1866 Birthday of playwright and producer , namesake of Broadway鈥檚 . He was responsible for dozens of plays and musicals, including the first stage adaptation of Tarzan of the Apes.
1931 Jump on the at New Amsterdam Theatre. and provide lyrics and music with dancing turns by Fred and and . It rolls on Broadway for 260 performances.
1942 The nearly forgotten holds the record for the and musical with the longest run of its original production (427 performances). , , and lead the cast.
1947 鈥檚 first play, Farther Off From Heaven, opens as the first production at the Margo Jones Theatre in Dallas, Texas. Inge later rewrites the play as .
1971 No Sex Please - We鈥檙e British begins performances at London鈥檚 Strand Theatre. and penned the farce about a family man mistakenly inundated with pornography. It鈥檚 a mainstay for years in the West End, but enjoys .
1975 The - musical opens on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre. Director-choreographer brings to life the story of a chorus girl who gets away with murder, literally. The cast features , , and . This original production runs for just two years, but has been performing on Broadway for more than 20 years.
1981 stars in a revival of 鈥檚 American Buffalo at Off-Broadway鈥檚 Circle in the Square Downtown. Directed by , the production also stars and .
2009 Jude Law stars in the title role of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the final production in the Donmar Warehouse's year-long residency at Wyndham's Theatre, directed by Michael Grandage. The production transfers to Broadway later that year.
2012 Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience 鈥� A Parody by Dan and Jeff, Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner鈥檚 Olivier-nominated show that presents all seven Harry Potter books in 70 minutes, opens in a limited engagement at Off-Broadway鈥檚 Little Shubert Theatre. The popular production returns to the Little Shubert for a second limited engagement in summer 2013.
2014 returns to the New York stage in his one-man show Just Jim Dale. Dale recounts his lifetime in the theatre, from a childhood on the British Music Hall stage to starring in , , and on Broadway. The solo work opens Off-Broadway at the 鈥檚 Laura Pels Theatre.
Today鈥檚 Birthdays: (1901鈥�1989); (1910鈥�1990); (1912鈥�1992); (1913鈥�1965); (1917鈥�1969); Lili St. Cyr (1918鈥�1999); (1924鈥�1991); (b. 1955); (b. 1965); (b. 1981).
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