WEBVTT FROM EVERYONE'S FAVORITE ORPHAN TO A WICKED STORY, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF SHOWS COMING TO THE HIPPODROME THIS YEAR. THE CURRENT -- CURTAIN OPENS SEPTEMBER 9 WITH ONCE, CELEBRATED BROADWAY MUSICAL, AND THE SHOWS STAY INTERESTING ALL SEASON LONG. WHO WOULDN'T LOVE THIS? SINGING, DANCING, AND A BELOVED 1980'S MOVIE ADAPTED TO THE STAGE. BABY WON'T BE IN THE CORNER. SHE WILL BE ON STAGE DIRTY DANCING. WE BRING THE NATIONAL SHOWS FROM BROADWAY. THEY ARE GETTING WHAT THEY WOULD GET IN NEW YORK RIGHT HERE IN BALTIMORE IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD. THE HIPPODROME'S LINEUP IS FILLED WITH HIP SHOWS. SOME ARE CLASSICS. OTHERS OFFER A TOTALLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE, LIKE THE SHOW ONCE, WHICH OPENED IN SEPTEMBER. IT'S A WONDERFUL, INTIMATE LOVE STORY SET IN AN IRISH PUB. YOU HAVE TO GET HERE EARLY BECAUSE THEY LET YOU GO ONSTAGE AND HAVE A DRINK ON STAGE AND THE CAST HAS A LITTLE JAM SESSION BEFORE THE SHOW STARTS. THE MAGNIFICENT THEATER WHERE ALL THE MAGIC TAKES PLACE HAS TURNED 100 YEARS OLD. WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE DECADES AND SHOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND MAKE SURE WE WERE REPRESENTING ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING HERE. WHEN THE HIPPODROME FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS, IT WAS NOVEMBER 20 THIRD, 1914. AT THE TIME, PREMIUM TICKETS WERE $.50. THE TICKETS ARE A BIT MORE, BUT SO ARE THE PRODUCTIONS. THIS GRAND OLD THEATER REOPENED IN 2004 AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND