1878 Hungarian playwright is born in Budapest. He writes , , , , and , the last of which is adapted by Rodgers and Hammerstein as the musical .
1914 When a mad professor wants to suppress films, what will happen to The Queen of the Movies? The musical starring runs 13 weeks at the Winter Garden.
1932 stars and co-produces with , . 's comedy about a man whose wife has sapped his vitality runs a lively 23 weeks at the Broadhust Theatre.
1938 For just five performances, Henry Miller's Theatre turns into . adapted 's novel of life in a California slum.
1941 and are . and conceived the sleuthing couple for the New Yorker magazine; adapted the comedy at the Belasco Theatre.
1986 's farce, It's Only a Play, opens Off-Broadway at the . It stars , , , and . In 2014, McNally revises the play for starring , , , and .
2011 ' adaptation of 's 1896 drama John Gabriel Borkman, starring , , and , opens at the . directs the production, which premiered at Dublin's the previous fall.
2012 Broadway gets a new look at Catfish Row, with a fresh dramatic perspective and a cast boasting and , when opens on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The production, which condenses , , , and 's four-hour folk opera into a two-and-a-half-hour staging, wins Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical (Audra McDonald).
2014 , starring as the Grammy Award-winning musician whose Brooklyn roots would lead to the soundtrack of a generation, opens on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. The musical tells the story of King's rise to stardom as songwriter and solo artist, and features the hit songs of King and , and and . Mueller wins a Tony Award for her performance, and the show continues on Broadway for 2,416 performances.
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