Gypsy opened at Broadway Theater in NYC for 702 performances.
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Lady Macbeth by Dmitri Shostakovich was performed for the first time in Leningrad, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Opera singer Andrea Bocelli started his career in the production of 'La bohème' in Cagliari.
A fire destroyed Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
The original stage production of Peter Pan took place in London, England.
The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, opened.
