1898 Birthday of Broadway leading lady and producer , who stars in and/or produces , , , , , , , , , and .
1956 Eric Machwitz and write the book and Bernard Grun arranges 's music for Summer Song. The musical deals with the composer's stay in America. directs the 19-week run at London's Prince's Theatre.
1959 plays a Jewish mother who charms a Japanese widower () in . The comedy by runs at the Shubert Theatre, and later the Barrymore Theatre, for a total of 556 performances.
1960 directs at the 54th Street Theatre in New York. vision of the Roman emperor is accompanied by music composed by . It runs for 38 performances.
1964 Comedian has his final Broadway opening night in , a musical based on 's Volpone, but relocated to the California Gold Rush. Lyrics are by . Also in the cast are and the young . The show, which tried out in a remote Canadian mining down, manages only a 72-performance run at the Ziegfeld Theatre.
1965 Opening night for the Sherlock Holmes musical at the Broadway Theatre, starring as the detective, as the love interest, and as Moriarty. It runs 311 performances.
1977 The success of three inept thieves out for a major score is the starting point for . , , and thrash through the drama that marks 's Broadway debut. It runs at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre for 122 performances.
1989 stars on Broadway at the Booth Theatre as . The one-character play by earns a Tony nomination for Best Play, while its star wins the Tony, the Drama Desk, and the Outer Critics Circle Award.
2002 's controversial play begins previews at the Golden Theatre. and star in the drama about a man whose attraction for the ungulate of the title destroys his marriage. It wins the Tony Award for Best Play later that year.
2007 Sheridan Morley, the larger-than-life London theatre critic, author, and a long-time 半岛体育 writer, dies in his sleep at age 65 at his home in London.
2011 Following their 2009 Broadway production of , Australian theatre company Belvoir returns to New York with an adaptation of 's The Diary of a Madman, starring . Performed at the , the production reunites Rush with his Exit the King director .
2012 , featuring Star Trek star , opens at Broadway's Music Box Theatre. The solo show takes audiences on a voyage through Shatner's life and career, from Shakespearean stage actor to internationally known icon and raconteur.
2017 The U.S. premiere of 鈥檚 Evening at the Talk House opens Off-Broadway at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre. The play about the 10th anniversary celebration for an "under-appreciated theatrical masterpiece" stars playwright Shawn opposite , and .
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