October 26–November 1, 2020: Life is a banquet as Rosalind Russell opens in Auntie Mame, Idina Menzel gets Wicked, and Patrick Wilson strips in The Full Monty, and more theatrical doings this week in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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October 26–November 1, 2020: Life is a banquet as Rosalind Russell opens in Auntie Mame, Idina Menzel gets Wicked, and Patrick Wilson strips in The Full Monty, and more theatrical doings this week in history.

October 19–25, 2020: Julie Andrews returns to Broadway in Victor/Victoria, Patti LuPone returns to Broadway in Anything Goes, and Pippin and A Chorus Line both premiere on Broadway, and more in this week’s theatre history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

October 19–25, 2020: Julie Andrews returns to Broadway in Victor/Victoria, Patti LuPone returns to Broadway in Anything Goes, and Pippin and A Chorus Line both premiere on Broadway, and more in this week’s theatre history.

October 12–18, 2020: In 1965, Barbara Harris opens in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and one year and a day later she opens in The Apple Tree, for which she wins a Tony. Plus Hugh Jackman steals audiences hearts (and other organs) in The Boy From Oz, Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner become overnight stars in Side Show, and more in this weeks’ theatre history! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

October 12–18, 2020: In 1965, Barbara Harris opens in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and one year and a day later she opens in The Apple Tree, for which she wins a Tony, and more in this weeks’ theatre history!

October 5–11, 2020: Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig get sweaty in A Steady Rain, Deborah Kerr requests that when you speak of her, you’ll be kind in Tea and Sympathy, Elaine Stritch ponders—raucously—why the wrong people travel in Sail Away, and more from this week in theatre history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

October 5–11, 2020: Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig get sweaty in A Steady Rain, Deborah Kerr requests that when you speak of her, you’ll be kind in Tea and Sympathy, Elaine Stritch ponders—raucously—why the wrong people travel in Sail Away, and more..

September 28–October 4, 2020: Cats, Big Fish, Swan Lake, and non-animale titled shows opened this week in theatre history—plus premieres of musicals as varied as Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 28–October 4, 2020: Cats, Big Fish, Swan Lake, and non-animale titled shows opened this week in theatre history—plus premieres of musicals as varied as Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and more!

September 14–20, 2020: Happy birthday, Bacall! Also, Song & Dance opens, eventually winning Bernadette Peters her first Tony, and The Threepenny Opera becomes an Off-Broadway hit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 14–20, 2020: Happy birthday, Bacall! Also, Song & Dance opens, eventually winning Bernadette Peters her first Tony, and The Threepenny Opera becomes an Off-Broadway hit.

September 21-27, 2020: 20 years later, Merman returns in a revival of Annie Get Your Gun, Angela Lansbury opens in Gypsy, and Elizabeth Ashley becomes an icon in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 21-27, 2020: 20 years later, Merman returns in a revival of Annie Get Your Gun, Angela Lansbury opens in Gypsy, and Elizabeth Ashley becomes an icon in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

September 7–13, 2020: Rob McClure is Chaplin, Rent comes to an end, and Carnival in Flanders and The Man Who Reclaimed His Head both begin short Broadway runs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 7–13, 2020: Rob McClure is Chaplin, Rent comes to an end, and Carnival in Flanders and The Man Who Reclaimed His Head both begin short Broadway runs.

August 31–September 6, 2020: Sophie Tucker gets a black eye, Nathan Lane gets blacklisted, and Follies comes to concert this week in theatre history! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 31–September 6, 2020: Sophie Tucker gets a black eye, Nathan Lane gets blacklisted, and Follies comes to concert this week in theatre history!

August 24–30, 2020: Largely forgotten today but the longest-running Broadway play for two decades at one time, Lightin’ opens in 1918, while 42nd Street opens in 1980. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 24–30, 2020: Largely forgotten today but the longest-running Broadway play for two decades at one time, Lightin’ opens in 1918, while 42nd Street opens in 1980.

August 17–23, 2020: Broadway audiences hear “I Am What I Am” for the first time when La Cage Aux Folles opens at the Palace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 17–23, 2020: Broadway audiences hear “I Am What I Am” for the first time when La Cage Aux Folles opens at the Palace.

August 10–16, 2020: Hairspray and Pretty Woman both opened on Broadway this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 10–16, 2020: Hairspray and Pretty Woman both opened on Broadway this week.

August 3–9, 2020: Liza to the rescue, Hamilton settles in to the Richard Rodgers, and more in theatre history this week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 3–9, 2020: Liza to the rescue, Hamilton settles in to the Richard Rodgers, and more in theatre history this week!

July 27–August 2, 2020: Little Shop of Horrors begins Off-Broadway, Elaine Stritch joins A Little Night Music, and Avenue Q opens on Broadway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 27–August 2, 2020: Little Shop of Horrors begins Off-Broadway, Elaine Stritch joins A Little Night Music, and Avenue Q opens on Broadway.

July 20–26, 2020: A Chorus Line moves to Broadway, an all-Black revival of Guys & Dolls opens, and Moulin Rouge and Head Over Heels both celebrate their opening nights.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 20–26, 2020: A Chorus Line moves to Broadway, an all-Black revival of Guys & Dolls opens, and Moulin Rouge and Head Over Heels both celebrate their opening nights.

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