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October 26–November 1, 2020: Life is a banquet as Rosalind Russell opens in Auntie Mame, Idina Menzel gets Wicked, and Patrick Wilson strips in The Full Monty, and more theatrical doings this week in history.
October 26–November 1, 2020: Life is a banquet as Rosalind Russell opens in Auntie Mame, Idina Menzel gets Wicked, and Patrick Wilson strips in The Full Monty, and more theatrical doings this week in history.
October 19–25, 2020: Julie Andrews returns to Broadway in Victor/Victoria, Patti LuPone returns to Broadway in Anything Goes, and Pippin and A Chorus Line both premiere on Broadway, and more in this week’s theatre history.
October 19–25, 2020: Julie Andrews returns to Broadway in Victor/Victoria, Patti LuPone returns to Broadway in Anything Goes, and Pippin and A Chorus Line both premiere on Broadway, and more in this week’s theatre history.
October 12–18, 2020: In 1965, Barbara Harris opens in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and one year and a day later she opens in The Apple Tree, for which she wins a Tony, and more in this weeks’ theatre history!
October 12–18, 2020: In 1965, Barbara Harris opens in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and one year and a day later she opens in The Apple Tree, for which she wins a Tony.
October 5–11, 2020: Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig get sweaty in A Steady Rain, Deborah Kerr requests that when you speak of her, you’ll be kind in Tea and Sympathy, Elaine Stritch ponders—raucously—why the wrong people travel in Sail Away, and more..
October 5–11, 2020: Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig get sweaty in A Steady Rain, Deborah Kerr requests that when you speak of her, you’ll be kind in Tea and Sympathy, Elaine Stritch ponders—raucously—why the wrong people travel in Sail Away, and more from this week in theatre history.
September 28–October 4, 2020: Cats, Big Fish, Swan Lake, and non-animale titled shows opened this week in theatre history—plus premieres of musicals as varied as Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and more!
September 28–October 4, 2020: Cats, Big Fish, Swan Lake, and non-animale titled shows opened this week in theatre history—plus premieres of musicals as varied as Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and more!
September 21-27, 2020: 20 years later, Merman returns in a revival of Annie Get Your Gun, Angela Lansbury opens in Gypsy, and Elizabeth Ashley becomes an icon in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
September 21-27, 2020: 20 years later, Merman returns in a revival of Annie Get Your Gun, Angela Lansbury opens in Gypsy, and Elizabeth Ashley becomes an icon in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
September 14–20, 2020: Happy birthday, Bacall! Also, Song & Dance opens, eventually winning Bernadette Peters her first Tony, and The Threepenny Opera becomes an Off-Broadway hit.
September 14–20, 2020: Happy birthday, Bacall! Also, Song & Dance opens, eventually winning Bernadette Peters her first Tony, and The Threepenny Opera becomes an Off-Broadway hit.
September 7–13, 2020: Rob McClure is Chaplin, Rent comes to an end, and Carnival in Flanders and The Man Who Reclaimed His Head both begin short Broadway runs.
September 7–13, 2020: Rob McClure is Chaplin, Rent comes to an end, and Carnival in Flanders and The Man Who Reclaimed His Head both begin short Broadway runs.
August 31–September 6, 2020: Sophie Tucker gets a black eye, Nathan Lane gets blacklisted, and Follies comes to concert this week in theatre history!
August 31–September 6, 2020: Sophie Tucker gets a black eye, Nathan Lane gets blacklisted, and Follies comes to concert this week in theatre history!
August 24–30, 2020: Largely forgotten today but the longest-running Broadway play for two decades at one time, Lightin’ opens in 1918, while 42nd Street opens in 1980.
August 24–30, 2020: Largely forgotten today but the longest-running Broadway play for two decades at one time, Lightin’ opens in 1918, while 42nd Street opens in 1980.
August 17–23, 2020: Broadway audiences hear “I Am What I Am” for the first time when La Cage Aux Folles opens at the Palace.
