42nd Street (musical)

42nd Street is a hugely successful Broadway stage musical, loosely based on the movie of the same name. It also contains songs from certain other Busby Berkeley 1930s movies; the number featuring a rotating human kaleidoscope reflected in a huge oblique overhead mirror finishes parenting the musical with the great choreographer's work. The musical is generally considered among the most successful productions in the history of Broadway theater.

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Broadway - Stage - Musical - Movie - Busby Berkeley - 1930s - Kaleidoscope

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The musical premiered in 1980 at New York City's Winter Garden Theatre. Produced by David Merrick, the original cast included Jerry Orbach, who played the role of musical director Julian Marsh.

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1980 - New York City - Winter Garden Theatre - David Merrick - Jerry Orbach

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42nd Street won the Tony Awards for Choreography (Gower Champion) and Best Musical. It also was nominated for Tony awards for Actor (Featured Role—Musical, Lee Roy Reams), Actress (Featured Role—Musical, Wanda Richert), Book (Musical, Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble), Costume Designer (Theoni V. Aldredge), Director (Gower Champion), and Lighting Designer (Tharon Musser).

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Tony Award - Choreography - Gower Champion - Michael Stewart - Lighting Designer

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42nd Street was revived in 2001, at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts (which, in a slight marketing gimmick, is actually on 42nd Street in New York City, unlike the Winter Garden on Broadway at 50th). The revival was produced by Joop van den Ende. In the original cast, Michael Cumpsty played the Julian Marsh role, and Christine Ebersole played Dorothy Brock. This revival closed on January 2, 2005 after playing 31 previews, 1524 regular performances, and one Actors' Fund performance.

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Revived - 2001 - 42nd Street - New York City - Joop van den Ende

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The revival won Tonys for best Actress in a Musical (Christine Ebersole) and best Musical Revival. It also was nominated for the awards for Actress (Featured Role—Musical, two nominations, (Kate Levering and Mary Testa), Choreographer (Randy Skinner), Costume Designer (Roger Kirk), Director (Musical, Mark Bramble), and Lighting Designer (Paul Gallo).

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Tony - Kate Levering

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