 The show was produced in London in 1984 (winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical) and its 2001 Broadway revival won the Tony for Best Revival.Based on the 1932 novel by Bradford Ropes and the subsequent 1933 Hollywood film adaptation, the backstage musical show focuses on the efforts of famed dictatorial Great White Way director Julian Marsh to mount a successful stage production of a musical extravaganza at the height of the Great Depression.The show is a jukebox musical of sorts, in that, in addition to songs from the 1933 film "42nd Street", it includes songs that Dubin and Warren wrote for many other films at around the same time, including "Gold Diggers of 1933", "Roman Scandals", "Dames", "Gold Diggers of 1935", "Go into Your Dance", "Gold Diggers of 1937" and "The Singing Marine".