1896 Say good morning, George. Actually it was "Nathan" then—Nathan Birnbaum is born. As , he and become headliners of vaudeville. Together they appear in films and their own television show. On his own, Burns also has a successful film career.
1914 stars in The Yellow Ticket at the Eltinge Theatre in New York. The drama written by and staged by Hugh Ford, runs 183 performances.
1926 Actor is born in Packard, Kentucky. Among other productions, she appears in 's . For her performance in that show she has the distinction of being the very first person to be handed a Tony Award at the inaugural ceremony.
1954 is tried at the Plymouth Theatre. adapted his novel which stars , , and . directs.
1975 A gay bathhouse is the setting of 's high-energy farce , which stars as a bewildered straight man forced to hide out there, and as spirited entertainer Googie Gomez. It runs 398 performances at the Longacre Theatre, and wins Moreno the Tony for Best Supporting Actress. She's the last person to win it, however: Her speech about supporting "nothing but my beads," leads the Tonys to change the name of the category to Best Featured Actress.
1989 British comedian dies at age 94. Lillie first performed in New York in . Her film credits include 1967's Thoroughly Modern Millie.
2003 Iconic Broadway caricaturist dies at age 99. Having captured the spirit of New York life, particularly actors in performance, since the 1920s, he was known for hiding his daughter's name, "Nina," in his sketches. At least one Broadway show, , used a Hirschfeld drawing as its logo. Within months of his death, the Martin Beck Theatre is renamed the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in his honor.
2004 , the last surviving member of the quintet of young Broadway and Hollywood actors known as "The Dead End Kids," for their first appearance in the Broadway drama , dies in Torrence, California, at age 80.
2005 takes over the role of Tevye in the Broadway revival of .
2005 , 49, a trusted accompanist, musical director, and Off-Broadway composer (for What Not, Whoop-Dee-Doo! and—his greatest hit�When Pigs Fly), dies in Manhattan after a long illness.
2016 's Broadway production of opens at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. heads the cast as matriarch Anna in 's family drama about love and secrets.
2019 Andrew Lloyd Webber's closes on Broadway after 1,309 performances. Dozens of the show's former young cast members return to the stage for a final jam session at the curtain call.
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