1912 Richard Le Gallienne's Orestes stars Edyth Olive and Rathmel Wilson. It plays London's Boudoir Theatre.
1922 's Dear Brutus plays 258 performances in a revival at the Wyndham's Theatre in London. produces.
1963 Actor-director dies in Albany, New York. His most memorable performance was portraying Sheridan Whiteside鈥�. He was 74 years old.
1970 Elinor Jones adapts an anthology of memoirs of Colette. and provide the songs and is the French lady of letters for 101 performances at the Ellen Stewart Theatre.
1990 and ' musical Once on This Island, based upon the novel My Love, My Love by , begins performances Off-Broadway at . The show on October 18, 1990, where it runs 469 performances.
1999 adapts the John Irving novel into Cider House Rules: Here at St. Clouds, the first part of a two-part play which opens at Off-Broadway's . and Jane Jones co-direct the cast that includes , Ross Gibby, and .
2003 and star in a Broadway revival of 's at the Plymouth Theatre. Redgrave and Dennehy both win Tony Awards for their performances, and the production wins Best Revival of a Play.
2008 , a coming-of-age pop musical written by young newcomers (music and lyrics) and (book), opens on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre, following a hit run at the in Virginia. Its stay is brief, however: it also closes tonight, having played 17 previews and a single performance.
2013 The world premiere of Nikolai and the Others, 's play that imagines a weekend shared by Russian artists , , Nikolai Nabokov, and more, opens Off-Broadway at 's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Directed by , the cast includes , , , , and .
Today's Birthdays: 1915. 1948. 1958. 1979. 1987.
Watch original Once on This Island star LaChanze sing "The Human Heart" from the musical, in preparation for a 2012 New York Pops concert celebrating Ahrens and Flaherty:
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