The play was Mr. McKellen's first Broadway triumph, and people who saw it talk of it still.

For Sunday evening's sold-out performance, which drew a crowd of over 3,000, he gave the Concord a 20 percent discount off his asking price, which has increased to $50,000 since his Broadway triumph.

Rodgers and Hammerstein had already between them nearly 6 glory-filled decades of Broadway triumph and in their first collaboration, "Oklahoma!"

The woman with the earth-shaking pop-gospel voice who played Effie in "Dreamgirls" has made only scattershot appearances in New York City since her Broadway triumph.

More prudent perhaps is the path "Fences" took in slow development via three regional theaters before its Broadway triumph.

She scored a Broadway triumph just eight years later with "Eubie," a revue of Eubie Blake's songs that captured three Tony nominations.

A Broadway triumph for "Brooklyn," which received a workshop production in Denver, would indeed be the stuff of urban fairy tales.

In 1969 she scored a Broadway triumph when she took on the title role of "Mame," which had been originated by Angela Lansbury.

"Marie Christine" didn't do well, and her best-remembered Broadway triumphs remain "Carousel," "Ragtime" and "Master Class."

Following its Broadway triumph and second UK tour, the play opened at London's Wyndham's Theatre on 2 January 2007, following previews from 20 December 2006.