2004 Uta Hagen, actress/teacher, starred in original Broadway cast of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, dies at 84
2003 Dorothy Loudon, actress, Original Broadway production of Annie, dies at 70
2003 Al Hirschfeld, Broadway cartoonist, dies at 99
2001 Dagmar, blonde, Broadway Open House, dies at 79
2001 Sandy Baron, comic, Broadway Danny Rose, dies at 63
2000 Marguerite Churchill, actress, in Broadway's Dinner at Eight, dies at 90
1999 Douglas Leigh, Broadway sign designer, dies at 92
1999 Susan Strasberg, actress/writer, original Anne in Broadway's The Diary of Anne Frank, dies at 60
1998 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway," closes at St. James Theater New York City
1998 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway," opens at St. James Theater New York City
1997 Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale
1996 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
1995 "Danny Gans on Broadway" closes at Neil Simon New York City
1995 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 46 performances
1995 "Danny Gans on Broadway" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City
1995 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 46 performances
1995 "Broadway Limited" last train ride (began in 1902)
1995 "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 40 performances
1995 "Buttons on Broadway" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 40 performances
1994 "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!)
1994 Jule Styne, Broadway composer (Gypsy, Funny Girl), dies at 88
1994 Jay Blackton, broadway Conductor (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
1993 "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 25 performances
1993 "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances
1993 "Catskills on Broadway" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 452 performances
1992 Vivienne Segal, U.S. actress (Broadway, Pal Joey), dies at 95
1992 Alfred Drake, Broadway actor (Oklahoma), dies of heart failure at 78
1992 "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
1992 "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway
1991 "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 452 performances
1991 Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70
1991 "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater New York City
1990 "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" closes at Imperial New York City after 634 performances
1989 Richard Quine, director/actor (Babes on Broadway), dies at 68
1989 43rd Tony Awards: Heidi Chronicles and Jerome Robbin's Broadway win
1989 "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 634 performances
1988 Criterion Center Theater opens at Broadway bet 44th and 45th Sts New York City
1988 Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86
1988 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, dies at 79 of palsy
1987 "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial New York City for 4000+ performances
1986 Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound," premieres in New York City
1986 Marquis Theater opens at 1535 Broadway New York City
1986 Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway librettist, dies in New York at 67
1986 "Big Deal" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 70 performances
1986 Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87
1986 "Big Deal" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 70 performances
1985 Barbra Streisand records "Broadway Album"
1985 "King and I" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 191 performances
1985 "King and I" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 191 performances
1984 "3 Musketeers" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 9 performances
1984 "3 Musketeers" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 9 performances
1984 "Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 362 performances
1983 "Zorba" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 362 performances
1983 Lynn Fontanne, Broadway's premier actress (Emmy 1965), dies at 95
1983 "Evita" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 1568 performances
1982 "Forbidden Broadway" by/with Gerard Alessandrini premieres in New York City
1981 "Broadway Follies" opens/closes at Nederlander Theater New York City
1981 "Frankenstein" opens and closes on Broadway
1980 Linda Ronstadt opens in "Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway
1979 "Evita" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 1568 performances
1979 "Broadway Opry '79" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 6 performances
1979 Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway
1979 "Broadway Opry '79" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 6 performances
1979 "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens on Broadway
1978 "Broadway Musical" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City
1977 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
1977 Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
1977 "Guys and Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 239 performances
1976 "Guys and Dolls" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 239 performances
1976 Mark Tobey, U.S. abstract painter, (Broadway Norm), dies at 85
1976 "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 740 performances
1975 "A Chorus Line," longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres
1974 "Candide" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 740 performances
1973 "Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway
1973 Hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66
1972 Gershwin Theater (Uris) opens at 1633 Broadway New York City
1972 Circle-in the-Square Theater opens at 1633 Broadway New York City
1972 "Dude" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 16 performances
1972 "Dude" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 16 performances
1972 "Grease" opens on Broadway
1971 Dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at 60
1970 "Purlie" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 689 performances
1970 "Purlie" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 689 performances
1968 "Happy Time" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 286 performances
1968 "That's Life" premieres-A Broadway musical type TV show
1968 "Happy Time" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 286 performances
1968 "Zizi" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 49 performances
1967 "Hair" premieres on Broadway
1966 "Time for Singing" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 41 performances
1966 "Time for Singing" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 41 performances
1965 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
1965 "Baker Street" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 313 performances
1965 "Baker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 313 performances
1964 "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 49 performances
1964 "Follies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 191 performances
1964 "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 191 performances
1964 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances
1963 "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 112 performances
1963 "Tovarich" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 264 performances
1963 "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 264 performances
1962 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway
1962 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen
1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances
1961 "Kean" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances
1961 "Purlie Victorious," a farce by Ossie Davis, opens on Broadway
1961 "Gypsy" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 702 performances
1960 Oscar Hammerstein II, Broadway librettist, dies at 65
1960 Danton Walker, columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61
1960 Broadway theaters close, labor dispute between owners and Actors Equity
1959 "Gypsy" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 702 performances
1959 Richard Rogers' "No Strings" opens on Broadway
1959 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens
1958 "Body Beautiful" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 60 performances
1958 "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 60 performances
1957 Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway
1957 Faith Prince, Augusta, Georgia, Broadway actress, Guys and Dolls, Carousel
1957 "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 49 performances
1957 "Shinbone Alley" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 49 performances
1957 "Mr Wonderful" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 383 performances
1956 "Mr Wonderful" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 383 performances
1955 "No Time for Sergeants" opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith
1955 "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances
1954 "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances
1953 Betty Wright, U.S. gospel/singer/TV hostess, Little Miss Broadway
1953 "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway
1952 Broadway Tunnel opens in SF
1952 Elayne Boosler, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedienne, Broadway Baby, Party of One
1952 "Shuffle Along" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 4 performances
1952 "Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 4 performances
1952 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 15 performances
1952 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 15 performances
1951 "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 56 performances
1951 "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 56 performances
1951 "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 100 performances
1950 "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 100 performances
1949 "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway New York City after 76 performances
1949 "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway New York City for 76 performances
