2006 in Music - Musical Theater

Musical Theater

  • Edit:Undo premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on August 7 as the first full length by-students for-students musical about high school.
  • Grey Gardens Broadway production opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on November 2 and ran for 308 performances
  • Mary Poppins Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16
  • The Phantom of the Opera officially became the longest Broadway running musical ever on January 9, at 7486 performances surpassing the previous record holder, Cats, also written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
  • Spring Awakening Broadway production opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on December 10
  • Tarzan Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on May 10
  • The Wedding Singer Broadway production opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 27 and ran for 284 performances.

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