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Stage to Page 半岛体育 Vault鈥檚 Today in Theatre History: June 8 David Henry Hwang's drama FOB, set in a small restaurant in California, opens Off-Broadway in 1980 on its way to winning an Obie for Best Play.
Tzi Ma, Calvin Jung, and Willy Corpus in FOB Martha Swope

1925 and make their lyric and songwriting debut in at Broadway鈥檚 Garrick Theatre. , , , and lead the cast.

1934 is Mary, and is Lord Bothwell in Gordon Daviot鈥檚 historical play Queen of Scots. It runs for 106 performances at London鈥檚 New Theatre.

1943 Former Ziegfeld Follies and George White鈥檚 Scandals star Ann Pennington makes her final Broadway appearance as barmaid Gretchen in . directs the revival of and 鈥檚 operetta at the Broadway Theatre.

1980 The dichotomy between Chinese traditions and Americanization is the focus of FOB, which opens at . 鈥檚 drama, set in a small restaurant in California, wins Obies for Best Play and for star John Lone.

1997 directs a production of 鈥� Baby Anger at . The play stars and as the stressed parents of a boy who gets cast in an award-winning commercial as a girl.

2015 Bombshell, the fictional musical from the television series Smash with a score by and , is presented in a one-night-only concert to benefit The Actors Fund. The event reunites cast members from the series including , , , , and .

Today鈥檚 Birthdays: (1918鈥�1987); (1921鈥�1993); (1927鈥�2020); (1933鈥�2014); (b. 1965); (b. 1966).

Watch highlights from the 2015 concert of Bombshell:

 
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