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Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the exotic and unconventional musical Magdalena, which opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre 66 years ago on September 20, 1948. It has also been 13 years since Urinetown opened at the Henry Miller Theatre in 2001. September 21st also marks 48 years since the Lincoln Center Revival of Annie Get Your Gun moved […]

Happy Birthday to half of the Ahrens-Flaherty duo, Mr. Stephen Flaherty! To celebrate we have added the many musicals he has worked on (Ragtime, Once on This Island etc.) as well as Legends of Broadway video features on the Masterworks Broadway Pinterest Board here. 

Many were excited about last month’s MWB vault release of from Barbra Streisand’s half-sister and full Brookly-nite, Roslyn Kind! To celebrate the upcoming Broadway revival of On The Town at the Lyric Theatre next month we’ve made the newly remastered London cast recording starring Elliot Gould, Don McKay, Carol Arthur, Andrea Jaffe and Gillian Lewis […]

The first act curtain falls on this week’s Musical Monday playlist, which features some of the most thrilling first act finales from Crazy For You, Finian’s Rainbow, Once and more. Listen here and visit the Masterworks Broadway Spotify channel here for more curated playlists of your favorite cast recordings.

It’s hard to believe that Hairspray celebrated a 12-year anniversary last month! As part of our Legends of Broadway video series, we fast-forward 11 years to Harvey Fierstein & Jerry Mitchell’s Kinky Boots debut or as Stark Sands describes as “a dream come true.” Watch it here.