1921 , who recently had one leg amputated, comes to London to play the title role in 's Daniel at the Prince's Theatre. When she found a wooden leg unwieldy, she designed a litter chair for herself and was carried around the stage. Of course, she needed no help balancing herself on one leg for the curtain calls.
1944 Philanthropist dies in New York City. She and her sister built and endowed the . With she founded the Museum of Costume Art on Fifth Avenue in 1937.
1949 's receives just 67 performances at the 48th Street Theatre in New York. and are in the cast of the story of an American scientist who believes he can prevent war by passing atomic secrets to the Russians so the race for the bomb will be a stalemate. stages.
1964 鈥攂ut this tune carries just nine performances at Broadway's Majestic Theatre. composes the songs and the story of a mayoress who tries to revive her town with a fake miracle. , , and star.
1971 The "Broadway Baby" is pounding 42nd St... well a few blocks away actually, at the Winter Garden Theatre as opens. The - musical about Ziegfeld-era performers is co-directed by and and stars , , , and . It wins seven Tony Awards, and runs 522 performances.
2000 's , starring , begins previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The production, co-starring , , and , opens April 30 and runs through June 11.
2001 comes home to 42nd Street when previews begin for an opulent new Broadway revival of the backstage musical at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The production wins the 2001 Tony as Best Revival of a Musical, and runs 1,524 performances.
2001 Teen idol joins the cast of the struggling Broadway musical and, for a while, buoys the box office.
2002 A Broadway adaptation of the film opens at the Plymouth Theatre, and earns headlines for a nude scene featuring Hollywood star as Mrs. Robinson.
2010 A revival of , 鈥檚 farce about the backstage chaos that erupts at an Ohio opera house when the star tenor fails to show up for an all-important benefit gala, opens at the Music Box Theatre. Directed by , the cast includes , , , , and .
2013 stars as an indefatigable drag performer whose broken heel helps mend a broken wing for a foundering shoe-maker, played by , in the musical , opening on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Based on the 2005 film of the same title, the musical has a book by and music and lyrics by . The production wins six Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
2016 is ready for another close-up as she reprises her Tony-winning performance as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard for the first time in London. directs the semi-staged production of 's 1993 musical at the London Coliseum. The production the following year.
2018 Glenda Jackson reprises her Olivier Award-winning performance as the title character in King Lear in an all-new production at the Cort Theatre, helmed by Sam Gold. Co-starring are Jayne Houdyshell, Ruth Wilson (who earned a Tony Award nomination), Elizabeth Marvel, Aisling O'Sullivan, Pedro Pascal, and John Douglas Thompson. The production runs 76 performances
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