1919 is in John Drinkwater's drama. The story follows Lincoln's life from 1860 to his assassination in 1865. There are 193 performances at the Cort Theatre in New York.
1925 runs at the Neighborhood Playhouse. David Vardi and stage the tale of a wronged spirit possessing the body of his beloved. The directing team based this version on the Israeli Habimah Troupe's production. A more recent adaptation of the play, by Angels In America's , overlays the story with intimations of the Holocaust and its devastation of European Jewry.
1948 The September Tide drifts in at London's Aldwych Theatre. stars in the play, with a cast that includes Bryan Forbes and . directs.
1952 stars in , 's musical revue with music by , lyrics by , choreography by , and a cast that also includes and . It runs 90 performances at the Alvin Theatre.
1962 Actor dies at the age of 63 in Hollywood. He made his stage debut in 1926 in The Government Inspector. He appeared in plays such as Macbeth, Measure for Measure, and the English version of , on which he worked closely with . Laughton also appeared in various films throughout his career and directed the seminal thriller, The Night of the Hunter. He was married to .
1964 and Coney Island may have sounded like a can't-miss combination, but the musical runs just 199 performances at the Martin Beck Theatre, on the appeal of the star and the / score.
1966 The rock musical opens at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, where it runs only 12 performances through Christmas Eve. However, it provides Broadway with a great Christmas present: it is the first musical choreographed solely by , who goes on to do , , , and other great musicals.
1977 One of the high water marks of the troupe at its uptown theatre, a revival of 's , stars , , , , , and . It plays a limited run of 77 performances.
1983 makes her dramatic debut in 's revised Isn't It Romantic, which opens Off-Broadway at . The stars also include and in the show about big city romance and career opportunity. The production transfers to the Lucille Lortel Theatre the following year, for a 733-performance run.
1991 , a new musical with a book by (Gypsy) and a score by (Bye Bye Birdie) and (Miss Saigon), plays its last performance. It had opened only one week before on December 8. The musical stars such major theatrical talents as , , , , and .
2004 Disney and join forces to present a stage adaptation of the film classic Mary Poppins, which opens at London's Prince Edward Theatre. stars as the magical nanny. Two years later, opens at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre.
2014 The world premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's Pocatello opens Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons. stars as the manager of an Italian chain restaurant in a town that is slowly being paved over with strip malls and franchises.
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Flip through photos of the 1991 Broadway production of Nick & Nora:
