1874 Birthday of pioneering African-American performer-composer , who writes music for Broadway's In Dahomey (1903) and Abyssinia (1906), but achieves even greater fame as a singer and dancer in five editions of the Ziegfeld Follies between 1910 and 1920.
1918 produces and directs Tiger! Tiger!, by . The play, with a cast that includes , , and , runs 183 performances.
1922 Birthday of actor , best known for creating the role of Stella in the original Broadway production of .
1941 and see the opening of their generically-titled play , which stars and the ubiquitous (a name used in the program when the actor's real name must be kept secret for one reason or another). It stays at the Hudson Theatre for 69 performances.
1951 and ask all to . The show, based on 's Millionaire of Rough and Ready, paints the town for nine months. Holding the brushes are and , with choreography by .
1957 Birthday of Broadway dancer , a favorite of choreographer and songwriters and , who is featured in The World Goes 'Round, , , , and , and stars in the 1997 musical .
1967 and head an all-Black cast in the opening of a revamped version of at the St. James Theatre. After the curtain call, , who is in the audience, is invited on stage by Pearl Bailey to sing the title song. The show has been running since January 1964 and racks up a total of 2,844 performances.
1970 Broadway opening night for , one of the most successful stage murder mysteries. and star in the story of a mystery writer who plots to toy with, then kill, his wife's lover. It runs 1,222 performances at the Music Box Theatre.
1989 directs and choreographs which opens at the Martin Beck Theatre, based on the early thirties play and film. The score is by , , and , but the emphasis is on staging and spectacle. The show runs 1,017 performances.
1998 Martin Short and Faith Prince star in Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh, and Neil Simon's musical adaptation the Patrick Dennis' novel, a satirical pseudo autobiography of Belle Poitrine and her journey from rags to riches to rags鈥攁nd back again.
2001 Los Angeles' new Kodak Theatre makes its debut with The Ovation Awards, the Los Angeles theatre honors. The building at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue is designed by scenic designer and architect .
2012 's Chekhov-inspired comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which whips characters from the Russian playwright's catalog into a frothy weekend of costumes, prophesies, and existential longing, opens Off-Broadway at 's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The cast features , , , , , and . The production , where it wins the Tony Award for Best Play.
2015 The Young Vic's production of Arthur Miller's , directed by acclaimed Belgian director , opens on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. The cast includes , , , and . The production wins Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Play and Best Revival of a Play.
More of Today's Birthdays: (1891鈥�1938). Grace Kelly (1929-1982). (b. 1931). Jules Fisher (b. 1937). (b. 1943). Lynn Meadow (b. 1946). Karen Ziemba (b. 1957). (b. 1958). Manoel Felciano (b. 1970). Alistair Brammer (b. 1988).
