Category Archives: Broadway

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ musical opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 22 1964)

1960s, Broadway


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) →

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘The King and I’ musical premieres on Broadway 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 29 1951)

1950s, Broadway


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.
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‘Bye Bye Birdie’ stage musical opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 14 1960)

1960s, Broadway


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) →

‘The Sound of Music’ musical opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1959)

1950s, Broadway, Popular Music 1950s


Video: '- The Sound of Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording)'

(Monday, November 16, 1959, 7:30 p.m. EST) — The Sound of Music, a Broadway musical about a woman who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower, opened tonight at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City.

With music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, the original cast included Mary Martin as Maria, Theodore Bikel as Captain Georg von Trapp, Patricia Neway as Mother Abbess, Kurt Kasznar as Max Detweiler, Marion Marlowe as Elsa Schräder, Brian Davies as Rolf and Lauri Peters as Liesl.

Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert perform ‘Tonight’ on ‘Sullivan’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 2 1958)

1950s, Broadway, Television 1950s


Video: 'Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert sing "Tonight"'

(Sunday, November 2, 1958, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert performed “Tonight” from Broadway’s West Side Story on tonight’s CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show live from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City. Continue reading Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert perform ‘Tonight’ on ‘Sullivan’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 2 1958) →

‘West Side Story’ Broadway cast perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 14 1958)

1950s, Broadway, Popular Music 1950s, Television 1950s


Video: 'West Side Story "Cool" on The Ed Sullivan Show'

(Sunday, September 14, 1958, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Broadway cast of West Side Story performed “Cool” on tonight’s 11th season premiere of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show live from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City. Continue reading ‘West Side Story’ Broadway cast perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 14 1958) →

Broadway cast recording of ‘Hair’ recorded 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1968)

1960s, Broadway


Video: 'Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording)' (32 videos)

(Monday, May 6, 1968) — The original Broadway cast recording of the rock musical Hair was recorded today, one week after the show opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre in New York City. Continue reading Broadway cast recording of ‘Hair’ recorded 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1968) →

Gay-themed ‘The Boys in the Band’ premieres Off-Broadway 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 14 1968)

1960s, Broadway


Video: '"THE BOYS IN THE BAND"'

(Easter Sunday, April 14, 1968, 7:30 p.m. EST) — The play The Boys in the Band, one of the first works to present a story centered around homosexuals, premiered Off-Broadway tonight at Theater Four in New York City. Continue reading Gay-themed ‘The Boys in the Band’ premieres Off-Broadway 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 14 1968) →