August 24–30, 2020: Largely forgotten today but the longest-running Broadway play for two decades at one time, Lightin’ opens in 1918, while 42nd Street opens in 1980.
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May 13, 2020: Steam heat came to Broadway when The Pajama Game opened in 1954.
May 12, 2020: And Eve was weak when Carrie opened on Broadway—and closed five performances later.
May 11, 2020: Liza Minnelli made her Broadway debut in 1965.
May 10, 2020: Tarzan swung onto Broadway in 2006.
May 9, 2020: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier bring Romeo and Juliet to life, and Passion comes to Broadway.
May 8, 2020: The Battle Burtons—Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton—reunited for Broadway in Private Lives.
May 7, 2020: Gwen Verdon stopped the show in Can-Can in 1953, and more in today’s history!
May 6, 2020: Happy birthday to Adrienne Warren, and Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Dennehy bring Long Day’s Journey Into Night back to Broadway today.
May 5, 2020: Whatever Lola wants she gets—including a smash hit Broadway run in Damn Yankees, which opened today.
May 4, 2020: Millennium was approaching in 1993, and Christina Applegate danced her way to a Tony nomination in Sweet Charity.
May 3, 2020: Kiss of the Spider Woman opened on Broadway, and more!
May 2, 2020: A blank canvas arrived at the Booth Theatre when Sunday in the Park With George opened in 1986.
May 1, 2020: Bernadette Peters brings Gypsy back to Broadway, Tommy Tune opens two shows (and takes home four Tony Awards), and more!
April 30, 2020: Broadway got a splash of Skinny & Sweet when 9 to 5 opened, and more!
April 29, 2020: Hair, Falsettos, Rent, and other shows with more than one word in their titles opened on Broadway.
April 28, 2020: Emily Dickinson, chess, and a mad doctor all came to Broadway today.
April 27, 2020: Cy Coleman sees Sweet Charity revived and The Life premiere today, plus Sandy Dennis and August Wilson were both born.
April 26, 2020: Sex and death came to Broadway courtesy of Mae West, Company, and Tuck Everlasting.
April 25, 2020: Huck Finn sailed onto Broadway, plus Pippin had more magic to do and Beetlejuice brought that whole being dead thing to the Winter Garden.
April 24, 2020: Broadway had a “Screw Loose” when Cry-Baby opened, plus Bette Midler brought an appetite for dish in I’ll Eat You Last and more.
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