100 Years in 100 Photos

1900Composer Meredith Wilson (LEFT) meets Kaye Stevens and Bruce Yarnell backstage. 1967

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1968 Broadway icon Ethel Merman recreated her stage role in CALL ME MADAM, with her Tony-winninAgdceof-isntiatri,vReucsaspetliloNnygpoee.s here 1900
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1900Muny guarantors were treated to a private concert by Richard Rodgers prior to the opening of the world stage premiere of STATE FAIR. 1969

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1970 1900Prolific songwriter and popular performer, Burt

Photo: The Muny Archive of his music in 1970, and his Broadway success,
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1900Lauren Bacall and the cast of APPLAUSE interrupted its Broadway run in 1971, and played a smash week at The Muny. 1971

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1972 1900Disney made its stage premiere at The Muny in 1969, and SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWAAdRefFiSnimtivaedceapatrieotnugrnoeasphpeerearance in 1972.
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1900The saucy TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, originally penned by Shakespeare. 1973

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1974 Gene Kelly made his first and only Muny appearance in TAKE ME ALONG, 1974 A definitive caption goes here 1900
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1900THE ODD COUPLE, starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman, is the only non-musical to be performed on the Muny stage. 1975

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1976 Yul Brynner recreated his iconic stage and film role as the King in the pre-Broadway revivAadl oefinTHitiEveKcINapGtiAoNnDgoIe. s here 1900
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1900Deborah (Debbie) Allen as Miss Adelaide, and Maurice Hines as Nathan Detroit in GUYS AND DOLLS, 1977 1977

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1978 Muny audiences were treated to Howard Keel and Jane Powell performing the roles theyAmdaedfineiftaivme coaupstiionnMgGoeMs’hsere 1900
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS. Photo by:
Photo: David M. Henschel

1900Muny favorite Robert Goulet played Billy Bigelow in The Muny’s 1979 CAROUSEL. (Goulet stands at far LEFT.) 1979

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1980 Dana Snyder as Mammy Yokum, football star Joe Namath as Li’l Abner, and Misty Rowe aAs dDeafiisnyitiMveacea,pintioTnhegoMesunheyr’se 1900
1980 production of LI’L ABNER. Photo by:
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1900In 1981, Ron Husmann starred as Frank Butler and Florence Henderson as Annie Oakley, in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN. 1981

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1982 The thrilling Jerome Robbins dance number“Mambo,”from The Muny’s 1982 productionAofdWefiEnSitTivSeIDcaEpStiToOnRgYo.es here 1900
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1900Martha Raye as an exhausted Miss Hannigan in ANNIE, 1983. 1983

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1984 Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney in SUGAR BABIES, 1984. A definitive caption goes here 1900
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1900Victoria Mallory as Eliza Doolittle in MY FAIR LADY, 1985. 1985

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1986 John O’Hurley and Morgan Fairchild, in GENTLAEMdeEfNiniPtiRvEeFcEaRptBioLnOgNoDeEsSh,e1re986. 1900
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1900Tony Randall as Phileas Fogg and Robert Clary as Passepartout, in Michael Todd’s AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. 1987

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1988 Hal Linden starred in the 1988 production of MAN OF LA MANCHA. A definitive caption goes here 1900
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1900 Jonathan Hadary, Tyne Daly and Crista Moore, together in GYPSY, 1989. 1989

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1990 Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking in BYE BYE BIRDIE, 1990. This was Paul Blake’s first musicAaldpefriondituivceedcaaptiTohnegMoeusnhye.re 1900
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1900Duffy Huebschmann and Mariette Hartley as young Patrick and Mame, 1991. 1991

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1992 1900Harper MacKay accompanied Eileen Barnett as the beautiful and haunted Julie LaVerne,AindTehfieniMtivuencya’spt1io9n92gopersohdeurcetion of SHOW BOAT.
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Photo: Jim Herren

1900Marilyn Sokol was Golde, in 1993’s FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 1993
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1994 The Wells Fargo Wagon was pulled by a white horse, in The Muny’s 1994 THE MUSIC MANA. definitive caption goes here 1900
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Photo: Jim Herren

1900Georgia Engle was the Fairy Godmother, in the 1995 production of the magical CINDERELLA. 1995
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1996 1900Andrew Lloyd Webber was represented in this 1996 production of EVITA, starring David WAadsesfoinnitaivsePcearpotnio,nangdoeVsahlereie Perri in the title role.
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Photo: Jim Herren

1900Captain Kangarroo (Bob Keeshan) as the Wizard of Oz, with granddaughter Kaelan Sullivan as a Poppy, backstage, 1997 1997
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1998 In honor of The Muny’s 80th Season, the Radio City Rockettes made a very special appearAandecefinaitiTvheecaMptuionny.goes here 1900
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Photo: Jim Herren

1900“The Small House of Uncle Thomas”was especially lovely in this 1999 production of THE KING AND I. 1999
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2000 The World stage premiere of Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS. A definitive caption goes here 1900
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Photo: Jim Herren

1900BRIGADOON made its mystical appearance on the Muny stage in 2001. 2001
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2002 Rachel Hardin, Eddie Szewczyk and Christian Probst as the Darling children in PETER PANA, 2d0e0fi2n.itive caption goes here 1900
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1900Michel Bell, in his show-stopping performance as Joe in SHOW BOAT. 2003
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2004 Shylo Smith as the cat Victoria, in The Muny’s CATS. A definitive caption goes here 1900
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Photo: Jim Herren

1900 The Muny’s 2005 production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was highlighted by the grand production number,“Be Our Guest.” 2005
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2006 Simone, daughter of famed singer and activist Nina Simone, starred as the ill-fated AIDAA, idneTfihneitiMveucnayp’stio2n00g6oepsrhoedruection. 1900
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1900Ken Page as the crafty innkeeper Thernardier in The Muny’s debut production of LES MISÉRABLES. 2007
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2008 The dramatic evacuation of Saigon, in The Muny’s 2008 production of MISS SAIGON. A definitive caption goes here 1900
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Photo: Jim Herren

1900Paul Vogt, Charlo Crossley, Joline Mujica, Lara Teeter and Delaney Haynes in HAIRSPRAY, 2009. 2009
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2010 Clear sailing for the Muny’s maiden voyage of TITANIC THE MUSICAL, 2010 A definitive caption goes here 1900
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1900Paul Vogt as the sea witch Ursula, in The Muny’s premiere production of THE LITTLE MERMAID. 2011

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2012 Jennifer Holiday (FAR LEFT) starred in The Muny’s 2012 production of DREAMGIRLS, recreAatdinefginhiteivreiccoanpitcionBrgooaedswhearyerole, Effie. 1900
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1900Rob McClure, as the diminutive but evil Lord Farquaad, in The Muny’s premiere production of SHREK, 2013. 2013

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2014 In 2014, The Muny presented the American Repertory Theater’s production of THE GERSHAWdIeNfi’nSiPtiOveRcGaYptAioNnDgBoEesSSh.ere 1900
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1900Erin Dilly and Rob McClure with Heather Headley in The Muny’s 2015 production of INTO THE WOODS. 2015

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2016 Audiences loved the beat of dancing feet in 42ND STREET A definitive caption goes here 1900
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Photo: Phillip Hamer