1990s Stage Chronology

Stage Chronology:
The 1990s
Compiled by John Kenrick
(Copyright 2000)

All shows listed are book musicals and all dates are for Broadway openings unless otherwise noted.

KEY
Show Title (Genre/City), Opening Date, Theatre, Number of Performances

1990

Mamma, I Want to Sing Part II (Off), 2/2/1990, Heckscher, ??
Rothschilds, The (R-Off), 2/25/1990, American Jewish, 56
Sound of Music, The (R), 3/8/1990, NY State (NY City Opera Co.), 60
Golden Apple, The (R-Off), 3/23/1990, York Theater Co., 23
Once On This Island (Off), 4/6/1990, Playwright's Horizons, 60
Aspects of Love, 4/8/1990, Broadhurst, 377 perfs + 22 pvws
Truly Blessed, 4/22/1990, Longacre, 33 perfs + 12 pvws
Rothschilds, The (R-Moved-Off), 4/27/1990, Circle in the Square Downtown, 379
Change In The Heir, A, 4/29/1990, Edison, 17 perfs + 23 pvws
Forever Plaid (Revue-Off), 5/4/1990, Steve McGraw's, 1811
Smoke on the Mountain (Off), 5/10/1990, Lambs, 452 perfs + 11 pvws
Troubador (Off), 5/18/1990, Riverwest, 16 perfs + 3 pvws
Hannah . . . 1939 (Off), 5/19/1990, Vineyard, 39
Into the Woods (London), 9/25/1990, Phoenix, 186
Falsettoland (Off), 6/8/1990, Playwrights Horizons, 77
Life, The, (Showcase-Off), 7/28/1990, Westbeth, 13 perfs + 6 pvws
Little Night Music, A (R), 8/3/1990, NY State (NY City Opera Co.), 11
Street Scene (R), 9/7/1990, NY State (NY City Opera Co.), 6
Falsettoland (Moved-Off), 9/14/1990, Lucille Lortel, 165
Michael Feinstein (Concert-Return), 10/2/1990, Booth, 30
Closer Than Ever (Revue-Off), 10/17/1990, Cherry Lane, 288 perfs + 24 pvws
Once On This Island (Moved), 10/18/1990, Booth, 469 perfs + 19 pvws
Oh Kay! (R), 11/1/1990, Richard Rodgers, 112
Those Were the Days (Revue), 11/7/1990, Edison, 142
Fiddler on the Roof (R), 11/11/1990, Gershwin, 241 perfs + 14 pvws
Harry Connick Jr. (Concert), 11/23/1990, Lunt-Fontanne, 13
Shogun, 11/29/1990, Marquis, 72 perfs + 18 pvws
Peter Pan (R), 12/13/1990, Lunt-Fontanne, 48
Assassins (Off), 12/18/1990, Playwrights Horizons, 71

1991

I Can Get It For You Wholesale (Off), 2/23/1991, American Jewish, 59
And the World Goes Round (Revue-Off), 3/5/1991, Westside, 408 pvws + 15 pvws
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A (R-Off), 3/22/1991, York Theatre Co., 26
Miss Saigon, 4/11/1991, Broadway, 4097 perfs + 97 pvws
Pageant (R-Off), 4/23/1991, Blue Angel, 462 perfs + 10 pvws
Secret Garden, 4/25/1991, St. James, 706 perfs + 22 pvws
Gypsy (R-Return), 4/28/1991, Marquis, 105 perfs + 12 pvws
Will Rogers Follies*, 5/1/1991, Palace, 983 perfs + 34 pvws
Collette Collage (Off), 5/3/1991, Theatre at St. Peters, 28
Song of Singapore (Off), 5/7/1991, Irving Place, 459 perfs + 18 pvws
Prom Queens Unchained (Off), 6/7/1991, Village Gate, 57 perfs + 27 pvws
Little Night Music, (R-Off), 7/9/1991, NY State (NY City Opera), 7
Most Happy Fella, The (R-Off), 9/4/1991, NY State (NY City Opera), 10
Return the the Forbidden Planet (Off), 9/27/1991, Variety Arts, 210 perfs (approx.)
Ruthless (Off), 10/16/1991, Musical Theater Works, 12
Brigadoon (R-Off), 11/7/1991, NY State (NY City Opera), 12
Peter Pan (R), 11/27/1991, Minskoff, 48
Nick & Nora, 12/8/1991, Marquis, 9 perfs + 71 pvws

