1922 It's booze, jazz, and . ' work showcases his wife, , and . The drama runs at Henry Miller's Theatre for 114 performances.
1933 Happy birthday, 鈥攂orn today in Washington, D.C. The Tony-winning singer-dancer-actor stars in , , , , , and plays Velma in the original . In 2005, she tells the story of her career on stage in the Broadway bio .
1941 The unlikely combination of , , , and make a hit out of the musical , the psychological profile of a female business executive. It runs 467 performances at the Alvin Theatre.
1943 American drama critic dies in New York. He served as drama critic for the New York Times, the Herald, and the Sun. Woollcott appeared as an actor in by and was said to have been the model for the character Sheridan Whiteside in by and . His books include Mr. Dickens Goes to the Play, Enchanted Aisles, and As You Were. Woollcott was 56 years old.
1953 's farce , exposing New York's garment industry, opens at the Cort Theatre, where it runs 654 performances. stars.
1958 and make their Broadway debut as a team with the opening of their musical . It runs just 60 performances, but the team returns with scores to , , and .
1964 explores his failed marriage with Marilyn Monroe in his drama , which opens at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, where it runs 208 performances. and star.
1975 sends a group of New York types on a hunt for the Elephant King of memory in his surreal , which transfers to Broadway from Off-Broadway. It runs 396 performances at the Mayfair Theatre.
1986 , a musical revue featuring the music of , opens at the Ritz Theatre and runs only 13 performances. The cast features , , , and .
2005 's novel becomes a Broadway musical, with a score by and and book by . stars as Jo, with as Marmee. It runs 137 performances.
2014 The world premiere of 's opens on Broadway at 's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. and star in the romantic comedy about a woman in rural Ireland who is determined to start a romance with the man who lives on the cattle farm next door.
2019 The Broadway premiere of Grand Horizons, a new play by Bess Wohl, opens at the Hayes Theater, directed by and presented by Second Stage Theater. Starring Jane Alexander and James Cromwell as a couple who abruptly decide to divorce, the play also stars , Ben McKenzie, , Maulik Pancholy, and Ashley Park.
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