In Times Square, on our way to the Imperial Theatre, where we have tickets for "Les Miserables"--the 5th longest running show in Broadway musical history (behind "Phantom of the Opera," "Chicago," "Cats," and "The Lion King."
Seeing "Les Miserables" was Leah's favorite NYC experience.
The Imperial Theatre was built in 1923 and has a eye-popping history of blockbusters in its first ninety-plus years. It featured Broadway’s biggest grosser of the 1920s, the operetta Rose-Marie (1924). George and Ira Gershwin’s "Oh, Kay!," which included the now-classic “Someone to Watch Over Me,” opened here in 1926. In the 1930s, musicals featuring Cole Porter's “Begin the Beguine” and “Just One of Those Things” played here. Mary Martin had her Broadway debut at the Imperial in 1938 in a Cole Porter play in which Gene Kelly was a chorus boy. Irving Berlin’s "Annie Get Your Gun" (1946) was a hit here in the 1940s. "Oliver!" played here in 1963, and in 1964, "Fiddler on the Roof" starring Zero Mostel opened here on its way to becoming the longest running musical of its time in Broadway history. "Cabaret" took the stage in 1967. Michael Bennett's "Dreamgirls" played here in 1981, Hugh Jackman starred here in the 2003 hit "The Boy from Oz,"and Oklahoman Tracy Lett's acclaimed drama "August: Osage County" played here in 2007.
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