1859 Sholem Yakov Rabinowitz is born in Ukraine. Under the pen name he writes many stories in Yiddish, several of which are adapted for the stage, most notably as .
1915 , and are Maid in America. and provide music for the war-oriented show.
1930 and collaborate with comedian on a musical-comedy vehicle called , which runs 135 performances at the Ziegfeld Theatre. The score includes "Ten Cents a Dance."
1948 , 's portrait of life aboard a WWII military ship, opens a 1,157-performance run. The production stars and and wins the 1948 Tony Award for Best Play.
1954 stars with husband in the medieval romance , directed by . It runs 157 performances at the 46th Street Theatre.
1964 It's , or any of the 982 days the comedy runs at the Music Box Theatre. stars as a pompous businessman balancing a wife and mistress alongside , , and .
1982 's opens at the Martin Beck Theatre. directs stars , , , , , and . The production runs 52 performances.
1999 Paula Vogel's The Mineola Twins opens at the 's Off-Broadway Laura Pels Theatre. The production, directed by Joe Mantello, stars Swoosie Kurtz as identical twins Myrna and Myra.
2003 Off-Broadway's christens its new $27 million West 42nd Street mainstage with the first preview of My Life With Albertine, Ricky Ian Gordon and 's musical adaptation of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.
2016 Following an acclaimed Off-Broadway run the previous fall, 鈥檚 family ensemble drama opens on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The production runs 365 performances and wins four Tony Awards, including Best Play, Best Featured Actor in a Play (), and Best Featured Actress in a Play (). A film adaptation of the play, directed by the playwright, premieres in 2021.
2019 Come From Away opens on the West End.
2020 Alice Birch's Anatomy of a Suicide makes its US premiere at Atlantic Theatre Company. The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning play explores relationships among three generations of mothers and daughters as their lives play out simultaneously on stage.
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