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In 2009, Mary-Louise Parker and Michael Cerveris star in a revival of Hedda Gabler.

Michael Cerveris and Mary-Louise Parker in Hedda Gabler Nigel Parry

1915 It's at the Knickerbocker Theatre. and star in the musical with a score by and book by . The production closes abruptly after 40 performances when the actors, who had not been paid in a week, refuse to go on.

1968 's family drama opens at the Longacre Theatre with a cast that includes , , and .

1973 National Lampoon's Lemmings plays at the Village Gate in New York City. The revue, inspired by the magazine National Lampoon, has a cast that includes future Saturday Night Live stars John Belushi and Chevy Chase, among others. The 11-month run is directed by .

1978 Laughter!, Peter Barnes' black comedy, runs at London's Royal Court Theatre. Timothy West, , and are featured.

1982 Faye Dunaway stars in The Curse of an Aching Heart, which opens at the Little Theatre. Written by William Alfred, the play follows a woman moving through various stages in her life from childhood to retirement.

1996 Author-composer dies of an aortic aneurysm just one day before the first Off-Broadway performance of . Read the original cast's memories of Larson twenty years later .

2002 At a special sold-out performance attended by , , , and , Broadway's celebrates surpassing the 6,137-performance run of , making it the second-longest running show in Broadway history. The cast performs a combination of songs from the two shows鈥�"One" and "One Day More."

2007 A revival of Brian Friel's Translations opens at the Biltmore Theatre, starring David Costabile, Morgan Hallet, and Dermot Crowley. The updated production features new music by Sam Jackson.

2009 , 's classic tale of an unhappily married woman in 1880s Norway, gets a fresh approach on Broadway with 's new adaptation, starring and MIchael Cerveris. directs the production at the 's American Airlines Theatre.

2010 Corbin Bleu makes his Broadway debut as a replacement Usnavi in Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegr铆a Hudes' In the Heights at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

Today's Birthdays: (1874鈥�1965).&苍产蝉辫; (1888鈥�1936).&苍产蝉辫; (1901鈥�1991). Paula Laurence (1916鈥�2005). Elizabeth Allen (1929鈥�2006).  (1931鈥�2015). Patricia Marand (1934鈥�2008). Sybille Pearson (b. 1937). Richard Poe. (b. 1946).  (b. 1954).  (b. 1957). Dinah Manoff (b. 1958). Ariana DeBose (b. 1991). 

 
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