1947 Sally Eaton, born in Illinois, Broadway actress, Jeanie-Hair
1947 Doug Henning, Ft. Garry Manitoba, magician, Broadway play-Magic
1947 "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 111 performances
1947 Jill O'Hara, born in Warren, Pennsylvania, Broadway actress, Promises! Promises!
1946 "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 111 performances
1946 Madeleine Le Roux, Wyoming, Broadway actress, Cry Uncle
1945 Donna Theodore, Broadway singer, Hollywood Talent Scouts
1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
1944 "Anna Lucasta," opens on Broadway
1944 "Meet Me in St. Louis" opens on Broadway
1943 Fantastic Johnny C[orley], U.S. singer, Boogaloo down Broadway
1943 "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan
1942 Michael Crawford, England, Broadway star, Phantom of the Opera
1941 Wilson Pickett, born in Prattville, Alabama, R&B singer, Funky Broadway
1939 Marilyn Cooper, New York City, actress, Broadway Bound, Survivors
1938 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan and God"
1938 "Our Town," by Thornton Wilder opens on Broadway
1935 George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway
1935 Jim Dale, born in Rothwell, England, Broadway actor, Barnum, My One and Only
1934 Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist, Annie, West Side Story
1933 Jerry Herman, Broadway composer, Hello Dolly
1930 Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway New York City
1930 Ethel Mermans debuts on Broadway in "Girl Crazy"
1929 Eileen Barton, Brooklyn, singer, Broadway Open House
1928 Jerry Bock, New Haven CT, Broadway composer, Fiddler on the Roof
1926 Dagmar, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, Broadway's Open House
1926 Philip Dunning and George Abbott's "Broadway," premieres in New York City
1926 Buddy Greco, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, jazz singer, Away We Go, Broadway Open House
1926 Marguerite Piazza, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, operatic soprano, Young Broadway
1926 Virginia Weidler, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Babes on Broadway
1926 Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch
1924 "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater
1924 Ziegfeld Follies opens on Broadway
1923 "Runnin' Wild" (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway
1921 Loren Tindall, Oklahoma, actor, Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost
1920 Alexander H Cohen, New York City, Broadway producer, Beyond the Fringe
1918 "Tarzan of the Apes," 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater
1917 Dave Street, born in Los Angeles, California, actor/singer, Broadway Open House
1916 Hal Hastings, New York City, orch leader, Chevrolet on Broadway
1913 Palace Theater opens at 1564 Broadway New York City
1912 David Merrick, [Margulois], Hong Kong, Broadway producer, Hello Dolly
1912 Burton Lane, Broadway composer, Finian's Rainbow
1911 Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway New York City
1910 Dick Kollmar, Rigewood, New Jersey, actor, Broadway Spotlight, Guess What
1910 Abe Burrows, born in Brooklyn, New York, Broadway composer, Guys and Dolls 1951 TONY
1909 Alan Carney, [David Boughal], born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Zombies on Broadway
1908 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, South Pacific
1906 Fred Fehl, Austrian/US Broadway photographer
1904 Wally Brown, Malden, Massachusetts, actor, Zombies on Broadway, Girl Rush
1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St. and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Washington Senators, 6-2
1902 Frank Jenks, Des Moines, Iowa, actor, Zombies on Broadway
1902 Impresario David Belasco opens his 1st Broadway theater
1902 Judson Laire, born in New York City, actor/singer, Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue
1900 John Mason Brown, born in Louisville, Kentucky, critic, Tonight on Broadway
1899 Danton Walker, Mariette, Georgia, columnist, Broadway Spotlight
1899 Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor, Broadway Melody, Little Giant
1898 Bessie Love, born in Midland, Texas, actress, Broadway Melody, Children of Damned
1897 Vivienne Segal, Philadelphia, Broadway actress, Pal Joey
1895 1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, New York City)
1895 Juanita Hansen, born in Iowa, actress in Fast Company, Broadway Love
1894 Brooks Atkinson, drama critic, Broadway theater namesake
1894 Reginald Denham, London, Broadway director, Obsession, The Bad Seed
1893 Alfred Lunt, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Broadway actor, Emmy 1965
1893 Guthrie McClintic, born in Seattle, Washington Broadway producer/dir, Winterset
1890 Mark Tobey, U.S. abstract painter, Broadway Norm
1890 James Barton, New Jersey, Broadway actor, Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh
1885 Jerome Kern, New York City, Broadway composer, Showboat, Roberta
1884 Laurette Taylor, [Helen LM Cooney], U.S. actress, Broadway
1880 NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
1875 Eddie Pola, composer, Lullabye of Broadway
1873 Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor, Alice Adams
1872 Piet Mondriaan, born in Holland, abstract painter, Broadway Boogie Woogie
1857 Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, New York City)
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