1913 ' comedy Potash and Perlmutter begins a hit run at the Cohan Theatre, starring George Sidney and as the hapless pair.
1927 headlines the at the New Amsterdam Theatre. The score introduces the song "Shaking the Blues Away."
1939 is born in London, England. A Tony Award winner for her performance as Mrs. Kendal in , she also appears in the original Broadway casts of , , , , and .
1996 A season of revivals kicks off at the 's Criterion Center Stage Right with ' . Following the turn of-the-century-set drama, the season continues with 's , 's , and 's .
2011 The world premiere of 's Olive and the Bitter Herbs, starring , , and , opens Off-Broadway at . directs the comedy about an actor who sees a ghost in her mirror.
2016 Groundhog Day, and 's musical based on the 1993 film comedy of the same name, premieres at London's Old Vic Theatre. stars as Phil Connors, a cynical Pittsburgh TV weatherman who is sent to cover the Groundhog Day event in the small town of Punxutawney, Pennsylvania, where he finds himself caught in a time loop, forced to repeat the same day again and again鈥� and again. Karl repeats his performance in the production when it the following year.
2018 and take on the roles created on screen by and in , opening on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre. Based on the 1990 romantic comedy about a star-crossed meeting between a sex worker and a disillusioned businessman, the show has a book co-written by the film's director and screenwriter , and songs by and .
Today's Birthdays: (1930鈥�2010), (b. 1935), (b. 1936), (b. 1941), (b. 1945), (b. 1946), 1952, (b. 1953), (b. 1958), Madonna (b. 1958), (b. 1960), (b. 1961), (b. 1985)
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