STAGE TUBE: On This Day 1/27- JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Today in 1982, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat opened at the Royale Theatre (now the Bernard B, Jacobs Theatre), where it ran for 747 performances.
Today in 1982, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat opened at the Royale Theatre (now the Bernard B, Jacobs Theatre), where it ran for 747 performances.
Today in 1988, The Phantom of the Opera opened at the Majestic Theatre, where it has played for 9980 performances and still running.
Today in 1938, Pygmalion opened at the Maxine Elliott's Theatre.
Today in 2010, A View From the Bridge opened at the Cort Theatre, where it ran for 81 performances.
Happy Birthday, Chita Rivera! A two-time Tony Award winner, Rivera made her Broadway debut in 1953 in Can-Can, launching one of the most celebrated and long-lasting Broadway careers.
Today in 2005, Little Women opened at the Virginia Theatre (now the August Wilson Theatre), where it ran for 137 performances.
Today in 1942, the first revival of Porgy and Bess opened at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 286 performances.
Today in 1957 Waiting for Godot opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where it ran for 6 performances.
Today in 1903, The Wizard of Oz opened at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 293 performances.
Happy Birthday Michael Crawford! In 1981, Crawford starred in the Original London production of Cy Coleman's Barnum (1981) as the illustrious American showman P.
Today in 1931, Broadway veteran James Earl Jones was born.
Happy Birthday, Lin-Manuel Miranda! Miranda is most famous for writing and starring as 'Usnavi' in the Broadway musical In the Heights, which opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2008, and for which he won the Tony Award as composer and lyricist.
Today in 2008, The 39 Steps opend at the American Airlines Theatre, where it ran for 771 performances.
Today in 1999, Fosse opened at the Broadhurst THeatre, where it ran for 1093 performances.
Today in 1925, the late Broadway legend Gwen Verdon was born.
Today in 1939, The Importance of Being Earnest opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre, where it ran for 61 performances.
Today in 1976, Pacific Overtures opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, where it ran for 193 performances.
Today in 2008, The Little Mermaid opened at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre, where it ran for 685 performances.
Today in 2011, In the Heights closed at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it ran for 1184 performances.
Today in 1981, Joe Papp's revival of THe Pirates of Penzance opened at the Uris Theatre, where it ran for 787 performances.
Today in 1985, the second Broadway revival of THe King and I opened at the Broadway THeatre, where it ran for 191 performances.
Today in 2009, Hairspraiy closed at the Neil Simon Theatre after 2,641 performances.
Today in 1963, Oliver! opened at Broadway's Imperial Theatre, where it ran for 774 performances.
Today in 1946, the second Broadway revival of Showboat opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre, and ran for 418 performances.
Happy Birthday,Natascia Diaz! Diaz's theatre credits include Jacques Brel Returns, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Carnival!, Rooms, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Man of La Mancha.
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