1913 One hundred and twelve actors gather at the Pabst Grand Circle Hotel near Columbus Circle in New York City and vote to form the Actors鈥� Equity Association. Comedian Francis Wilson is elected the first president of the union representing American stage performers.
1919 is notable more for being 鈥檚 first full Broadway score than its plot of a young dentist setting up an adulterous scene so he can divorce his wife. The New York Times calls it 鈥渢he incarnation of jazz.鈥� The musical runs for 104 performances.
1924 American composer and conductor dies in New York. He is best known for his operettas Babes in Toyland and Naughty Marietta.
1947 directs and stars in a revival of 鈥檚 1695 comedy at the Royal Theatre. Gielgud and his company of British actors perform the play 48 times, before taking it on tour.
1964 Following her success in , stars in , an original musical written for her, and ever so slightly inspired by an incident in her early life. writes the music, and and provide the book and lyrics. The show runs just 271 performances and Burnett does not appear in another Broadway show for more than 30 years.
1971 , starring as comedian , opens on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. directs the production featuring his music and 鈥檚 words. and also star.
1982 鈥檚 comedy opens at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. and star, and a young actor named (later known as David Hyde Pierce) makes his Broadway debut. It runs only 21 performances.
1983 directs his Fool For Love, about a chance meeting between two former lovers at a seedy motel near the Mojave Desert. The Circle Repertory Company production opens Off-Broadway and wins five Obie Awards for Best New American Play for stars , Kathy Baker, and Will Patton, as well as for Shepard鈥檚 direction.
2004 Ten Chimneys, the Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, estate of the late great acting couple and , is declared a National Historic Landmark. The estate opened to the public as a museum and arts center in 2003.
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