1912 stars in Peg O' My Heart, written and directed by her husband, . The story of a winsome orphan becomes a vehicle for Taylor, and she revives it often over the years.
1922 Actor makes his New York debut in 's at the Provincetown Playhouse. The cast includes , , and , who also directs. When the production moves uptown to the Apollo Theatre the following year, producer and the cast become the first in New York City to be convicted by a jury of giving an immoral performance. The controversy surrounding the production is later used by as the subject for her play .
1926 's opens on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre, starring . It runs 112 performances as part of 's repertory.
1928 gets a theatre named for her, and it drives her to a convent鈥攐n stage, that is. , 's play, inaugurates the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York. Sister Gracia shuns her luxurious upbringing and the love of a young doctor to care for the abandoned. The production is forced to close after three months when Barrymore is confined to her home with influenza.
1934 produces at the Martin Beck Theatre. She stars alongside , , , and . It runs 77 performances.
1951 and play 's voluptuary tragic lovers in at the Ziegfeld Theatre. It stays for 66 performances, running in repertory with 's .
1968 and are Dames at Sea at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre. and 's book and lyrics spoof old musical films. provides the score.
1972 and play feuding old vaudevillians in 's . It opens its 538-performance run at the Broadhurst Theatre.
1979 plays a Harlem Ebenezer Scrooge in the musical . It runs 45 performances at the Winter Garden.
1981 's opens at the Imperial Theatre. With book and lyrics by and music by , the production serves as a star vehicle for , whose legendary performance of Effie wins her a Tony Award. The musical runs more than 1,500 performances.
2005 New York transit workers begin a three-day strike, shutting down subways and buses鈥攂ut not theatres鈥攁t the height of the holiday rush. The shows go on, with many Broadway actors seen walking or rollerblading to work.
2015 Following in the footsteps of , , and , among others, is Tevye in the 50th anniversary staging of the classic American musical at the Broadway Theatre. The production runs 431 performances.
Today's Birthdays: (1865-1950), (1898-1990), (1921-2002), (1946-2005), Gordon Stanley (b. 1951), Sara Inbar (b. 1977)
Jessica Vosk, Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht and cast of Fiddler on the Roof
