1924 Singer and vaudeville star opens at the Palace.
1924 opens in and 's play about a girl who decides to become a "flapper" over the objections of her parents. It stays for 312 performances and is later filmed with Clara Bow.
1933 Birthday of avant garde Polish director Jerzy Grotowski, whose techniques enjoy a great vogue in the 1960s after publication of his book, Towards a Poor Theatre.
1965 Actor is born in South Carolina. A star of both stage and screen, she wins Tony Awards for her performances in August Wilson's and , and an Academy Award for the 2016 film adaptation of Fences.
1999 's Jar the Floor opens at Off-Broadway's . The play looks at four generations of African-American women who gather to celebrate the family's great-grandmother's 90th birthday. The connections between the various mothers and daughters are exposed when the youngest member of the clan arrives with an unexpected guest. The production stars Irma P. Hall, , , , and .
2011 Three years after the original Broadway production closed, Rent returns to New York. A revival of 's award-winning rock musical about a group of friends, lovers, and artists seeking to express themselves in the age of AIDS, opens Off-Broadway at New World Stages. The freshly conceived production is helmed by the show's original Tony Award-nominated director, . The cast includes as Mark, as Roger, and as Maureen.
2015 The world premiere of 's John opens Off-Broadway at Signature Theatre's Irene Diamond Stage. stars as Mertis, the cheerful innkeeper at a Bed & Breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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