1924 Broadway premiere of 's , one of numerous adaptations of the penny-dreadful tale of haircuts and cannibalism that would later be adapted as . stars as Sweeney, with as Mrs. Lovett. It runs 67 performances.
1956 London's Old Vic begins its Shaw Festival with the Bristol Old Vic production of Major Barbara. In the cast are and . The Birmingham Repertory Company production of Caesar and Cleopatra follows Major Barbara on July 30.
1979 's revisions of two Shakespearian tragedies are presented as a double bill at the Collegiate Theatre in London. Entitled Dogg's Hamlet/Cahoot's Macbeth, the evening of one-acts features , , and in the British-American Repertory Theatre production. The show opens in New York on October 3 at the 22 Steps Theatre and soon embarks on a tour.
1986 and star in 's , opening at Broadway's Longacre Theatre. The play follows a macho drug dealer and his struggle to keep his son out of the business. directs the production, which transferred from Off-Broadway's Public Theater. It plays 53 performances.
1996 Tom Ziegler's Grace & Glorie opens at Off-Broadway's Laura Pels Theatre. and play an elderly, terminally-ill cancer patient and an educated hospice volunteer. directs the production, which plays 134 performances.
2001 British playwright stars in his own One for the Road as part of a Pinter festival at New York's Lincoln Center.
2008 The London bow of 's The Female of the Species opens at the Vaudeville Theatre. stars as feminist literary giant Margot Mason in the production directed by .
2009 A musical version of 's play Vanities鈥攆eaturing a score by David Kirshenbaum鈥攐pens Off-Broadway at . , , and star.
2012 Dogfight, , , and 's musical based on the 1991 film about a young waitress pursued by a fresh-faced Vietnam-bound soldier, opens in its world-premiere run at Off-Broadway's . Directed by , the production stars and . Four years later, songwriters Pasek and Paul return to Second Stage with the New York premiere of their musical .
2015 , 's musical based on the life of "Amazing Grace" songwriter John Newton, opens on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre. stars as Newton.
2018 The Public Theater opens Rinne Groff's Fire in Dreamland. Set in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy and inspired by the 1911 fire that burned down Coney Island鈥檚 Dreamland amusement park, the play tells a story of creation in the face of devastation. Directed by Marissa Wolf, the show stars Enver Gjokaj, and Kyle Beltran.
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