1992

Most Happy Fella, The (R), 1/13/1992, Booth, 229 perfs + 23 pvws
Chess (R-Off), 1/29/1992, Master, 83 perfs + 4 pvws
Crazy For You*, 2/19/1992, Shubert, 1622
Opal (Off), 3/4/1992, Lambs, 63
Ruthless! (Moved-Off), 3/13/1992, Players, 302 perfs + 40 pvws
Gunmetal Blues (Off), 3/27/1992, Theatre Off Park, 46
Guys & Dolls (R), 4/14/1992, Martin Beck, 1144
Metro, 4/16/1992, Minskoff, 13 perfs + 24 pvws
Five Guys Named Moe (Revue), 4/18/1992, Eugene O'Neill, 445 perfs + 19 pvws
Eating Raoul (Off), 4/21/1992, Union Square, 14 perfs + 24 pvws
High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club, The, 4/22/1992, Helen Hayes, 14 perfs + 18 pvws
Man of La Mancha (R), 4/24/1992, Marquis, 108 perfs + 28 pvws
Jelly's Last Jam, 4/26/1992, Virginia, 569 perfs + 25 pvws
Falsettoes, 4/29/1992, John Golden, 487 perfs + 33 pvws
Balancing Act (Off), 6/2/1992, Westside, 56 perfs + 16 pvws
Grand Hotel (London), 7/4/1992, Dominion, 135
Anna Karenina, 8/26/1992, Circle in the Square, 46 perfs + 18 pvws
Oba Oba '93, 9/10/1992, Marquis, 22 perfs + 22 pvws
A...My Name is Still Alice (Revue-Off), 10/13/1992, Second Stage, 84 perfs
Sheik of Avenue B, The (Revue-Off), 10/28/1992, Town Hall, 54 perfs
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! (Revue-Off), 11/24/1992, Circle in the Square Downtown, 235 perfs + 9 pvws
My Favorite Year, 12/10/1992, Vivian Beaumont, 37 perfs + 44 pvws
Tommy Tune Tonite!, 12/27/1992, Gershwin, 10 perfs + 10 pvws

1993

Putting It Together (Revue-Off), 3/2/1993, Manhattan Theatre Club, 93 perfs
Goodbye Girl, 3/4/1993, Marquis, 188 perfs + 23 pvws
Wiz, The (R-Off), 3/16/1993, Beacon, 28 perfs
Song of Jacob Zulu, The, 3/24/1993, Plymouth, 53 perfs + 11 pvws
Hey, Love (Off), 3/24/1993, Eighty-Eights, TBD perfs
Ain't Broadway Grand, 4/18/1993, Lunt-Fontanne, 25 perfs + 27 pvws
Who's Tommy, The, 4/22/1993, St. James, 927
Blood Brothers, 4/25/1993, Music Box, 852
Tango Passion, 4/28/1993, Longacre, 5 perfs + 6 pvws
Kiss of the Spiderwoman*, 5/3/1993, Broadhurst, 922
Annie Warbucks (Off), 5/6/1993, Variety, 200 perfs + 38 pvws
She Loves Me (R), 6/10/1993, Criterion Center (Roundabout), 92 (see 9/28/93)
Whoop-Dee-Doo! (Revue-Off), 6/16/1993, Actor's Outlet, 271
Camelot (R), 6/21/1993, Gershwin, 60
She Loves Me (R-Moved), 9/28/1993, Brooks Atkinson, 305
Johnny Pye and the Foolkiller (Off), 10/21/1993, Lambs, 54
Cinderella (Off), 11/9/1993, NY State (NY City Opera Co.), 14
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (R), 11/10/1993, Minskoff, 240
Grand Night for Singing, A (Revue), 11/17/1993, Criterion Center (Roundabout), 52 perfs + 41 pvws
Cyrano, 11/21/1993, Neil Simon, 137 perfs + 38 pvws
My Fair Lady (R), 12/9/1993, Virginia, 181
Red Shoes, 12/16/1993, Gershwin, 5 perfs + 51 pvws

1994

Damn Yankees (R), 3/3/1994, Marquis, 545
Carousel (R), 3/24/1994, Vivian Beaumont, 368
Beauty & the Beast, 4/18/1994, Palace, 5,464 perfs + 46 pvws
Bring in the Morning (Revue-Off), 4/21/1994, Variety Arts, 16 perfs + 36 pvws
Passion*, 5/9/1994, Plymouth, 280 perfs + 52 pvws
Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, 5/10/1994, Lunt-Fontanne, 16 perfs + 29 pvws
Grease (R), 5/11/1994, Eugene O'Neill, 1523 perfs
Show Boat (R), 10/2/1994, Gershwin, 958 perfs
Hello Again (Off), 10/20/1994, Newhouse, 65
Nunsense 2: The Sequel (Off), 10/21/1994, Douglas Fairbanks, 120 approx.
Das Barbecu (Off), 10/25/1994, Minetta Lane, 48
Wonderful Town (R), 11/8/1994, NY State (NY City Opera Co.), 14 perfs
Sunset Boulevard*, 11/17/1994, Minskoff, 977 perfs
Christmas Carol, A (Annual-Off), 11/22/1994, Paramount, 90 perfs

