1893 gets his second Broadway production in a year with the U.S. premiere of his play A Woman of No Importance at Miner's Fifth Avenue Theatre.
1911 The solemnly titled Through Death Valley; Or, the Mormon Peril opens at the Shakespeare theatre in London's Clapham district. Jack Fortescue stars in the drama.
1919 , who writes the librettos for and , is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1943 The New York City Center of Music and Drama opens with a concert by the New York Philharmonic.
1947 and 's hovers at the Coronet Theatre in New York. sings "Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo" and she doesn't鈥攖he show runs for over a year.
1958 plays the devil in 's highly stylized carnival-setting adaptation of the Bible story of Job, which opens at the ANTA Theatre. Titled 's drama features as the man whose faith in God gets the ultimate test. It runs 364 performances and wins both the Pulitzer Prize for drama and the Tony Award as Best Play.
1983 , a new comedy by involving a theatre company touring with a sex farce entitled Nothing On, opens at the Brooks Atkinson. It stars , , and . It runs 553 performances.
1989 , , and 's new musical, , opens at the Virginia Theatre. Directed by , the movie spoof has elaborate sets thanks to virtuoso . Cast members include , , , and . The show runs 879 performances and wins the Tony Award as Best Musical of 1990.
2003 Secrets and lies about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy are examined in 's Frame 312, which opens at the Off-Broadway.
2005 Living legend performs a stage autobiography in , directed by and featuring a script by and some new songs by and , along with familiar tunes from her many hits over the previous five decades. The show runs 72 performances at the Schoenfeld Theatre.
2011 A revised revival of and 's 鈥攕迟补谤谤颈苍驳 as a conflicted shrink who uncovers a patient's past life in hypnosis sessions, and then falls in love with the comely ghost鈥攐pens on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. Re-conceived by playwright and director , the production splits the two roles played by in between (Davey Gamble) and, in her Broadway debut, (Melinda Wells). Despite a brief run, Mueller earns a Tony nomination for her performance.
2016 songwriter makes her Broadway debut with , opening at Circle in the Square. Billed as Broadway's first a cappella musical, the show has book, music, and lyrics by Anderson-Lopez, , , and . directs a cast includes , , , and . It runs for 145 performances.
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