Shows · 42nd Street · Majestic Theatre, 1980
42nd Street, 1980
Opened August 25, 1980
Closed January 8, 1989
3,486 performances
Original
Broadway
2 Tony Awards
Of the productions that opened in the 1980s, this had the 4th longest run.
Other stagings of 42nd Street 3 more
Who was in it122 named
Danny Carroll
Karen Prunczik
Carole Banninger
Steve Belin
Robin Black
Mary Cadorette
Robert Colston
James Congdon
Ronny Devito
Denise Direnzo
Mark Dovey
Rob Draper
Brandt Edwards
Jon Engstrom
Sharon Ferrol
Cathy Greco
Dawn Herbert
Christine Jacobsen
Jeri Kansas
Ginny King
Terri Ann Kundrat
Shan Martin
Beth Mcvey
Maureen Mellon
Sandra Menhart
Bill Nabel
Stan Page
Tony Parise
Don Percassi
Jean Preece
Vicki Regan
Lars Rosager
Linda Sabatelli
Nikki Sahagen
Ron Schwinn
Yveline Semeria
Alison Sherve
Robin Stephens
David Storey
Karen Tamburrelli
Doreen Alderman
Dennis Angulo
Dennis Batutis
Pam Cecil
Paula Joy Belis
Jack Karcher
Billye Keysey
Karen Klump
Kelli Ann Mcnally
Ken Mitchell
Gail Pennington
Michael Ricardo
Millicent Martin
Lisa Brown
Jessica James
Clare Leach
Stephen G Arlen
Gail Benedict
James Brennan
Peggy Cass
Charlotte Fairchild
Jennifer Hammond
Jered Holmes
Billye Kersey
Neva Leigh
Marie Lillo
Gail Lohla
Bobby Longbottom
Denise Lor
Barbara Mandra
Ken Prescott
Anne Rogers
Marla Singer
Dorothy Stanley
Carol Swarbrick
Louise Troy
Mary Chris Wall
Jim Walton
Cathy Wydner
Karen Ziemba
Diane Abrams
Susan Banks
Betsy Chang
Kelly Crafton
Michael Dantuono
Judy Ehrlich
David Fredericks
Russell Giesenschlag
Suzie Jarie
Beth Leavel
Bobo Lewis
Gwendolyn Miller
Rosemary Rado
Renee Robertson
Anne Rutter
Jeanna Schweppe
David Schwing
Pamela Scott
J Thomas Smith
Karen Sorensen
Luke Stallings
Susanne Leslie Sullivan
Vickie Taylor
Michael Vita
Creative team
- Director
- Gower Champion
- Choreographer
- Gower Champion
- Producer
- David Merrick
Tony Awards 2 from 8 nominations
Recordings 6 released while this run was on
5 more exist for other runs of this show: see 42nd Street for all of them.
Around this production
Director Gower Champion died the afternoon of opening night. Producer David Merrick withheld the news until curtain call, when he announced it to the stunned cast and audience from the stage. The show ran for nearly nine years and became one of the longest-running musicals in Broadway history at the time.
Last night at the Winter Garden Theatre, Gower Champion had what was perhaps the biggest success of his considerable career with the David Merrick musical 42nd Street. More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 323
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