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This show opened Off-Broadway in 1960 and ran continuously until 2002, making it the world’s longest-running musical.
Godspell
The Fantasticks
Grease
A Chorus Line

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Robert Goulet made his Broadway debut in this 1960 musical based on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Photo of Robert Goulet, Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, and original Broadway cast.
Photo of Robert Goulet, Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, and original Broadway cast by Friedman-Abeles.
Camelot
The Once and Future King
Brigadoon
Paint Your Wagon

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This Tony Award-winning 1962 play by Edward Albee was so controversial that the Pulitzer Prize board refused to grant it the 1963 award for drama, causing jurors who recommended the play to resign in protest.
The Zoo Story
A Delicate Balance
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Three Tall Women

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Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker, this 1964 musical set a record for most Tony wins that lasted nearly 40 years (10 awards, including one for leading lady Carol Channing).
Photo of Milo Boulton and Carol Channing by Eric Skipsey.
Anyone Can Whistle
Hello, Dolly!
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Funny Girl

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Inspired by Cervantes’ Don Quixote, this 1965 Tony-winning musical introduced the song “The Impossible Dream.”
Kismet
The Most Happy Fella
Fiddler on the Roof
Man of La Mancha

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This 1965 Neil Simon play about mismatched roommates became a successful film and television series with the same name.
Photo of Walter Matthau and Art Carney by Henry Grossman.
Photo of Walter Matthau and Art Carney by Henry Grossman.
The Odd Couple
Barefoot in the Park
Plaza Suite
The Sunshine Boys

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A series of vignettes about marriage, this 1970 Stephen Sondheim musical was remounted in London in 2018 featuring a woman in its central role.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gypsy
Company
Follies

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this 1975 musical is set during an audition and is based partly on the lives of the dancers who workshopped the show.
Photo from the 2019 International Thespian Festival by John Nollendorfs.
Dancin’
42nd Street
Contact
A Chorus Line

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Written by two Thespian alums, this musical based on Bible parables ran Off-Broadway for five years before bowing on the Great White Way in 1976.
Jesus Christ Superstar
Godspell
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Altar Boyz

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This 1979 musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler featuring a murderous barber and his pie-making accomplice is frequently performed by both opera and theatre companies.
Photo from the 2017 International Thespian Festival by John Nollendorfs.
Photo from the 2017 International Thespian Festival by John Nollendorfs.
Sweeney Todd
Assassins
Chicago
Getting Away with Murder

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