1984 in Music - Musical Theater

Musical Theater

  • Starlight Express – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe
  • Forty-Second Street London production
  • The Rink Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on February 9 and ran for 233 performances
  • Sunday in the Park with George (Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway production opened at the Booth Theatre on May 2 and ran for 604 performances.

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