directed by , the original Broadway cast includes , , , and . It wins nine Tony Awards, including Best Book ( and ), Best Score ( and ), and Best Musical; and also wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
1987 recreates 's role of Reno Sweeney in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of , which opens at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The 1934 musical has been revamped, adding several of his original songs to the score. The show gains several rave reviews, especially for LuPone. Frank Rich says that "Ms. LuPone is the top. She has lips so insinuatingly protruding they could make the Pledge of Allegiance sound lewd."
1995 She keeps going, and going... returns to the stage in another revival of at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 31 years after she first played the role of Dolly Levi.
2004 , , , , , and star in a reading of 's controversial Bush administration drama Stuff Happens at New York Theatre Workshop.
2009 The - rock musical , about a radio DJ who aims to change the color and sound of rock music, opens on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. and , both of whom starred in the regional bows of the musical at the and the , repeat their performances for Broadway audiences as DJ Huey Calhoun, and his muse, Felicia Farrell, respectively. Memphis wins the Tony Award for Best Musical, and runs 1,165 performance.
2017 's 35th anniversary production of 's Torch Song Trilogy鈥攏ewly renamed Torch Song鈥攐pens Off-Broadway. stars as Arnold Beckoff with as his mother. Second Stage one year later.
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Watch highlights from the 2009 Broadway production of Memphis:
