1919 The Lafayette Players of New York open Philadelphia's new Dunbar Theatre with a production of Within the Law. The theatre, named for poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, seats 1,400 and devotes itself to Black productions for Black audiences. The name is later changed to the Lincoln Theatre. It is demolished in the 1950s.
1926 (yes, it's a comedy), written by , has a cast that includes as a Greek priest. An archaeologist eats some ancient cheese and suddenly understands his lovesick daughter. The play runs 157 performances at the Charles Hopkins and Plymouth Theatres.
1932 and transform 's unproduced play Napoleon of Broadway into the comedy . It runs at the Broadhurst Theatre for 19 weeks. and are featured in the cast. In 1978, , , and adapt the play(s) into the musical On the Twentieth Century.
1953 and are . directs story of a dominating mother, to some acclaim, for only 55 performances. A 1993 -directed also fares poorly.
1973 and star in a revival of 's at the Morosco Theatre. It runs 313 performances, and the performances become definitive for a generation.
1998 The Broadway-bound revival of , starring and , begins performances at in Washington, D.C. The Kennedy Center engagement is the production's only pre-Broadway stop. The revival goes on to win two Tony Awards and run for more than 1,000 performances.
2004 , 91, Broadway agent, general manager, music publisher, and producer, who received a special 2000 Tony Award honor for her life's work, dies in New York.
2014 Motown legends The Temptations and The Four Tops begin a special at Broadway's Palace Theatre.
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