1967 Playwright is found dead in his London flat. Also found dead is his companion, writer and actor Kenneth Halliwell. It appears that Halliwell murdered the playwright and then killed himself.
1978 A New York newspaper strike leads producers to use TV and other media to advertise their shows.
2003 makes her directing debut at Long Island's Bay Street Theatre with a revival of The Boy Friend, the musical with which she made . plays Andrews' role (Polly).
2012 A revival of Into the Woods, and 's Tony Award-winning musical that intertwines classic fairytales, opens at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The Shakespeare in the Park production stars as the Witch, as the Baker, Amy Adams and the Baker's Wife, and as Cinderella.
2014 and 's musical Up Here opens its world premiere engagement at the in California. and topline the musical, which takes place inside the head of a computer repairman (Bittner) with a vivid imagination. directs.
2018 The New York premiere of and 's musical Be More Chill opens Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center. stars in the show about an awkward high schooler who succumbs to the influence of the Squip, a pill-shaped supercomputer purported to make its user more chill. The production sells out its limited engagement, and the following year.
2019 Producer launches the inaugural Rave Theatre Festival, offering over 20 emerging artists the chance to have their work seen by a wider audience.
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Watch highlights from the 2012 Shakespeare in the Park production of Into the Woods:
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