1888 Birthday of , an actor and groundbreaking stage director who helps found the . In gratitude, the Wing names its annual theatre awards after her, now known by their nickname, the Tony Awards.
1944 , 's adaptation of her novel And Then There Were None, opens on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre. The play about 10 people called to an isolated mansion where they are told they must pay for the crimes they have committed, runs for 426 performances.
1970 's The Dirtiest Show in Town opens Off-Broadway at the Astor Place Theatre. Bare flesh and simulated sex run rampant in the show that plays 509 performances.
1982 , , and 's country-western musical opens鈥攁nd closes鈥攁t the Virginia Theatre. The production marks the Broadway debut of actor .
1993 Americans discover a benign Indian elephant god in 's play A Perfect Ganesh, opening Off-Broadway at . Among the cast of discoverers are , , and .
1994 Former Miss America makes her Broadway debut when she replaces Tony Award winner in . With weekly box office attendance floating around the 70 percent mark, Williams' entrance brings a much-needed boost to the show's box office business. By August, the - musical finds itself playing to standing room audiences on many nights.
1999 reprises his Broadway role in 's Hughie at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. He directs and stars in the production, as he did . Pacino's Broadway co-star also returns for the Los Angeles run.
2017 takes her first official West End bow as the London engagement of Lady Day at Emerson鈥檚 Bar & Grill opens at the Wyndham鈥檚 Theatre. McDonald won her record-breaking sixth Tony Award for her performance as Billie Holiday in the of 's play with music.
2018 stars in an Off-Broadway revival of 's Carmen Jones at . Directed by , the production is the first major New York staging of the musical since its .
2018 The American premiere of Dennis Kelly's monologue play Girls & Boys, starring Carey Mulligan, officially opens at the Minetta Lane Theatre Off-Broadway.
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