1907 is born. The preeminent British actor of his generation, his dozens of notable performances included , , , , , and .
1909 The Midnight Sons, with a score by and a book by , runs at the Broadway Theatre for nearly eight months. Director opens the show with an audience on stage watching the real audience. Dancer is a highlight of the cast.
1909 tells the New York Dramatic Mirror that the Shubert Organization is now in position to play 40 weeks, coast-to-coast, due to the number of theatres it owns outright or controls. In the coming season, the Shuberts control 100 attractions.
1920 American playwright Hal Reid dies at the age of 60. Among his plays are From Broadway to Bowery and The Kentuckian. In 1912, he was appointed censor to the Universal Film Corporation.
1945 returns to New York as for a limited engagement at City Center. Co-starring as Iago and as Desdemona, the production had been on tour following its at the Shubert Theatre.
1956 , 鈥渃onceived, cast, and assembled鈥� by , opens Off-Broadway at the Phoenix Theatre. A cast including , , and perform songs by and . Additional material is contributed by , , , , and .
1967 American poet and playwright dies in New York City at the age of 65. He wrote two full-length plays, , which was turned into a musical titled in 1950, and Troubled Island. His autobiography, The Big Sea, was published in 1940.
1994 Youth has gone awry in 鈥檚 subUrbia at 鈥檚 Off-Broadway Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The play, set at a suburban 7-Eleven, stars Tim Guinee, Steve Zahn, , Wendy Hoopes, and .
1998 gears up for his latest stand-up show at New York鈥檚 Catch a Rising Star. The show opens at Broadway鈥檚 John Golden Theatre on December 30, 1999, and runs 182 performances.
2001 launches its national tour in Toronto.
2002 Broadway loses a champion today when The Show, the TV talk show that made a point of showcasing stage musicals over the course of six years starting in 1996, broadcasts its final segment. O鈥橠onnell, who hosted three Tony Awards shows along the way, ends with a salute to the Great White Way that features cast members from , , , , , and .
2011 , the Hollywood composer of 鈥淵ou Light Up My Life鈥� and the musicals and Metropolis, commits suicide in his Upper East Side apartment at age 73.
2012 February House, Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley鈥檚 musical that centers around the bohemian Brooklyn Heights residents at 7 Middagh Street, opens Off-Broadway at . The production stars as George Davis, as Benjamin Britten, as Gypsy Rose Lee, as W.H. Auden, and Kristen Sieh as Carson McCullers.
Today鈥檚 Birthdays: Linda Emond (b. 1959).
Watch highlights from Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley鈥檚 2012 musical February House:
