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2002 Arne Mellnas, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods
1997 Alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69 1997 "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," closes at Royale New York City after 109 performances 1997 "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," opens at Royale New York City for 109 performance 1996 Rock musical "Rent," by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway 1996 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line" 1995 Phyllis Hyman, Phyllis Linda Hyman, soul singer, songwriter, actress, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, disco genres, first solo Top Ten Hit, 'Can't We Fall In Love Again', received Tony-nomination for Broadway musical, Sophisticated Ladies, dies from suicide at 45 1994 Pieter Zaanen, architect (Musical Trade scholarship, Amsterdam), dies 1994 "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 137 performances 1993 A Websters musical "Sunset Promenade" premieres in LA 1993 "Cyrano - The Musical" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 137 performances 1993 Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor, dies at 97 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Sunset Promenade" opens in London 1993 Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy," premieres in New York City 1992 Ken Ludwig's musical "Crazy for You," premieres in New York City 1991 Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's musical premieres in New York City 1991 M Leander and E Seago's musical "Matador," premieres in London 1991 Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in New York City 1991 "Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 72 performances 1990 "Shogun - The Musical" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 72 performances 1989 C Coleman and D Zippel's musical "City of Angels," premieres in New York City 1989 George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1989 Astor Piazzolla and Wm Finn's musical "Dangerous Games" premieres in New York City 1989 Musical "Buddy" with Paul Hipp premieres in London 1989 Musical "Miss Saigon," premieres in London 1988 Vanessa Hudgens, born in Salinas, California, actress, singer, debut album, titled, 'V', certified Gold, screen debut, drama film, 'Thirteen', 2003, known for playing role of Gabriella Montez in High School Musical series 1987 Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical "Into the Stars," premieres 1985 Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in New York City 1985 Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in New York City 1984 Howard Goodall/Melvyn Bragg's musical "Hired Man," premieres in London 1984 1st London performance of musical "Stepping Out" presented 1983 Musical "Tap Dance Kid" with H Battle premieres in New York City 1983 David Shire and R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby," premieres in New York City 1983 E Bernstein, Levinson and Link's musical "Merlin" premieres in New York City 1982 Menken and Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors," premieres in New York City 1982 T Macauly and D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London 1982 Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in New York City 1982 Musical "Pump Boys and Dinettes," premieres in New York City 1981 Harry Krieger/Tom Eyen's musical "Dreamgirls," premieres in New York City 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber/T.S. Eliot's musical "Cats", premieres in London 1981 William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in New York City 1981 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in New York City 1980 Gower Champion's musical "42nd Street," premieres in New York City 1980 "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 15 performances 1980 "Musical Chairs" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 15 performances 1979 Peter Shaffers musical "Amadeus," premieres in London 1979 A. L. Webber musical "Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," premieres 1979 J McHugh and A Malvin's musical "Sugar Babies," premieres in New York City 1979 Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in New York City 1978 "Broadway Musical" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City 1978 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Ballroom," premieres in New York City 1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rice's musical "Evita," premiers in London 1978 Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in New York City 1978 Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in New York City 1978 Coleman, Comden and Green's musical premieres in New York City 1977 C Strouse and M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in New York City 1977 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Side by Side" premieres in New York City 1977 Shakira, born in Barranquilla, Columbia, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, Latin American musical prodigy 1976 Holgate, Kemp and Lopez' musical premieres in New York City 1976 "Donny and Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV 1976 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures," premieres in New York City 1976 "Musical Jubilee" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 92 performances 1975 "Musical Jubilee" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 92 performances 1975 Hamlisch and Klebans musical "Chorus Line" premieres in New York City 1975 Gary Geld and Peter Udell's musical "Shenandoah," premieres in New York City 1974 Stephen Schwartz' musical "Magic Show," premieres in New York City 1974 Styne, Comdem and Green's musical "Lorelei," premieres in New York City 1974 E Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come," premieres in New York City 1973 "Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS TV 1973 Judd Woldon and Robert Brittens musical "Raisin," premieres in New York City 1973 "2 Gentlemen of Verona," musical opens in London 1973 Steven Sondheim's musical "Little Night Music," premieres in New York City 1973 Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in New York City 1971 Fenholt and Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar," premieres in New York City 1971 Stephen Schwartz' musical "Godspell," premieres off-Broadway 1971 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies," premieres in New York City 1970 R Rodgers/M Charnins musical "Two by Two," premieres in New York City 1970 Strouse, Adams, Comden and Green's musical "Applause," premieres in New York City 1970 Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam 1969 J. Bock and S. Harnicks musical "Rothschilds," premieres in New York City 1969 Michael Grant, vocalist, Musical Youth 1968 Burt Bacharach/Hal David's musical premieres in New York City 1968 John Kander/Fred Ebbs musical "Zorba," premieres in New York City 1968 "That's Life" premieres-A Broadway musical type TV show 1968 Hill, Hawkins and Coghill's musical premieres in London 1968 Hester and Appolinar's musical "Your Own Thing," premieres in New York City 1967 MacDermot, Ragni and Rado's musical "Hair," premieres in New York City 1967 Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, premieres in New York City 1966 Neil Simons, Coleman and Fields' musical "Sweet Charity," premieres 1965 Chuckii Booker, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, singer, songwriter, bandleader, rhythm and blues artist, musical director, recorded and produced with Barry White, Janet Jackson 1965 D Heneker and J Taylor's musical "Charlie Girl," premieres in London 1965 "King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV 1963 Jerry Bock and S Harnick's musical "She Loves Me," premieres in New York City 1963 David Hendon and Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London 1962 Simon/Coleman/Leigh's musical "Little Me," premieres in New York City 1962 Musical, "Mr President," written by Irving Berlin, opens on Bdwy 1962 Richard Rodger's musical "No Strings," premieres in New York City 1962 Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin" 1961 Styne/Comden/Green's musical "Subways are for Sleeping," premieres 1961 Bricusse and Newley's musical "Stop the world I want to ...," premieres 1960 Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres in New York City 1960 Coleman/Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in New York City 1960 Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks," premieres in New York City 1960 Lionel Bart's musical "Fings ain't wot they used t'be," premieres 1959 Bob Merrill's musical "Take me Along," premieres in New York City 1959 "Duke" Ellington wins Springarn Medal for his musical achievements 1959 Johnson and Bart's musical "Lock up your daughters," premieres in London 1959 Rodgers and Barer's musical "Once upon a mattress," premieres in New York City 1958 Musical show "Valmouth," 1st produced in London 1957 Bernstein and Sondheim's musical "West Side Story," premieres in New York City 1957 Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway 1957 Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town," premieres in New York City 1956 Dolf de Vries, Dutch musical/director/arranger, Josephine 1956 Gene de Paul/John Meyer's musical "Li'l Abner," premieres in New York City 1956 Frank Loesser's musical "Most Happy Fella," premieres in New York City 1956 Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London 1956 Musical "Mr Wonderful" with Sammy Davis, Jr. premieres in New York City 1954 Harold Arlen/Truman Capotes musical premieres in New York City 1954 Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical, dies at 81 in Paris, France 1954 Sandy Wilson's musical "Boyfriend," premieres in London 1953 J. Styne/B. Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg," premieres in New York City 1952 Zoltan Kocsis, born in Budapest, Hungary, composer, pianist, conductor, musical director, Hungarian National Philharmonic 1951 Sammy Fain/EY Harburg's musical "Flahooley," premieres in New York City 1950 Cole Porter's musical "Out of this World," premieres in New York City 1950 Phyllis Hyman, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Phyllis Linda Hyman, soul singer, songwriter, actress, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, disco genres, first solo Top Ten Hit, 'Can't We Fall In Love Again', received Tony-nomination for Broadway musical, Sophisticated Ladies 1950 Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song 1949 Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's musical premieres in New York City 1949 Kate Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, singer, songwriter, musical family members include Alex, Livingston, Hugh and James, albums include Sister Kate, Kate Taylor, famous hit 'It's In His Kiss' 1948 Barbara Dickson, born in Dunfermline, Scotland, singer, actress, won two, Olivier Awards, musical hits include song 'I Know Him So Well' 1948 1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90 1948 20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC 1947 Bob Hilliard/Carl Sigman's musical "Angel in Wings," premieres in New York City 1947 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "Allegro," premieres in New York City 1947 Julie Styne and Sam Cohn's musical "High Button Shoes," premieres in New York City 1947 "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London 1947 Bill Fontana, born in Cleveland, Ohio, composer, sound art pioneer, created sounds sculptures in 1976, using urban surroundings as a source of musical information, to evoke visual imagery 1947 Ian Gomm, born in Chiswick, West London, songwriter, singer, guitarist, considered 'Best Rhythm Guitarist' by New Musical Express Magagine, 1971 1947 Jim Nollman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated from Tufts University, composer, musical theater, conceptual artist, environmental activist, recorded interspecies