August 17–23, 2020: Broadway audiences hear “I Am What I Am” for the first time when La Cage Aux Folles opens at the Palace.
August 10–16, 2020: Hairspray and Pretty Woman both opened on Broadway this week.
August 10–16, 2020: Hairspray and Pretty Woman both opened on Broadway this week.
August 3–9, 2020: Liza to the rescue, Hamilton settles in to the Richard Rodgers, and more in theatre history this week!
August 3–9, 2020: Liza to the rescue, Hamilton settles in to the Richard Rodgers, and more in theatre history this week!
July 27–August 2, 2020: Little Shop of Horrors begins Off-Broadway, Elaine Stritch joins A Little Night Music, and Avenue Q opens on Broadway.
July 27–August 2, 2020: Little Shop of Horrors begins Off-Broadway, Elaine Stritch joins A Little Night Music, and Avenue Q opens on Broadway.
July 20–26, 2020: A Chorus Line moves to Broadway, an all-Black revival of Guys & Dolls opens, and Moulin Rouge and Head Over Heels both celebrate their opening nights.
July 20–26, 2020: A Chorus Line moves to Broadway, an all-Black revival of Guys & Dolls opens, and Moulin Rouge and Head Over Heels both celebrate their opening nights.
![July 13–19, 2020: [Title of Show] premieres on Broadway, and Dogfight makes its Off-Broadway debut this week in theatre history.](https://d1md8edy3s7xes.cloudfront.net/images/podcasts/today-in-theatre-history-presented-by-playbill/61-1-400x400?2024-11-24T16:44:16.972Z)
July 13–19, 2020: [Title of Show] premieres on Broadway, and Dogfight makes its Off-Broadway debut this week in theatre history.
July 13–19, 2020: [Title of Show] premieres on Broadway, and Dogfight makes its Off-Broadway debut this week in theatre history.
July 6–12, 2020: Two campy musicals based on two very different movies opened this week: Xanadu and Silence! The Musical.
July 6–12, 2020: Two campy musicals based on two very different movies opened this week: Xanadu and Silence! The Musical.
June 29–July 5, 2020: The Alvin Theatre gets a new name, Marvin’s Room debuts on Broadway, and God is a steam bath attendant played by Hector Elizondo in Off-Broadway’s Steam Bath.
June 29–July 5, 2020: The Alvin Theatre gets a new name, Marvin’s Room debuts on Broadway, and God is a steam bath attendant played by Hector Elizondo in Off-Broadway’s Steam Bath.
June 22–28, 2020: Carmen Jones and Dreamgirls both return to New York, plus the IMperial Theatre gets an onstage pool for Wish You Were Here.
June 22–28, 2020: Carmen Jones and Dreamgirls both return to New York, plus the IMperial Theatre gets an onstage pool for Wish You Were Here.
June 15-21, 2020: Pulitzer Prize winners Fairview and A Strange Loop premiere, and more in theatre history this week!
June 15-21, 2020: Pulitzer Prize winners Fairview and A Strange Loop premiere, and more in theatre history this week!
June 8–14, 2020: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark finally opens on Broadway; The Odd Couple gets a revised production; Broadway discovers Shangri-La for however briefly; and more!
June 8–14, 2020: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark finally opens on Broadway; The Odd Couple gets a revised production; Broadway discovers Shangri-La for however briefly; and more!
June 1–7, 2020: Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon, and Chita Rivera gave ‘em the old razzle dazzle when Chicago debuted on Broadway in 1975.
June 1–7, 2020: Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon, and Chita Rivera gave ‘em the old razzle dazzle when Chicago debuted on Broadway in 1975.
May 31, 2020: The Boys came to town in 2018, when The Boys in the Band made its long-awaited Broadway debut.
May 31, 2020: The Boys came to town in 2018, when The Boys in the Band made its long-awaited Broadway debut.
May 30, 2020: Happy birthday to Tony winner Idina Menzel!
May 30, 2020: Happy birthday to Tony winner Idina Menzel!
