1900 Birthday of director, producer, and writer , who stages Broadway productions of , , and the musical .
1928 The 1928 edition of features Willie and , , and , with a score by , , and .
1929 The new musical , starring , opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre. During the out-of-town tryouts, comes to the rescue when wife Keeler froze onstage, mid-show. Jolson jumped out of the audience, onto the stage, and began to sing Keeler's next number, "Liza," in an effort to get her back on track.
1962 The Klondike Gold Rush is the setting of Foxy, the new Robert Emmett Dolan-Johnny Mercer musical that premieres today at the Palace Grand Theatre in Dawson City in the Yukon. The book is by and , based on 's Volpone. plays his final role on Broadway when the production for what proves to be a short run.
1985 , the musical based on the 1952 MGM film, opens at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway. and adapted their screenplay for the stage with music by and . directs and choreographs the production, which runs 367 performances before closing May 18 of the next year.
1998 , the original Amos Hart from the 1996 revival of , returns to the role at Broadway's Shubert Theatre for four weeks. He later steps into the London production, then reprises it in the Chicago version.
2002 Movie star takes over the leading role in Broadway's , opposite .
2013 presents the American premiere of 's Choir Boy, opening Off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage II. , , and star in the play, about one student's desire to take his rightful place as the leader of his prep school's legendary gospel choir. Five years later, Pope, Cooper, and Pendleton reprise their roles in the play's .
2019 Luis Alfar's Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles makes its New York debut, beginning at Off-Broadway's Public Theater before opening July 17. Inspired by the Greek classic, the play follows a woman from Mexico who sacrifices everything to bring her son to America鈥攐nly to encounter even greater challenges.
2019 Criss Angel gets Raw: The famed illusionist makes his Broadway debut in a string of seven performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
More of Today's Birthdays: (1906鈥�1982). (1927鈥�2015). (1927鈥�2005). (1946鈥�2009). Larry David (b. 1947). (b. 1969).
