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Black and white photo of Starlight Theatre in the 1950s

Broadway Show History

Starlight’s Broadway show history dates back to 1951. The inaugural season featured a ten show lineup that included The Desert Song, Rio Rita, Song of Norway, Roberta, Rose Marie, The Chocolate Soldier, Brigadoon, Bittersweet, Babes in Toyland and Naughty Marietta. Since that first year Starlight has presented self-produced musicals and Broadway national tours.

Show History

2025
Mean Girls
School of rock
Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations
Disney’s Frozen
Life of Pi

2024
The Cher Show
STOMP
Disney’s Little Mermaid
Shrek
Come From Away
West Side Story
Peter Pan

2023
Tootsie
Jesus Christ Superstar
1776
Beatles Rain
Legally Blonde
Jagged Little Pill

2022
Waitress
Oklahoma!
Hairspray
Anastasia
Sister Act
The Prom
Riverdance
Blue Man Group

2021
Godspell
The Illusionists
On Your Feet
Escape to Margaritaville

2020
Canceled due to COVID-19

2019
The Wizard of Oz
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical
CATS
A Bronx Tale
Hello, Dolly!

Weekend Specials
Rock of Ages
Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy

2018
On Your Feet!
Dirty Dancing
The King and I
Hairspray
Love Never Dies

Weekend Specials
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Chicago
The Illusionists

2017
Disney The Little Mermaid
Jersey Boys
An American in Paris
Something Rotten!
The Bodyguard – The Musical
Motown The Musical
Grease

Weekend Specials
Mamma Mia!
Kinky Boots

2016
Matilda the Musical
The Bridges of Madison County
Bullets Over Broadway
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
If/Then
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Weekend Specials
Once
The Rat Pack is Back!

2015
Camelot
Pippin
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Mary Poppins
Cirque Eloize iD

Weekend Specials
Million Dollar Quartet
Annie

2014
The Wizard of Oz
We Will Rock You
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Sound of Music
Blue Man Group

2013
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Catch Me If You Can The Musical
Flashdance The Musical
Disney The Little Mermaid
Footloose The Musical
Miss Saigon

2012
In The Heights
The Addams Family
Memphis
Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan
AIDA at Kauffman Center
La Cage Aux Folles (starring George Hamilton)

Special Presentation
RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles

2011
The King and I (starring Lou Diamond Phillips)
9 to 5 the Musical
Guys and Dolls
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Mamma Mia!
Xanadu

2010
Little House on the Prairie, The Musical (with Melissa Gilbert as Ma)
Dreamgirls
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Mel Brooks’ The Producers
RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles

2009
Legally Blonde: The Musical
Anything Goes
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chicago
Mamma Mia!

2008
The Drowsy Chaperone
Disney’s High School Musical
The Music Man
Fiddler on the Roof
Les Misérables

2007
Burn the Floor presents FloorPlay
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Sweet Charity (starring Paige Davis)
starring Paige Davis
The Wizard of Oz
West Side Story

2006
Riverdance
Dr. Dolittle (starring Tommy Tune)
Grease
Rent
Hairspray

2005
Disney’s On the Record
Footloose
Jesus Christ Superstar
Singin’ in the Rain
Hello, Dolly! (starring Michele Lee)

2004
Cats
Annie
The King and I
Camelot
Chicago

2003
Will Roger’s Follies
Disney’s Beauty & the Beast
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Starlight Express
The Sound of Music

2002
Some Like it Hot
The Wizard of Oz
42nd Street
Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Les Misérables

2001
AIDA
The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas
Casper
A Chorus Line
My Fair Lady

2000
Miss Saigon
West Side Story
The Prince and The Pauper
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Fosse

1999
Cirque Ingenieux
Grease
Annie
The King and I

1998
Oklahoma
Fiddler on the Roof
Peter Pan
Crazy For You

1997
Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Music Man
Jekyll & Hyde
The Wizard of Oz

1996
Little Shop of Horrors
Guys & Dolls
Phantom of the Opera
Evita

1995
Cinderella
Will Rogers Follies
Man of La Mancha
Singin’ in the Rain

1994
The Sound of Music
Annie
Dreamgirls
Cats

1993
Big River
Oliver!
42nd Street
Annie Get Your Gun
Tommy Tune Tonight

1992
The Music Man
Peter Pan
Show Boat
Hello Dolly!

1991
A Chorus Line
My Fair Lady
The Wizard of Oz
South Pacific

1990
Oklahoma!
Camelot
West Side Story
Brigadoon

1989
Bye Bye Birdie
Annie
The King and I
Fiddler on the Roof

1988
The Odd Couple
The Sound of Music
Jesus Christ Superstar
Oliver

1987
Gypsy
Cinderella
My One and Only
42nd Street
Big River

1986
West Side Story
Peter Pan
Sweet Charity
Dancin’
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1985
A Chorus Line
Evita
The Music Man
Hair

1984
Cabaret
The Wizard of Oz
Annie Get Your Gun
Jesus Christ Superstar

1983
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Annie
Fiddler on the Roof
Man of La Mancha
They’re Playing Our Song

1982
The Sound of Music
Where’s Charley?
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

1981
Grease
Oliver!
Camelot
West Side Story

1980
Bubbling Brown Sugar
Anything Goes
South Pacific
Gabriel Kaplan-Vicki Carr
An Evening with Joel Grey and Peter Nero
Bye Bye Birdie
Al Jolson Tonight
4 Girls 4
Li’l Abner
Jack Jones-Melissa Manchester

