1980 in Music - Musical Theater

Musical Theater

  • Barnum Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on April 30 and ran for 854 performances
  • Brigadoon (Lerner & Loewe) – Broadway revival opened at the Majestic Theatre on October 16 and ran for 133 performances
  • Camelot (Lerner & Loewe) – Broadway revival opened at the New York State Theatre on July 8 and ran for 56 performances
  • Colette London production opened at the Comedy Theatre on September 24 and ran for 47 performances
  • A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine Broadway production opened at the John Golden Theatre on April 2 and transferred to the Royale Theatre on June 17 for a total run of 588 performances
  • Forty-Second Street Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on August 25, transferred to the Majestic Theatre on March 30, 1981 and transferred to the St. James Theatre on April 7, 1987 for a total run of 3486 performances
  • The Life and Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on June 5
  • On The Twentieth Century London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on March 19 and ran for 165 performances
  • Sweeney Todd (Stephen Sondheim) – London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on July 2 and ran for 157 perofrmances
  • The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg London production opened at the Phoenix Theatre on April 10
  • West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) – Broadway revival opened at the Minskoff Theatre on February 14 and ran for 333 performances

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