Musicals in History (Part 10)

Events 1801 - 2,000 of 2,036

• 1995-10-02 "Moon Over Buffalo" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 308 performances
• 1995-10-05 "Company" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 performances
• 1995-10-10 "Garden District" opens at Circle in the Sq Theater NYC

• 1995-10-12 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 performances
• 1995-10-19 Revival of Jerry Herman's musical "Hello Dolly!", starring Carol Channing, opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 118 performances
• 1995-10-22 "Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 97 performances

• 1995-10-29 Return engagement of Bill Irwin and Dacid Shiner's "Fool Moon" opens at Ambassador Theater, NYC; runs for 81 performances
• 1995-10-31 American jam band Phish performs The Who's "Quadrophenia" as a musical costume during a show at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois

• 1995-11-02 "Busker Alley" musical premieres at St James Theatre, NY
• 1995-11-02 "Sacrilege" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 21 performances
• 1995-11-04 "Indiscretions" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theatre NYC after 221 performances
• 1995-11-08 Comedy revue "Danny Gans on Broadway: The Man of Many Voices" opens at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 6 performances
• 1995-11-12 Comedy revue "Danny Gans on Broadway: The Man of Many Voices" closes at Neil Simon Theater, NYC, after 6 performances
• 1995-11-15 "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater NYC for 601 performances
• 1995-11-19 "Sacrilege" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 21 performances
• 1995-11-19 "School for Scandal" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 23 performances
• 1995-11-25 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 performances
• 1995-11-29 "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC
• 1995-12-03 "Holiday" opens at Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 49 performances

• 1995-12-17 "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 23 performances

• 1995-12-31 "Having Our Say" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 308 performances
• 1995-12-31 "Heiress" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 340 performances
• 1995-12-31 "Paul Roebson" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 14 performances
• 1995-12-31 "Racing Demon" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 48 performances
• 1995-12-31 "Tempest" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 71 performances
• 1996-01-04 "Father" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
• 1996-01-07 "Fool Moon", starring Bill Irwin, closes at Ambassador Theater, NYC, after 81 performances

• 1996-01-14 "Holiday" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 49 performances
• 1996-01-14 "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 97 performances
• 1996-01-28 Revival of Jerry Herman's musical "Hello Dolly!", starring Carol Channing, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 118 performances
• 1996-01-29 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
• 1996-02-13 Rock musical "Rent" by Jonathan Larson opens off-Broadway
• 1996-02-25 "Father" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 52 performances
• 1996-03-17 "Getting Away With Murder" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 17 performances
• 1996-03-20 "Love Thy Neighbor" opens at Booth Theater NYC
• 1996-03-27 Stage adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1945 film musical "State Fair" opens at Music Box Theater, New York City; runs for 118 performances
• 1996-03-28 "Seven Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
• 1996-03-31 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 66 performances
• 1996-03-31 "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 17 performances
• 1996-04-11 Revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "The King & I", starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy, premieres at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 781 performances
• 1996-04-18 Second successful revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", starring Nathan Lane, opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 performances
• 1996-04-21 "Delicate Balance" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
• 1996-04-24 "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 performances
• 1996-04-25 "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC
• 1996-04-28 "Big" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 193 performances

• 1996-04-30 "Buried Child" opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 77 performances
• 1996-05-01 "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
• 1996-05-05 "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances
• 1996-05-12 "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances
• 1996-05-12 "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
• 1996-05-22 "Tartuffe: Born Again" opens at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC; runs for 29 performances
• 1996-05-26 Revival of William Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne, NYC after 65 performances
• 1996-06-23 "Tartuffe: Born Again" closes at Circle in Sq NYC after 29 performances
• 1996-06-30 "Buried Child" closes at Brook Atkinson Theater NYC after 77 performances
• 1996-06-30 "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 308 performances
• 1996-06-30 "State Fair" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 118 performances

• 1996-09-29 "Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC
• 1996-10-10 "Sex & Longing" opens at Cort Theater NYC
• 1996-10-13 "Big" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 193 performances
• 1996-10-17 "Taking Sides" opens at Atkinson Theater NYC
• 1996-10-31 American jam band Phish performs The Talking Heads' "Remain In Light" as a musical costume during a show at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia
• 1996-11-02 Revival of Eugene O'Neill's' drama "Hughie", directed by Al Pacino, and starring Pacino and Paul Benedict, closes at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC, after 56 performances
• 1996-11-03 "It's a Slippery Slope" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
• 1996-11-07 "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
• 1996-11-13 "Three Sisters" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC

• 1996-11-15 "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
• 1996-11-16 "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
• 1996-11-17 "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
• 1996-11-19 "Sex & Longing" closes at Cort Theater NYC
• 1996-11-19 Julia Sweeney's one-woman show "God Said Ha!" opens at Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for 22 performances
• 1996-11-21 "Rehearsal" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
• 1996-11-24 Elliot Goldenthal' musical "Juan Darién - A Carnival Mass" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC; runs for 49 performances
• 1996-12-05 "Dreams & Nightmares" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
• 1996-12-08 Julia Sweeney's one-woman show "God Said Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater, NYC, after 22 performances

• 1997-01-05 "Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC
• 1997-01-05 "Love Thy Neighbor" closes at Booth Theater NYC
• 1997-01-05 "Show Boat" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC
• 1997-01-06 "It's a Slippery Slope" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
• 1997-01-10 "Rehearsal" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
• 1997-01-26 "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 308 performances
• 1997-01-27 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" opens at Gershwin NYC
• 1997-02-02 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin NYC
• 1997-02-13 "Three Sisters" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
• 1997-02-27 "Last Night of Ballyhoo" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC

• 1997-03-23 "Mandy Patinkin in Concert" closes at Lyceum Theater, NYC, after limited run of 16 performances
• 1997-03-25 "Barrymore" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 240 performances
• 1997-03-26 "Annie" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City, and runs for 239 performances.
• 1997-04-02 "Doll's House" opens at Belasco Theater NYC
• 1997-04-03 Musical revue "Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical" opens at Royale Theatre, NYC; runs for 109 performances
• 1997-04-06 "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
• 1997-04-13 "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances
• 1997-04-20 "Gin Game" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 144 performances
• 1997-04-20 "Present Laughter" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
• 1997-04-24 Kandor and Ebb's musical "Steel Pier" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC; runs for 76 performances
• 1997-04-26 Cy Coleman and Ira Gasman' musical "The Life" opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, NYC; runs for 466 performances and wins 2 Tony Awards
• 1997-04-27 "Little Foxes" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 56 performances
• 1997-04-27 "Stanley" closes at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC
• 1997-04-28 "Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
• 1997-04-29 "Candide" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 103 performances
• 1997-04-30 "London Assurance" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 72 performances
• 1997-05-11 Cheryl L. West and Shelden Epp's musical "Play On!", an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" set in 1940s Harlem, featuring music of Duke Ellington, closes at Brooks Atkinson Theatre ,NYC. after 61 performances
• 1997-05-18 "King David" opens at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
• 1997-05-23 "King David" closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
• 1997-06-01 Revival of Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer's musical comedy "Once Upon a Mattress", starring Sarah Jessica Parker, closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 188 performances
• 1997-06-15 "Little Foxes" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 56 performances
• 1997-06-19 "Forever Tango!" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
• 1997-06-21 "Defending the Caveman" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 671 performances

• 1997-06-29 "American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 88 performances
• 1997-06-29 "London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 72 performances
• 1997-07-06 Musical revue "Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical", closes at Royale Theatre, NYC, after 109 performances
• 1997-07-27 "Candide" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances
• 1997-07-27 Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse, and Blake Edwards' musical adaptation of the film "Victor/Victoria", starring Julie Andrews, closes at Marquis Theater, NYC, after 738 performances
• 1997-08-14 Revival of Sherman Edwards' historical musical "1776", featuring Brent Spiner, opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 333 performances
• 1997-08-31 "Gin Game" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 144 performances
• 1997-09-01 "Doll's House" closes at Belasco Theater in New York
• 1997-10-16 "Side Show," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 91 performances
• 1997-10-19 "Annie" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
• 1997-10-23 "Triumph of Love" opens at Royale Theater NYC
• 1997-11-02 "Barrymore" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 240 performances

• 1997-11-06 "Proposals" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 76 performances
• 1997-11-09 "The Scarlet Pimpernel" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC
• 1997-11-10 "Jackie - An American Life" opens at Belasco Theater NYC
• 1997-11-13 "Lion King" opens at New Amersterdam Theater NYC
• 1997-11-16 Revival of Sherman Edwards' historical musical "1776", featuring Brent Spiner, closes at the Criterion Theater to transfer to the George Gershwin Theatre, NYC

• 1997-11-19 "Eugene Onegin" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
• 1997-11-19 "Old Neighborhood" opens at Booth Theater NYC
• 1997-11-24 "Street Corner Symphony" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC; runs for 79 performances
• 1997-11-30 "Eugene Onegin" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
• 1997-12-03 "1776" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC
• 1997-12-04 "Diary of Anne Frank" opens at Music Box Theater NYC

• 1998-01-03 "Side Show," closes at Richard Rodgers NYC after 91 performances
• 1998-01-04 Jeffrey Stock and Susan Birkenhead's musical "Triumph of Love" closes at Royale Theater, NYC, after 85 performances
• 1998-01-04 Second successful revival of by Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum", starring Nathan Lane, closes at St James, NYC, after 715 performances and 1 Tony Award
• 1998-01-11 "Proposals" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
• 1998-01-13 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway" opens at St James Theater NYC
• 1998-01-18 Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally's musical "Ragtime" opens at Ford Theater, NYC; runs for 834 performances
• 1998-01-25 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway" closes at St James Theater NYC
• 1998-01-25 Musical "Grease" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 1,503 performance
• 1998-01-29 Paul Simon and Derek Walcott's musical "The Capeman", about a 1959 gang murder, starring Marc Anthony and Ruben Blades, opens at the Marquis Theatre, NYC; runs for 68 performances
• 1998-02-01 "Street Corner Symphony" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 79 performances
• 1998-02-12 "Freak" opens at Cort Theater NYC
• 1998-02-22 "King & I" closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances
• 1998-02-28 "View From the Bridge" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
• 1998-03-12 "The Sound of Music" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC

• 1998-03-28 Paul Simon and Derek Walcott's musical "The Capeman", about a 1959 gang murder, starring Marc Anthony and Ruben Blades, closes at the Marquis Theatre, NYC, after 68 performances

• 1998-10-31 American jam band Phish performs The Velvet Underground's "Rock and Roll" as a musical costume during a show at the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada in Paradise, Nevada

• 2000-09-10 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" closes on at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 7,485 performances; won 7 Tony Awards, 3 Drama desk Awards, and a Grammy Award
• 2000-10-08 Musical "Peter Pan" starring Cathy Rigby, and filmed before a live audience, premieres on A&E TV

• 2001-09-05 John Cage's musical composition "As Slow as Possible", to be played for 639 years, begins at St. Burchardi Church, Halberstadt, Germany
• 2001-10-18 Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus' musical "Mamma Mia!", featuring the songs of ABBA, opens at The WInter Garden Theatre, NYC, later transferring to The Broadhurst; runs for 5,733 performances
• 2002-05-11 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" (based on poetry by T. S. Eliot) directed by Trevor Nunn, closes at the New London Theatre in the West End, London, after 8,949 performance

• 2002-10-26 Moscow Theatre Siege ends: Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels during a musical performance three days before

• 2003-10-30 Stephen Schwartz's musical "Wicked", a re-telling of the "Wizard of Oz" from the Wicked Witch of the West's' point of view, starring Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, opens at the Gershwin Theatre, NYC; run is ongoing, wins 2 Tony Awards, 7 Drama Desk Awards, and a Grammy

• 2005-11-17 Film adaptation of Joanthan Larson's musical "Rent", starring Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs, premieres at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC

• 2005-12-11 Twyla Tharp's rock ballet "Movin' Out", set to songs of Billy Joel, closes at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, NYC after 1,303 performances

• 2006-06-30 Cirque du Soleil's musical-acrobatic extravaganza "The Beatles - LOVE" opens in a specially built theatre at The Mirage, Las Vegas, Nevada
• 2008-03-16 Rock Musical "Next to Normal" by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey premieres Off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre in New York (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2010) [1]
• 2008-09-07 Jonathan Larson's rock musical "Rent", loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera "La Bohème", starring Taye Diggs, closes at the Nederlander Theatre, NYC, after 5,123 performances, winning 4 Tony Awards, 7 Drama Desk Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
• 2009-01-11 John Du Prez and Eric Idle's musical "Spamalot", based on the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," and starring Tim Curry and Davis Hyde Pierce, closes at the Shubert Theatre, NYC, after 1,575 and 3 Tony Award wins

• 2011-01-02 "Fela!", based on music and lyrics by Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, closes on Broadway after 463 performances and 3 Tony awards [1]
• 2012-04-09 "The Lion King" becomes highest grossing Broadway show, overtaking "The Phantom of the Opera"
• 2012-11-13 Revival of Rupert Holmes' musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", based on an unfinished work of Charles Dickens, opens at Studio 54, NYC; runs for 136 performances
• 2013-03-10 Revival of Rupert Holmes' musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", based on an unfinished work of Charles Dickens, closes at Studio 54, NYC, after 136 performances

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