Musicals in History (Part 4)

Events 601 - 800 of 2,036

• 1962-09-15 "Bravo, Giovanni" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances

• 1962-10-03 "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" opens at Shubert NYC for 886 performances

• 1962-11-10 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 9 performances
• 1962-11-17 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 9 performances

• 1962-12-08 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 performances

• 1963-01-05 "Carnival!" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 719 performances
• 1963-01-05 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "Camelot", starring Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, and Robert Goulet, closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 873 performances and winning 4 Tony Awards

• 1963-01-26 "Milk & Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 543 performances
• 1963-03-18 "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 264 performances
• 1963-03-21 David Hendon & Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London

• 1963-04-19 "Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 43 performances
• 1963-04-20 "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 8 performances
• 1963-04-23 Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "She Loves Me", based on the film "The Shop Around the Corner", opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater, NYC; runs for 302 performances and a Tony Award for Jack Cassidy
• 1963-05-16 "Beast in Me" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 4 performances
• 1963-05-18 "Beast in Me" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 4 performances
• 1963-05-25 "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 43 performances
• 1963-06-08 Irving Berlin's final musical "Mr. President" closes at St James Theater, NYC, after for 265 performances

• 1963-06-29 "Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 257 performances
• 1963-08-03 Richard Rodgers' musical drama "No Strings", starring Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley, closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 580 performances and 3 Tony Award wins
• 1963-09-30 Rick Besoyan's musical "Student Gypsy" opens at 84th St Theater, NYC; runs for 16 performances
• 1963-10-03 Meredith Wilson's musical "Here's Love", based on the film "Miracle on 34th Street", opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 338 performances
• 1963-10-12 Rick Besoyan's musical "Student Gypsy" closes at 84th St Theater, NYC, after 16 performances

• 1963-10-23 Neil Simon's stage play "Barefoot in the Park" starring Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley opens at the Biltmore Theatre, NYC; runs for 1530 performances
• 1963-10-24 N. Richard Nash, Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' musical "110 in the Shade" opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, runs for 330 performances
• 1963-11-02 "Tambourines to Glory" opens at Little Theater NYC for 24 performances
• 1963-11-09 Lee Pockriss and Anne Croswell's musical "Tovarich" closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 264 performances

• 1963-11-23 "Tambourines to Glory" closes at Little Theater NYC after 24 performances
• 1963-12-08 "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 112 performances
• 1963-12-26 "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater, NYC; runs for 4 performances
• 1963-12-28 "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater, NYC, after 4 performances
• 1963-12-28 Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz's musical "Jennie", starring Mary Martin, closes at the Majestic Theater, NYC, after 82 performances

• 1964-01-16 Jerry Herman's musical "Hello, Dolly!", starring Carol Channing, opens at St James Theatre, NYC; runs for 2,844 performances and wins 10 Tony Awards

• 1964-02-01 "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off..." closes at Shubert, NYC, after 556 performances
• 1964-02-06 "Rugantino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 28 performances

• 1964-02-29 "Rugantino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 28 performances

• 1964-04-07 Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray's musical "High Spirits", based on Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit", opens at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 375 performances
• 1964-04-11 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 9 performances
• 1964-04-17 Albert Hague and Marty Brill's musical "Cafe Crown", starring Theodore Bikel, opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 3 performances
• 1964-04-18 Albert Hague and Marty Brill's musical "Cafe Crown", starring Theodore Bikel, closes at Martin Beck Theater, NYC, after 3 performances
• 1964-04-18 Robert Emmett Dolan and Johnny Mercer's musical "Foxy", starring Bert Lahr, closes at Ziegfeld Theater. NYC. after 72 performances and a Tony Award win for Lahr

