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1 month ago | playbill.com | Margaret Hall |Marc Franklin

On April 11, 2010, Million Dollar Quartet opened at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre. With original concept by Floyd Mutrux and book by Mutrux and Colin Escott, Million Dollar Quartet tells the story of a legendary night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash participated in a jam session at Sun Records in Memphis.

1 month ago | playbill.com | Margaret Hall |Marc Franklin

Today in theatre history:On April 8, 2010, The Addams Family opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The production, directed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch with choreography by Sergio Trujillo, played 34 previews and 722 performances before closing on December 31, 2011, earning two Tony nominations including Best Original Score.

2 months ago | playbill.com | Andrew Gans |Marc Franklin

Lorraine Hansberry's seminal drama A Raisin in the Sun, which tells the story of a Black family in Chicago, opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre March 11, 1959.

Nov 11, 2024 | playbill.com | Margaret Hall |Marc Franklin

The Al Hirschfeld Theatre, currently home to Moulin Rouge!, turns 100 today. The theatre, which opened November 11, 1924 as the Martin Beck Theatre, is the westernmost Broadway theatre still operating within the midtown Broadway theatre district. Designed by architect G. Albert Lansburgh, the large, grandiose venue is located just west of Eighth Avenue at 302 West 45th Street. Renamed for celebrity caricaturist Al Hirschfeld in 2003, the theatre remains one of the most unique theatres on Broadway.

May 23, 2024 | playbill.com | Margaret Hall |Marc Franklin

May 23 marks the 103rd anniversary of Shuffle Along's premiere on Broadway, which changed the Main Stem forever. The musical revue broke ground as the first all-Black musical hit on Broadway, and helped to usher in the Harlem Renaissance, kickstarting the careers of a wide range of Black artists. Following a tour through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Shuffle Along premiered on Broadway May 23, 1921.