1911 stars as , a woman anxious to conceal her mid-continent past under a veneer of British manners. 's comedy runs at the Lyceum on Broadway.
1924 Birthday of actor , who stars as Stanley Kowalski in on Broadway before heading off to Hollywood, where he recreates that role, and co-stars in Guys and Dolls and many other film classics.
1947 stages the at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York. devised the musical about college radicals. and provide words and music. and are in the cast.
1950 German-born composer dies in New York at age 50. Among his many works are , Mahagonny, , and .
1958 鈥攊sn't this a musical about a musical? and fashion the story about the transformation of Bissell's novel 7 1/2 Cents into the Broadway musical . composes the score, and and provide the lyrics. , , and head the cast.
1980 directs 's , which opens at Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre. The play about a screenwriter and his distant daughter stars , , and .
2000 The sound of 76 trombones blares on Broadway when 's revival of 's begins performances at the Neil Simon Theatre. The well-received revival opens April 27, stars and , and settles in for a 699-performance run.
2005 Nearly 400 years after his death, is a hit on Broadway yet again鈥攚ith a little help from , who stars as Brutus in .
2008 The first-ever Broadway revival of and 's opens at 's Vivian Beaumont. and Brazilian opera singer are the lovers who "meet across a crowded room" in the new production directed by . Unbilled co-star is the 30-piece orchestra, one of the largest on Broadway. The production wins eight Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.
2013 Rattlestick Playwrights Theater presents the world premiere of ' Buyer & Cellar, starring as an out-of-work actor who lands a gig working in Barbra Streisand's basement. The production is a hit, and later transfers to the Barrow Street Theatre for an open-ended run.
2014 Denzel Washington stars as Walter Lee Younger in a new revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, opening today at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The production will go on to win three 2014 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play and Best Direction of a Play for Kenny Leon.
2017 plays an extraordinary young woman who lives quietly in the world, but loudly in her mind, in . Librettist , composer-lyricist , and lyricst based their musical on the 2001 film. It runs 56 performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
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