1929 Highlights of include wrestling bears and the choreography of . The revue runs on Broadway for 22 weeks.
1952 Stage and screen actor dies in New York. directed him in the 1949 production of by . He was 39 years old.
1959 is indomitable stage mother Rose in the original Broadway production of . based his book on the memoirs of stripper , with a score by and lyrics by . stages the 702-performance run. Future Broadway mountings star , , , , and .
1977 Are you a ? 鈥檚 play about a Harvard student unsure of his sexuality and relationship with his family, runs at Broadway鈥檚 Little Theatre for 1,789 performances. stars.
1998 British playwright Jonathan Harvey sees the American premiere of his potent drama Beautiful Thing at Chicago鈥榮 Famous Door Theatre. The play, which first saw the stage at London鈥榮 Bush Theatre, transfers to Off-Broadway鈥檚 Cherry Lane Theatre the following year for a 152-performance run.
1998 Former Chicago improv rivals and begin previews in Power Plays, a trio of one-act plays (with two works by May and one by Arkin) at Off-Broadway鈥檚 Promenade Theatre. Two years later, Arkin directs May鈥檚 on Broadway.
2001 The inaugural National Broadway Theatre Awards, honoring national touring productions across the United States, go to Ragtime (Best Musical), Dame Edna: The Royal Tour (Best Play), (Best Actor in a Play), and (Best Actress in a Musical), among others.
2011 A revival of and 鈥檚 Follies, featuring some of the biggest talents on both sides of the Atlantic, opens at the . The company is headed by as Sally Durant Plummer, as Phyllis Rogers Stone, as Buddy Plummer, as Benjamin Stone, and as Carlotta Campion. The production a few months later.
2014 Miss Saigon, which premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1989鈥攚here it ran for over 10 years鈥攔eturns to the West End in a new 25th anniversary production. Opening at the Prince Edward Theatre, it stars as Kim, as Chris, and as The Engineer. The production three years later.
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Ethel Merman in Gypsy
Ethel Merman and Sandra Church in Gypsy
Lane Bradbury and Ethel Merman in Gypsy
Sandra Church and Ethel Merman in Gypsy
Sandra Church, Ethel Merman, and Jack Klugman in Gypsy
Jack Klugman and Ethel Merman in Gypsy
Ethel Merman and Jack Klugman in Gypsy
