1936 In 's the task becomes impossible as the six dead soldiers refuse the grave. The one-act protest against the war runs three months at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York. and are among the actors portraying the soldiers.
1946 and are among the cast of . The revue satirizes subjects from Army red tape to southern racial prejudice. provides music and lyrics.
1964 Author and playwright , 70, dies in New York. He started his career as a journalist. Of his collaborations with , , , and are the best known.
1972 plays Stephen Kumalo in and 's musical . stages the five-week run at New York's Imperial Theatre.
1977 , , , and comprise the cast of . The musical revue spotlighting the composer-lyricist's top Broadway moments opens at the Music Box Theatre. The production runs 384 performances.
1994 The day that Disney came to Broadway: the full-scale live version of their animated film, , opens at the Palace Theatre. and play the title roles and costars as Belle's father. The production moves to another Broadway venue, the Lunt Fontanne Theatre, on November 12, 1999 to make room for Disney's third Broadway venture, . Beauty and the Beast continues to run until 2007, playing a total of 5,461 performances.
1996 Nathan Lane stars in a Broadway revival of at the St. James Theatre. His performance as Pseudolus earns him his first Tony Award. The production plays 715 performances, with the lead role later taken on by and .
2002 A stage adaptation of the film musical opens on Broadway with a largely new score by and . It goes on to win six Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Actress in a Musical for its star, .
2005 , a new musical by (grandson of ) and , opens at the Vivian Beaumont Theater for what is supposed to be a limited run. The show wins six Tony Awards (the most of any show in 2006), including Best Actress for and Best Score for Guettel and Lucas. After several extensions, the run becomes open-ended and it runs a total of 504 performances.
2010 's critically acclaimed revival of and 's musical opens on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. Directed by , the production stars and . The production wins three Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.
2012 The Broadway transfer of 's popular West End comedy , about a manservant pulled between two bosses—and his own voracious appetite—opens at the Music Box Theatre. repeats his praised London work as crazed butler Francis Henshall, inspired by theatre history's stock clown character Harlequin, and wins a Tony Award for his performance.
2013 Following a much-in-the-news rehearsal period, 's ,Ìý²õ³Ù²¹°ù°ù¾±²Ô²µ , , and , opens on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The production was originally scheduled to open April 7, but was postponed following the announcement that Foster would replace —who departed the company
2016 's Broadway musical phenomenon wins the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, only the ninth musical to win the prize in its 100-year history.
2017 's opens at Broadway's Cort Theatre, following an acclaimed downtown run at the Vineyard Theatre. The play is inspired by the real-life controversy surrounding the 1923 Broadway production of 's , the love story of two women. Director wins a Tony Award for her Broadway directing debut.
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