1892 Birthday of opera singer , who makes two memorable Broadway appearances in the musicals and . In South Pacific, he creates the role of Emile deBecque and sings "Some Enchanted Evening."
1933 presents 's adaptation of 's drama . Among the cast of the five week run are , , , and .
1956 Look Back in Anger, by , strikes a cord to rage against complacency. plays an angry young man who lashes out at his wife () and best friend (). stages at the in London.
1962 , and with as your leader, that's no surprise. Broadway's Alvin Theatre is filled with the music and lyrics by and a book by and . produces the 964 performances. The production will go on to six Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
1967 American playwright and director dies in Southampton, England. Among his many works was the Pulitzer Prize winning . He was 75 years old.
1983 Divorcees and play divorcees Amanda Prynne and Elyot Chase in a Broadway revival of 's . With poor reviews and Taylor missing performances due to bronchitis and laryngitis, it runs only 63 performances.
1985 Broadway's Ritz Theatre becomes center-court as 's play about tennis, , is served up. Playing the middle-aged players are , , , and . The play stays aloft 277 performances before game, set, and match are decided January 4, 1986, as they close.
2002 Freud and fascism meet in 's Vienna: Lusthaus (revisited), a dance-theatre piece conceived and directed by Martha Clarke, with music by , and text by Charles L. Mee.
2007 The tenth and final play in August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle, Radio Golf, opens on Broadway at the Cort Theatre. Also called The Century Cycle, the series examines the African American experience throughout the 20th century, with one play set in each decade. Radio Golf is directed by Kenny Leon, who had previously staged Gem of the Ocean, the first play in the series chronologically.
2008 鈥攁 tongue-in-cheek stage adaptation of the Alfred Hitchcock film thriller鈥攐pens at Broadway's Cort Theatre, following a successful run at the .
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Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington in The Piano Lesson
