STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 3/17/17- SPAMALOT
Today in 2005, Spamalot opened at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 1575 performances.
Today in 2005, Spamalot opened at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 1575 performances.
Today in 1969, 1776 opened at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rogers Theatre), where it ran for 1217 performances.
Today in 1987, Starlight Express opened at the Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for 761 performances.
Today in 2002, Sweet Smell of Success opened at the Martin Beck Theatre (now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre), where it ran for 109 performances.
Today in 1987, Les Miserables opened at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 6680 performances.
Today in 1947, Brigadoon opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre, where it ran for 581 performances.
Today in 2001, A Class Act opened at the Ambassador Theatre, where it ran for 105 performances.
Today in 1975, The Rocky Horror Show opened at the Belasco Theatre, where it ran for 45 performances.
Today in 2008, In the Heights opened at the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 1184 performances.
Happy Birthday, Cyd Charisse! Charisse began starring in films in the 1940s.
Happy Birthday, Donna Murphy! Murphy has won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for her roles in Passion as Fosca and in The King and I as Anna Leonowens.
Happy Birthday, Stephen Schwartz! In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972) and Wicked (2003).
Happy Birthday, Elaine Paige! Paige was selected to play Eva Peron in the first production of Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public.
Today in 1999, Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 1045 performances.
Today in 2005, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels openend at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for 627 performances.
Today in 1995, Smokey Joe's Cafe opened at the Virginia Theatre (now the August Wilson Theatre) where it ran for 2036 performances.
Today in 2009, Guys and Dolls opened at the Nederlander Theatre, where it ran for 121 performances.
In celebration of this day, we bring 'Move On' from Sunday in the Park with George below!
Happy Birthday, Debra Monk! The Tony Award winner made her Broadway debut in PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES in 1982.
Today in 2004, Fiddler on the Roof opened at the Minskoff Theatre, where it ran for 781 performances.
Today in 1973, A Little Night Music opened at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 601 performances.
Today in 1955, Silk Stockings opened at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for 478 performances.
Today in 2006, The Pajama Game opened at the America Airlines Theatre, where it ran for 129 performances.
Happy Birthday, Lea Salonga! Salonga is best known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World awards.
Today in 2008, the first Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George opened at Studio 54, where it ran for 149 performances.
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