Historical clue formulations

• Broadway hit, informally — 2020-08-07
• Box office smash, in slang — 2020-04-29
• Sockeroo — 2013-01-24
• Big Broadway hit — 2009-07-15
• Hit, as on the noggin — 2007-11-05
• Laugh, in showbiz slang — 2004-01-24
• Hit on Broadway — 2002-12-29
• Theatrical hit, in slang — 1998-09-09
• Box office hit, slangily — 1995-10-24