music with wolves, whales, dolphins, deer, elk, desert rats 1946 Noel Cowards musical "Pacific 1860," premieres in London 1946 Musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in New York City 1946 Rome/Auerbach/Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister," premieres in New York City 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway 1945 S Romberg, H&D Fields' musical premieres in New York City 1944 Leonard Bernstein's musical "On the Town," premieres in New York City 1944 Jonathan King, born in London, England, Kenneth George King, singer, songwriter, pop music producer, wrote song 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon', successful writer, producer for other musical artists 1944 Harold Arlen/ET Harburgs musical premieres in New York City 1944 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise) 1944 Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in New York City 1943 Albert Lee, born in Leominster, Herefordshire, Grammy-award winning English guitarist, musical director, celebrated finger-style and hybrid picking technique, played with the Crickets 1943 Weill/Perelman/Nash' musical "One Touch of Venus," premieres in New York City 1943 James Levine, musical conductor, Tosca, dir, Metropolitan Opera 1943 Hugh Davies, born in Exmouth, England, composer, musicologist, invented musical instruments from household items, 1970's member of the Artist Placement Group 1942 Irving Berlin's musical "This is the Army," premieres in New York City 1942 Musical "Star and Garter," premieres in New York City 1941 Cole Porters musical "Let's Face It," premieres in New York City 1941 H Martin/R Blanes musical "Best Foot Forward," premieres in New York City 1941 Joe Butler, rocker, drummer, vocalist, founding member of The Lovin' Spoonful, performed in musical production of Hair 1941 John Gould, British composer/musical comic 1940 Pete Brown, born in Ashtead, England, poet, lyricist, musical producer, worked with The Battered Ornaments, created Pete Brown & Piblokto! 1940 Cole Porters musical "Panama hattie," premieres in New York City 1940 Duke, Latouche and Felter's musical premieres in New York City 1940 Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase," premieres in New York City 1940 Lewis and Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show," premieres in New York City 1939 Cole Porter's musical "Du Barry was a Lady," premieres in New York City 1939 Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen's musical "George White's Scandals" premieres 1938 Noel Coward's musical "Operette," premieres in London 1937 Pro-labor musical revue "Pins and Needles" opens, produced by ILGWU 1936 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in New York City 1935 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Jumbo," premieres in New York City 1935 Cole Porters musical "Jubilee," premieres in New York City 1934 Vernon Duke and James Hanley's musical premieres in New York City 1934 Arlen, Ira Gershwin and Harburgs musical premieres in New York City 1933 Arne Mellnas, born in Stockholm, Sweden, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods 1932 Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee," premieres in New York City 1932 Per Norgard, born in Gentofte, Denmark, composer, famous 20th century Danish composer, music features use of infinity series for serializing melody, harmony, rhythm in musical composition 1932 Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in New York City 1931 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Bdwy 1931 Warren, Dixon and Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in New York City 1931 Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with T/J Dorsey premieres in New York City 1930 Cole Porter's musical "NYCers," premieres in New York City 1930 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Evergreen," premieres in London 1930 Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in New York City 1930 Musical "Sweet and Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in New York City 1930 George Gershwin/Walter Donaldsons musical premieres in New York City 1930 Julian Slade, born in London, England, writer, best-known work 'Salad Days', UK's longest running musical 1929 Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up and Dream," premieres in New York City 1929 G Kaufman and R Lardner's musical "June Moon," premieres in New York City 1929 Luc Ferrari, born in Paris, France, composer, concentrated on musical composition, collaborated with Pierre Schaeffer from 1957 - 1966, extended notion of abstract music, interested in breaking barriers that force musical tradition 1929 "New Moon" musical opens in London 1929 BG DeSylva and Lew Brown's musical "Follow Thru," premieres in New York City 1928 Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in New York City 1928 George and Ira Gershwin's musical "Treasure Girl," premieres in New York City 1928 Cole Porter and E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in New York City 1928 Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in New York City 1928 Stothard, Kalmar and Ruby's musical "Good Boy," premieres in New York City 1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen, born in Germany, composer, worked with electronic music, musical spatialization 1928 Noel Coward's musical "This Year of Grace," premieres in London 1928 Rudolph Friml's musical "Three Musketeers," premieres in New York City 1928 Alan Fluck, musical educationalist 1928 Mitch Leigh, born in Brooklyn, New York, Irwin Michnick, graduated from Yale, composer, musical theater composer, theatrical producer, known for show Man Of La Mancha, composed jingle 'Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee' 1928 G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie," premieres in New York City 1927 J McHugh and D Fields' musical "Delmar's Revels," premieres in New York City 1927 Rodgers and Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in New York City 