Looking back on a year in pictures.
With every opening night, benefit concert, and backstage visit in 2014 came a photo opportunity to capture wonderful moments in the lives and careers of the most talented performers and creatives in the world. We combed though our archives to pick out our favorite photos from this year. In monthly order, we bring them to you now.
January: Carol Channing performs at The Town Hall with Justin Vivian Bond.
Carol Channing (seen here with Justin Vivian Bond) makes a triumphant return to New York to perform at The Town Hall in celebration of her 93rd birthday on January 20. February: The original cast of Maury Yeston and Peter Stone's Titanic reunites for an emotional one-night-only concert at Avery Fisher Hall.
Original Titanic stars Brian d'Arcy James and Martin Moran reunite on February 11 to rehearse "The Proposal/The Night Was Alive" in anticipation of a February 17 reunion concert at Avery Fisher Hall. March: Emma Thompson, Bryn Terfel, Christian Borle, Audra McDonald, and more star in a concert production of Sweeney Todd at Lincoln Center.
Emma Thompson makes her New York stage debut opposite Bryn Terfel in the New York Philharmonic's March 5-8 concert staging of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd . April: Original cast members of Hairspray , Smash , and more pay tribute to songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman at Carnegie Hall.
Original Hairspray stars Matthew Morrison and Marissa Jaret Winokur take the stage with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall to honor songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on April 28. May: The 2014 Drama Desk Award nominees meet the press.
Idina Menzel, Kelli O'Hara, and Jessie Mueller celebrate their 2014 Drama Desk Award nominations on May 7 at the JW Marriott Essex House. June: The 2014 Tony Award nominees light the Empire State Building.
2014 Tony nominees Kelli O'Hara and Celia Keenan-Bolger check out the view from the top of the Empire State Building on June 4. July: Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera hits another milestone.
The Phantom of the Opera stars Greg Mills (Raoul), Sierra Boggess (Christine), and Norm Lewis (The Phantom) celebrate the musical's milestone 11,000th performance at the Majestic Theatre on July 7.August: Songwriter Glen Hansard helps Once toast a landmark occasion.
Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard (second from left) joins the cast of his musical Once to perform a song in celebration of the show's 1,000th Broadway performance on August 13. September: Keke Palmer joins the Broadway cast of Cinderella .
On September 10, Keke Palmer takes her tearful first curtain call as Cinderella on Broadway. October: The starry Broadway production of Terrence McNally's It's Only a Play , led by Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, celebrates its opening night.
As Stockard Channing, Matthew Broderick, Jack O'Brien, Megan Mullally, and Nathan Lane look on, Terrence McNally takes a selfie on the opening night of It's Only a Play on October 9. November: After months of rumors, Emma Stone joins the Broadway cast of Cabaret as Sally Bowles.
Emma Stone takes her first bow as Sally Bowles in the Broadway revival of Cabaret on November 11. December: Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, and more walk the red carpet at the world premiere of Into the Woods .
Meryl Streep does her Witch pose on the red carpet at the December 8 world premiere of the new Into the Woods movie at the Ziegfeld Theatre.
![Original Titanic stars Brian d'Arcy James and Martin Moran reunite on February 11 to rehearse "The Proposal/The Night Was Alive" in anticipation of a February 17 reunion concert at Avery Fisher Hall.](https://cs-tm-prod-photos.azureedge.net/98646.jpg "Original Titanic stars Brian d'Arcy James and Martin Moran reunite on February 11 to rehearse "The Proposal/The Night Was Alive" in anticipation of a February 17 reunion concert at Avery Fisher Hall.")
