List of The Muny repertory

The Muny, or the Municipal Opera Association of St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States, is a not-for-profit municipally-owned outdoor theatre, the largest in the United States. The Theater was built and opened in 1917 with 6 performances of Verdi's Aida. It operates solely in the summer, and its first official season ran from June to August 1919. In the beginning, it presented the latest operas of the time, calling on local performers and national celebrities alike to perform for a short run of a one to, on occasion, three week run. More recently, however, the Muny has shifted to presenting musicals, some old, some new, and some of the Muny's own creation.

Here follows a list of the many shows that the Muny has presented in its summer seasons, with known dates included. The Muny recently concluded its 98th season (for the summer of 2016.)

To date, the 1919 season is the only one to hold all new productions (being the first season). By contrast, the 1946 and 1993 seasons have been the only summers where no new shows were added to the repertory.

Legend

The superscript notes below denote first productions (premieres), world premieres, in-season concerts, etc. at the Muny.

Muny Premiere: MP
World Premiere at the Muny: WP
Concert Presentation: C
Ballet/Dance Event: B
Ice Show: I
Original Revue: R

1910s

1919 (Season 1)

^1 Featuring mayor Henry Kiel as King Richard

1920s

1920 (Season 2)

1921 (Season 3)

1922 (Season 4)

^22a Kalman's Der Zigeunerprimas.
^22b Reinhardt's Die Sprudelfee.
^22c Kalman's Zsuzsi kisasszony.

1923 (Season 5)

1924 (Season 6)

1925 (Season 7)

1926 (Season 8)

1927 (Season 9)

1928 (Season 10)

^2 This was the first production of the Verdi opera in a complete season. It had been previously performed in 1917 in the newly built amphitheater for the 13th Annual Convention of the St. Louis Advertising Club.

1929 (Season 11)

1930s

1930 (Season 12)

^3 Production starring W.C. Fields as Captain Andy.

1931 (Season 13)

^4 Film actor Cary Grant, appearing under his real name Archibald Leach, was a repertory performer during the 1931 season before starting his screen career. In addition to The Street Singer, Grant appeared in Music in May, Nina Rosa, The Three Musketeers, A Wonderful Night, Irene and Rio Rita.

1932 (Season 14)

1933 (Season 15)

1934 (Season 16)

1935 (Season 17)

1936 (Season 18)

1937 (Season 19)

1938 (Season 20)

^5 Production starring Red Skelton.

1939 (Season 21)

1940s

1940 (Season 22)

1941 (Season 23)

1942 (Season 24)

1943 (Season 25)

1944 (Season 26)

1945 (Season 27)

1946 (Season 28)

^6 New production for the Muny based on the 1939 MGM film; adapted by Frank Gabrielson.[1]

1947 (Season 29)

^7 Production featuring Marge Champion.

1948 (Season 30)

1949 (Season 31)

1950s

1950 (Season 32)

1951 (Season 33)

1952 (Season 34)

1953 (Season 35)

1954 (Season 36)

1955 (Season 37)

1956 (Season 38)

1957 (Season 39)

^8 Production featuring Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch.

1958 (Season 40)

1959 (Season 41)

1960s

1960 (Season 42)

1961 (Season 43)

1962 (Season 44)

^62a This was not the 1946 Cole Porter musical as previously identified here, but a musical version of Jules Verne's story with music by Sammy Fain.

1963 (Season 45)

^63a Brooks and Watson were late substitutes for the originally cast Jacqueline James and Arlene Fontana.

1964 (Season 46)

^64a This was one of only two shows to be booked for three weeks at the Muny, Camelot the next season being the other. Wynne Miller was a late substitute for the originally cast Barbara Cook.

1965 (Season 47)

1966 (Season 48)

1967 (Season 49)

No show July 31.
Special Added Attraction: The Royal Ballet, featuring Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn

Regular Season continues:

^67a Van Johnson was originally set to star as Dr. Mark Bruckner but dropped out.

1968 (Season 50)

Special Attractions to Celebrate the Muny's 50th Season:

The Regular Season continues:

^68a Constance Towers was cast as the Merry Widow but dropped out shortly before rehearsals.
^68b Featuring 19-year-old Vicki Lawrence as Carrie Pipperidge.
^68c The Broadway production closed for a week to play this special engagement.

1969 (Season 51)

^69a Reorchestrated as a "rock" musical for a "contemporary" sound. Well, it was the late '60s. Things were strange.

1970s

1970 (Season 52)

Pre-Season Concerts

The Regular Season

No show August 31.

^70a The Broadway production closed for a week to play this engagement.
^70b Perhaps the only time in history the part of Ali Hakim received solo above the title billing.

1971 (Season 53)

Special Preseason Engagement

Regular Season

A week of concerts, July 12–18:

Regular Season continues:

^71a The Broadway production closed for a week for this engagement.

1972 (Season 54)

A week of concerts, not considered part of the regular season.

No show on July 17.

^72a This was the Broadway production which had closed the week before. The week at the Muny preceded engagements in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

1973 (Season 55)

Pre-Season Special

The Regular Season

^73a The Broadway production closed for a week to play this Muny engagement.
^73b Pre-Broadway tour.

1974 (Season 56)

^74a The Broadway production closed for a week to play this engagement.
^73b Pre-Broadway tour.

1975 (Season 57)

^75a This was the only time in its history the Muny presented a nonmusical play.

1976 (Season 58)

Muny Salutes '76, a series of preseason concerts for the Bicentennial of the United States

The Regular Season

^76a Pre-Broadway tryout (although the show closed before it ever got to Broadway).

1977 (Season 59)

^77a The Broadway production was scheduled to close for one week for this engagement then return to Broadway. As it turned out, the Broadway show closed the Saturday before the Muny engagement, August 27, 1977.

1978 (Season 60)

^78a National touring company.

1979 (Season 61)

^79a Don Grady, age 35(!), played Huckleberry Finn.

1980s

1980 (Season 62)

Preseason Special Attraction

Regular Season:

^80a Presented as a pre-Broadway tryout tour, but it never made it to Broadway.

1981 (Season 63)

^81a Pat Suzuki, 23 years earlier the original Broadway Linda Low, was cast here as Madam Liang.
^81b Not, as the title might imply, an evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein, but a concert of opera and operetta scenes and arias, including the entire second act of Die Fledermaus.

1982 (Season 64)

^82a A touring production of Hello, Dolly! was originally scheduled to close the season, but it closed earlier in the summer. The touring A Chorus Line was substituted, thus being presented for two summers in a row.

1983 (Season 65)

1984 (Season 66)

^84a This was not the Tchaikovsky ballet, as previously designated here, but a new stage musical version of the classic fairy tale. The score was a kind of mishmash of various things, including some Tchaikovsky, for instance, his Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker.
^84b This was the shortest Muny season since the opening seasons over sixty years earlier. The original intention was to close the season with the touring production of My One and Only, to play the Fox Theater instead of the Muny, but the engagement was cancelled.

1985 (Season 67)

1986 (Season 68)

^86a Since 42nd Street closed the previous season and opened this one, it's the only time in Muny history that season ticket holders sat through the same show in consecutive bookings.
^86b The MGM movie classic starred Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, all of whom appeared at the Muny in the 1970s.
^86c In Franco Zeffirelli's production.

1987 (Season 69)

^87a My One and Only was based on the Gershwin musical Funny Face which originally starred Fred Astaire on Broadway in 1927 and in a musical movie of the same name in 1957. This Muny presentation opened the day Fred Astaire died ... and it was rained out; a bad day all around.
^87b For the second show in a row, the opening night, which was a sellout, was rained out.

1988 (Season 70)

1989 (Season 71)

1990s

1990 (Season 72)

1991 (Season 73)

^35 Production featuring Jeanne Trevor.

1992 (Season 74)

^36 Production featuring Joel Grey and Gretchen Wyler.

1993 (Season 75)

1994 (Season 76)

1995 (Season 77)

^37 Production featuring a concert staging of The Merry Widow.

1996 (Season 78)

^46 Adaptation of the fairy tale by executive producer Paul Blake utilizing songs by Sammy Cahn.

1997 (Season 79)

^38 World Premiere adaptation of the 1953 film.
^39 Production featuring original direction and choreography recreated by Mitzi Hamilton.

1998 (Season 80)

^40 Special 80th Season Revue featuring the Radio City Rockettes.
^41 Pre-Broadway tour featuring Cathy Rigby in the title role.
^42 Production featuring Bruce Adler as Bela Zangler, a role he originated in the original Broadway company.

1999 (Season 81)

^43 Revue written by executive producer Paul Blake compiling the many works of British songwriters such as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lionel Bart.
^44 Production featuring Karen Morrow as Reno Sweeney and Bruce Adler as Moonface Martin.

2000s

2000 (Season 82)

^47 Revue written by executive producer Paul Blake compiling the many works of composer Richard Rodgers.
^48 World Premiere of the stage adaptation of Irving Berlin's classic film, directed and produced by Paul Blake.
^49 Production featuring Michael McGrath as Pseudolus and Bruce Adler as Hysterium.

2001 (Season 83)

^50 World Premiere of the stage adaptation of the film, directed and produced by Paul Blake.
^51 Production featuring Ozzie Smith in the title role.
^52 Revue written by executive producer Paul Blake compiling the many works of songwriters George and Ira Gershwin.

2002 (Season 84)

^53 Production with original direction and choreography recreated by Mitzi Hamilton.
^54 Revue written by executive producer Paul Blake compiling songs from numerous films.
^55 Production featuring Michael McGrath as J. Pierrepont Finch and Karen Morrow as Smitty.
^56 Production directed by Thommie Walsh and choreographed by Liza Gennaro.
^57 Production featuring Nat Chandler as Lancelot, Kim Crosby as Guenevere, and Joneal Joplin as Merlyn.
^58 Production featuring Eric Kunze as Joseph and Judy McLane as the Narrator.

2003 (Season 85)

2004 (Season 86)

2005 (Season 87)

2006 (Season 88)

2007 (Season 89)

2008 (Season 90)

2009 (Season 91)

2010s

2010 (Season 92)

2011 (Season 93)

^11a Instead of the usual Monday-Sunday run, The Little Mermaid ran from Wednesday through Thursday of the following week.

2012 (Season 94)

^12a When Chicago was presented in 1977, it was the Broadway production which had just closed in New York. This production was billed as the "Muny production premiere."
^12b Instead of the normal Monday-Sunday run, Aladdin ran from Thursday through Friday of the following week. This was only the third production of the stage version of Aladdin anywhere in the world.
^12c A version of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance.

2013 (Season 95)

^13a Instead of the usual Monday-Sunday run, Mary Poppins ran from Thursday to Friday of the following week.

2014 (Season 96)

^14a Eight nights, Wednesday through Wednesday.
^14b Tuesday through Monday.
^14c Nine nights, Thursday through Friday.

2015 (Season 97)

2016 (Season 98)

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Wizard of Oz Tams-Whitmark Library Website.
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