{"slug": "broadway-theatre", "label": "Broadway theatre", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235065", "qid": "Q235065", "description": "principal theater district of New York City, New York, USA", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1921, 1968], "span_label": ["1921 CE", "1968 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "academy-award-for-best-picture", "label": "Academy Award for Best Picture", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nbc", "label": "NBC", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – Ferenc Molnár's play Liliom is first produced in English on Broadway. The play would later be adapted as the musical Carousel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#April", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, a musical play based on Ferenc Molnár's Liliom, opens on Broadway, and becomes their second long-running stage classic. It includes the standard \"You'll Never Walk Alone\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#April", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1949, "year_label": "1949 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, starring Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza, opens on Broadway, and goes on to become Rodgers and Hammerstein's second longest-running musical. It becomes an instant classic of the musical theatre. The score's biggest hit is the song \"Some Enchanted Evening\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370167995#April", "title": "1949", "revid": 1370167995, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1951, "year_label": "1951 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I opens on Broadway, and runs for three years. It is the first of their musicals specifically written for an actress (Gertrude Lawrence). Lawrence is stricken with cancer during the run of the show, and dies halfway through its run a year later. The show makes a star of Yul Brynner.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#March", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 26", "text": "September 26 – West Side Story, a new musical by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, opens on Broadway in New York City.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371361971#September", "title": "1957", "revid": 1371361971, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – Gypsy: A Musical Fable, starring Ethel Merman in her last new musical, opens on Broadway and runs for 702 performances.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#May", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – For the first time, Mary Martin's Peter Pan is presented as a stand-alone 2-hour special on NBC television in the United States, instead of as part of an anthology series. This version, rather than being presented live, is shown on videotape, enabling NBC to repeat it as often as they wish without having to restage it. Although nearly all of the adult actors repeat their original Broadway roles, all of the original children have, ironically, outgrown their roles and are replaced by new actors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#December", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 11", "text": "December 11 – The film Oliver! based on the hit London and Broadway musical, opens in the U.S. after being released first in the UK. It goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310387#November–December", "title": "1968", "revid": 1371310387, "section": "Events › November–December"}}]}