• 1964-05-30 Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Jonathan Miller comedy revue "Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater, NYC, after 667 performances
• 1964-06-02 "Folies Bergère" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
• 1964-07-25 Meredith Wilson's musical "Here's Love", based on thefil "Miracle on 34th Street". closes at Shubert Theater, NYC. after 338 performances
• 1964-08-08 N. Richard Nash, Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' musical "110 in the Shade", based on Nash's drama "The Rainmaker", closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC after, 330 performances
• 1964-08-27 Walt Disney's musical film "Mary Poppins" directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, with songs by Richard and Robert Sherman, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California; wins 5 Academy Awards
• 1964-08-29 Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", starring Zero Mostel, and Jack Gilford, closes at Alvin Theater, NYC, after 965 performances and 6 Tony Awards
• 1964-09-22 Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "Fiddler on the Roof" with Zero Mostel, opens at the Imperial Theater (later transferring to the Majestic, and then the Broadway), NYC; runs for 3,242 performances and winning 9 Tony Awards
• 1964-09-30 "Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 125 performances
• 1964-10-06 "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 23 performances

• 1964-10-24 "Cambridge Circus" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances
• 1964-10-27 Mark Sandrich and Sidney Michaels' musical "Ben Franklin in Paris", starring Robert Preston, opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC; runs for 215 performances

• 1964-11-10 "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 15 performances
• 1964-11-14 "Folies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 performances
• 1964-11-14 Betty Comden & Adolph Green and Jule Styne's musical "Fade Out-Fade In", goes into lay-off due to star Carol Burnett's illness
• 1964-11-14 Lionel Bart's musical "Oliver!", based on Charles Dickens' 1838 novel "Oliver Twist", and featuring Clive Revill, Danny Sewell, and Davy Jones, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 774 performances and 3 Tony Award wins
• 1964-11-21 "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 15 performances
• 1964-11-21 "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
• 1964-11-23 "Bajour" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
• 1964-12-15 Jack Lawrence and Stan Freeman's musical "I Had a BaIl", starring Buddy Hackett, opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 199 performances
• 1965-01-16 "Oh What a Lovely War" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 125 performances
• 1965-01-23 Musical variety program "King Family Show", featuring big band vocal group The King Sisters, premieres on ABC TV
• 1965-02-16 "Baker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 313 performances
• 1965-02-18 Betty Comden & Adolph Green and Jule Styne's musical "Fade Out-Fade In", featuring Carol Burnett, Dick Shawn (replacing Jack Cassidy), and Tina Louise, returns from lay-off at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC
• 1965-02-22 Rodgers & Hammerstein's television musical "Cinderella", starring Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon, with Pat Carroll and Celeste Holm, premieres on CBS-TV
• 1965-02-27 Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray's musical "High Spirits", based on Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit", closes at Alvin Theater, NYC, after 375 performances

• 1965-03-18 "Do I Hear a Waltz?" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 220 performances
• 1965-04-24 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden NYC after 192 performances
• 1965-04-25 David Heneker's musical "Half a Sixpence", starring Tommy Steels, and based on H.G. Well's 1905 novel "Kipps", opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 511 performances
• 1965-05-02 "New Faces of 1965" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 52 performances

• 1965-05-16 "Roar of the Greasepaint" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
• 1965-06-12 "Bajour" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 232 performances
• 1965-06-12 "I Had a BaIl" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 199 performances
• 1965-06-12 "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 540 performances
• 1965-07-24 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Flora, the Red Menace", Their first collaboration stars Liza Minnelli (19) in her Broadway debut, closes at Alvin Theater, NYC, after 87 performances and a Tony Award for Liza
• 1965-08-11 "Help!" a musical comedy film featuring the Beatles released in the US
• 1965-09-25 "Do I Hear a Waltz?" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 220 performances

