1,179 stories by "American Musical Theater Archives"
"New York Scrapbook" was a locally produced TV series that aired on WNEW-TV (Channel 5), hosted by the wonderfully patrician and slightly gossipy (in the best way) Arlene Dahl during this er…
Cast: Sandy Duncan, Charles Kimbrough, Rosie O'Donnell, Beth Leavel, Michael Berrasse
Carroll O'Connor " President Wintergreen
Cloris Leachman " Diana Devereaux
Jack Gilford " Vice President Throttlebottom
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Book by George S. Kau…
Nick & Nora is a stylish, jazz-soaked Broadway musical comedy based on Nick and Nora Charles from Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. It blends murder mystery, screwball comedy, and 1930s sophi…
A Helluva Town was a high-energy concert celebration of Broadway's enduring love affair with New York City, conceived and directed by Richard Sabellico. Presented at the legendary Rainbow an…
Legs Diamond is a flashy, jazz-infused Broadway musical that opened in 1988.
Venue: Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) in Vienna, Austria
Dates: April 1986 performances
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Durang and Sigourney Weaver star in this comedy from 1980. Performed at the Chelsea Theatre Center
This E! Television special captures the glitz, glamour, and high-stakes excitement of opening night for the Broadway revival of Chicago. With red carpet arrivals, celebrity interviews, and b…
This special episode of ABC's Turning Point offers a behind-the-scenes look at the highly anticipated 20th Anniversary Broadway revival of Annie. The documentary follows the nationwide searc…
B Roll of the original Broadway production of Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close, George Hearn, and Alan Campbell.
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
Text by John Cameron Mitchell, music and lyrics by Stephen Trask. A defining late-1990s exploration of gender identity and post-AIDS queer expression.
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Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
Written by Noël Coward, this 1929 operetta selection reflects early 20th-century queer artistic sensibility shaped by discretion and stylized theatr…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
Music and lyrics by William Finn; book by James Lapine. A seminal Broadway work confronting queer family structures and the AIDS crisis without euphemi…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
Music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Lisa Kron. A watershed Broadway moment centering lesbian joy and self-discovery without punishment or tragedy.
Dire…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
With music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, "Bosom Buddies" reflects mid-century camp culture and the enduring alliance between theatrical women and gay men…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
A landmark 1975 Off-Broadway musical imagining a world where homosexuality simply exists without tragedy or scandal. Quietly radical for its time.
Dir…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
From The Prom, this number represents generational reclamation in modern queer storytelling. Barry is not coded. Not tragic. Not erased. He is loud, pr…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
Written by Cole Porter, this 1938 standard exemplifies early queer coding in Broadway songwriting. Through wit, ambiguity, and stylized exaggeration, P…
Recorded live at 54 Below in New York City on Monday, February 15, 2026, as part of QUEER MUSICALS: FROM BOY MEETS BOY TO JAGGED LITTLE PILL " a historical concert event examining the evolut…
Once Upon a Mattress (1971) with Carol Burnett
Richert got her big break in 1976 when she joined the national company of A Chorus Line. For two and a half years she understudied and played several roles in the production including the ro…
A native of Chicago, Richard Kiley was the rare performer who could both act and sing beautifully. A longtime favorite narrator for documentary films and broadcasts, Kiley was even featured …
Born in New York City in 1936, Marilyn Cooper was an actress best known for her work in musical comedy. She made her Broadway debut in Jule Styne and George Gilbert's musical Mr. Wonderful (…
Born in Paris on Jan. 5, 1911, as Jean-Pierre Salomons, Mr. Aumont landed his first movie role at age 20 and by the time World War II broke out, had appeared in no fewer than 24 films, inclu…
