1930 is a mechanic who breaks an aeronautical record because he doesn't know how to land the plane. The writing team of , , and provide the lyrics and the score. plays Lahr's love interest.
1947 stages and stars as John Worthing in . 's comedy runs at the Royale Theatre in New York for 10 weeks.
1959 asks for someone to at Henry Miller's Theatre in New York. The show, based on 's Occupe-toi d'Am茅lie and starring , runs for five weeks.
1966 's opens on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre. stars as King Henry II opposite as his wife, Eleanor. Despite only playing 92 performances, Harris wins a Tony Award for her performance. Two years later, and star in a film adaptation, which wins Hepburn an Academy Award for Best Actress (tying with for Funny Girl), as well as Best Adapted Screenplay for Goldman.
1973 American theatrical producer dies at age 68. He was coproducer of the Broadway productions of , , and , all starring his wife .
1987 David Daniel Kaminsky, known to Broadway and film audiences as , dies of a heart attack in California. He made his Broadway debut in 1939 in the , but his 11-minute part in the 1940 musical , in which he sang the names of 54 Russian composers in 38 seconds, brought him acclaim that led to years in film. He returned to Broadway in 1970 in , despite an injury that forced him to use crutches or a wheelchair.
1994 gets whatever she wants as Lola in a revival of , , and 's musical . The production opens on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre and features as the devilish Mr. Applegate, later to be replaced by .
2002 's semi-autobiographical musical The Last Five Years opens Off-Broadway. and play an actor and a novelist, respectively, in the midst of a breakup.
2005 Opening night for the musical , which stars , Norbert Leo Butz, Sherie Rene Scott, , and , with a score by . The show is nominated for several Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score, and wins for Best Actor in a Musical (Butz).
2010 The first Broadway revival of 's opens at the Circle in the Square Theatre. and star as Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan. Despite positive reviews for the two leads, the production closes after 38 performances.
2011 , 's humor-laced drama about a paycheck-to-paycheck single mom reaching out to a now successful old flame, opens on Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The production stars , who wins a Tony Award for her performance.
2013 A classic fairytale gets a happy ending as and 's opens at the Broadway Theatre, more than 50 years after it premiered on black-and-white television screens in 1957. The staging, which features a new book by , stars and .
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