1875 British comic operetta titans and make their U.S. debut with Trial by Jury at the Eagle Variety Theatre, where it runs 8 performances.
1904 It's Sunday鈥攁nd 10 weeks more for featured actor . 's play is directed by .
1926 makes one of her last Broadway appearances without her partner/husband when she stars as Eliza Doolittle in at the Guild Theatre. plays Henry Higgins.
1932 , listed in the 半岛体育 as "E. Kazan," makes his Broadway debut in , a short-lived drama with and at the Martin Beck Theatre. As a director and advocate of the Method acting technique, Kazan stages some of the landmark Broadway plays of the mid-century, including and .
1956 Dogpatch comes to life as is staged at the St. James Theatre. and adapted the comic-strip, with songs by and . The cast includes and dancing to choreography.
1972 is the first production in the new uptown Circle in the Square Theatre. and are featured in the production.
1989 The military courtroom drama by opens at the Music Box Theatre. The cast is headed by , known for his roles in the 1984 film Amadeus and 1990's Parenthood. The show is made into a movie in 1992 after its 497-performance run on Broadway. The show catapults the writing career of Sorkin, who later creates the TV series The West Wing.
1994 stars as Amanda Wingfield in 's revival of . But the reviews focus on the waiflike actor who plays Laura: , who receives a Theatre World Award for her performance. She is quickly snapped up by TV, eventually landing the title role in the series Ally McBeal.
1998 Drug-addicts in Edinburgh get their theatrical outing at the Players Theatre, as a stage adaptation of Trainspotting opens Off-Broadway. The show, adapted from Irvine Welsh's novel as well as the play (which was previously produced in Glasgow in 1994), runs for 17 performances.
2000 , 's camp science-fiction/horror musical, gets a Broadway revival starring , , , , , rock star , and, as the Narrator, talk show host . It runs at the Circle in the Square Theatre. The British import didn't run long in its , but its movie adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, attracted a devoted cult. Audiences for the Broadway revival are offered sacks with newspapers (to use as rain hats) and rice (to throw in the wedding scene), along with other wacky interactive goodies.
2004 Following her internationally successful Vagina Monologues, playwright offers an "inside look at the outside" of the female anatomy in her Broadway debut, . It runs at the Booth Theatre.
2009 's revival of and 's transfers to Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre. The musical based on 's novel about Blacks, whites, and immigrants colliding in 1906 New York, stars , , and .
2011 A revival of 's The Lion in Winter, directed by , opens at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. The production stars as Henry II and as Eleanor of Aquitaine.
2012 Sex, drugs, religion, celebrity, music, and romance are swirled together in the musical , written by , , and , opening at the Neil Simon Theatre. Though the production lasts only 29 performances, earns a Tony nomination for her performance as Aimee Semple McPherson.
2015 ,听's suspense thriller聽based on the novel of the same name, premieres on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre. and star.
2017 's latest solo show, , opens on Broadway at Studio 54. The crash course in Latin History sheds light on the crucial, but little known roles Latino people played in American history. Leguizamo receives a Special Tony Award the following year "for his body of work and for his commitment to the theatre."
2018 , a musical about an Indiana high schooler barred from bringing her girlfriend to the prom鈥攁nd a group of eccentric Broadway folk who infiltrate the town in an attempt to fight the injustice鈥攐pens on Broadway. Written by , , and , the show has a cast that includes , , , , , and . It runs at the Longacre Theatre.
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