1900 , who will go on to play Cho-Cho San in , stars in 's Naughty Anthony. co-stars in the comedy at the Herald Square Theatre.
1906 's racist and historical revisionist drama The Clansman opens on Broadway, painting a sympathetic picture of the Ku Klux Klan. The drama runs 51 performances, ironically at the Liberty Theatre. It is later adapted to film by D.W. Griffith as The Birth of a Nation.
1911 Louise sings "I wonder how old I am?" in Gypsy, and here's the answer: Born today in Seattle, Washington is Rose Louise Hovick, later to become known as stripper supreme . She appears on Broadway in , , and other shows, and her [largely fictionalized] memoir inspires the musical .
1912 is born in Puerto Rico. He plays many roles and directs many shows on Broadway, but is best known for his 1946 .
1913 A Good Little Devil adapted by from the French version by and , plays at the Republic Theatre for 131 performances. and are in the ensemble.
1928 Lighting designer is born in Roanoke, Virginia. Musser's work accents and , among others.
1959 It's Eighty in the Shade at London's Globe Theatre. stars in the drama, directed by Lionel Harris.
1981 's hilarious and original staging of moves to Broadway following a hit summer run at the Delacorte Theater. Starring , , , , , and , the production runs 787 performances, a Broadway record for and .
1989 closes on Broadway after 3,486 performances鈥攖he longest run ever for producer . The musical featuring music by and opened in 1980 and was awarded the Tony Award for Best Musical.
2005 A BBC telecast of Jerry Springer: The Opera draws 45,000 complaints鈥攂ut also a respectable 1.8 million TV viewers in Great Britain.
2006 A Tony-nominated revival closes at the Minskoff Theatre. At the farewell party (Golde) helps co-star (Tevye) shave off the beard he grew for the role.
2012 and 's 2009 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, , closes on Broadway after 1,304 performances. The four young actors who rotate in the title role each play a section of the final performance. At the curtain call, they are joined by the original three Tony-winning Billy Elliots (, , ) as well as several other past Broadway Billys.
2017 makes her Broadway debut in the production of at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. adapted the play from 's Platonov.
2019 鈥檚 opens Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The music-filled play, which debuted Off-Broadway in 2013, follows the hopes and dreams of the young singers at the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys, an institution dedicated to the education of strong, ethical black men. The cast includes , , and .
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