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1917 , , and open their romantic musical-comedy at the Longacre Theatre. The score includes "Just You Watch My Step," "The Siren's Song," "Cleopatterer," and the title number.

1930 Stage and film actor is born in New York. Broadway credits will include , , , , , and the 1976 revival of

1939 Dancer-producer-director opens the 13th and last edition of his revues with an eclectic cast that includes , , and The Three Stooges. It runs 120 performances at the Alvin Theatre.

1985 Actor-writer dies of a stroke at age 88. With such stage successes as , , and , Gordon was one of Broadway's brightest stars during the 1920s and 1930s. She married stage actor who died suddenly in 1927 of a heart attack. She later married again, in 1942, to the playwright , with whom she collaborated on many projects, including the stage work and screenplays for and . Notable movie acting appearances include Harold and Maude and Rosemary's Baby.

2011 Day two of New York City's shut down under the threat of Hurricane (later downgraded to Tropical Storm) Irene. All Broadway and most Off-Broadway shows are canceled, and there is a system-wide shut down of New York City mass transit. Theatre and transit both resume on Monday, August 29.

2016 Fuerza Bruta, the popular, fast-paced show from Buenos Aires, ends its nine-year run Off-Broadway. Combining live music, projections, and aerial displays, with scenes set above the audience, it played 3,0004 performances at the Daryl Roth Theatre.

Today's Birthdays: (1749-1832). (1899-1978). (1905-1980). (1921-1991). (1927-2019). (1925-1933). (b. 1933). (b. 1942). (1947-2011). Wayne Cilento (b. 1949). (b. 1961). Andy Karl (b. 1974). (b. 1986).

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Look Back at 70 Years of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway

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