Though these ten musicals are no longer gracing Broadway, they are lovingly remembered and continue living though smaller productions and movies all around the world. These musicals have broken records or made an impact on the future of Broadway.
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FIDDLER ON THE
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OKLAHOMA! | BYE BYE BIRDIE | |
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Music -
Alan Menken |
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CATS
Director - Trevor Nunn |
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SWEENEY TODD Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Sondheim's musical masterpiece is set in darkest Victorian England and tells the infamous tale of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber who forms an enterprising business relationship with Mrs. Lovett, the proprietress of the downstairs pie shop. In this chilling and truly unique production no one leaves the stage and the players are also the show's musicians, with each of the ten actors playing at least two instruments each. It's a theatrical event that's not to be missed! It has recently been turned into a thrilling movie musical starring Johnny Depp. Music & Lyrics -
Stephen Sondheim |
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DAMN YANKEES Joe Boyd sells his soul to Mr. Applegate (the devil) for "one good long ball hitter" for his team the Washington Senators, and becomes a 22 year old sports superstar. He can escape by going back to his wife before 9 pm on the final game day, but if he doesn't Mr. Applegate keeps his soul. Damn Yankees won numerous Tony Awards in 1956, and was transformed into a movie in 1958.
Music & Lyrics ñ
Richard Adler & Jerry Ross |
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THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE The winner of six Tony Awards including Best New Musical, ìThoroughly Modern Millieî was 2002ís most awarded new show on Broadway. Based on the 1967 Oscar-winning film of the same name, this musical blockbuster takes audiences back to Manhattan at the height of the Jazz Age ñ when ìmodernsî were bobbing their hair, raising their hemlines, entering the workforce and rewriting the rules of love. Itís the story of a girl from Kansas who comes to New York City during the Roaring ë20s in search of a new life for herself.
Book ñ Richard Morris &
Dick Scanlan |
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AIDA |
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Set in the small
Russian village of Anatevka on the eve of the Russian revolution, the
show tells the humorous and heartbreaking story of the dairyman Tevye,
who is trying to maintain the simplicities of his traditional life while
his five daughters are quickly growing up. The songs are classics, the
story of Jewish life in the shtetls of old Russia has a magical warmth.
It also has been made into a movie under the same name. |
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OKLAHOMA!
Music - Richard Rodgers
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BYE BYE BIRDIE Bye Bye Birdie is one of the most captivating musical shows of our time. It is a satire done with the fondest affection, and tells the story of a rock and roll singer, Conrad Birdie, who is about to be inducted into the army. His agent concocts one final national publicity plan before Conrad's induction. Conrad will bid a typical American teen-age girl goodbye with an all-American kiss. This is the tops in imagination and good old fashion fun. Bye Bye Birdie has been created into numerous television and theater versions.
Director & Choreographer - Gower Champion |
