1895 Birthday of , scion of a notable theatrical family who becomes its most famous and honored member as a lyricist and librettist. Hammerstein enjoys a major career as lyricist for composer on many musicals and operettas, most notably . After a series of flops in the 1930s and the death of Kern in the early 1940s, Hammerstein launches into a second career, and one of the greatest partnerships in American musical theatre history, with composer . Hammerstein writes lyrics to classics including , , , and , among others. He also serves as mentor to a friend of his children, whom he recruits as go-fer on his 1947 musical . The young man who resolves to follow in Hammerstein's footsteps? .
1984 The revives 's Come Back, Little Sheba at its Off-Broadway theatre. , , , and are in the cast directed by . The production marks the first major revival of the play in more than 30 years.
1993 's new musical Sunset Boulevard has its world premiere in London starring .
1995 , a one-night-only 100th birthday tribute to Oscar Hammerstein II, sells out the Gershwin Theatre with performances by , , , , and .
2000 celebrates his 50th year in showbiz with Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly, opening at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California. The autobiographical solo show, directed by Paul Linke, looks back at the life of the ascot-adorned actor from his fourth-grade portrayal of Christopher Columbus to his Tony Award-winning turn in the original production of to his appearances on TV's Match Game.
2001 The Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of 's classic opens on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre. stars as the good Salvation Army major who must fight against her heritage as the daughter of a joyfully wicked (and maddeningly articulate) Victorian industrialist.
2012 As part of its world tour, returns to Broadway for a month-long run at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The musical that explores the life of Nigerian musician and political figure previously played Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre for 463 performances .
2013 Fly, a new musical based on J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, officially opens at the Dallas Theater Center. Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller makes his directorial debut, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, music by Tony-winning orchestrator/arranger Bill Sherman, book by and lyrics by Joseph and Kirsten Childs.
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2016 The musical returns to Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre. The production was , where it ran at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre for 738 performances.
2016 Ektor Rivera makes his Broadway debut, stepping into the role of Emilio Estefan in On Your Feet!.
2018 Second Stage Theater celebrates the official opening of Mary Page Marlowe, the new play by Tony-winning playwright and actor that pieces together a portrait of a woman from 11 key moments in her life鈥攖old out of chronological order and portrayed by six different actors: Blair Brown, Emma Geer, Tatiana Maslany, Susan Pourfar, Mia Sinclair Jenness, and Kellie Overbey. Lila Neugebauer directs.
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Watch and sing a medley of Rodgers and Hammerstein songs:
