1951 Birthday of , whose Broadway appearances include Effie White in , Miss Jones in, and Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti in In 1997, she won a Tony Award for her performance as Sonja in .
1955 The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company opens its production of Much Ado About Nothing at London's Palace Theatre. directs and stars, opposite . Much Ado is followed on July 26 by a production of King Lear.
1971 , which opened September 22, 1964, surpasses as Broadway's then-longest-running musical with 2,845 performances. The production closes its doors July 2 of the next year.
1976 A revival of , directed and choreographed by Billy Wilson, opens featuring an all-African-American cast, led by , , and . It runs 12 previews and 239 performances and earns three Tony nominations, including Most Innovative Production of a Revival.
1998 Boxer-turned-TV star , known for his work on Taxi and Who's The Boss, takes over the lead role of Eddie in the Broadway revival of 's . He succeeds Tony-winning Best Actor in the Tony-winning Best Revival of a Play about a man afraid of losing his niece and the security of his own sexuality.
1998 At 8:30 in the morning, a construction elevator falls from a high floor of the Conde Nest building on Broadway between 42nd and 43rd streets, causing the scaffolding on the outside of the half-erected building to plummet to the ground. Damage caused by the accident forces nearby Broadway productions and to cancel their performances. Side Man is able to resume July 28, but Cabaret is not as lucky. Its home at the time, the Kit Kat Klub, proves to be inaccessible for nearly a month following the accident. By the time Cabaret resumes performances August 20, new leading ladies and are in the cast, with original stars and having missed their planned final performances. Come November, Cabaret moves out of the Kit Kat Klub into a larger venue 12 blocks away called .
2011 The question of why mortals cling so passionately to life hangs in the air of the - musical, Death Takes a Holiday, opening in a world-premiere Off-Broadway engagement at the 's Laura Pels Theatre. Understudy plays the title role on opening night, when British star becomes ill with laryngitis. Ovenden attempts to return to the role on August 2, but after being unable to get past the opening moments of the show, announces his permanent withdrawal from the production the following day.
2012 and lead the production of 's Uncle Vanya, opening at New York City Center for a 10-performance run as part of the . Directed by Tam谩s Ascher, the production stars Blanchett as Yelena with Roxburgh in the title role.
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