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Stage to Page 半岛体育 Vault's Today in Theatre History: July 30 In 2018, Marcus Gardley's The House That Will Not Stand opens at New York Theatre Workshop
Nedra McClyde, Juliana Canfield, and Joniece Abbott-Pratt Joan Marcus

1985 's Curse of the Starving Class transfers from Off-Off-Broadway to Off-Broadway's Promenade Theatre. The play, starring and runs 267 performances, outlasting its predecessor by 205 shows. It ends its run February 16 the following year.

1986 The producers of the Broadway production of are awarded $1 million in the New York State Supreme Court as result of a suit they filed against the Nederlander Organization. The jury decided that the Organization acted unreasonably when they posted their own closing notice outside the Alvin Theatre, although the producers of the show had never made any decision to close.

2010 , , , , , and are among troupers in the world premiere stage musical Robin and the 7 Hoods at in San Diego. Inspired by the movie of the same name, the production鈥攚ith a book by and songs by and 鈥攊s directed and choreographed by .

2015 The world premiere of , , and 's musical Dear Evan Hansen opens at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.聽 stars as high school student Evan Hansen. The production , following a spring 2016 Off-Broadway run, and wins six Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for Platt.

2018 Marcus Gardley's The House That Will Not Stand opens at New York Theatre Workshop. Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz and inspired by Federico Garc铆a Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, the play follows a widow and her three eligible daughters, all free women of color, on the eve that Louisiana was passed over to the United States. The cast includes Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Juliana Canfield, Harriett D. Foy, Lynda Grav谩tt, Nedra McClyde, Marie Thomas, and Tony nominee Michelle Wilson.

Today's Birthdays: (b. 1944). (b. 1947). David Carroll (1950鈥�1992). (b. 1956). (1960鈥�2007). (b. 1961).

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