1927 Sigmund Romberg's musical "My Maryland," premieres in New York City 1927 B. G. DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in New York City 1926 Earle Brown, born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, composer, known for reviving interest in classical music with musical improvisation, creating formal and notational systems, and open forum style of muscial construction 1926 George Gershwin's musical "Oh, Kay," premieres in New York City 1926 Bill Justis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, musician, musical arranger, rock and roll pioneer, celebrated for Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" and Australian hit "Tamoure" 1926 Richard Rodgers and L Hart's musical "Girl Friend," premieres in New York City 1925 George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in New York City 1925 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City 1924 George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in New York City 1923 H Tierney/J McCarthy's musical "Kid Boots," premieres in New York City 1923 Andre Charlot's musical "Rats," premieres in London 1922 George Cohan's musical "Little Nellie Kelly," premieres in New York City 1922 Goodman and Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City 1922 Albert von Tilzer and Neville Fleesons musical premieres in New York City 1921 Z Parenteau and Schuyler Green's musical "Kiki," premieres in New York City 1921 Ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in New York City 1921 Nelson Riddle, Oradell, New Jersey, musical conductor, Batman, Frank Sinatra 1921 "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in New York City 1920 Jerome Kern/BG DeSylva's musical "Sally," premieres in New York City 1919 H Tierney and J McCarthy's musical "Irene," premieres in New York City 1919 B. C. Hilliams musical "Buddies," premieres in New York City 1919 Romberg and Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City 1919 Louis Hirsch and Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in New York City 1919 Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady," premieres in New York City 1918 Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in New York City 1918 Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank," premieres in New York City 1918 H. Carroll and J. McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!," premieres in New York City 1918 H Atteridge and S Rombergs musical "Sinbad," premieres in New York City 1918 Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse's musical premieres in New York City 1917 Hirsch/Harbach's musical "Going Up," premieres in New York City 1917 Jo Stafford, born in California, American pop and jazz singer, pioneer of modern musical parody 1917 Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!," premieres in New York City 1916 I Berlin/V Herbert/H Blossoms musical premieres in New York City 1916 Oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London 1916 Romberg/Hanley/Atteridge/Smith' musical premieres in New York City 1915 Irving Berlin and Harry B Smith's musical premieres in New York City 1915 J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in New York City 1915 Herbert/Blossoms musical "Princess Pat," premieres in New York City 1915 Sydney, Kern and Smith's musical "Love o' Mike," premieres in New York City 1914 Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step," premieres in New York City 1914 Jerome Kern and Michael E Rourles musical premieres in New York City 1914 James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu," premieres in New York City 1914 Kelman/Cushing/Heath' musical "Sari," premieres in New York City 1913 Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl," premieres in New York City 1912 R Friml/O Harbachs musical "Firefly," premieres in New York City 1912 Jimmy Jewel, born in Sheffield, England, James Arthur Thomas J. Marsh, comedian, television, film actor, appeared in film 'The Krays', musical drama 'Casualty' 1911 Leslie J Stuarts musical "Betsy," premieres in New York City 1911 Ivan Caryll's musical "Pink Lady," premieres in New York City 1908 Oscar Strauss' musical "Der tapfere Soldat," premieres in Vienna 1907 George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town," premieres in New York City 1907 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired 1906 V Herbert and H Blossom's musical "Red Mill," premieres in New York City 1906 Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor," premieres in New York City 1906 George Cohan's musical "George Washington," premieres in New York City 1905 V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in New York City 1905 Hubbell, Shubert and Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in New York City 1904 Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan) 1904 George Cohans musical "Little Johnny Jones," premieres in New York City 1903 V Herbert and H Smith' musical "Babette," premieres in New York City 1901 George Cohan's musical "Governor's Son," premieres in New York City 1898 Victor Herbert/Harry Smith' musical premieres in New York City 1897 Gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of New York City," premieres in New York City 1897 John McNally's musical "Good Mr. Best," premieres in New York City 1897 Henry Dixon Cowell, born in Menlo Park, California, composer, New Musical Resources 1896 Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor 1896 Sidney Jones and Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London 1894 Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City 1886 Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia 1884 Dixey, Rice and Gill's musical "Adonis," premieres in New York City 1883 Musical "Cordelia's Aspirations" premieres in New York City 1873 Colette, born in Yonee, France, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical 1830 Hans von Bulow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer, Figaro |
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