1904 Set and costume designer is born in London.
1911 gives The Twelve Pound Look at the Empire Theatre. The one-act is preceded by a revival of his Alice Sit-by-the-Fire also starring Barrymore. She later tours the vaudeville circuit with the former show.
1957 , , and navigate at the the Royale Theatre. directs and helps adapt ' novel. The comedy sails for 417 performances.
1963 City Center Light Opera revives , , , Joseph Fields, and 's Wonderful Town for 16 performances. Featured performers include and .
1973 El Grande de Coca Cola stars Ron House as a nightclub owner whose family poses as famous stars to entertain the customers. It runs for 1,114 performances at the Mercer Arts Theatre in New York.
1983 Hoping to follow up his success in , magician plays the title role in the musical at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. The show runs six months and features and a young .
1996 's alt-rock musical Rent opens Off-Broadway at . It quickly , where it garners Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score. It also wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
1997 A Broadway revival of 's opens at the Criterion Theatre. The cast features , , , , , , , and .
2003 The New York City Council overrides a mayoral veto and bans cell phones in Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres. Offenders can face a fine of $50 and eviction from the venue in question. Mayor Michael Bloomberg objects that the law will be impossible to enforce.
2012 An Off-Broadway revival of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive, her dark Pulitzer Prize-winning coming-of-age play, opens at . Directed by , the cast features Elizabeth Reaser, , , , and Marnie Schulenburg.
2013 returns to the London stage in The Charing Cross Theatre production of 's musical Dear World. The production is directed and choreographed by , the choreographer who helped guide Buckley to a Tony Award for her portrayal of the faded glamour cat Grizabella in 's .
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