1898 Birthday of actor , who appears in more than 30 Broadway productions in between film and TV stints. Her major stage roles include ; ; ; ; ; and ; the last three winning her Tony Awards for acting.
1939 Stage and film actor is born Elizabeth Ann Cole in Ocala, Florida. She wins the Tony Award for her performance in , and also appears on Broadway in , , and a revival of . In the 1990s, Ashley is also a regular on the CBS series Evening Shade.
1940 Superstar performers and are married. Leigh, an Academy Award winner for the previous year's Gone With the Wind, and Olivier, a celebrated Broadway star and director, team up professionally on several occasions. Their work together includes a production of and the London production of A Streetcar Named Desire. In the latter, Leigh stars as Blanche DuBois, and Olivier directs his wife in the role she later immortalizes on film.
1982 Following an extended run at , 's adaptation of 's opens on Broadway for a limited engagement at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The production stars as Mrs. Helen Alving.
2000 Broadway's child prodigy brings Stephen Spoonamore's new play Where Everything Is Everything to Off-Broadway's New York Performance Works. The actor, who at age 11 won a Tony Award for her performance in the 1991 production of , now at 20 stars alongside . The play directed by Spoonamore focuses on a relationship between a slick financial consultant and a sweet, shy graphic designer.
2001 , once the uptight police inspector Javert, loosens up as the "sweet tranvestite" Dr. Frank 'n' Furter in the Broadway revival of , replacing Tony nominee .
2009 The Disney musical plays its final performance on Broadway after 685 performances.
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