1879 Composer is born in Prague. He emigrates to the U.S. and becomes one of the top Broadway operetta composers of the 1910s and 1920s. His works include The Firefly, Rose-Marie, The Vagabond King, The Three Musketeers, and two editions of The Ziegfeld Follies (1921 and 1923).
1918 It's a Scandal at London's Strand Theatre. The comedy exposes a woman pretending to be married to a gentleman. and star.
1932 to the St. James Theatre. You'll see starring in skits by . and provide music, including the song "April in Paris."
1937 plays the lead in The Trojan Women at London's Adelphi Theatre. stages the play.
1975 , a trilogy of comedies by , opens at the Morosco Theatre. The cast includes , , , and . The trilogy is and wins the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.
2000 Two-time Tony winner stars in 's latest, Old Money. The play opens Off-Broadway at 's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, under the direction of . Even before the first performance, Old Money sold out tickets for its entire run through January 14, 2001.
2003 , , and Emma Thompson star in HBO's TV adaptation of 's Tony and Pulitzer-winning Angels in America, which draws 4.2 million viewers, making it the year's top cable movie. It goes on to win 11 Emmy Awards, the most ever for a miniseries or made for television movie.
2006 , , and 's musical , based on the novel of the same name, opens on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre. stars as Rob, a record-store owner who鈥攚hen things in his current relationship go sour鈥攔evisits his former relationships to find out where he went wrong.
2008 The Olivier Award-winning , already an Off-Broadway hit known for its climactic blizzard and its wordless clowns who roam a wintry landscape, opens at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The show features a cast of ten, including creator .
2010 King Lear, starring in the title role, opens at the in London. Directed by , the production crosses the Atlantic in April 2011 for a limited run at the .
2014 A Broadway revival of , starring as John Merrick, opens at the Booth Theatre. and co-star.
2015 The world premiere of and 's musical Lazarus opens Off-Broadway at . directs the work inspired by Walter Tevis' 1963 novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, about a human-looking alien who comes to Earth seeking a way to bring water back to his dying home planet. stars.
2019 Tony nominee Harry聽Connick,聽Jr., returns to Broadway in a limited engagement of Harry Connick, Jr.鈥擜 Celebration of Cole Porter at the Nederlander Theatre through December 29. The stage and screen star had previously been seen on Broadway in Thou Shalt Not and the revivals of The Pajama Game and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.
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