Forty Second Street/ 42nd Street Theatrical Performance 1980-08-25 Winter Garden Theater, Majestic Theater, St. James Theater The song and dance fable of Broadway (a musical) in two acts, 16 scenes. Based on the novel of the same name by Bradford Ropes (and the Warner Brothers film adapted from it by Rian James and James Seymour). Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Al Dubin. (Other lyrics by Johnny Mercer and Mort Dixon.) Direction and dances by Gower Champion. Dance assistants Karin Baker, Randy Skinner. Produced by David Merrick. Starring Tammy Grimes, Jerry Orbach, Wanda Richert. Playing in three Broadway houses from 1980-1989. Opened 25 August 1980 at the Winter Garden, moved 30 March 1981 to the Majestic Theatre, moved 7 April 1987 to the St. James Theatre and closed 8 January 1989 after 3486 performances. Winter Garden 8/25/1980-3/29/1981 Majestic Theatre 3/30/1981-4/5/1987 St. James Theatre 4/7/1987-1/8/1989 One of the big tap numbers is "Lullaby of Broadway" (from "Golddiggers of 1935") 1981 Tony Award Best Musical Gower Champion receives 1981 Tony Award Best Choreography Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Norton Anthology of Drama: Norton Anthology of Drama: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Vol. 2). W.W. Norton & Company (2009). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1501