Musicals in History (Part 9)

Events in Music

Events 1601 - 1,800 of 2,036

  • 1992-04-25 "Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
  • 1992-04-26 "Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 13 performances
  • 1992-04-26 George C. Wolfe, Susan Birkenhead, and Luther Henderson's musical "Jelly's Last Jam", based on the life and work of Jelly Roll Morton, starring Gregory Hines and Savion Glover, opens at Virginia Theater, NYC; runs for 569 performances
  • 1992-04-26 Robert Wright and George Forrest's musical "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater, NYC, after 1,018 performances, and 5 Tony Award wins
  • 1992-04-27 "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 performances
  • 1992-04-29 William Finn and James Lapine's musical "Falsettos" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 487 performances

High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club

1992-05-02 Allen Toussaint's musical revue "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" closes at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 13 performances

  • 1992-05-10 "Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances

Sarafina!

1992-05-11 Film adaptation of Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela's anti-apartheid musical "Sarafina!", starring Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba, and Whoopi Goldberg, premieres at Cannes Film Festival in France

  • 1992-06-07 "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 48 performances
  • 1992-06-10 "Price" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 47 performances
  • 1992-06-29 "Salome" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 9 performances
  • 1992-07-19 "Price" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 47 performances
  • 1992-07-26 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 108 performances
  • 1992-07-29 Ira Lewis's one-act drama"Chinese Coffee" closes at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC, after 18 performances
  • 1992-08-01 "Salome" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 9 performances

A Streetcar Named Desire

1992-08-09 Revival of Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire", starring Alec Baldwin & Jessica Lange, closes at Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 137 performances

The Real Inspector Hound

1992-08-13 Revival of Tom Stoppard's play "The Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, New York, NYC; runs for 61 performances

  • 1992-08-26 "Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 46 performances
  • 1992-08-30 "2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 160 performances

The Most Happy Fella

1992-08-30 Revival of Frank Loesser's 1956 musical "The Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater, NYC, after 229 performances

Music History

1992-09-25 "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" opens at Paramount NYC

  • 1992-09-28 "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" closes at Paramount Theater NYC
  • 1992-10-01 "Oba Oba '93" opens at Marquis Theater, NYC; runs for 22 performances
  • 1992-10-04 "Anna Karenina" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 46 performances
  • 1992-10-04 "Real Inspector Hound" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances
  • 1992-10-18 "Oba Oba '93" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 22 performances

Jake's Women

1992-10-25 Neil Simon's stage play "Jake's Women", starring Alan Alda and Joyce Van Patten, closes at Neil Simon Theater, NYC, after 245 performances

  • 1992-11-05 Revival of George Kelly's 1924 play "The Show Off", starring Boyd Gaines and Pat Carroll, opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, NYC; runs for 45 performances
  • 1992-11-17 Tomas Rodriquez-Pantoja's flamenco musical revue "Gypsy Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater, NYC; runs for 55 performances
  • 1992-11-19 "3 From Brooklyn" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 45 performances
  • 1992-11-23 "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens at Booth NYC for 232 performances
  • 1992-12-10 Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, musical "My Favorite Year", adapted from the 1982 film, and starring Evan Pappas, Tim Curry, Andrea Martin, and Lainie Kazan, opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC; runs for 37 performances, with Drama Desk and Tony Award wins for Martin
  • 1992-12-13 Revival of George Kelly's comedy "The Show Off", starring Boyd Gaines and Pat Carroll, closes at Criterion Theater, NYC, after 45 performances
  • 1992-12-17 "A Christmas Carol" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 22 performances
  • 1992-12-27 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song & Dance Act" opens at Gershwin Theatre, NYC; runs for 10 performances
  • 1992-12-27 Sandi Merle and Steve Michaels' musical "3 From Brooklyn" closes at Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 45 performances
  • 1993-01-02 Tomas Rodriquez-Pantoja's flamenco musical revue "Gypsy Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 55 performances
  • 1993-01-03 "A Christmas Carol" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 22 performances
  • 1993-01-03 "Catskills on Broadway" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 452 performances
  • 1993-01-03 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song & Dance Act" closes at Gershwin, NYC, after 10 performances

