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Posted: 3/28/10 at 2:55pm
So, as of April 15, all four of the 2009 Tony nominees for Best Musical (Billy Elliot, Next to Normal, Shrek, Rock of Ages) will have ran on Broadway for more than a year. Not too bad for "recession time."
The only other times this has happened in recent memory were 2005 (Spamalot, Spelling Bee, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Light in the Piazza); 1992 (Crazy for You, 5 Guys Named Moe, Jelly's Last Jam, Falsettos); and 1991 (Will Rogers Follies, Miss Saigon, Once on this Island, Secret Garden). Of course, all of the 1995 nominees also ran for more than a year, but there were only 2 that year (Sunset Boulevard & Smokey Joe's).
Kinda cool.
The only other times this has happened in recent memory were 2005 (Spamalot, Spelling Bee, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Light in the Piazza); 1992 (Crazy for You, 5 Guys Named Moe, Jelly's Last Jam, Falsettos); and 1991 (Will Rogers Follies, Miss Saigon, Once on this Island, Secret Garden). Of course, all of the 1995 nominees also ran for more than a year, but there were only 2 that year (Sunset Boulevard & Smokey Joe's).
Kinda cool.