May 29, 2020: Bob Fosse played the part he had always coveted when he starred in the title role of Pal Joey at City Center in 1963.
May 29, 2020: Bob Fosse played the part he had always coveted when he starred in the title role of Pal Joey at City Center in 1963.
May 28, 2020: Broadway had Magic to do when Stephen Schartz contributed the score to The Magic Show, starring Doug Henning.
May 28, 2020: Broadway had Magic to do when Stephen Schartz contributed the score to The Magic Show, starring Doug Henning.
May 27, 2020: After regional productions, I Am My Own Wife made its Off-Broadway debut in 2003 at Playwrights Horizons.
May 27, 2020: After regional productions, I Am My Own Wife made its Off-Broadway debut in 2003 at Playwrights Horizons.
May 26, 2020: Carol Burnett came to Broadway in her second musical, Fade Out - Fade In, which has one of the best scores you’ve probably never heard.
May 26, 2020: Carol Burnett came to Broadway in her second musical, Fade Out - Fade In, which has one of the best scores you’ve probably never heard.
May 25, 2020: Happy birthday to Ian McKellan and Leslie Uggams!
May 25, 2020: Happy birthday to Ian McKellan and Leslie Uggams!
May 24, 2020: It’s Today! Mame, starring Angela Lansbury, opened in 1966.
May 24, 2020: It’s Today! Mame, starring Angela Lansbury, opened in 1966.
May 23, 2020: Hadestown began its road to Tony Awards glory when it opened Off-Broadway in 2016.
May 23, 2020: Hadestown began its road to Tony Awards glory when it opened Off-Broadway in 2016.
May 22, 2020: Laurence Olivier, whose name became synonymous with the British theatre, was born in 1907.
May 22, 2020: Laurence Olivier, whose name became synonymous with the British theatre, was born in 1907.
May 21, 2020: Light the lights, because Gypsy made its Broadway debut in 1959!
May 21, 2020: Light the lights, because Gypsy made its Broadway debut in 1959!
May 20, 2020: Forever Plaid materialized Off-Broadway in 1990.
May 20, 2020: Forever Plaid materialized Off-Broadway in 1990.
May 19, 2020: Bravo Giovanni, about a restaurateur’s inventive efforts to beat his competition, opened in 1962.
May 19, 2020: Bravo Giovanni, about a restaurateur’s inventive efforts to beat his competition, opened in 1962.
May 18, 2020: Broadway said goodbye (for a very short time) to Les Miserables in 2003
May 18, 2020: Broadway said goodbye (for a very short time) to Les Miserables in 2003.
May 17, 2020: Godspell took it “Day by Day” Off-Broadway in 1971
May 17, 2020: Godspell took it “Day by Day” Off-Broadway in 1971.
May 16, 2020: Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition—Ethel Merman opened in Annie Get Your Gun today in 1946.
May 16, 2020: Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition—Ethel Merman opened in Annie Get Your Gun today in 1946.
May 15, 2020: Vivien Leigh became an overnight sensation with the West End opening of The Mask of Virtue in 1935.
May 15, 2020: Vivien Leigh became an overnight sensation with the West End opening of The Mask of Virtue in 1935.
May 14, 2020: Gwen Verdon and Thelma Ritter opened in New Girl in Town, the 1957 musical adaptation of Anna Christie.
May 14, 2020: Gwen Verdon and Thelma Ritter opened in New Girl in Town, the 1957 musical adaptation of Anna Christie.
May 13, 2020: Steam heat came to Broadway when The Pajama Game opened in 1954.
May 13, 2020: Steam heat came to Broadway when The Pajama Game opened in 1954.
May 12, 2020: And Eve was weak when Carrie opened on Broadway—and closed five performances later.
May 12, 2020: And Eve was weak when Carrie opened on Broadway—and closed five performances later.
May 11, 2020: Liza Minnelli made her Broadway debut in 1965.
May 11, 2020: Liza Minnelli made her Broadway debut in 1965.
