1878 Legendary dancer is born. His Broadway appearances include , , and .
1939 Birthday of , who wins a Tony in 1981 for playing Salieri in . Among his other Broadway appearances are , and revivals of , , and . His many film credits include X-Men, Gods and Monsters, and The Lord of the Rings (as Gandalf).
1943 Shadow and Substance by plays at the Duke of York鈥檚 Theatre in London. Among the cast are , , , and . stages.
1943 Happy birthday to , 1968 Tony Award winner for her Broadway debut in the musical Her Broadway performances also include the musicals , , and , and plays and .
1964 Opening night of , starring and . 鈥檚 play about a soldier who returns home to his battling parents wins both the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play.
1999 Audience members to East is East, opening at , are treated to the smell of frying fish and chips. Director makes every effort to engage the audience in the surroundings of Ayub Khan-Din鈥檚 drama about a Pakistani family in England.
1999 Thwak joins the list of onomatopoeic shows that have made it to the stage as performances start at Off-Broadway鈥檚 Minetta Lane Theatre. The Australian comedy duo of David Collins and Shane Dundas, better known as The Umbilical Brothers, present an evening of physical comedy and self-produced sound effects.
2002 , a major regional theatre director who served as artistic director of The Cleveland Playhouse and in New York City, dies at her Manhattan home. She was 52.
2004 Laura Linney earns her second Tony nomination for Sight Unseen. The Donald Margulies play about a celebrated artist and the battle with his former lover over her portrait opens at Manhattan Theatre Club and runs for 70 performances.
2016 Cirque du Soleil kicks off the 2016鈥�2017 Broadway season with , the company鈥檚 first made-for-Broadway musical. , , and lead the 38-person cast of singers, actors, dancers, aerialists, acrobats, and circus arts performers. The production runs 366 performances at the Lyric Theatre.
More of Today鈥檚 Birthdays: (1921鈥�2012); (1924鈥�2006); Roger Bowen (1932鈥�1996); (1939鈥�2010); Deanna Dunagan (b. 1940); (b. 1953); (b. 1969).
Watch Leslie Uggams sing 鈥淚f He Walked Into My Life鈥� and talk about her famous performance of 鈥淛une Is Bustin鈥� Out All Over鈥�:
