Landmark Broadway Musicals

Show Boat to The Little Mermaid

Period: Jan 1, 1927 to Dec 31, 2008

Show Boat

Dec 27, 1927

Opened at the Zeigfeld Theatre

Anything Goes

Nov 21, 1934

Opened at the Alvin Theatre

Porgy & Bess

Oct 10, 1935

Opened at the Alvin Theatre

Oklahoma!

Mar 31, 1943

Opened at the St. James Theatre

Annie Get Your Gun

May 16, 1946

Opened at the Imperial Theatre

Damn Yankees

May 5, 1955

Opened at the 46th Street Theater

My Fair Lady

Mar 15, 1956

Opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre

West Side Story

Sep 26, 1957

Opened at the Winter Garden Theatre

The Sound of Music

Nov 16, 1959

Opened at the Lunt-Fontaine Theatre

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Oct 14, 1961

Opened at the 46th Street Theatre

Hello, Dolly!

Jan 16, 1964

Opened at the St. James Theatre

A Chorus Line

Jul 25, 1975

A Chorus Line opens at the Shubert Theatre

Into the Woods

Nov 5, 1987

Opened at the Martin Beck Theatre

Phantom of the Opera

Jan 26, 1988

Opened at the Majestic Theatre

The Lion King

Nov 13, 1997

Opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre

Ragtime

Jan 18, 1998

Opened at the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts

Wicked

Aug 30, 2003

Opened at the Gershwin Theatre

The Little Mermaid

Jan 10, 2008