May 10, 2020: Tarzan swung onto Broadway in 2006.
May 10, 2020: Tarzan swung onto Broadway in 2006.
May 9, 2020: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier bring Romeo and Juliet to life, and Passion comes to Broadway.
May 9, 2020: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier bring Romeo and Juliet to life, and Passion comes to Broadway.
May 8, 2020: The Battle Burtons—Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton—reunited for Broadway in Private Lives.
May 8, 2020: The Battle Burtons—Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton—reunited for Broadway in Private Lives.
May 7, 2020: Gwen Verdon stopped the show in Can-Can in 1953, and more in today’s history!
May 7, 2020: Gwen Verdon stopped the show in Can-Can in 1953, and more in today’s history!
May 6, 2020: Happy birthday to Adrienne Warren, and Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Dennehy bring Long Day’s Journey Into Night back to Broadway today.
May 6, 2020: Happy birthday to Adrienne Warren, and Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Dennehy bring Long Day’s Journey Into Night back to Broadway today.
May 5, 2020: Whatever Lola wants she gets—including a smash hit Broadway run in Damn Yankees, which opened today.
May 5, 2020: Whatever Lola wants she gets—including a smash hit Broadway run in Damn Yankees, which opened today.
May 4, 2020: Millennium was approaching in 1993, and Christina Applegate danced her way to a Tony nomination in Sweet Charity.
May 4, 2020: Millennium was approaching in 1993, and Christina Applegate danced her way to a Tony nomination in Sweet Charity.
May 3, 2020: Kiss of the Spider Woman opened on Broadway, and more!
May 3, 2020: Kiss of the Spider Woman opened on Broadway, and more!
May 2, 2020: A blank canvas arrived at the Booth Theatre when Sunday in the Park With George opened in 1986.
May 2, 2020: A blank canvas arrived at the Booth Theatre when Sunday in the Park With George opened in 1986.
May 1, 2020: Bernadette Peters brings Gypsy back to Broadway, Tommy Tune opens two shows (and takes home four Tony Awards), and more!
May 1, 2020: Bernadette Peters brings Gypsy back to Broadway, Tommy Tune opens two shows (and takes home four Tony Awards), and more!
April 30, 2020: Broadway got a splash of Skinny & Sweet when 9 to 5 opened, and more!
April 30, 2020: Broadway got a splash of Skinny & Sweet when 9 to 5 opened, and more!
April 29, 2020: Hair, Falsettos, Rent, and other shows with more than one word in their titles opened on Broadway.
April 29, 2020: Hair, Falsettos, Rent, and other shows with more than one word in their titles opened on Broadway.
April 28, 2020: Emily Dickinson, chess, and a mad doctor all came to Broadway today.
April 28, 2020: Emily Dickinson, chess, and a mad doctor all came to Broadway today.
April 27, 2020: Cy Coleman sees Sweet Charity revived and The Life premiere today, plus Sandy Dennis and August Wilson were both born.
April 27, 2020: Cy Coleman sees Sweet Charity revived and The Life premiere today, plus Sandy Dennis and August Wilson were both born.
April 26, 2020: Sex and death came to Broadway courtesy of Mae West, Company, and Tuck Everlasting.
April 26, 2020: Sex and death came to Broadway courtesy of Mae West, Company, and Tuck Everlasting.
April 25, 2020: Huck Finn sailed onto Broadway, plus Pippin had more magic to do and Beetlejuice brought that whole being dead thing to the Winter Garden.
April 25, 2020: Huck Finn sailed onto Broadway, plus Pippin had more magic to do and Beetlejuice brought that whole being dead thing to the Winter Garden.
April 24, 2020: Broadway had a “Screw Loose” when Cry-Baby opened, plus Bette Midler brought an appetite for dish in I’ll Eat You Last and more.
April 24, 2020: Broadway had a “Screw Loose” when Cry-Baby opened, plus Bette Midler brought an appetite for dish in I’ll Eat You Last and more.
