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Stage to Page 半岛体育 Vault鈥檚 Today in Theatre History: May 19 Happy birthday to A Raisin in the Sun playwright Lorraine Hansberry.
Lorraine Hansberry

1924 The Marx Brothers star in at the Casino Theatre in New York. The revue, with a book by and music by , follows the boys on a path of murder, mayhem, and a visit with Napoleon and Josephine. It runs beyond the season.

1927 runs nearly 19 weeks with a cast that includes , , and . composes and scores the book by . When the Neighborhood Playhouse closes two weeks into the run, the production transfers to the Little Theatre.

1930 stars as Othello at London鈥檚 Savoy Theatre. plays Desdemona.

1937 produces and directs and 鈥檚 comedy , about an impoverished producer who tries to hold his staff together in a hotel room. The cast includes , , and .

1962 Opera star makes his Broadway debut in the musical . Siepi plays an Italian restaurant owner who digs an underground tunnel to steal food from his competitor. His co-star is 19-year-old in her first Broadway leading role. The production runs 76 performances at the Broadhurst Theatre.

1992 , , , and are the cast of 鈥檚 The Extra Man, which opens Off-Broadway at 鈥檚 City Center Stage II. directs the production about a microcosm of Manhattanites.

2000 The production of 鈥檚 Hotel Suite begins previews at the Gramercy Theatre. The cast features , , , and . This production comprises four scenes from three of Simon鈥榮 Suite plays: , London Suite, and .

2005 Broadway composer and television producer dies at 94. He conceived the Broadway revue , wrote songs for the revue , produced the 1957 television musical Cinderella, and ran the Rodgers & Hammerstein office following the death of composer .

2014 The world premiere of 鈥檚 The Way We Get By opens at Second Stage Theater. Amanda Seyfried makes her Off-Broadway debut in the production opposite .

Today鈥檚 Birthdays: (1924-2014). (1930-1965). (1941-2012). (b. 1945).

Look Back at the 1959 Original Cast A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway

 
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