1908 The four Cohans (George, Helen, Jerry, and Josephine) are the stars of The Yankee Prince. wrote, directed, and co-produced the musical at Broadway's Knickerbocker Theatre. It runs 119 performances.
1915 There's , but there's a score with a book by and . The musical nests at Broadway's Princess Theatre鈥攁nd later Maxine Elliott's Theatre鈥攆or 135 performances.
1927 Russian-born makes his Broadway debut in at the Hudson Theatre. He studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. He later originates the role of Nathan Detroit in .
1951 's aren't very. plays a domineering mother who drives her husband and three sons to drink. She tossed her meddlesome daughter-in-law into an asylum and one night accidentally kills the one lush who was loyal to her. It runs three performances at the Empire Theatre on Broadway.
1997 and star in a revival of . It runs 145 performances at the Lyceum Theatre. The production is Harris' final Broadway appearance.
1999 ' , which opened on March 8 at the Lyceum Theatre, reopens at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The production was scheduled to close April 11, but star decided to stay on with the show, making the transfer viable. The thriller focuses on a psychopathic bellboy and the spell he casts on several women in an English country house.
2001 , who created memorable Broadway roles including Golde in (Tony Award), Tessie Tura in , and Madame Hortense in , dies at age 80.
2010 , the musical based on the Grammy Award-winning rock album by , directed by , opens at the St. James Theatre. , , and star as three friends who attempt to escape from lives in suburbia.
2011 Following a 2009 London premiere, the musical stage adaptation of聽鈥攆eaturing a score by and 鈥攐pens in New York at the Broadway Theatre. makes her Broadway debut as Deloris Van Cartier, a singer on the run who transforms the lives of a convent full of nuns when she hides out among them.
2014 Two shows previously seen Off-Broadway in the 1990s, make their Broadway debuts: 's production of and 's musical , starring in the title role, opens at the American Airlines Theatre; and 's production of 's play , starring , opens at the Cort Theatre.
2015 Opera star makes her Broadway debut in 's comedy , opening at the Longacre Theatre. The production is short-lived, running only 16 performances.
2017 is back where she belongs, starring as Dolly Gallagher Levi in a Broadway revival of at the Shubert Theatre. Midler wins a Tony Award for her performance鈥攈er first leading role in a Broadway musical鈥攁nd the production wins Best Revival of a Musical.
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