1995

Jesus Christ Superstar (R), 1/17/1995, Paramount, 16 perfs
Swingtime Canteen (Revue-Off), 1/23/1995, Blue Angel, 330 perfs approx.
Smokey Joe's Café (Revue), 3/2/1995, Virginia, 2036 perfs + 24 pvws
How to Succeed In Business (R), 3/23/1995, Richard Rodgers, 564
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (R), 4/10/1995, Lyceum, 40 perfs
jon & jen (Off), 5/16/1995, Lambs Little, 120 approx.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, 6/16/1995, Plymouth, 37 perfs + 30 pvws
Company (R), 10/5/1995, Criterion Center, 68 perfs + 43 pvws
Patti Lupone on Broadway (Concert), 10/12/1995, Walter Kerr, 53
Hello Dolly (R), 10/19/1995, Lunt-Fontanne, 199 perfs
Swinging On A Star (Revue), 10/22/1995, Music Box, 97 perfs + 19 pvws
Victor/Victoria, 10/25/1995, Marquis, 734 perfs + 25 pvws
Christmas Carol, A (Annual-Off), 11/30/1995, Paramount, 88 perfs

1996

Rent (Off), 1/26/1996, NY Theater Workshop, 49 perfs + 19 pvws (moved to Bway 4/28/1996)
State Fair, 3/27/1996, Music Box, 126 perfs
The King and I, The (R), 4/11/1996, Neil Simon, 834
Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum, A (R), 4/18/1996, St. James, 750
Bring in Da' Noise, Bring In Da' Funk (Revue), 4/25/1996, Ambassador, 1148 perfs
Big, 4/28/1996, Shubert, 192 perfs + 22 pvws
Rent* (Moved), 4/29/1996, Nederlander, 5124 perfs + 16 pvws
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Off), 8/1/1996, Westside Arts Center, 2500+ perfs, still running
When Pigs Fly (Revue-Off), 8/14/1996, Douglas Fairbanks, 855
Chicago (R), 11/14/1996, Shubert, 4600+ perfs, still running
Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass, 11/24/1996, Vivian Beaumont, 49 perfs + 20 pvws
Once Upon a Mattress (R), 12/19/1996, Broadhurst, 187 perfs + 23 pvws

1997

Mandy Patinkin (Concert), 3/1/1997, Lyceum, 15
Tap Dogs (Revue-Off), 3/5/1997, Union Square, 184
Play On!, 3/20/1997, Brooks Atkinson, 80
Annie (R), 3/26/1997, Martin Beck, 252
Dream (Revue), 4/3/1997, Royale, 109 perfs + 24 pvws
Titanic*, 4/23/1997, Lunt-Fontanne, 804 perfs + 28 pvws
Steel Pier, 4/24/1997, Richard Rodgers, 76 perfs + 33 pvws
Life, 4/26/1997, Ethel Barrymore, 465 perfs + 22 pvws
Jekyll & Hyde, 4/28/1997, Plymouth, 1543 perfs + 44 pvws
Candide (R), 4/29/1997, Gershwin, 114
Wizard of Oz (Off), 5/15/1997, Madison Sq. Garden, 60
Forever Tango (Revue), 6/19/1997, Walter Kerr, 453
1776 (R), 8/14/1997, Roundabout (then Gershwin), 333 perfs + 34 pvws
Side Show, 10/16/1997, Richard Rodgers, 91 perfs + 31 pvws
Triumph of Love, 10/23/1997, Royale, 84 perfs + 31 pvws
Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know (Revue-Off), 10/30/1997, Triad & Iris, 953
Scarlet Pimpernel, 11/9/1997, Minskoff, 772 perfs + 39 pvws in three runs
Lion King, The*, 11/13/1997, New Amsterdam, 4200+, still running
Christmas Carol, A (Annual-Off), 11/18/1997, Madison Sq. Garden, 96
Street Corner Symphony (Revue), 11/24/1997, Brooks Atkinson, 79 perfs + 25 pvws

