1949 :)
Wicked
Michael Crawford, he played the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway in 1988.
catch me if you can, with aaron tveit, many new Broadway musicals are going to appear soon.
Buddy Ebsen appeared in two Broadway Melody productions (1936 and 1938).
the Black Crook is the first musical that was on Broadway
Broadway
The jukebox musical "Jersey Boys" first appeared on Broadway in 2005 followed by an US Tour in 2006. Previews started on October 4, 2005 and the musical opened November 6, 2005 at the August Wilson Theatre.
Hair
The Lion King....
1966 Broadway hitI do. I do
No. Newsies was a movie first, and has not been on Broadway.