Birch was cast and scheduled to make her American stage debut in the off Broadway revival of Dracula, but was fired for reasons apparently involving her father's interference four days before the show's first performance.

Kelly Bishop moved into the lead role of Ouisa later in the show's run, and Laura Linney made her Broadway debut as a replacement for the role of Tess.

In the show's June 20, 1948 debut, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis performed along with singer Monica Lewis and Broadway composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II previewing the score to their then-new show South Pacific, which opened on Broadway in 1949.

In 1943, American Decca ushered in the age of the original cast album in the United States, when they released an album set of nearly all the songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma !, performed by the same cast who appeared in the show on Broadway, and using the show's orchestra, conductor, chorus, and musical and vocal arrangements.

In later productions he was played by Paul Harrhy in London and by Jeffrey Kuhn in the show's original Broadway production.

Despite the show's considerable success ( Horne still holds the record for the longest-running solo performance in Broadway history ), she did not capitalize on the renewed interest in her career by undertaking many new musical projects.

The show's title is a play on the long-running Broadway show The Vagina Monologues.

Production began in New York City in the summer of 1986 in a converted loft on Broadway, which one of the show's writers, George McGrath, described as a " sweatshop ".

After this ground-breaking musical ( which theatricalized its performers ' true-life stories ) transferred to a highly lucrative Broadway run, the show's earnings became a continuous financial support for Papp's work.

She wrote practically all the show's radio episodes ( more than 5000 ) plus a Broadway adaptation, Me and Molly ( 1948 ).

She appeared in two Broadway musicals in the 1970s: a featured role in Richard Rodgers ' 1970 Noah's Ark-themed show Two by Two ( her silly waltz " The Golden Ram ," capped by a high C, can be heard on the show's cast album ) and a leading lady turn as Lily Garland in 1978's On the Twentieth Century.

In a 1981 decision later overruled by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a case brought by Fleming, federal judge William C. Conner ruled that the producers of A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine had improperly used the Marx Brothers characters in their Broadway theatre production and that the publicity rights of the comedians, even after their deaths, overrode the First Amendment issues raised by the show's creators.

By 2007, Davis had created a cabaret act, Taking A Chance, described as " chronicl how the choices Davis has made have informed her life's loves "; In mid-2007 she took over the title role in the national touring production of the Broadway revival Sweet Charity, replacing Molly Ringwald through the end of the show's scheduled run on August 12, 2007.

The show's success led its producer to create André Charlot's London Revue of 1924, which he brought to Broadway with Lawrence, Lillie, Buchanan, and Constance Carpenter.

Although both of the show's Broadway revivals had their admirers, neither was commercially successful.

The show's resident comics, Abbott and Costello and Henny Youngman, introduced their comedy to a nationwide radio audience aboard her show, while a series of sketches based on the Broadway production of the same name led to The Aldrich Family as separate hit series in its own right in 1940.

His work with that show's director, Tom O ' Horgan, led to his being called when O ' Horgan was hired to stage Jesus Christ Superstar for Broadway.

He had an early success in the 1982 Broadway production of Torch Song Trilogy playing David, the adopted son of the gay protagonist played by the show's writer Harvey Fierstein, and the original Broadway production of Brighton Beach Memoirs, where he succeeded Matthew Broderick in starring role of Eugene.

He teamed up with the show's original cast members when The Jeffersons moved to Broadway for a brief period.

At the show's performance, Guffman's seat is seen to be empty, much to the dismay of the cast ; Corky assures them that Broadway producers always arrive a bit late for the show, and sure enough a man ( Paul Benedict ) soon takes Guffman's reserved seat.

Most Broadway shows are commercial productions intended to make a profit for the producers and investors (" backers " or " angels "), and therefore have open-ended runs ( duration that the production plays ), meaning that the length of their presentation is not set beforehand, but depends on critical response, word of mouth, and the effectiveness of the show's advertising, all of which determine ticket sales.

He studied ballet from an early age, and performed in the musical The Tap Dance Kid as Savion Glover's understudy on Broadway, and then played the part on the show's national tour.

During the show's popular, although short-lived production, Bixby as always, invited a few old friends along to co-star such as Pamela Britton ( in her final role ), Kristina Holland and Ralph O ' Hara.

The show's production team was tested when many core cast members left the programme in the early 1970s.

During the summer of 1992, a decision was made to end first-run production, and instead air highlights of the show's earlier years in a revamped program called Hee Haw Silver ( as part of celebrating the show's 25th year ).

Before Ellison could begin work on the show's production bible, a writers ' strike began, running from March 6 to June 24.

Shortly after creating Sesame Street, its producers developed what came to be called " the CTW model " ( named for the show's production company, The Children's Television Workshop ), a system of television show planning, production, and evaluation based on collaborations between producers, writers, educators, and researchers.

In 1967, when Cooney and her team began to plan the show's development, combining research with television production was, as she put it, " positively heretical ".

Shortly after creating Sesame Street, its producers began to develop what came to be called " the CTW model ", a system of planning, production, and evaluation that did not fully emerge until the end of the show's first season.

The CTW conducted research in two ways: in-house formative research that informed and improved production, and independent summative evaluations, conducted by the Educational Testing Service ( ETS ) during the show's first two seasons, which measuring its educational effectiveness.

Jon Stone was responsible for writing, casting, and format ; Dave Connell took over animation ; and Sam Gibbon served as the show's chief liaison between the production staff and the research team.

Celebrity panelists appeared in week-long blocks, due to the show's production schedule.

On November 26, 2006 the network broadcast an hour-long documentary titled The Real Match Game Story: Behind The Blank featuring rarely-seen footage of the 1960s version, many odd or memorable moments from the main 1973 – 1982 runs, plus interviews with Rayburn, Somers, Dawson, DeBartolo, producer Ira Skutch, and others involved in the show's production.

The production was directed by David Cromer, who also performed the role of Stage Manager for much of the show's run.

Brand was an early board member for the show's non-profit production company, Children's Television Workshop.

Because Owen was the only member of the television show's trio to appear in the production, it was retitled Compo Plays Cupid.

Controversy erupted during the midst of the second season when series developer and executive producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe announced he had been released from the show's production, although his influence was felt until the completion of the second season ; at that point, Bob Engels was brought on to be an executive producer of the series.

In discussion on his web site's forums and various interviews, Wolfe has elaborated that he was released from the production staff after he refused to shift the show's focus more heavily onto Kevin Sorbo's character, Dylan Hunt, by essentially making all of the show's episodes Hunt-centric.

He was heavily involved with the show's production, especially the serial.

The show's pilot, " Pool Party ", was filmed in March 2000 and once the series was picked up, production resumed in September 2000.

But shortly after production began, Cassidy convinced music producer Wes Farrell that he was good enough and he was promoted to lead singer for show's recordings.

The show's writers debated during production of the episode whether or not the incident would be " a step too far, even for Cartman ".

After the show's second season, NBC sold the series off into syndication with the Good Morning, Miss Bliss episodes included to pad out the syndication package, despite the plot-continuity problems and production changes.