1895 Broadway debut of 's The Importance of Being Earnest, starring Henry Miller as Jack Worthing.
1912 The Vaudeville team of and make their debut in at Broadway's Globe Theatre. Shean's nephews follow in his footsteps into showbiz as .
1952 After touring, opens on Broadway in 's . stages the 31 performances.
1969 Michael Simone directs a triple-bill of 's The Man with the Flower in His Mouth, The License, and The Jar Off-Broadway at the Sheridan Square Playhouse. and are in the cast.
1993 's rock opera opens on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. stars in the title role, originally played by Roger Daltrey in the 1975 film. The production wins five Tony Awards, including Best Score for Townshend (in a tie with Kander and Ebb's ) and Best Direction of a Musical for .
1999 , , and bring back to life. The saga, with music by Wildhorn and staging by , opens at Broadway's St. James Theater. The 26 member ensemble is led by , , and . The show closes after only 61 performances despite a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical.
2003 Tony winner returns to Broadway as Muzzie in the long-running musical . Uggams won the Best Actress in a Musical Tony for .
2004 The stage of Studio 54 turns into the underbelly of a carnival roller coaster鈥攃omplete with shooting gallery, spinning wheel, and unattainable prizes鈥攁s and 's 1990 musical premieres on Broadway. Directed by , the cast includes , , , and . The production wins five Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.
2008 Gone with the Wind, a new musical version of Margaret Mitchell's epic novel with music and lyrics by Margaret Martin, opens at the West End's New London Theatre. Directed by , the musical co-stars Darius Danesh as Rhett Butler and as Scarlet O'Hara.
2010 , a unique musical that is part video documentary and part Broadway revue, opens at Studio 54, offering the life story of Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Director conceived the show, enlisting a cast that includes , , , , , , , and .
2012 and have a volatile date with destiny in a Broadway revival of ' at the Broadhurst Theatre. The cast is led by Underwood as Stanley, Parker as Blanche DuBois, and as Stella Kowalski.
2013 Irish novelist 's , starring as the mother of Jesus, opens on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Despite receiving three Tony nominations including Best Play, the production closes after only 16 performances.
2014 The Broadway premiere of and 's rock musical , starring , opens on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre. The hit production wins four Tony Awards, including ones for Harris, co-star , and Best Revival. Future actors to take on the title role in the production include , , , and Hedwig creator John Cameron Mitchell.
2015 , , and 's musical opens on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. and star as two brothers, desperate to write a hit play of their own in Shakespeare's shadow, who end up creating the world's first musical. wins a Tony Award for his performance as Shakespeare. The production runs 708 performances.
2018 The eighth story in the Harry Potter saga unfolds on the Broadway stage as opens at the Lyric Theatre. Playwright adapted 's characters for the two-part play, which premiered in London's West End in 2016. It wins six Tony Awards, including Best Direction of a Play for , and Best Play.
2019 Arthur Miller's All My Sons comes to the American Airlines Theatre in a Roundabout Theatre Company revival directed by Jack O'Brien and starring Tracy Letts, Annette Bening, and Benjamin Walker.
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