1901 Birthday of actor/director/producer/teacher/acting coach in Austria-Hungary. As a founder of the Group Theatre and artistic director of the Actors Studio, he serves as the godfather of the "Method" acting style, and influences actors in the second half of the 20th century.
1902 American novelist (no relation) turns his best-selling novel, The Crisis, into a four-act play. stars, directs, and produces at Wallack's in New York City.
1903 stars in 's The Admirable Crichton at the Lyceum Theatre for 144 performances.
1921 In addition to his popular Follies, opens the somewhat naughtier Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic at the New Amsterdam Roof Theatre, which he rechristens the Danse de Follies. It stars , , and the dance team of Carlos and Inez.
1930 Things are for in the revue, produced and with lyrics by her husband . and are also in the cast.
1960 , 's political best seller, is adapted for the stage by . directs a cast that includes , , , and .
1962 stars in , a parody of an ambitious poor girl's memoirs by , adapted for the stage by . Songs are by and . and are part of the cast dancing to 's choreography. The show runs 257 performances. Little Me is later revived on Broadway in productions starring (1981) and (1998).
1991 The wide-eyed, blue-faced madness begins as The Blue Man Group: Tubes opens at the Astor Place Theatre. The show features stunts, comic skits, and loud music of the Blue Man's own creation. Described by Variety as "Mummenschanz on acid," the show draws wide acclaim and sold-out audiences and later opens productions in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, and Orlando.
1994 gets rave reviews in , the new musical opening at the Minskoff Theatre. She plays the forgotten movie star Norma Desmond as she lives her later life. plays the writer who takes a very unlucky turn into her life, with playing her manservant. Betty Buckley and Elaine Paige were the subsequent Normas. The show closes in 1997 after 977 performances. In February 2017, Close returns to the role of Norma Desmond for .
2002 and play the title roles in the children's musical, A Year With Frog and Toad, opening at the New Victory Theatre in Times Square. The unlikely hit goes over so well that it and is nominated for a Tony Award as Best Musical in 2003.
2003 Oscar winner stars in a solo adaptation of 's best-seller . Unfortunately, she gets to tell it only once, as it closes on opening night.
2004 wins one of the most influential jobs in the nonprofit theatre, that of artistic director of /. The artistic director of Rhode Island's Trinity Rep, Eustis is only the fourth person to hold the Public Theater job since its founding in the 1950s, following founder , , and .
2005 recreates her London performance in the leading role of the gothic musical , with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and . The groundbreaking computerized set projections are by . The show runs 109 performances at the Marquis Theatre.
2008 , , and star in a Broadway revival of 's American Buffalo at the Belasco Theatre. directs the story of a group of small-time crooks who plot to steal a valuable coin collection. The production lasts only one week, closing November 23 after 20 previews and 8 regular performances.
2011 A revival of 's 1930 comedy , featuring that other famous balcony scene of the theatre, opens on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre. and star, under the direction of .
2013 and 's musical , starring as eight different members of the doomed D'Ysquith family, opens on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Directed by , the cast also includes , , . It wins four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and runs for 905 performances.
2014 's reimagined production of and 's short-lived 1997 musical opens on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. and star as conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton. The show once again fails to attract an audience, and it closes after 56 performances.
2019 The Inheritance, playwright Matthew Lopez鈥檚 Olivier Award鈥搘inning exploration of gay history, officially opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Loosely inspired by E. M. Forster鈥檚 Howards End, the two-part play is set in New York City a generation after the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 鈥�80s and 鈥�90s as a group of gay men struggle to connect to the past and maintain a sense of history. Reprising their performances are original London cast members Andrew Burnap as Toby Darling, John Benjamin Hickey as Henry Wilcox, Paul Hilton as Morgan/Walter, Samuel H. Levine as Adam/Leo, and Kyle Soller (who won the Olivier Award for his work in the play) as Eric Glass.
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