1872 Birthday of singer and actor , future wife of , and the classic sexy French flirt of her era. She plays that role in a series of musical vehicles including La Poupee, The French Maid, Mam'selle Napoleon, The Parisian Model, and Miss Innocence.
1901 Birthday of groundbreaking set designer , who wins five Tony Awards. His designs include sets for the original productions of , , , , , , , and dozens more.
1915 is born in New York. In 1948, she stars with in the original production of . Her father is actor-playwright William Morrison.
1931 Producer Charles Cochran's Cochran's 1931 Revue has a book and music conceived by . , , and star.
1953 and are two of the inhabitants of . ' drama runs just seven weeks at the National Theatre in New York.
1962 stars in the musical , with a score by and , and libretto by . It runs 80 performances and introduces the song "Once Upon a Time."
1998 Proving everything old can be very new again, transforms the Henry Miller's Theatre into the Kit Kat Klub. Directed by and co-directed and choreographed by , the revival opens tonight with , , , and . It wins four Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. The production later moves uptown to Studio 54. Several big-name stars play the role of Sally Bowles, including , , and . It runs 2,377 performances, making it one of the few Broadway revivals to run longer than the original.
2000 A new staging of 's , starring and , opens at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre. The revival and its stars each earn Tony nominations, and wins for Featured Actor in a Play.
2002 British actor takes over one of the most coveted roles on Broadway: Max Bialystock in the musical . But he lasts only about a month, to be later replaced by understudy .
2003 Opening night for the R-rated puppet musical Avenue Q by , , and at Off-Broadway's . It a few months later and wins the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical.
2008 , whose sonorous voice, commanding presence, and mournfully dignified mien made him one of the leading players of the London and international stage during the latter half of the 20th century, dies at age 86. He is perhaps best known for creating the role of Sir Thomas More in 's history play .
2009 A revival of the -- musical opens on Broadway at the Palace Theatre. Directed by librettist Laurents, the staging weaves Spanish into the book and songs, with "I Feel Pretty" and "A Boy Like That" delivered entirely in Spanish. The translations are written by .
2015 stars in the first Broadway revival of 's , opening at the Music Box Theatre. The production runs only 53 performances.
More of Today's Birthdays: (1894-1975). (1912-1987). Patricia Morison (1915-2018). (1933-2019). (b. 1933). (b. 1947). Robert Schenkkan (b. 1953). Maria Friedman (b. 1960). (b. 1963). Amanda Kloots (b. 1982).
Alan Campbell and Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard (Broadway, 1994)
Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard (Broadway, 1994)
Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard (Broadway, 2017)
Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard (Broadway, 2017)
