1921 Opening night of the popular farce about a man who gives a young woman a jeweled garter, then schemes to get it back before his fianc茅 finds out.
1922 Stage veteran is born in Canada. After appearing in several productions on the West End, Hill makes his Broadway debut in the 1955 production of . He goes on to appear in the Broadway productions of , , and as George in , winning a Tony Award for that performance.
1924 is born. He writes the books for several classic musicals, including , , and . Late in his career he takes up work as a lyricist on the musicals and .
1996 and Jimmy Roberts team up to bring I Love You, You鈥檙e Perfect, Now Change, to Off-Broadway's Westside Theatre. The show that explores the entire spectrum of male-female relationships, from dating to in-laws, becomes Off-Broadway鈥檚 longest-running musical revue on January 7, 2001, breaking the record formerly held by Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. It closes on July 27, 2008, after 5,003 performances.
1997 , a Tony winner for , heads a cast that also includes and in Lucky in the Rain, opening at the . The show's music and lyrics are taken from the songbook of the late and . wrote the book for the musical about the romantic entanglements of two American journalists living in 1920s Paris.
2010 After a hiatus of several weeks, Tony-winning theatre favorites and reopen the acclaimed, Tony-nominated revival of and 's at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Peters and Stritch succeed and , respectively, in the roles of actor Desir茅e Armfeldt and her worldly-wise mother Madame Armfeldt.
2012 , the pop-fueled musical inspired by the popular film franchise about rival cheerleading teams, opens on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. The show has a book by , music by and , and lyrics by and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Directed and choreographed by , the production runs 171 performances and earns Tony nominations for Best Musical and Best Choreography. The cast includes 30 actors making their Broadway debuts, including , , and .
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