Video: 'On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Original Broadway Cast Highlights'
(Sunday, October 17, 1965, evening EDT) — On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, with music by Burton Lane and a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and based loosely on the 1926 play Berkeley Square, opened on Broadway tonight at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City. Continue reading ‘On a Clear Day You Can See Forever’ opens on Broadway 50 years ago tonight (Oct 17 1965)
Video: 'Porgy and Bess, 1935 silent home movie'
(Thursday, October 10, 1935, 8:10 p.m. EST) — The George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess, featuring an entire cast of classically trained African-American singers, opened tonight at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway in New York.
The leading roles were played by Todd Duncan and Anne Brown.
(Wednesday, October 5, 1955, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — The Diary of Anne Frank, a stage adaptation of the book The Diary of a Young Girl by Holocaust victim Anne Frank (1929-1945), opened tonight at the Cort Theatre on Broadway in New York.
The cast was led by Joseph Schildkraut as Otto Frank and Susan Strasberg as Anne Frank.
(Thursday, September 29, 1955, 7:30 p.m. EDT) — A View from the Bridge, a one-act version of the Arthur Miller play (later turned it into a two-act play), opened tonight on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre (now the Eugene O’Neill Theatre) in New York.
Directed by Martin Ritt,t he production starred Van Heflin as Eddie and Eileen Heckart as Beatrice.
Video: 'Carolyn Thomson - Only A Rose'
(Monday, September 21, 1925, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The Vagabond King, an operetta by Rudolf Friml in four acts, opened tonight at the Casino Theatre on Broadway in New York.
The cast was led by Dennis King as Villon and Carolyn Thomson as Katherine.
Video: 'A Chorus Line 1976 Tony Awards'
(Friday, July 25, 1975, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — The musical A Chorus Line opened tonight
on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in New York, beginning a run of 6,137 performances. Continue reading ‘A Chorus Line’ opens on Broadway 40 years ago this hour (July 25 1975)
Video: '2005 TONY Awards ~ COMPLETE'
(Sunday, June 5, 2005, 8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) — Monty Python’s Spamalot won three Tony Awards tonight at at Radio City Music Hall in New York, including best musical; the musical play The Light in the Piazza won six prizes, while Doubt was named best drama.
Video: 'The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd (21 videos)'
(Sunday, May 16, 1965, 7:10 p.m. EDT) — The musical The Roar of the Greasepaint — the Smell of the Crowd opened on Broadway tonight at the Shubert Theatre in New York City.
Video: 'Damn Yankees (OBC) - Those Were The Good Old Days'
(Thursday, May 5, 1955, 7:45 p.m. EDT) — Damn Yankees, a new musical based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop, opened tonight on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre in New York. The production starred Ray Walston (Mr. Applegate) and Gwen Verdon (Lola).
(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 in New York.
