1909 Birthday of , pianist and comedian whose 1953 runs 888 performances, the longest run ever for a solo musical on Broadway. He follows it with in 1964 and in 1977, but does not achieve another long run.
1928 and are in the cast of 鈥攐r so says the man who pretends to be a father and husband in order to borrow $200,000. and provide the music and lyrics to the and book.
1938 A dramatic night on Broadway as the Mercury Theatre presents 's at the Windsor Theatre after the original production was shut down by the WPA for its attack on capitalism. plays Mr. Mister.
1944 writes and stars in her autobiographical play , which opens at the Music Box Theatre.
1945 is the lead in . The drama runs at the Hudson Theatre, about patients in a military hospital in Southeast Asia.
1952 Twelve years after it was critically slammed, the hard-bitten musical gets a revival that becomes one of and 's longest: 540 performances. The cast includes , , , and, recreating her original role, . During the run, Lang is replaced by his understudy, 鈥攈is first Broadway lead.
1957 The gets a small showing at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The comedy by highlighting an incident during the Revolutionary War features a cast with , , and . directs.
1962 Brecht on Brecht, or more precisely on Brecht. Tabori translates and adapts a sampler of 's prose, poetry, songs, and drama. , , , and are among the cast at Theatre de Lys in New York.
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Telly Leung and Courtney Reed in Aladdin
Major Attaway and Telly Leung in Aladdin