• 1965-10-10 "Drat! - The Cat!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 8 performances
• 1965-10-16 "Drat! - The Cat!" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 8 performances
• 1965-10-17 Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner's musical "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", starring Barbara Harris and John Cullum, opens at he Mark Hellinger Theatre, NYC; runs for 280 performances
• 1965-11-13 "Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances
• 1965-11-14 Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel's musical "Baker Street", loosely based on Sherlock Holmes' tales, closes at the Martin Beck Theater, NYC, after 313 performances
• 1965-11-20 Cyril Ornadel and Leslie Bricusse's musical "Pickwick", based on Charles Dickens' novel "The Pickwick Papers', featuring Harry Secombe and Charlotte Rae, closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 56 performances
• 1965-11-22 Mitch Leigh, and Joe Darion's musical "Man of La Mancha", starring Richard Kiley opens at ANTA Washington Square Theater, NYC; runs for 2329 performances, wins 5 Tony Awards
• 1965-11-29 Robert Wright and George Forrest' musical "Anya" opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; runs for 16 performances
• 1965-12-04 "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 performances
• 1965-12-10 Michael Leonard and Herbert Martin's musical "The Yearling" opens at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 3 performances
• 1965-12-11 Michael Leonard and Herbert Martin's musical "The Yearling" closes at Alvin Theater, NYC, after 3 performances
• 1965-12-11 Robert Wright and George Forrest' musical "Anya" closes at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC, after 16 performances
• 1965-12-14 "La Grusse Valise" opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 7 performances
• 1965-12-15 David Heneker and John Taylor's musical "Charlie Girl" opens at the Adelphi Theatre, London; runs for 2,202 performances
• 1965-12-18 "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 7 performances
• 1966-01-29 Neil Simon, Cy Coleman, and Dorothy Fields' musical "Sweet Charity", starring Gwen Verdon, and directed by Bob Fosse, opens at the Palace Theater, NYC for 608 performances, winning a Tony Award for choreogrphy
• 1966-03-07 Leon Gluckman and Jeremy Taylor's folk music revue "Wait A Minim!" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 457 performances
• 1966-03-08 Lee Adams and Charles Strouse's musical adaptation of Clifford Odet's "Golden Boy", starring Sammy Davis Jr. closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 569 performances
• 1966-03-18 "Pousse Cafe" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 3 performances
• 1966-03-19 "Poussé Cafe" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 3 performances
• 1966-03-29 Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' musical "It's a Bird... It's A Plane...It's Superman" opens at Alvin Theatre, NYC; runs for 129 performances
• 1966-05-21 "Time for Singing" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 41 performances

• 1966-06-11 "On A Clear Day You..." closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 280 performances
• 1966-06-11 "Skyscraper" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 248 performances
• 1966-06-26 "Time for Singing" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 41 performances
• 1966-07-16 David Heneker's musical "Half a Sixpence", starring Tommy Steels, and based on H.G. Well's 1905 novel "Kipps", closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 511 performances
• 1966-07-17 Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' musical "It's a Bird... It's A Plane...It's Superman" closes at Alvin Theatre, NYC. after 129 performances

• 1966-11-09 Musical revue "Let's Sing Yiddish" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC; runs for 107 performances
• 1966-11-20 John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret" opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 1166 performances, wins 8 Tony Awards

• 1966-12-05 Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' musical "I Do! I Do!", starring Robert Preston and Mary Martin, and directed by Gower Champion, opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 561 performances
• 1966-12-15 Oscar Brand and Paul Nassau's musical "A Joyful Noise", starring John Raitt, opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances
• 1966-12-24 Oscar Brand and Paul Nassau's musical "A Joyful Noise", starring John Raitt, closes at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC, after 12 performances
• 1966-12-27 Flander and Swann's musical revue "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater, NYC; runs for 105 performances
• 1967-01-29 "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 107 performances

• 1967-03-21 Musical comedy film "Thoroughly Modern Millie", starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, and Carol Channing, premieres at the Criterion Theatre, NYC
• 1967-03-28 "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances
• 1967-04-09 "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth NYC after 105 performances
• 1967-04-11 "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 performances
• 1967-04-15 Leon Gluckman and Jeremy Taylor's folk music revue "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater, NYC, after 457 performances
• 1967-04-16 Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn's musical "Walking Happy", based on the 1916 novel "Hobson's Choice", "Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 161 performances
• 1967-04-26 Jule Styne, Adolph Green and Betty Comden's musical "Hallelujah, Baby!", starring Leslie Uggams, opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 293 performances and wins 2 Tony Awards
• 1967-05-11 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC for 14 performances

• 1967-05-21 "Sing, Israel Sing" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 14 performances

• 1967-07-01 Jule Styne and Bob Merrill's musical "Funny Girl", starring Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 1348 performances
• 1967-07-15 Neil Simon, Cy Coleman, and Dorothy Fields' musical "Sweet Charity", starring Gwen Verdon, and directed by Bob Fosse, closes at the Palace Theater, NYC, after 608 performances; wins a Tony Award for choreography

