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1776 (musical)
1776 is a 1969 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and book by Peter Stone, dramatizing the Second Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence. It won five Tonys including Best Musical, ran over 1,200 performances, and was filmed in 1972.
Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
Annie Get Your Gun: 1946 Irving Berlin Broadway musical (book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields) about sharpshooters Annie Oakley and Frank Butler; 1,147-performance original run, 1950 MGM film, revised 1999 Peters revival.
Brigadoon
Brigadoon is a 1947 Lerner and Loewe musical about a Scottish village that reappears one day every hundred years. Opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre for 581 performances; 1954 MGM film with Gene Kelly; no major Broadway revival since 1980.
Camelot (musical)
Camelot (Lerner and Loewe musical): 1960 Broadway musical adapted from T. H. White's The Once and Future King, with Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, and Robert Goulet; 873 performances, Kennedy "brief shining moment" association, 1967 film, and 2023 Sorkin revival.
Crazy for You (musical)
Crazy for You is a 1992 Gershwin musical comedy with book by Ken Ludwig, suggested by Girl Crazy (1930). It ran 1,622 Broadway performances at the Shubert, won the 1992 Tony for Best Musical and the 1993 Olivier.
Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees: 1955 Broadway musical by Adler and Ross, book by Abbott and Wallop from the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant; Faust story about a fan selling his soul so the Senators beat the Yankees; 1,019 performances, seven Tonys, 1958 film, 1994 and 2027 revivals.
Funny Girl (musical)
Funny Girl is a 1964 Broadway musical comedy by Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Isobel Lennart about Fanny Brice. It starred Barbra Streisand, ran 1,348 performances, won no Tonys, and got its first Broadway revival in 2022.
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls is a 1950 Broadway musical comedy with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, and a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on a 1933 story by Damon Runyon.
Gypsy (musical)
Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a 1959 Broadway musical by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, and Stephen Sondheim based on Gypsy Rose Lee's memoirs, starring Ethel Merman as Mama Rose, with five Broadway revivals including the 2024 Audra McDonald production.
Hello, Dolly! (musical)
Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 Broadway musical comedy by Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart, adapted from Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, originated by Carol Channing, running 2,844 performances, winning 10 Tonys, and filmed in 1969 with Barbra Streisand.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: 1961 Frank Loesser/Abe Burrows Broadway musical satire based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book, starring Robert Morse, winner of seven Tonys and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate is Cole Porter's 1948 Broadway musical comedy, book by Sam and Bella Spewack, adapting The Taming of the Shrew as a backstage play-within-a-play; first Best Musical Tony winner, 1,077 performances, revived on Broadway in 1999 and 2019.
Of Thee I Sing
Of Thee I Sing: 1931 Broadway satirical musical comedy by George and Ira Gershwin with Kaufman and Ryskind; first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 441 performances at the Music Box Theatre.
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! is a 1943 Broadway musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, adapted from Lynn Riggs's play Green Grow the Lilacs; its title song became Oklahoma's state song in 1953.
Oliver!
Oliver! is Lionel Bart's 1960 British musical based on Dickens's Oliver Twist, premiered at the New Theatre, running 2,618 performances, adapted into an Oscar-winning 1968 film and revived at the Gielgud Theatre from 2024.
Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress: 1959 musical comedy by Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller, adapting The Princess and the Pea; Carol Burnett's star-making Winnifred role, later revived on Broadway in 1996 and 2024 with Sutton Foster.
Peter Pan (1954 musical)
Peter Pan (1954 musical): Broadway musical by Mark Charlap, Carolyn Leigh, Jule Styne, Comden and Green, directed by Jerome Robbins, starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard; 152 performances at the Winter Garden and a record 65-million-viewer NBC telecast.
She Loves Me
She Loves Me is a 1963 Broadway musical comedy by Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock, and Sheldon Harnick, based on Miklós László's play Parfumerie, about feuding Budapest perfume-shop clerks who are secret pen pals; revived on Broadway in 1993 and 2016.
Show Boat
Show Boat, 1927 Broadway musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II from Edna Ferber's novel, opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre December 27, 1927, ran 572 performances, and is regarded as the pioneering integrated book musical.
South Pacific (musical)
South Pacific is a 1949 Broadway musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, set on an island during World War II.
The King and I
The King and I (no native-script form; English title) is the 1951 Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway musical, based on Margaret Landon's novel, about Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut of Siam, starring Yul Brynner and adapted to a 1956 film.
The Pajama Game
The Pajama Game is a 1954 Broadway musical by Adler and Ross, book by Abbott and Bissell from the novel 7½ Cents, about a pajama factory strike; 1,063 performances, 1955 Tony for Best Musical, 1957 Doris Day film.