1 1980s
1.1 1980 (season 62)
1.2 1981 (season 63)
1.3 1982 (season 64)
1.4 1983 (season 65)
1.5 1984 (season 66)
1.6 1985 (season 67)
1.7 1986 (season 68)
1.8 1987 (season 69)
1.9 1988 (season 70)
1.10 1989 (season 71)
1980s
1980 (season 62)
preseason special attraction
richard rodgers in concert . walter cronkite , marsha mason narrators.
regular season:
june 23–29. south pacific. florence henderson, giorgio tozzi.
june 30-july 6. debbie reynolds show
july 7–13. carnival! robert conrad, marti rolph, swen swenson.
july 14–20. bye bye birdie. chita rivera, russ tamblyn, audrey christie.
july 21–27. little me. donald o connor, eve arden.
july 28-august 3. li l abner. joe namath.
august 4–10. cinderella
august 11–17. al jolson tonight! larry kert.
august 18–24. merry widow. roberta peters, ron husmann.
august 25-september 7 (two weeks). sugar babies . carol channing, robert morse.
^80a presented pre-broadway tryout tour, never made broadway.
1981 (season 63)
june 15–21. kiss me, kate. robert goulet, leigh beery.
june 22–28. flower drum song. pat suzuki, khigh dhiegh.
june 29-july 5. george m! ken berry.
july 6–12. camelot. richard harris.
july 13–19. annie gun. florence henderson, ron husmann.
july 20–26. show boat. van johnson.
july 27-august 2. grand night singing .
august 3–9. hans christian andersen . larry kert.
august 10–16. how succeed in business without trying. fred grandy, don ameche.
august 17–23. mitzi gaynor show
august 24–30. chorus line
^81a pat suzuki, 23 years earlier original broadway linda low, cast here madam liang.
^81b not, title might imply, evening of rodgers , hammerstein, concert of opera , operetta scenes , arias, including entire second act of die fledermaus.
1982 (season 64)
june 21–27. fiddler on roof. paul lipson.
june 28-july 4. unsinkable molly brown. ann reinking.
july 5–11. sound of music. victoria mallory, george peppard.
july 12–18. gigi. larry kert, robert wright, gloria de haven, anne francine.
july 19–25. goes. chita rivera, larry kert, iggie wolfington.
july 26-august 1. west side story. barry williams, christine andreas.
august 2–8. grease .
august 9–15. re playing our song . lucie arnaz, laurence luckinbill.
august 16–22. s charley?. robert morse, edie adams.
august 23–29. wiz .
august 30-september 5 . chorus line.
^82a touring production of hello, dolly! scheduled close season, closed earlier in summer. touring chorus line substituted, being presented 2 summers in row.
1983 (season 65)
june 20–26. king , i. lynn redgrave, michael kermoyan.
june 27-july 3. promises, promises. john james.
july 4–10. can-can. judy kaye, john reardon.
july 11–17. annie. martha raye.
july 18–24. pal joey . joel grey, alexis smith.
july 25–31. high button shoes. gavin macleod.
august 1–7. man of la mancha. john raitt.
august 8–14. mikhail baryshnikov: evening of classical ballet
august 15–21. camelot. richard harris.
august 22–28. pirates of penzance. william katt, maria muldaur, george rose
august 29-september 4. do! do!. lucie arnaz, laurence luckinbill.
1984 (season 66)
july 9–15. music man. jim dale, pam dawber.
july 16–22. dream street
july 23–29. funny girl. juliet prowse, larry kert.
july 30-august 5. oklahoma!. john davidson.
august 6–12. sugar babies. mickey rooney, ann miller.
august 13–19. sleeping beauty
^84a not tchaikovsky ballet, designated here, new stage musical version of classic fairy tale. score kind of mishmash of various things, including tchaikovsky, instance, waltz of flowers nutcracker.
^84b shortest muny season since opening seasons on sixty years earlier. original intention close season touring production of 1 , only, play fox theater instead of muny, engagement cancelled.
1985 (season 67)
june 17–23. chorus line. donna mckechnie, nicholas dante.
june 24–30. fair lady. michael allinson, victoria mallory.
no show week includes july 4
july 8–14. fantasy on ice . dorothy hamill.
july 15–21. dancin
july 22–28. jesus christ superstar . anthony geary, carl anderson.
august 5–11. evita . florence lacey
august 12–18. 42nd street . elizabeth allen.
1986 (season 68)
june 16–22. 42nd street. elizabeth allen.
june 23–29. singin in rain . donn simeone, brad moranz, cynthia ferrer.
no show week includes july 4
july 7–13. swan lake . la scala ballet company.
july 14–20. show boat. eddie bracken, susan powell, ron raines.
july 21–27. la cage aux folles . peter marshall, keene curtis.
july 28-august 3. pippin . ben vereen.
august 4–10. gentlemen prefer blondes. morgan fairchild, debbie shapiro.
august 11–17. shenandoah. john cullum.
august 18–24. diary of adam , eve apple tree , joseph , amazing technicolor dreamcoat . rex smith (as adam , joseph) , donna mckechnie (as eve , narrator).
^86a since 42nd street closed previous season , opened one, s time in muny history season ticket holders sat through same show in consecutive bookings.
^86b mgm movie classic starred gene kelly, donald o connor , debbie reynolds, of whom appeared @ muny in 1970s.
^86c in franco zeffirelli s production.
1987 (season 69)
june 15–21. sound of music. debby boone, david cryer.
june 22–28. 1 , . tommy tune, stephanie zimbalist.
july 6–12. cats .
july 13–19. fiddler on roof. theodore bikel, thelma lee, ruth jaroslow.
july 20–26. peter pan. cathy rigby, john schuck.
august 3–9. around world in 80 days. tony randall, robert clary.
august 10–16. big river
^87a 1 , based on gershwin musical funny face starred fred astaire on broadway in 1927 , in musical movie of same name in 1957. muny presentation opened day fred astaire died ... , rained out; bad day around.
^87b second show in row, opening night, sellout, rained out.
1988 (season 70)
june 20–26. music man. john davidson
july 11–17. porgy , bess.
july 18–24. drood! . jean stapleton, clive revill.
july 25–31. oliver! orson bean.
august 1–7. man of la mancha. hal linden.
august 8–14. grease. jack wagner.
august 15–21. carousel. rex smith, stephanie zimbalist, patrice munsel.
1989 (season 71)
june 5–11. chorus line. donna mckechnie.
june 19–25. gypsy. tyne daly.
july 17–23. king , i. stacy keach, mary beth peil.
july 24–30. evita. saundra santiago.
july 31-august 6. godspell . adrian zmed, stephen lehew.
august 14–20. unsinkable molly brown. debbie reynolds, harve presnell.
august 21–27. annie. jo anne worley.
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