Video: 'Damn Yankees (1955 Original Broadway Cast Recording)' (15 clips)
(Thursday, May 5, 1955, 7:45 p.m. EDT) — Damn Yankees, a musical based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop, opened tonight on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre at 226 West 46th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York. Continue reading ‘Damn Yankees’ opens on Broadway 70 years ago this hour (May 5 1955)
Plot summary, “Inherit the Wind” by Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee in 5 Minutes - Book Review
(Thursday, April 21, 1955, 8:00 p.m. EST) — The Jerome Lawrence-Robert Lee play Inherit the Wind, a story that fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial as a means to discuss the then-contemporary McCarthy trials, opened tonight on Broadway at the National Theatre at 208 West 41st Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York.
Video: '"If I Loved You" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (stage version)'
(Thursday, April 19, 1945, 8:15 p.m. EWT) — Carousel the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics) about a carousel barker whose romance with a millworker comes at the price of both their jobs, opened tonight on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre.
Video: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Original Cast Clip.avi'
(Thursday, March 24, 1955, 8:00 p.m. EST) — Tennessee Williams’ play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the story of a Southern family in crisis starring Barbara Bel Geddes and Ben Gazzara, opened tonight on Broadway at the Morosco Theater, located at 217 West 45th St. in Times Square in New York City. Continue reading ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ opens on Broadway 70 years ago this hour (Mar 24 1955)
(Wednesday, March 10, 1965, 7:30 p.m. EST) — Neil Simon’s play The Odd Couple, starring Walter Matthau and Art Carney, opened tonight on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre. Continue reading ‘The Odd Couple’ opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour (Mar 10 1965)
Video: 'The Wiz Original Cast Album' (17 video playlist)
(Sunday, January 5, 1975, 6:30 p.m. EST) — The Wiz, a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown featuring an all-black cast, opened tonight on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre at 245 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, with Geoffrey Holder as director and starring Stephanie Mills as Dorothy. Continue reading ‘The Wiz’ musical opens on Broadway at Majestic Theatre in New York City 50 years ago this hour (Jan 5 1975)
Video: 'Zero Mostel " If I Were a Rich Man " Fiddler on the Roof "'
(Tuesday, September 22, 1964, 7:00 p.m. EDT) — Fiddler on the Roof, the poignant and powerful musical that explores the struggles of a Jewish father to uphold his religious traditions amid the encroaching influences of the outside world, opened tonight on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre (located at 249 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan) in New York City. Continue reading ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ musical opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 22 1964)
(Saturday, June 27, 1964) — “People” by Barbra Streisand peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘People’ by Barbra Streisand peaks at #5 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 27 1964)
Video: 'THE KING AND I - Through Time and History'
(Thursday, March 29, 1951, 8:00 p.m. EST) — The King and I, the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein, about the relationship between the King of Siam and a British schoolteacher, premiered tonight at Broadway’s St. James Theatre located at 246 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan.
Continue reading Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘The King and I’ musical premieres on Broadway 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 29 1951)
Video: '"Put on a Happy Face" – BYE BYE BIRDIE on Ed Sullivan'
(Thursday, April 14, 1960, 7:45 p.m. EST) — Bye Bye Birdie, a Broadway musical inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley and his draft notice into the Army in 1957, opened tonight at the Martin Beck Theatre at 302 West 45th Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Continue reading ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ stage musical opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 14 1960)
