1899 Happy birthday , who, taking the surname "Duke," becomes one of the 20th century's most important musician-composers. He writes the scores for the Broadway musicals and , and his songs are later used in the hit revue , and the Twelfth Night-inspired musical
1919 is born in New York City. She never says no as Ado Annie in the original 1943 production of and acts in films as everybody's witty and wise best friend.
1940 and head the cast in 's . The drama describes the courage of the Finns recently overrun by Russian invaders. It plays 181 performances at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway, and wins the Pulitzer Prize.
1966 Paula Strasberg, an early member of the Actors Studio (with husband ) and a drama coach, dies at age 55.
1968 This is the dawning of the "Age of Aquarius" when opens on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre. and wrote the book and lyrics for the musical. The production runs four years, for a total of 1,750 performances.
1992 and combine March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland into one musical, which they call . Opening on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre, it stars as Whizzer, as Marvin, and as Mendel. Finn wins the Tony Award for Best Score, and Finn and Lapine win for Best Book. It runs 486 performances.
1996 It's "No Day But Today" for the cast of the Broadway sensation , opening at the Nederlander Theatre. directs the musical that makes names for such actors as , , , , and . Written by , the show plays 5,123 performances on Broadway, and wins many awards including the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Larson sadly never saw any of the success that his musical brought, having died in January 1996 of an aortic aneurysm.
1997 's musical is revived on Broadway by director . The show, based on the 1759 novel Candide by , features , , and . Unlike Prince's , this production runs only 104 performances.
2001 Two-time Pulitzer winner continues his epic chronicle of 20th century African-American life when opens on Broadway. Two Tony-winning musical comedy stars take on dramatic roles in the play: and .
2002 Broadway and TV comedian makes her debut as a playwright when Hollywood Arms, co-written with her daughter , opens at the in Chicago. It .
2006 Rent celebrates its 10th anniversary on Broadway with a reunion event at the Nederlander Theatre.
2009 The first Broadway revival of 's 1934 romantic comedy opens at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. portrays a playwright who finds fresh inspiration in a pretty young secretary in the production, directed by .
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Original Broadway company of Rent
