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The Black Crook, which ran from 1866 to 1868, was the first Broadway show to run for over one year. [127]This is a list of shows that have held the record for being the longest-running show (including straight plays and musicals) on Broadway since 1853.
The musical played in July 1961 at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium as part of the 1961 season of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. [10] After a two-and-a-half-week pre-run tryout at the Manchester Opera House , [ 11 ] the show opened in London's West End at Her Majesty's Theatre in June 1961, with Peter Marshall as Albert, Rivera ...
The only Broadway musical ever with a cast and band entirely made of teenagers. [3] 21 Chump Street: 2014 Off-Broadway Lin-Manuel Miranda: Miranda Miranda 14-minute musical based on a true story told on This American Life. [4] The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: 2005 Off-Broadway and Broadway: William Finn: Finn Rachel Sheinkin
Though theaters across the world have been shut down for the time being, . musical enthusiasts can still enjoy iconic shows without ever having to break the bank — or break out the formal attire.
Oh! Calcutta! is an avant-garde, risqué theatrical revue created by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan.The show, consisting of sketches on sex-related topics, debuted Off-Broadway in 1969 and then in the West End in 1970.
The show was very old-fashioned, and the thing that was working was Elaine Stritch. Every time she went on stage [she] was a sensation." The reconstructed 'Sail Away' opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on October 3, 1961", [14] with Stritch giving what Howard Taubman of The New York Times said "must be the performance of her career." [15]
A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical conceived by Michael Bennett with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante.. Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line.
The Magic Show is a one-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob Randall.It starred magician Doug Henning.Produced by Edgar Lansbury, Joseph Beruh, and Ivan Reitman, it opened on Broadway on May 28, 1974 at the Cort Theatre in Manhattan, and ran for 1,920 performances, closing on December 31, 1978.