Musical Finale

1993-01-03 Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical "The Secret Garden", based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel, starring Daisy Eagan and Mandy Patinkin, closes at St James Theater NYC after 706 performances and 3 Tony Awards

Theatrical Finale

1993-01-03 Neil Simon's stage comic-drama "Lost in Yonkers", starring Mercedes Ruehl and Kevin Spacey, closes at Richard Rodgers Theatre, NYC, after 780 performances, 5 Tony Awards wins, and a Pulitzer Prize

  • 1993-01-10 "Sea Gull" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 48 performances
  • 1993-01-10 Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, musical "My Favorite Year", adapted from the 1982 film, and starring Evan Pappas, Tim Curry, Andrea Martin, and Lainie Kazan, closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 37 performances and a Tony Award for Martin

"Anna Christie"

1993-01-14 Revived play "Anna Christie" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 54 performances, starring Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson,

  • 1993-01-31 "St Joan" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 49 performances
  • 1993-02-25 David Shiner and Bill Irwin's comedy revue "Fool Moon" opens at the Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC; runs for 207 performances
  • 1993-02-28 "Anna Christie" closes at Criterion Theater, NYC, after 54 performances
  • 1993-03-04 "Goodbye Girl" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 188 performances

The Sisters Rosensweig

1993-03-18 Wendy Wasserstein's stage play "The Sisters Rosensweig", starring Madeline Kahn, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC for 556 performances

  • 1993-03-25 "Candida" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
  • 1993-03-30 Lanford Wilson's play "Redwood Curtain", starring Jeff Daniels, opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC; runs for 40 performances
  • 1993-04-13 "3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 40 performances
  • 1993-04-18 Lee Adams and Mitch Leigh's musical "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 25 performances
  • 1993-04-21 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Sq NYC for 30 performances

The Who's Tommy

1993-04-22 Pete Townshend's rock musical "The Who's Tommy" adapted for theatrical stage, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 899 performances, winning 5 Tony Awards, and a Grammy Award

  • 1993-04-25 "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances
  • 1993-04-26 "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes Theatre, NYC; runs for 266 performances
  • 1993-04-28 "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances
  • 1993-05-02 "5 Guys Named Moe" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 445 performances
  • 1993-05-02 "Candida" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
  • 1993-05-02 "Tango Passion" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
  • 1993-05-02 Lanford Wilson's play "Redwood Curtain" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC after 40 performances
  • 1993-05-03 "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 performances
  • 1993-05-04 "Angels in America - Millennium Approaches" opens at Kerr for 367 performances
  • 1993-05-09 "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 performances
  • 1993-05-09 "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 performances
  • 1993-05-16 "3 Men on a Horse" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 40 performances
  • 1993-05-16 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" closes at Circle in Square, NYC after 30 performances
  • 1993-06-10 Revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "She Loves Me" opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, later transferred to Atkinson Theater, NYC; runs for 354 performances and a Tony Award
  • 1993-06-13 "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth NYC after 232 performances

Camelot

1993-06-21 Revival of Lerner and Loewe' musical "Camelot", with Robert Goulet as King Arthur, opens at Gershwin Theater, NYC; runs for 56 performances

  • 1993-06-27 "Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 487 performances

Sunset Boulevard

1993-07-12 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Sunset Boulevard", based on Billy Wilder's 1950 film, starring Patti Lupone and Daniel Benzali, opens at the Adelphi Theatre, London

  • 1993-08-01 "In the Summer House" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 25 performances
  • 1993-08-07 "Camelot" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 56 performances
  • 1993-08-15 Marvin Hamlisch and David Zippel's musical adaptation of Neil Simon's "The Goodbye Girl" closes at Marquis Theater, NYC, after 188 performances
  • 1993-08-22 "In the Summer House" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 25 performances

