Broadway theatre Timeline of Events

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Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

Timeline of Events

1948

12.30.1948

The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.

1955

6.7.1955

Lux Radio Theater signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.

1968

4.29.1968

The controversial musical ''Hair'' opens on Broadway.

1983

2.22.1983

The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.