April 23, 2020: Titanic opened, The Norman Conquests kept theatregoers coming back at least three times, and Chita Rivera returned for a Visit.
April 23, 2020: Titanic opened, The Norman Conquests kept theatregoers coming back at least three times, and Chita Rivera returned for a Visit.
April 22, 2020: Sondheim is a popular choice today in theatre history, as are shows opening at the St. James Theatre.
April 22, 2020: Sondheim is a popular choice today in theatre history, as are shows opening at the St. James Theatre.
April 21, 2020: Tomorrow started today, when Annie opened at the Alvin Theatre in 1977.
April 21, 2020: Tomorrow started today, when Annie opened at the Alvin Theatre in 1977.
April 20, 2020: Broadway says Hello, Dolly! when Bette Midler opens in the revival in 2017, plus Violet, American Idiot, and Sister Act all open.
April 20, 2020: Broadway says Hello, Dolly! when Bette Midler opens in the revival in 2017, plus Violet, American Idiot, and Sister Act all open.
April 19, 2020: June is bustin’ out all over on Broadway for the first time, The Producers roars into town, and more in theatre history.
April 19, 2020: June is bustin’ out all over on Broadway for the first time, The Producers roars into town, and more in theatre history.
April 18, 2020: Broadway gets Thoroughly Modern, a bit Indecent, and more today in theatre history.
April 18, 2020: Broadway gets Thoroughly Modern, a bit Indecent, and more today in theatre history.
April 17, 2020: Groundhog Day opens on Broadway, along with Wonderland, The Assembled Parties and more in theatre history
April 17, 2020: Groundhog Day opens on Broadway, along with Wonderland, The Assembled Parties and more in theatre history.
April 16, 2020: Jesus Christ Superstar and Of Mice and Men return to Broadway, and Kelli O’Hara celebrated her birthday in style with Lincoln Center
April 16, 2020: Jesus Christ Superstar and Of Mice and Men return to Broadway, and Kelli O’Hara celebrated her birthday in style with Lincoln Center.
April 15, 2020: Alice Ripley and Judi Dench each open on Broadway, Peter Pan is the subject of two very different shows, and more!
April 15, 2020: Alice Ripley and Judi Dench each open on Broadway, Peter Pan is the subject of two very different shows, and more!
April 14, 2020: Our American Cousin gets interrupted; Guys & Dolls comes back to town; and more in theatre history.
April 14, 2020: Our American Cousin gets interrupted; Guys & Dolls comes back to town; and more in theatre history.
April 13, 2020: Toni Collette got Wild, and Broadway got a cockroach, an alley cat, a frog and a toad today in history.
April 13, 2020: Toni Collette got Wild, and Broadway got a cockroach, an alley cat, a frog and a toad today in history.
April 12, 2020: Jessica Lange makes her Broadway debut and Ann Miller celebrates her birthday and more
April 12, 2020: Jessica Lange makes her Broadway debut and Ann Miller celebrates her birthday and more In today’s theatrical happenings.
April 11, 2020: Pygmalion and Miss Saigon premiere, Joel Grey celebrates his birthday, and more.
April 11, 2020: Pygmalion and Miss Saigon premiere, Joel Grey celebrates his birthday, and more.
April 10, 2020: Antonio Banderas and Aaron Tveit made us swoon in musicals, and more
April 10: Antonio Banderas and Aaron Tveit made us swoon in musicals, and more theatrical happenings on this day in history.
April 9, 2020: Mae West and Richard Burton both enjoy big hits, Cynthia Nixon celebrates her birthday, and more
April 9: Mae West and Richard Burton both enjoy big hits, Cynthia Nixon celebrates her birthday, and more theatrical happenings from this day in history.
April 8, 2020: Times Square gets its name, The Addams Family finger snaps its way to Broadway, and more
April 8: Times Square gets its name, The Addams Family finger snaps its way to Broadway, and more theatrical happenings from this day in history.
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