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The Black Crook, which ran from 1866 to 1868, was the first Broadway show to run for over one year. This is a list of shows that have held the record for being the longest-running show (including straight plays and musicals) on Broadway since 1853. A few probable longest-running plays prior to 1853 are also listed.
In 2013, Top Girls made Entertainment Weekly's list of the "50 Greatest Plays of the Past 100 Years". Also in 2013, Top Girls was featured in Lucy Kerbel's book of 100 Great Plays for Women. Kerbel had written the book in response to many of her theatre colleagues saying that "There just aren't any good plays for women".
Nominated for six Tonys, winning four. A "dance play", the musical has no lyrics and used pre-recorded music. Crazy for You: 1992 George Gershwin: Ira Gershwin: Ken Ludwig: 1992: 1993: Nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning three. Damn Yankees: 1955 Richard Adler: Jerry Ross: George Abbott, Douglass Wallop: 1956: Nominated for nine Tony Awards ...
This is a selected list of the longest-running musical theatre productions in history divided into two sections. The first section lists all Broadway and West End productions of musicals that have exceeded 2,500 performances, in order of greatest number of performances in either market. The second section lists, in alphabetical order, musicals ...
Year Writer(s) Tony Olivier Notes; All the Way: 2012 Robert Schenkkan: 2014: Won both Tony Awards for which it was nominated. Amadeus: 1979 Peter Shaffer: 1981: Nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning five. Angels in America: Millennium Approaches: 1991 Tony Kushner: 1993: Nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning four. Angels in America ...
A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her once-prosperous situation to move into a shabby apartment in New Orleans rented by her younger sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley.
Juliet Capulet, the 13-year-old daughter of Capulet, is the play's female protagonist. Tybalt is a cousin of Juliet, the nephew of Lady Capulet. The Nurse is Juliet's personal attendant and confidante. Rosaline is Lord Capulet's niece, Romeo's love in the beginning of the story. Peter, Sampson, and Gregory are servants of the Capulet household.
The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2,500 years. While performative elements are present in every society, it is customary to acknowledge a distinction between theatre as an art form and entertainment, and theatrical or performative elements in other activities. The history of theatre is primarily concerned ...