They've earned Best Musical Tony Awards, played to sold-out crowds for years, or made stars of their leads—but these 18 musicals have never again been seen on Broadway after their initial runs. Which would you want to see return to the Main Stem?
Parade Playbill - Dec 1998
Brent Carver and Carolee Carmello in Parade
Grand Hotel
Jane Krakowski in Grand Hotel
Rags
Lonny Price and Judy Kuhn in Rags
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
City of Angels Playbill - Opening Night, Dec 1989
James Naughton and Gregg Edelman in City of Angels
Martha Swope
Kiss of the Spider Woman Playbill - Opening Night, May 1993
Brent Carver, Chita Rivera, and Anthony Crivello in Kiss of the Spider Woman
Titanic Playbill - Opening Night
The original Broadway cast of Titanic
Joan Marcus
Mack & Mabel
Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters in Mack & Mabel
Merrily We Roll Along Playbill - Oct 1981
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Jim Walton, Lonny Price, Jason Alexander and Terry Finn in Merrily We Roll Along
The Secret Garden
Daisy Eagan and Alison Fraser in The Secret Garden
The Rink Playbill - Opening Night, Feb 1984
Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera in The Rink
Ken Howard
Fiorello! Playbill - Aug 1960
Tom Bosley in Fiorello! on Broadway, 1959.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown Playbill - April 1961
Harve Presnell and Tammy Grimes in The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Applause Playbill - Sept 1970
Lauren Bacall in Applause
Li'l Abner Playbill - Feb 1957
The company of Li'l Abner
Friedman-Abeles / New York Public Library
Will Rogers Follies - Opening Night, April 1991
Cast of the Will Rogers Follies
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Playbill - July 1980
Cast of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Carnival!
Anna Maria Alberghetti in Carnival!
The Wild Party Playbill - Opening Night, April 2000
The Wild Party opened June 11, 2000
