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aug 25, 1980 - 42nd Street Opens on Broadway

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On opening night, David Merrick, the show's producer announces that Gower Champion, choreographer for "42nd Street" died earlier that evening. It would then go on to run 3,486 performances.

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aug 25, 1980
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~ 44 years ago

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