Music History

1993-09-01 Revival of Peter Shaffer's farce double-bill "White Liars/Black Comedy" opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 38 performances

Music History

1993-09-05 Cy Coleman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical "The Will Rogers Follies" closes at The Palace Theater, NYC after 981 performances and 6 Tony Award wins

  • 1993-09-05 David Shiner and Bill Irwin's sketch comedy "Fool Moon" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC, after 207 performances
  • 1993-09-05 George C. Wolfe, Susan Birkenhead, and Luther Henderson's musical "Jelly's Last Jam", based on the life and work of Jelly Roll Morton, starring Gregory Hines and Savion Glover, closes at Virginia Theater, NYC, after 569 performances
  • 1993-10-12 "Mixed Emotions" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 48 performances
  • 1993-10-21 "Twilight of the Golds" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 29 performances
  • 1993-10-24 "Wonderful Tennessee" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 9 performances
  • 1993-11-09 "Cinderella" opens at New York State Theater, NYC; runs for 14 performances

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

1993-11-10 Revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's biblical rock opera "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" opens at Minskoff Theater, NYC; runs for 223 performances

  • 1993-11-14 "Kentucky Cycle" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
  • 1993-11-14 "Twilight of the Golds" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 29 performances
  • 1993-11-16 "Any Given Day" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 32 performances
  • 1993-11-17 "Grand Night For Singing" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
  • 1993-11-21 "Cinderella" closes at New York State Theater, NYC after 14 performances
  • 1993-11-21 "Cyrano - The Musical" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 performances
  • 1993-11-22 Neil Simon's comedy "Laughter on the 23rd Floor", inspired by his early job writing for Sid Caesar, opens at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC; runs for 320 performances
  • 1993-11-23 "Angels in America-Perestroika" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 216 performances
  • 1993-11-28 "Gray's Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 13 performances
  • 1993-11-28 "Mixed Emotions" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 48 performances
  • 1993-12-05 "Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances

My Fair Lady Revived

1993-12-09 Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady" opens at Virginia Theater, NYC; runs for 165 performances

  • 1993-12-12 "Any Given Day" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 32 performances
  • 1993-12-12 "Kentucky Cycle" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 34 performances
  • 1993-12-16 Jule Styne, Norman and Bob Merrill's musical "Red Shoes", based on the 1948 film, opens at Gershwin Theater, NYC; runs for 5 performances
  • 1993-12-19 Marsha Norman, Bob Merrill, and Jule Styne's fairy tale musical "Red Shoes", directed by Stanley Donen, closes at Gershwin Theater, NYC, after 5 performances; loses nearly $8 million
  • 1993-12-27 "Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater, NYC; runs for 7 performances
  • 1993-12-30 "Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" closes at Palace NYC after 7 performances
  • 1994-01-01 "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 50 performances
  • 1994-01-01 "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion NYC after 52 performances
  • 1994-01-02 "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 266 performances
  • 1994-01-03 "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 13 performances
  • 1994-01-06 "The Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
  • 1994-01-27 "No Man's Land" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 61 performances
  • 1994-02-06 "Government Inspector" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances
  • 1994-02-27 Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas' percussion revue "Stomp" opens at the Orpheum Theatre, NYC; runs for 11,475 performances
  • 1994-03-03 Revival of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' musical "Damn Yankees", starring Bebe Nuewirth and Victor Garber (later replaced by Jerry Lewis), opens at Marquis Theater, NYC; runs for 510 performances
  • 1994-03-17 "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 30 performances
  • 1994-03-20 "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 performances
  • 1994-03-20 "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 41 performances
  • 1994-03-20 "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances
  • 1994-03-24 "Song of Jacob Zulu" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 53 performances

