1890 Playwright is born in Bohemia. His 1920's play introduces the word "robot" (from the Czech word for worker) and shows robots for the first time in popular culture.
1905 U.S. premiere of 's You Never Can Tell, which goes on to a 129-performance run at the Garrick Theatre.
1922 produces 's at the Garrick Theatre. This story of a nobleman who becomes a clown is translated by . Directed by , it stars and .
1924 at the Times Square Theatre is selections of several London revues. Starring are , , and who are immediate hits with the public. The show runs beyond the season and sets a pattern for intimate, witty revues.
1940 makes his Broadway debut as a playwright with , co-written with . Starring , it runs 243 performances at the Cort Theatre.
1937 's verse play opens at the Martin Beck Theatre, starring . The production wins the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Show, and runs 171 performances.
1947 and collaborate on an operatic adaptation of 's drama, , also using that same title. It's a slice of life in a tenement filled with striving immigrants. It runs 148 performances at the Adelphi Theatre, and wins Weill the very first Tony Award ever given for Best Composer.
1952 searches for peace as . The drama has a two-week run at the New York City Center. It later moves to the Lyceum Theatre for a brief run.
1961 gradually transforms from a man into a beast in 's absurdist classic, , also featuring and . It runs 256 performances at the Longacre Theatre, and Mostel wins the Tony Award as Best Actor in a Play.
1977 directs and plays in her own creation, Nightclub Cantata. The musical revue runs 145 performances at the Top of the Gate Theatre.
1978 The great has her final Broadway opening night, in 's drama opposite . It runs just 16 performances at the 46th Street Theatre.
1986 is Gertrude Stein and is Alice B. Toklas in Win Wells' Gertrude Stein and a Companion at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Much of the play is written in the style of Stein's writing. The piece was awarded the best play award when it was presented in 1984 at the Edinburgh Festival. It runs 54 performances.
2005 Tony Award winner , who was to play her final performance in today, misses the show after suffering an injury the day before. However, she rewards disappointed fans by coming onstage鈥攄ressed in a red track suit鈥攖o complete the final scene of the musical in which she plays Elphaba. At the curtain call she is quoted telling the fans, "I love you all. It's been the best year of my life. Thank you."
2006 plays its 7,486th performance, surpassing to become the longest-running show in Broadway history.
2009 , winner of the 1994 Drama Desk, Obie, Outer Critics Circle, and Lucille Lortel Awards for her acclaimed performance in Edward Albee's Three Tall Women, dies at age 86. Her first Broadway experience was as the understudy for in 1955's , and she later appeared in , , , and .
2011 and ' Tony Award-winning musical closes on Broadway after 1,185 performances. At the final curtain call, Miranda performs to thank the show's cast, crew, and creative team.
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