Category Archives: Broadway

‘West Side Story’ musical opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 26 1957)

1950s, Broadway, Popular Music 1950s


Video: 'West Side Story (1957) composite'

(Thursday, September 26, 1957, 7:45 p.m. EST) — West Side Story, a musical play (music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) that explores the rivalry between two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City, opened tonight on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Continue reading ‘West Side Story’ musical opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 26 1957) →

‘Annie’ musical play opens on Broadway 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 21 1977)

1970s, Broadway


Video: 'Annie [1977] The original cast performs a medley on the Tony Awards'

(Wednesday, April 21, 1977, 6:15 p.m. EST) — The musical play Annie, based on the “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip, opened tonight on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre in New York, beginning a run of 2,377 performances. Continue reading ‘Annie’ musical play opens on Broadway 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 21 1977) →

First Tony Awards held in New York 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 6 1947)

1940s, Broadway


Video: 'Tony Awards History on Broadway Blogspot' (Apr. 6, 1947, at 2:33)

(Easter Sunday, April 6, 1947, 8:30 p.m. EST) — New York’s theatre honored twenty men and women tonight with the first presentation of the annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards for outstanding contributions to the current theatrical season. Continue reading First Tony Awards held in New York 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 6 1947) →

‘Brigadoon’ musical opens on Broadway 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 13 1947)

1940s, Broadway


Video: 'Brigadoon (Original Broadway Cast Recording)' (10 videos)

(Thursday, March 13, 1947, 8:30 p.m. EST) — The Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical Brigadoon, about a Scottish village which magically reappears once every hundred years, opened tonight on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre, where it ran for 581 performances. Continue reading ‘Brigadoon’ musical opens on Broadway 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 13 1947) →

‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ opens off-Broadway 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 7 1967)

1960s, Broadway


Video: 'You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (1967)' (14 videos)

(Tuesday, March 7, 1967, 7:30 EST) — The musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, based on the Peanuts comic strips by Charles M. Schulz with Gary Burghoff in the title role, opened tonight in New York’s Greenwich Village, beginning an off-Broadway run of 1,597 performances. Continue reading ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ opens off-Broadway 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 7 1967) →

Gwen Verdon performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 5 1967)

1960s, Broadway, Television 1960s


Video: 'GWEN VERDON- "If My Friends Could See Me Now" on The Ed Sullivan Show'

(Sunday, March 5, 1967, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — Gwen Verdon performed “If My Friends Could See Me Now” (from the Broadway musical Sweet Charity) on tonight’s CBS television variety show The Ed Sullivan Show live from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City. Continue reading Gwen Verdon performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 5 1967) →

‘With a Little Bit O’ Luck’ from ‘My Fair Lady’ performed on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 3 1957)

1950s, Broadway, Television 1950s


Video: 'The Ed Sullivan Show - Vol. 2 (Hosted by Burt Reynolds)' (March 3, 1957, at 38:23)

(Sunday, March 3, 1957, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth and Rod McLennan performed “With a Little Bit O’ Luck” from My Fair Lady on tonight’s live edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City.

‘You Can’t Take It with You’ opens on Broadway 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 1936)

1930s, Broadway


Video: 'YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU on Broadway - Montage'

(Monday, December 14, 1936, 8:40 p.m. EST) — The comedy You Can’t Take It with You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart opened tonight on Broadway at the Booth Theatre in New York City. Continue reading ‘You Can’t Take It with You’ opens on Broadway 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 1936) →

‘Candide’ musical opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 1 1956)

1950s, Broadway


Video: 'Candide (original Broadway cast)'

(Saturday, December 1, 1956, 8:00 p.m. EST) — The Leonard Bernstein musical Candide, based on the story by Voltaire, opened tonight on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre — directed by Tyrone Guthrie and conducted by Samuel Krachmalnick. Continue reading ‘Candide’ musical opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 1 1956) →

‘Bells Are Ringing’ musical opens on Broadway 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1956)

1950s, Broadway


Video: 'Bells Are Ringing (Original Broadway Cast)' (16 videos)

(Thursday, November 29, 1956, 7:30 p.m. EST) — Bells Are Ringing, a musical that revolves around Ella (Judy Holliday), who works at an answering service, and the characters that she meets there, opened tonight on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre, directed by Jerome Robbins and choreographed by Robbins and Bob Fosse.