in 2003, the Shuberts agreed to improve disabled access at their 16 landmarked Broadway theaters, including the Imperial. This was followed by a year-long run of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in 2005; a short run of High Fidelity in 2006; and the productions of Coram Boy and August: Osage County in 2007. Billy Elliot the Musical opened in November 2008 and ran for slightly over three years. It was followed by Nice Work If You Can Get It in 2012; 700 Sundays in 2013; a revival of Les Misérables in 2014; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 in 2016; and Carousel in 2018. American Idol season 2 competitors Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken performed at the Imperial for a Christmas special in 2018, and the musical Ain't Too Proud opened in March 2019. Ain't Too Proud achieved the box office record for the Imperial Theatre, grossing $1,865,016.90 over eight performances for the week ending December 29, 2019. The theater closed on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the Shuberts sold the air rights above the Imperial to Extell Development Company for a then-record $51 million. The theater reopened on October 16, 2021, with performances of Ain't Too Proud, which ran until January 2022. The Imperial's next production, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Bad Cinderella, is scheduled to open in March 2023. Notable productions Productions are listed by the year of their first performance. 1923: Mary Jane McKane 1924: Rose-Marie 1926: Oh, Kay! 1927: The Desert Song 1928: The New Moon 1930: Princess Charming 1930: Babes in Toyland 1932: Flying Colors 1933: Of Thee I Sing 1933: Let 'Em Eat Cake 1934: Say When 1935: Panic 1935: Jubilee 1936: On Your Toes 1936: Hamlet 1937: Between the Devil 1938: You Can't Take It with You 1938: Leave It to Me! 1939: Too Many Girls 1940: Louisiana Purchase 1941: Let's Face It! 1943: One Touch of Venus 1943: Ziegfeld Follies 1944: Song of Norway 1946: Annie Get Your Gun 1949: Miss Liberty 1950: Peter Pan 1950: Call Me Madam 1952: Wish You Were Here 1953: John Murray Anderson's Almanac 1954: By the Beautiful Sea 1955: Silk Stockings 1956: The Most Happy Fella 1957: Jamaica 1959: Destry Rides Again 1960: Gypsy 1961: Carnival! 1963: Oliver! 1964: Fiddler on the Roof 1967: Cabaret 1968: Zorba 1969: A Patriot for Me 1970: Minnie's Boys 1970: Two by Two 1971: On the