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1947 The first Tony Awards ceremony is held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Thirteen awards are presented to the likes of Helen Hayes, Ingrid Bergman, Fredric March, José Ferrer, Agnes de Mille, Kurt Weill, and Elia Kazan. No Best Play or Best Musical category yet exists, but the Best Author award goes to a young Arthur Miller for All My Sons. No medallions yet either; men get engraved cigarette lighters or money clips, women get compacts.

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Written by: Ryan McPhee

As a ghost light illuminated the bare stage of Broadway’s St. James Theatre, pre-show audience chatter began to fill the house for the first time in over a year. Familiar faces, now behind masks, reconnected from a social distance, sharing anecdotes about working from home and the last time they had been in an auditorium.

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Written by: Logan Culwell-Block

Anthony Ramos, soon to be on big (and small) screens in the upcoming In the Heights movie, has released a new single, “Say Less.” The song is written and performed by Ramos, with his In the Heights co-star Melissa Barrera joining him on screen for the music video; watch above.

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Written by: Dan Meyer

A trio of theatre veterans have joined the cast of Netflix’s film adaptation of the Matilda musical. Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough will play the title character’s neglectful parents Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood, while Sindhu Vee takes on librarian Mrs. Phelps.

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Written by: Dan Meyer

This month, a slew of films that inspired stage adaptations are coming to streaming from Legally Blonde to The Color Purple. In addition, at least two stage-to-screen works, Dreamgirls and August: Osage County, are now available to watch.

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Written by: Marc J. Franklin

Following a Public Theater concert in 2007, the 2009 revival of Hair opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre March 31 after beginning preview performances March 6. The revival, starring Gavin Creel, Will Swenson, Caissie Levy, Sasha Allen, and more, ran for 519 performances, concluding it’s run June 27, 2010. The Diane Paulus-helmed production would go on to earn eight Tony Award nominations including a win for Best Revival of a Musical.

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Written by: Logan Culwell-Block

This article has been updated as of March 29, 2021.

While it used to be a rare treat when a Broadway show was filmed live on stage, it’s become more and more common today—great news for Broadway fans!

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Written by: Marc J. Franklin

Disney’s hit musical Newsies opened on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre March 29. Directed by Jeff Calhoun with choreography by Christopher Gattelli, the production played 16 previews and 1,004 performances before closing August 24, 2014. Newsies earned eight Tony Award nominations and won Best Original Score and Best Choreography.

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The latest episode of Celia Keenan-Bolger’s new podcast, Sunday Pancakes, features Hamilton Tony nominee Phillipa Soo. In “Prioritizing Your Personal Life,” the pair talk about the ongoing struggle to improve our work-life balance and tools to ensure you can continue to make space for your own needs.

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Written by: Talaura Harms

Take this short quiz celebrating some of the women who write the songs that make the Great White Way sing. Need to brush up first? Here’s a study guide.

Click through the gallery below to see how much you know about some milestone moments in Broadway history.

Women’s History Month Quiz: The Songwriters