Carousel

1994-03-24 Revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater, NYC; runs for 322 performances

Music History

1994-04-05 "Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect" opens at Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 347 performances

Music History

1994-04-07 Revival of Euripides' stage work "Medea", starring Diana Rigg, opens at Longacre Theater, NYC; runs for 83 performances

  • 1994-04-17 "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 30 performances
  • 1994-04-17 "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 72 performances
  • 1994-04-18 Alen Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice's stage adaptation of Disney's animated musical "Beauty & the Beast" opens at Palace Theater (later transferring the Lunt-Fontanne), NYC; runs for 5,461 performances
  • 1994-04-24 "Broken Glass" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 73 performances
  • 1994-04-24 "Flowering Peach" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 41 performances
  • 1994-05-01 Jim Cartwright's play "The Rise & Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 9 performances
  • 1994-05-01 Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater, NYC, after 165 performances
  • 1994-05-05 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 performances
  • 1994-05-08 Jim Cartwright's play "The Rise & Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon Theater, NYC after 9 performances

Passion

1994-05-09 Stephen Sondheims's musical "Passion" opens at the Plymouth Theater, NYC; runs for 280 performances, winning 6 Drama Desk and 4 Tony Awards

  • 1994-05-10 Musical sequel "The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC; runs for 16 performances
  • 1994-05-11 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's musical "Grease" opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater, NYC; runs for 1,503 performances
  • 1994-05-22 Musical sequel "The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC, after 16 performances
  • 1994-05-29 Revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's biblical rock opera "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Minskoff Theater, NYC, after 223 performances

Music History

1994-06-05 Spalding Gray's one-man show "Gray's Anatomy" opens an encore run at Beaumont Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances

The Lion King

1994-06-15 Disney's animated musical film "The Lion King" opens in theaters with $42 million

  • 1994-06-19 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 50 performances
  • 1994-06-19 "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" closes at Cort NYC after 72 performances

She Loves Me

1994-06-19 Revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "She Loves Me" closes at Atkinson Theater (having transferred from the Criterion), NYC, after 354 performances and a Tony Award win

  • 1994-06-26 "Broken Glass" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 73 performances
  • 1994-06-26 "Medea" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 82 performances
  • 1994-06-27 Spalding Gray's one-man show "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 8 performances
  • 1994-07-16 Wendy Wasserstein's stage play "The Sisters Rosensweig", starring Madeline Kahn, closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 556 performances
  • 1994-08-27 Neil Simon's comedy "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC, after 320 performances
  • 1994-09-08 "Philadelphia, Here I Come" opens at Criterion NYC for 52 performances
  • 1994-10-02 "Show Boat" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC
  • 1994-10-22 "Philadelphia, Here I Come" closes at Criterion NYC after 52 performances
  • 1994-10-31 American jam band Phish performs The Beatles "White Album" as a musical costume during a show at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, New York.
  • 1994-11-15 "Glass Menagerie" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 57 performances
  • 1994-11-17 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's musical "Sunset Boulevard" opens at Minskoff Theater, NYC; runs for 977 performances, wins 7 Tony Awards
  • 1994-11-20 New Vaudevillian revue "The Flying Karamazov Brothers Do the Impossible" opens at Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, for a limited run of 50 performances
  • 1994-12-04 Tony Kushner's drama "Angels in America: Millennium Approach" closes at Walter Kerr Theater, NYC, after 367 performances, and 4 Tony Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize
  • 1994-12-04 Tony Kushner's drama "Angels in America: Perestroika" closes at Walter Kerr Theater, NYC, after 216 performances, and 3 Tony Awards
  • 1994-12-08 Revival of Donald Margulies' stage dramedy "What's Wrong With This Picture?" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC; runs for 12 performances
  • 1994-12-18 Revival of Donald Margulies' stage dramedy "What's Wrong With This Picture?" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC, after 12 performances
  • 1994-12-18 Stand-up comedy revue "Comedy Tonight" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 9 performances
  • 1994-12-22 "Christmas Carol" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 18 performances
  • 1994-12-25 "Comedy Tonight" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 8 performances
  • 1995-01-01 "A Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 20 performances
  • 1995-01-01 "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 57 performances
  • 1995-01-01 "Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 49 performances

