1,119 stories by "American Musical Theater Archives"
B Roll of the original Broadway production of Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close, George Hearn, and Alan Campbell.
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
Text by John Cameron Mitchell, music and lyrics by Stephen Trask. A defining late-1990s exploration of gender identity and post-AIDS queer expression.
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Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
Written by Noël Coward, this 1929 operetta selection reflects early 20th-century queer artistic sensibility shaped by discretion and stylized theatr…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
Music and lyrics by William Finn; book by James Lapine. A seminal Broadway work confronting queer family structures and the AIDS crisis without euphemi…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
Music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Lisa Kron. A watershed Broadway moment centering lesbian joy and self-discovery without punishment or tragedy.
Dire…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
With music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, "Bosom Buddies" reflects mid-century camp culture and the enduring alliance between theatrical women and gay men…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
A landmark 1975 Off-Broadway musical imagining a world where homosexuality simply exists without tragedy or scandal. Quietly radical for its time.
Dir…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
From The Prom, this number represents generational reclamation in modern queer storytelling. Barry is not coded. Not tragic. Not erased. He is loud, pr…
Live at 54 Below " February 15, 2026.
Written by Cole Porter, this 1938 standard exemplifies early queer coding in Broadway songwriting. Through wit, ambiguity, and stylized exaggeration, P…
Recorded live at 54 Below in New York City on Monday, February 15, 2026, as part of QUEER MUSICALS: FROM BOY MEETS BOY TO JAGGED LITTLE PILL " a historical concert event examining the evolut…
Once Upon a Mattress (1971) with Carol Burnett
Richert got her big break in 1976 when she joined the national company of A Chorus Line. For two and a half years she understudied and played several roles in the production including the ro…
A native of Chicago, Richard Kiley was the rare performer who could both act and sing beautifully. A longtime favorite narrator for documentary films and broadcasts, Kiley was even featured …
Born in New York City in 1936, Marilyn Cooper was an actress best known for her work in musical comedy. She made her Broadway debut in Jule Styne and George Gilbert's musical Mr. Wonderful (…
Born in Paris on Jan. 5, 1911, as Jean-Pierre Salomons, Mr. Aumont landed his first movie role at age 20 and by the time World War II broke out, had appeared in no fewer than 24 films, inclu…
Elizabeth Taylor (actress, born February 27, 1932, in London, England; died March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles, United States)
In 1981, Taylor made her Broadway debut as Regina Giddens in Lilli…
Award winning Elaine Paige, actress, singer, producer, radio presenter, has made a unique and major contribution to the stage musical. She has starred in more smash hit West End & Broadway m…
Johnnie Lucille Collier, better known as Ann Miller was an American singer, dancer and actress.
Miller was born in Chireno, Texas to Clara Emma and John Alfred Collier, a criminal lawyer wh…
A native of Dartmouth (Halifax?), Nova Scotia, Ruby Keeler (b. 25 August 1910; d. Rancho Mirage, CA, 23 February 1993) was one of the first great performers in the early days of the Broadway…
Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge- 1st Rehearsal- November 6th, 1989- Includes Martin Charnin's first day speech and interviews with Charnin, Charles Strouse, Thomas Meehan, Dorothy Loudon, a…
Composer Jule Styne looks back on his career in Hollywood and Broadway.
Born December 31, 1905, London, England
Died September 20, 1994, New York City
With the scores of such Broadway clas…
One Touch of Venus
Panama Hattie: Best of Broadway
Personals: The Musical (1985)
Kismet TV (1967)
