1923 opens at the 48th Street Theatre in New York. stars as Charles II and as his mistress Nell Gwynne. and are in the cast. stages.
1926 Among are , , and . The revue of comic monologues and show parodies runs at the Winter Garden in New York for six months.
1929 American actor dies in New York City. She played supporting roles to , , and . She was 75 years old.
1970 The Me Nobody Knows, based 's book of the writings of inner-city children, is adapted and staged by at Off-Broadway's Orpheum Theatre. and provide the songs. It ; the combined run is 586 performances.
1981 's gender-bending race-reversal play, Cloud 9, opens at the Theatre de Lys Off-Broadway. and star in the production under the direction of .
1997 The world premiere of and 's opens at the newly restored New Amsterdam Theatre. Featuring a chorus of 40 and an orchestra of 60, the production stars , , , , and .
2000 The Laramie Project opens at the Union Square Theatre Off-Broadway. The play is based on research and on-site interviews by 's , focusing on the aftermath of the 1998 beating death of gay college student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. It runs 126 performances.
2003 passes into the history books when the French-written, British-refined musical plays its 6,680th and final Broadway performance after 16 years. It was, for a time, the second-longest running show in Broadway history.
2004 Actor and producer dies at age 84. He starred in a string of 1950s films and the 1970s TV sitcom, The Odd Couple, as well as the Broadway musical, Late in life he realized a dream by founding the , which presented revivals of classic comedies and dramas, some of them starring Randall.
2011 , a theatrical producer known for bringing innovative dramatic work to Broadway and Off-Broadway stages, dies at age 55. His Broadway productions included 's , , and ; 's adaptation of ; and the musical .
2014 The world premiere of 's Too Much Sun opens Off-Broadway at the . stars as a celebrated actor who, after unraveling while preparing for a new production of Medea, decides to spend the summer with her married daughter (played by ).
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