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musicals - events| 29 October 1923 | USA | The revue Runnin' Wild, is performed for the first time, at the Colonial Theater, New York City. It includes ‘Charleston’ by Cecil Mack and James P Johnson, which launches a dance craze. | | 1946 | USA | The musical Annie Get Your Gun, with words and music by Irving Berlin, is first performed in New York City. One of its best-known songs is ‘There's No Business Like Show Business’. | | 1948 | USA | In New York City, the musical Kiss Me, Kate, with lyrics by Bella and Samuel Spewack, and music by Cole Porter, is first performed. It is based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. | | 1949 | USA | In New York City, the musical South Pacific, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein and music by Richard Rodgers, is first performed. | | 1950 | USA | The musical Guys and Dolls, by Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows, is first performed, in New York City. It is taken from the collection of stories by the US writer Damon Runyon. | | 26 September 1957 | USA | The musical West Side Story, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and music by Leonard Bernstein, is first performed, at the Winter Garden Theater, New York City. It features the songs ‘Tonight’ and ‘Maria’. | | 20 November 1966 | USA | The musical Cabaret, by John Kander and Fred Ebb, is first performed, at the Broadhurst Theater, New York City. | | 1971 | USA | The rock musical Godspell, with lyrics and music by Stephen Schwartz, opens at the Cherry Lane Theater in New York City. | | 1972 | USA | The musical Grease, with lyrics and music by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, is first performed at the Eden Theatre in New York City. Its better known songs include ‘Shakin'’ and ‘At the High School Hop’. | | 1973 | USA | The musical A Little Night Music, with lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim, is first performed, at the Shubert Theater in New York City. Based on the film Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman, it includes the song ‘Send in the Clowns’. | | 1978 | England | The musical Evita, with text by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, receives its first performance, at the Prince Edward Theatre, in London, England. The song ‘Don't Cry for Me Argentina’ becomes well known. | | 1980 | France, UK | The musical Les Misérables, with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boubil, and music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, is first performed, at the Palais des Sports in Paris, France. Its first English performance will be in 1985 in London, England. | | 1981 | UK | The musical Cats is first performed, in London, England. Written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, it is based on T S Eliot's book of poems for children Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats . One of its best-known songs is ‘Memories’. | | 1983 | USA | The musical La Cage aux Folles by Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein, is first performed, at the Palace Theater in New York City. | | 1985 | UK | The musical Les Misérables is first performed in English, at the Palace Theatre in London, England. The music is by Claude-Michel Schönberg and the lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boubil. The original French version was first performed in Paris, France in 1980. |
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