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May 23, 2020: Hadestown began its road to Tony Awards glory when it opened Off-Broadway in 2016. May 23, 2020

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May 23, 2020: Hadestown began its road to Tony Awards glory when it opened Off-Broadway in 2016.

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May 22, 2020: Laurence Olivier, whose name became synonymous with the British theatre, was born in 1907. May 22, 2020

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May 22, 2020: Laurence Olivier, whose name became synonymous with the British theatre, was born in 1907.

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May 21, 2020: Light the lights, because Gypsy made its Broadway debut in 1959! May 21, 2020

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May 21, 2020: Light the lights, because Gypsy made its Broadway debut in 1959!

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May 20, 2020: Forever Plaid materialized Off-Broadway in 1990. May 20, 2020

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May 20, 2020: Forever Plaid materialized Off-Broadway in 1990.

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May 19, 2020: Bravo Giovanni, about a restaurateur’s inventive efforts to beat his competition, opened in 1962. May 19, 2020

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May 19, 2020: Bravo Giovanni, about a restaurateur’s inventive efforts to beat his competition, opened in 1962.

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May 18, 2020: Broadway said goodbye (for a very short time) to Les Miserables in 2003 May 18, 2020

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May 18, 2020: Broadway said goodbye (for a very short time) to Les Miserables in 2003

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May 17, 2020: Godspell took it “Day by Day” Off-Broadway in 1971 May 17, 2020

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May 17, 2020: Godspell took it “Day by Day” Off-Broadway in 1971

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May 16, 2020: Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition—Ethel Merman opened in Annie Get Your Gun today in 1946. May 16, 2020

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May 16, 2020: Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition—Ethel Merman opened in Annie Get Your Gun today in 1946.

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May 15, 2020: Vivien Leigh became an overnight sensation with the West End opening of The Mask of Virtue in 1935. May 15, 2020

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May 15, 2020: Vivien Leigh became an overnight sensation with the West End opening of The Mask of Virtue in 1935.

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May 14, 2020: Gwen Verdon and Thelma Ritter opened in New Girl in Town, the 1957 musical adaptation of Anna Christie. May 14, 2020

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May 14, 2020: Gwen Verdon and Thelma Ritter opened in New Girl in Town, the 1957 musical adaptation of Anna Christie.

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