1848 English actor is born. She makes her American debut in 1883 with Henry Irving's company. She goes on to star in classic and contemporary works. The Terry family becomes a prominent force in theatre; is a relative.
1906 Actor is born. He appears in several productions with including , which Rodgers and Hammerstein use as the basis for their musical He becomes a member of .
1930 Two births: , librettist of , , , , , and other shows. And movie star , performer in Broadway's and , and director of the 2002 revival of .
1958 directs , a drama depicting the pregnancy of a teenage girl. and collaborated on the story. and star as the couple.
1964 Come to the 54th Street Theatre to find out. stars in the musical about clawing to fame and fortune in Hollywood. and adapt Budd's novel, and provides the songs. It runs for 540 performances.
1980 Following a 12-year absence, returns to the Broadway stage in ' , a drama about Charlotte von Stein's relationship with writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The two-hander costars in the almost entirely silent role of Charlotte's husband, Josias von Stein. It runs for five performances.
1994 Off-Broadway's Orpheum Theatre, once a home for old-fashioned Yiddish theatre, suddenly crashes and bangs with the energy of Stomp. The U.K. dance piece keeps slamming bin lids, sweeping brooms, and flicking cigarette lighters for years to come.
1997 's opens at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway. The comedy-drama, which wins a Best Play Tony, concerns a Jewish family in Atlanta and stars , , and .
2003 Opening night of at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway. 's story of a major league baseball star who comes out as gay wins the Tony Award for Best Play.
2007 , 78, who founded TheatreWorks USA, the nation's largest touring children's theatre company, dies in Manhattan after a long illness.
2013 and Nathan Gunn star in the New York Philharmonic's concert staging of and 's Carousel, which begins a five-performance run at Avery Fisher Hall. The cast also includes Stephanie Blythe, , , and .
2017 The world premiere of 鈥檚 The Penitent opens Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company. , Lawrence Gilliard Jr., , and star in the play about a renowned psychiatrist whose career, ethics, and faith are thrown into question when he refuses to testify on behalf of a young patient.
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