1868 Producer, director, and manager is born. Dillingham鈥檚 dozens of productions include As Good as New, The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, Sunny, Bulldog Drummond, and The Red Mill.
1962 and 鈥檚 musical Brigadoon is revived by the New York City Center Light Opera Company. Under the direction of , the production plays at City Center with actor in the role of Tommy Albright.
1971 Happy birthday to Tony Award winner , who originated the roles of Maureen in , Elphaba in , and Elizabeth in , and voices Elsa in the Disney-animated film Frozen.
1985 directs a revival of 鈥檚 on Broadway at . The production, which stars and , runs for 109 performances.
1996 , an updated version of 鈥檚 Tartuffe by , opens at Circle in the Square. It stars , , and . The production closes less than a month later, after only 25 performances.
1999 The second Broadway version of closes at the Minskoff Theatre. A few months later, the musical returns to New York in a third and scaled-back incarnation at the Neil Simon Theatre.
2013 An Off-Broadway revival of 鈥檚 The Caucasian Chalk Circle, starring and featuring music by , opens at Classic Stage Company. directs a cast that also includes and .
2019 Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon bring Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune back to Broadway for its first revival, opening today at the Broadhurst Theatre. McDonald is a diner waitress to Shannon's short order cook that meet for a night of fiery passion that ends up having the possibility of love.
More of Today鈥檚 Birthdays: (1901鈥�1979); (1909鈥�1986); (1912鈥�1964); (1912鈥�2010);. (b. 1934); Stephen Tobolowsky (b. 1951). (b. 1958); (b. 1962); (b. 1974). Blake Bashoff (b. 1981).
Kristin Chenoweth in Wicked
