42nd Street (Musical)
42nd Street is a Broadway stage musical, loosely based on the movie. It premiered in 1980 at the Winter Garden Theatre. It was produced by David Merrick. The original cast included Jerry Orbach (playing Julian Marsh).
It won the Tony Awards for Choreography (Gower Champion) and best Musical. It was also nominated for the awards for Actor (Featured Role—Musical, Lee Roy Reams), Actress (Featured Role—Musical, Wanda Richert), Book (Musical, Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble), Costume Designer (Theoni V. Aldredge), Director (Gower Champion), and Lighting Designer (Tharon Musser).
42nd Street was revived in 2001, at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts (which, in a slight marketing gimmick, is actually on 42nd Street in New York City, unlike the Winter Garden on Broadway at 50th). The revival was produced by Joop van den Ende. In the original cast, Michael Cumpsty played the Julian Marsh role, and Christine Ebersole played Dorothy Brock.
The revival won Tonys for best Actress in a Musical (Christine Ebersole) and best Musical Revival. It was also nominated for the awards for Actress (Featured Role—Musical, two nominations, Kate Levering and Mary Testa), Choreographer (Randy Skinner), Costume Designer (Roger Kirk), Director (Musical, Mark Bramble), and Lighting Designer (Paul Gallo).
