1907 The new Hippodrome Theatre opens in Portsmouth, England.
1920 Composer-lyricist is born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He writes , , and , as well as the timeless lyrics to with .
1937 In protest of cuts in the Federal Theatre budget, the Federal Theatre Project's Dance Unit鈥攃urrently performing a double-bill of Candide and How Long Brethern鈥攗rges the audience to join them in a sit-down strike. The audience acquiesces.
1956 writes and is featured in Romanoff and Juliet. The comedy plays London's Piccadilly Theatre for 47 weeks.
1971 's musical Godspell opens Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Three months later, it moves to the Promenade Theatre. All told, the show, which stars as the up-to-date son of God, plays 2,124 performances. Godspell
2012 A West End production of 's 1972 comedy The Sunshine Boys, starring and , opens at London's Savoy Theatre. directs the play about two vaudeville stars who reunite after not having spoken in years.
2016 The New York premiere of and 's Indecent opens Off-Broadway at the . The play with music is inspired by the real-life controversy surrounding the 1923 Broadway production of 's . The production the following year.
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Watch highlights from Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman's Indecent:
