1828 Birth of Norwegian playwright , who revolutionizes world theatre with his realistic dramas A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, Rosmersholm, and An Enemy of the People.
1908 British actor is born. He later marries Rachel Kempson and has , , and . is their granddaughter.
1911 The , a 1,600 seat Shubert theatre, opens with La Belle Paree. is in the cast.
1924 It's a Leap Year at London's Hippodrome. George Robey heads the cast of the revue that runs 471 performances. Laurie Wylie provides the book for 's score.
1936 Long before , is put to music by in his religious drama . It runs 38 performances at the Manhattan Theatre.
1945 Go ahead and . bases his comedy on 's Shore Leave. , , and are in the cast at the Belasco Theatre. There are 110 performances.
1988 's gender-bending drama opens at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway. and star as the diplomat and his lover in the work, which wins the Best Play Tony Award.
1997 Shakespeare meets Ellington in the musical , which updates 's Twelfth Night to 1940s Harlem with a score of standards. The conception opens at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre with stars and .
2011 鈥攁 musical based on the Academy Award-winning film The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert鈥攐pens on Broadway at the Palace Theatre. , , and star as a trio of friends traveling through the Australian outback aboard a pink bus.
2012 and Imelda Staunton star in a revival of and 's musical Sweeney Todd at the West End's Adelphi Theatre. Directed by , the production was originally seen at the in October 2011. Ball and Staunton both win Olivier Awards for their performances, and the production wins Best Musical Revival.
2013 The world-premiere production of , adapted by from 's novella, opens on Broadway at the Cort Theatre. stars as the enigmatic Holly Golightly opposite as Fred. The production receives mostly negative reviews and closes a month later, after 38 performances.
2014 The 1992 Disney animated film Aladdin, about a so-called street rat's journey to capture the heart of a misunderstood princess and the magical Genie he befriends along the way, comes to life at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre. stars in the title role, as Jasmine, as Jafar, and as the Genie.
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Adam Jacobs in the original Broadway company of Aladdin