"A Christmas Carol"

1995-01-07 Limited run of Patrick Stewart's one-man show "A Christmas Carol", based on Charles Dickens' novel, closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC, after 18 performances

  • 1995-01-07 Stephen Sondheims's musical "Passion" closes at the Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 280 performances, and 6 Drama Desk and 4 Tony Award wins
  • 1995-01-08 Revival of Frank Loesser's musical "Guys & Dolls", starring Nathan Lane, closes at Martin Beck Theater, NYC, after 1143 performances, winning 4 Tony and 7 Drama Desk Awards
  • 1995-01-17 "Carousel" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 322 performances
  • 1995-01-20 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr, NYC; runs for 276 performances
  • 1995-02-02 "Molière Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 56 performances
  • 1995-03-02 "Smokey Joe's Cafe" opens at Virginia Theater NYC
  • 1995-03-23 Revival of Frank Loesser's musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC; runs for 548 performances
  • 1995-03-26 "Defending the Caveman" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 671 performances
  • 1995-03-26 "Moliere Comedies" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 56 performances
  • 1995-03-30 "Arcadia" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 204 performances
  • 1995-04-06 "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances
  • 1995-04-10 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 performances
  • 1995-04-25 "A Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater, NYC; runs for 79 performances
  • 1995-04-27 "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theatre NYC for 221 performances
  • 1995-04-30 "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 839 performances
  • 1995-04-30 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 24 performances
  • 1995-04-30 "The Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 80 performances
  • 1995-05-01 "On the Waterfront" opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 8 performances
  • 1995-05-02 "Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 121 performances
  • 1995-05-03 "My Thing of Love" opens at Beck Theater NYC for 16 performances
  • 1995-05-14 "My Thing of Love" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 16 performances
  • 1995-06-04 "Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect" closes at Golden Theater, NYC, after 347 performances
  • 1995-06-08 Red Buttons' one-man show "Buttons on Broadway" opens at Ambassador Theater, NYC; runs for 33 performances
  • 1995-06-10 "Month in the Country" closes at Roundabout Theater NYC after 79 performances
  • 1995-06-15 Bob Telson, Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis's musical "Chronicles of a Death Foretold", based on Gabriel García Márquez's 1981 novella, opens at Plymouth Theatre, NYC; runs for 55 performances
  • 1995-06-17 Pete Townshend's rock musical "The Who's Tommy" adapted for theatrical stage, closes at St James Theater, NYC. after 899 performances, 5 Tony Award wins, and a Grammy Award for the cast recording
  • 1995-07-01 "Kiss of the Spider Woman" closes at Broadhurst theater, NYC, after 906 performances
  • 1995-07-02 "The Rose Tattoo" closes at Circle in the Square NYC after 80 performances

The Play's The Thing

1995-07-09 Revival of P. G. Wodehouse's adaptation of Ferenc Molnár' s comic play "The Play's The Thing" opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 75 performances

  • 1995-07-16 Bob Telson, Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis's musical "Chronicles of a Death Foretold", based on Gabriel García Márquez's 1981 novella, closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 55 performances
  • 1995-07-16 Red Buttons' one-man show "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater, NYC, after 33 performances
  • 1995-07-23 "Hamlet" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 121 performances

Damn Yankees

1995-08-06 Revival of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' musical comedy '"Damn Yankees", starring Jerry Lewis and Bebe Neuwirth, closes at Marquis Theater, NYC, after 519 performances

  • 1995-08-20 "The Play's the Thing" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 75 performances
  • 1995-08-27 Tom Stoppard's comedic play "Arcadia" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 204 performances