The Broadway Theatre, showing The Color Purple, May 2007

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Designed by architect Eugene DeRosa for Benjamin S. Moss, it opened as B.S. Moss's Colony Theatre on Christmas Day 1924 as a venue for vaudeville shows and motion pictures. It was re-named Universal's Colony Theatre, B.S. Moss' Broadway Theatre, and Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre before becoming a legitimate house simply called Broadway Theatre on December 8, 1930 . (In 1937, known as Ciné Roma, it showed Italian films). The Shuberts bought it in 1939. It was renovated extensively in 1956 and 1986. The large stage (nearly sixty feet deep) and seating capacity (1761) have made it a popular theatre for musicals throughout the years. For other uses, see Architect (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... This article is about the musical variety theatre. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shubert Theatre, Boston The Shubert Organization was founded by the Shubert brothers, Sam Shubert, Lee Shubert, and Jacob J. Shubert of Syracuse, New York in the late 19th century in upstate New York, entering into New York City productions in 1900. ... The Black Crook (1866), considered by some historians to be the first musical[1] Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. ...

Notable productions

• 1930: The New Yorkers
• 1932: Troilus and Cressida
• 1939: Walt Disney's Fantasia
• 1940: Too Many Girls
• 1942: My Sister Eileen
• 1943: Lady in the Dark, Carmen Jones
• 1946: Beggar's Holiday
• 1948: The Cradle Will Rock, High Button Shoes
• 1951: Where's Charley?, Oklahoma!
• 1952: Kiss Me, Kate
• 1953: South Pacific
• 1956: Mr. Wonderful
• 1957: The Most Happy Fella; Shinbone Alley
• 1958: The Body Beautiful
• 1959: West Side Story, Gypsy
• 1960: The Music Man
• 1961: Fiorello!, Kean
• 1962: My Fair Lady, I Can Get It for You Wholesale
• 1965: Baker Street
• 1966: Funny Girl
• 1968: Cabaret
• 1969: Mame
• 1970: Fiddler on the Roof
• 1972: Dude
• 1974: Candide
• 1976: Guys and Dolls
• 1977: The Wiz
• 1978: Evita
• 1983: Zorba
• 1984: The Three Musketeers
• 1985: The King and I
• 1987: Les Misérables
• 1991: Miss Saigon
• 2002: Hairspray
• 2004: Bombay Dreams
• 2005: The Color Purple
• 2007: Wicked (musical)

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Beggars Holiday is a musical with a book and lyrics by John La Touche and music by Duke Ellington. ... The 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein was originally a part of the Federal Theatre Project. ... High Button Shoes is a musical theater production, first staged at the New Century Theatre on Broadway on October 9, 1947. ... Wheres Charley is a theatre musical with music & lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by George Abbott. ... Oklahoma! was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ... Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with a book by Samuel and Bella Spewack and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... This article is about the stage musical. ... Mr. ... The Most Happy Fella is a theater musical with music, lyrics and book by Frank Loesser. ... Shinbone Alley is a musical with a book by Joe Darion and Mel Brooks, lyrics by Darion, and music by George Kleinsinger. ... The Body Beautiful is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock. ... This article is about the musical. ... Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... This article is about the stage musical. ... Fiorello! is a Pulitzer Prize-winning 1959 Broadway musical about New York City mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, a reform Republican who took on Tammany Hall. ... Kean is a musical with a book by Peter Stone and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. ... My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, based on George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion. ... I Can Get It For You Wholesale (Broadway Musical) I Can Get It For You Wholesale qas notable as th Broadway debut of Barbara Streisand. ... Baker Street was a Broadway musical with a book by Jerome Coopersmith and music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel. ... For the film of the same name, see Funny Girl (film). ... Cabaret is a musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. ... MAME is an emulator application designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software, with the intent of preserving gaming history and preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten. ... For the film, see Fiddler on the Roof (film) Fiddler on the Roof is a well-known Tony Award-winning musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. ... Dude is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. ... For the Bernstein operetta based on the book, see Candide (operetta). ... Guys and Dolls is a musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on The Idyll Of Miss Sarah Brown, a short story by Damon Runyon. ... This article is about the stage musical. ... The cover of the 1979 American Broadway Original Cast Recording of Evita starring Patti Lupone as Eva Perón, Mandy Patinkin as Che Guevara, and Bob Gunton as Juan Peron. ... Original cast recording Revival cast recording Zorba is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. ... The Three Musketeers is a musical with a book by William Anthony McGuire, lyrics by Clifford Grey and P. G. Wodehouse, and music by Rudolf Friml. ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... Les Misérables (pronunciation ), colloquially known as Les Mis, is a musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg on a libretto by Alain Boublil. ... Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. ... This article is about Hairspray, the musical that started performances on Broadway in 2002. ... Bombay Dreams on Broadway, New York City Bombay Dreams is a Bollywood-themed musical. ... The Color Purple is a Broadway musical based upon the novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker. ... Wicked is a Tony award-winning American musical produced by Universal Pictures with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Winnie Holzman. ...

External links

• The Broadway Theatre at the Internet Broadway Database
• Broadway Theatre Venue Information at nytheatre.com, an information resource guide to theatre in New York City published by the nonprofit New York Theatre Experience, Inc.