1979
My Fair Lady
Guys and Dolls
Brigadoon
Blackstone Magic Show
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Sugar
The Desert Song
I Do! I Do!
Ballroom
The Wiz

1978
The Music Man
Zorba
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Henry Mancini
Gypsy
Oklahoma!
Doc Severinsen Show
Man of La Mancha
Damn Yankees
Chicago

1977
The Merry Widow
Bobby Goldsboro-Donna Fargo Concert
Finian’s Rainbow
Shenandoah
Hello Dolly!
Anthony Newley with Bernadette Peters
Kismet
The Sound of Music
Sweet Charity
Porgy and Bess

1976
The Student Prince
Gone With the Wind
Buck Owens Show
On the Town
Show Boat
Isaac Hayes-Dionne Warwicke
Fiddler on the Roof
Mame
The King and I
1776

1975
Peter Marshall Show
Roger Miller
Carousel
Mitzi Gaynor Show
Danny Thomas Show
Eddie Fisher
Henry Mancini Concert
The Wizard of Oz

1974
Doc Severinsen Show
Connie Stevens Show
Shirley Jones-Jack Cassidy Show
Abrasevic
Jerry Lewis Show
Man of La Mancha
Dionne Warwicke Show
Steve Allen-Jayne Meadows

1973
Roy Clark Show
Doc Severinsen Show
Pearl Bailey Show
Untamed Land
Mitzi Gaynor Show
Festival U.S.A.
Henry Mancini
Carol Lawrence Show

1972
Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
Ed Ames Show
Jim Nabors Show
Robert Goulet Show
From Vienna With Love
Roy Clark Show
Mexican Holiday
Shirley Jones Show

1971
Sweet Charity
Funny Girl
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
70, Girls, 70
Cabaret
Carol Channing Show
Jim Nabors Show
Two by Two

1970
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Hello Dolly!
Tom Sawyer
On A Clear Day You Can
See Forever
Man of La Mancha
How to Succeed in Business
Fiddler on the Roof – First Edition

1969
The Nashville Sound
State Fair
Can Can
Peter Pan
George M!
Damn Yankees
The Merry Widow
Mame

1968
Carousel
The Pajama Game
The Music Man
Annie Get Your Gun
Call Me Madam
Sweet Charity
Show Boat
South Pacific

1967
West Side Story
Kismet
My Fair Lady
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Funny Girl
Superman!
The Sound of Music

1966
How to Succeed in Business
The Desert Song
Bye Bye Birdie
The Bells are Ringing
Flower Drum Song
Oklahoma!
Guys and Dolls
The King and I

1965
Camelot
The Music Man
Kiss Me Kate
West Side Story
Here’s Love
110 in the Shade
She Loves Me
Oliver!

1964
My Fair Lady
Milk and Honey
Tom Sawyer
Tovarich
Mr. President
Little Me
Porgy and Bess
The Sound of Music

1963
Show Boat
Wildcat
Carnival
Gypsy
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
The Wizard of Oz
Victor Borge
South Pacific

1962
The Music Man
Blossom Time
Carol Burnett Show
Mexican Holiday
Around the World in 80 Days
Fiorello
Brigadoon
Bye Bye Birdie

1961
Destry Rides Again
Vagabond King
Red Head
Cinderella
Calamity Jane
Can Can
Damn Yankees
Take Me Along
Flower Drum Song

1960
Rose Marie
Kismet
Annie Get Your Gun
The Pajama Game
The Student Prince
The Merry Widow
West Side Story
Meet Me in St. Louis
The King and I

1959
Oklahoma!
The Firefly
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Tom Sawyer
Say, Darling
New Moon
The Great Waltz
Bells are Ringing
Li’l Abner

1958
The Jerry Lewis Show
Fanny
Happy Hunting
Rosalinda
Kiss Me Kate
Tom Sawyer
Carousel
The Wizard of Oz
Guys and Dolls
The Most Happy Fella

1957
Liberace
South Pacific
High Button Shoes
Can Can
By the Beautiful Sea
The Pajama Game
Panama Hattie
Silk Stockings
Damn Yankees
Show Boat

1956
Peter Pan
Kismet
Best Foot Forward
The Desert Song
Annie Get Your Gun
Plain and Fancy
The Chocolate Soldier
Paint Your Wagon
Wish You Were Here
The King and I

1955
Naughty Marietta
Me and Juliet
Babes in Toyland
Guys and Dolls
Bittersweet
Finian’s Rainbow
Cole Porter Festival
Brigadoon
Wonderful Town
South Pacific

1954
Call Me Madam
Sweethearts
Three Musketeers
Girl Crazy
Carmen
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Hit the Deck
Song of Norway
No No Nanette
Oklahoma!

1953
The Student Prince
The Wizard of Oz
The Merry Widow
Bloomer Girl
On Your Toes
Up in Central Park
New Moon
Kiss Me Kate
Blossom Time
Annie Get Your Gun

1952
The Great Waltz
Good News
The Vagabond King
Where’s Charley?
The Firefly
Carousel
Robin Hood
East Wind
The Red Mill
Show Boat

1951
The Desert Song
Rio Rita
Song of Norway
Roberta
Rose Marie
The Chocolate Soldier
Brigadoon
Bittersweet
Babes in Toyland
Naughty Marietta