1900 Cho-Cho San and her passionate and tragic love illuminate 's adaptation of 's story, Madame Butterfly. It is oddly paired on a double bill at The Duke of York's Theatre in London, with a comedy by , Miss Hobbs. later uses the Belasco play as the basis for his opera.
1976 As a woman who rarely left her home but had an intricate imagination, is Emily Dickinson. Playwright calls the poet . The solo play inhabits the Longacre Theatre on Broadway for 15 weeks and become one of Harris' signature roles.
1976 At the 's Aldwych Theatre in London, directs 's The Zykovs. and are in the cast.
1988 Rook to downstage-right. The , , and musical , about the cold war, opens on Broadway. directs a cast that includes , , and . It runs 68 performances at the Imperial Theatre.
1990 ends its extraordinary run after 6,137 performances. and others would eventually prowl onward, but back then, the , , , , and musical was the longest-running show in Broadway history.
1997 When a doctor really doesn't feel like himself it could turn chilling鈥攐r into a musical. opens on Broadway, with book and lyrics by and music by . stars with and . The adaptation of the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde runs 1,543 performances at the Plymouth Theatre.
2010 and play two writers who help and challenge one another in the Broadway debut of ' at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
2011 , the original musical that stars as an American grandmother trying to keep alive her days in Polish Yiddish theatre through her granddaughter, opens on Broadway at Studio 54. Presented by , the musical has libretto and lyrics by , and music by and .
2016 In May 1921, , a new musical conceived by and , with music and lyrics by and , became the unlikeliest of hits, significantly altering the face of Broadway. 95 years later, tells the history of Shuffle Along in his new musical . The production stars , , , , and . It runs 100 performances at the Music Box Theatre.
Today's Birthdays: Mary McDonnell (b. 1952). Marcia Milgrom Dodge (b. 1955). Jenna Ushkowitz (b. 1986).