• 1967-10-23 "Henry, Sweet Henry" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 80 performances
• 1967-10-29 Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado's hippie musical "Hair" opens off-Broadway at the Public Theatre, NYC, for a limited 6-week run
• 1967-11-25 "Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 463 performances
• 1967-12-07 Elmer Bernstein and Carolyn Leigh's musical "How Now, Dow Jones", starring Tony Roberts, and directed by George Abbott, opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 220 performances
• 1967-12-07 The Beatles' clothing store "Apple Boutique" opens at 94 Baker Street, London
• 1967-12-31 Bob Merrill's musical "Henry, Sweet Henry", based on the novel "The World of Harry Orient" closes at the Palace Theater, NYC, after 80 performances
• 1968-01-02 "Zizi" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances
• 1968-01-13 "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 293 performances
• 1968-01-13 "Illya Darling" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 320 performances

• 1968-01-27 "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 31 performances
• 1968-02-04 Walter Marks' musical "Golden Rainbow", starring Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé opens at the Shubert Theater, later transferring to the George Abbott Theatre, NYC; runs for 383 performances
• 1968-02-24 "Darling of the Day" closes at George Abbott NYC after 31 performances

• 1968-03-21 Hill, Hawkins & Coghill's musical premieres in London
• 1968-04-04 Paul Nassau and Oscar Brand's musical "Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*AP*L*A*N", starring Tom Bosley, opens at the Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 28 performances

• 1968-04-17 Betty Comden & Adolph Green and Jule Styne's musical "Fade Out-Fade In", featuring Carol Burnett, Dick Shawn, and Tina Louise, closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 271 performances
• 1968-04-23 Ernest Gold and Anne Croswell's musical "I'm Solomon", starring Dick Shawn, opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 7 performances
• 1968-04-27 Ernest Gold and Anne Croswell's musical "I'm Solomon", starring Dick Shawn, closes at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC, after 7 performances
• 1968-04-27 Paul Nassau and Oscar Brand's musical "Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*AP*L*A*N", starring Tom Bosley, closes at the Alvin Theater, NYC, after 28 performances
• 1968-04-29 Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado's hippie musical "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater, NYC; runs for 1750 performances
• 1968-05-01 Mark Sandrich and Sidney Michaels' musical "Ben Franklin in Paris", starring Robert Preston, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC, after 215 performances
• 1968-06-15 "How Now, Dow Jones" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC, after 220 performances
• 1968-06-15 "New Faces of 1965" closes at Booth Theater, NYC, after 52 performances
• 1968-06-15 Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' musical "I Do! I Do!", starring Gordon MacRae and Carol Lawrence, and directed by Gower Champion, closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 561 performances, and 1 Tony Award
• 1968-09-24 "That's Life" premieres - A Broadway musical type TV show
• 1968-09-28 "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Barrymore NYC for 17 performances
• 1968-09-28 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "The Happy Time", starring Robert Goulet, closes at Broadway Theater, NYC, after 286 performances
• 1968-10-12 "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore Theater, NYC, after 17 performances

• 1968-10-23 "Maggie Flynn" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 82 performances
• 1968-11-01 Musical revue "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Booth Theater, NYC; runs for 36 performances
• 1968-11-02 "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 17 performances
• 1968-11-17 John Kander and Fred Ebbs' musical "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 305 performances
• 1968-11-23 Musical revue "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth Theatre, NYC, after 44 performances

• 1968-12-18 Musical-fantasy film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", co-written by Roald Dahl and director Ken Hughes, starring Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes, with songs by Sherman and Sherman, premieres in NYC
• 1969-01-02 Allan Sherman and Albert Hague's musical "The Fig Leaves Are Falling", starring Dorothy Loudon, Barry Nelson, and David Cassidy, opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 4 performances
• 1969-01-04 Allan Sherman and Albert Hague's musical "The Fig Leaves Are Falling", starring Dorothy Loudon, Barry Nelson, and David Cassidy, closes at Broadhurst Theatre, NYC, after 4 performances
• 1969-01-05 "Maggie Flynn" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 82 performances

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