1998

Patti LaBelle (Concert), 1/13/1998, St. James, 12
Ragtime, 1/18/1998, Ford Center, 861 perfs + 26 pvws
Capeman, 1/29/1998, Marquis, 68 perfs + 59 pvws
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Off), 2/14/1998, Jane St., 857 perfs + 12 pvws
The Sound of Music (R), 3/12/1998, Martin Beck, 533 perfs + 38 pvws
Cabaret (R), 3/19/1998, Kit Kat Club/Henry Miller, 2,378 perfs + 37 pvws
High Society, 4/27/1998, St. James, 144 perfs + 28 pvws
The Wizard of Oz (Return-Off), 5/1/1998, Madison Sq. Garden, 30 approx.
New Brain, A (Off), 5/14/1998, Newhouse, 78 perfs + 40 pvws
An Evening With Jerry Herman, 7/28/1998, Booth, 28 perfs + 13 pvws
Swan Lake (Ballet), 10/8/1998, Neil Simon, 135
Aznavour on Broadway (Concert), 10/21/1998, Marquis, 24
Footloose, 10/22/1998, Richard Rodgers, 726 perfs
On The Town (R), 11/2/1998, Gershwin, 65 perfs + 37 pvws
Little Me (R), 11/12/1998, Roundabout, 101 perfs + 50 pvws
Peter Pan (R), 11/23/1998, Lunt-Fontanne, 53
Christmas Carol, A (Annual-Off), 11/27/1998, Madison Sq. Garden, 69
Parade, 12/17/1998, Vivian Beaumont, 85 perfs + 39 pvws

1999

Fosse* (Revue), 1/14/1999, Broadhurst, 1100 perfs + 22 pvws
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (R), 2/6/1999, Ambassador, 150 perfs + 13 pvws
Annie Get Your Gun (R), 3/4/1999, Marquis, 1046 perfs + 35 pvws
Band In Berlin, 3/7/1999, Helen Hayes, 17 perfs + 19 pvws
Rollin' On the T.O.B.A. (Revue), 3/24/1999, Henry Miller, 14 perfs + 6 pvws
Mamma Mia (London), 4/1999, Prince Edward, 2,000 perfs+, still running
Peter Pan (R-Return), 4/7/1999, Gershwin, 166
Marlene, 4/11/1999, Cort, 25 perfs + 15 pvws
Civil War, 4/22/1999, St. James, 61 perfs + 35 pvws
Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm (Revue), 4/25/1999, Longacre, 17 perfs + 27 pvws
It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues (Revue), 4/26/1999, Vivian Beaumont (then Ambassador), 276 perfs + 5 pvws
Abie's Irish Rose (Off), 4/29/1999, Jewish Rep, 15 perfs + 9 pvws
Nellie (Off), 6/3/1999, Lambs, 9 perfs + 3 pvws
In Dahomey (R), 6/23/1999, Harry du Jur Playhouse, 25 perfs + 5 pvws
Summer '69 (Off-Moved), 6/24/1999, Theatre 80, (see 8/18/1999)
After the Fair (Off), 6/30/1999, York Theatre Co., 30 perfs + 18 pvws
Summer '69 (Off-Moved), 6/24/1999, Douglas Fairbanks, 110 total
Naked Boys Singing (Revue), 7/2/1999, Actor's Playhouse, still running
A Good Swift Kick (Off-Revue), 7/13/1999, Variety Arts, 13 perfs + 19 pvws
Great Debate, The (Off-Revue), 7/22/1999, Lambs, 14 perfs + 2 pvws
Donkey Show, The (Off), 8/10/1999, Club El Flamingo, ??
Urinetown! (Off), 8/18/1999, Present Company, 19 perfs (see 9/20/2001)
Kat and the Kings, 8/19/1999, Cort, 157 perfs + 15 pvws
James Joyce's The Dead (Off), 10/1/1999, Playwrights Horizons, 40 perfs + 29 pvws (Moved - see 1/11/2000)
Stars In Your Eyes (Off), 10/1/1999, Cherry Lane, 39 perfs + 27 pvws
Dame Edna: The Royal Tour (Revue), 10/17/1999, Booth, 289 perfs + 39 pvws
The Lion King (London) 10/19/1999, Lyceum, 4,200+ perfs, still running
Saturday Night Fever, 10/21/1999, Minskoff, 35 pvws + 500 perfs
Wuthering Heights (Off), 10/22/1999, Min Theatre, 16 perfs
Jazz Singer, The (Off), 10/23/1999, Jewish Rep, 22 perfs + 8 pvws
Abby's Song (Off), 11/14/1999, City Center, 19
Tango Argentino (Revue-R), 11/17/1999, Gershwin, 63 perfs + 8 pvws
Kiss Me Kate (R), 11/18/1999, Martin Beck, 885 perfs + 28 pvws
Putting It Together (Revue), 11/21/1999, Ethel Barrymore, 101 perfs + 22 pvws
Jolson & Co. (Off), 11/23/1999, York Theatre Co., 29 perfs + 19 pvws
Inappropriate (Off), 11/23/1999, Theatre Row, 103 perfs + 9 pvws
Marie Christine, 12/2/1999, Vivian Beaumont, 44 perfs + 39 pvws
Minnelli On Minnelli (Revue), 12/8/1999, Palace, 21 perfs + 5 pvws
Our Sinatra (Off-Revue), 12/9/1999, Blue Angel, 1096 perfs
Swing (Revue), 12/9/1999, St. James, 461 perfs + 43 pvws
Out of the Blue (Off), 12/11/1999, 30th Street, 25?