1900 Chris and the Wonderful Lamp, based on the Arabian Nights, opens at Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre in New York. The musical, with a book by and score by , features .
1906 Just what is only ? The answer plays at the New Amsterdam Theatre via 's new musical. The cast includes , , and . It runs for 90 performances and then tours.
1938 and produce a series of revivals in New York. Tonight at the Mercury Theatre they open with by .
1964 opens a revised version of his critically-panned 1963 play . It closes after just 5 performances, despite the presence of , , and .
1972 dies at age 84 in Paris. He made his debut there in 1900. He became a world famous entertainer performing on stage, in music halls, and in films.
1981 leaves the title role in , the part for which she received rave reviews and a 1980 Tony Award.
2017 Two musicals end their Broadway runs: after 708 performances, and after 1,554 performances.
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