1923 stars in 's Laugh, Clown, Laugh!, the Pagliacci-like story of a middle-aged clown who adopts a young girl, but later, as she grows into womanhood, finds his feelings for her are growing into love, just as she is falling for a boy her own age. The classic weeper runs 133 performances at the Belasco Theatre and is made into a film with Lon Chaney.
1934 introduces the and standard "You and the Night and the Music" in the musical , co-starring .
1951 's play stages the story of Sally Bowles, the Berlin cabaret singer first introduced in 's stories, who is later musicalized in . stars as Sally in the non-musical drama which runs 214 performances at the Empire Theatre.
1957 plays the sensitive young man in ' , which opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, and runs 564 performances.
1962 For two weeks only Ahab chases . ' adaptation of the novel, featuring , lasts just that long at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
1968 , three avant-garde plays by , , and respectively, opens at the Henry Miller Theatre. directs the 52 performances. The cast includes and .
1972 opens at the new Uris Theatre with a $900,000 price tag. The musical, set on "a forgotten asteroid called Ithaca" in the year 2972, is directed by , and has a score by . It runs for seven performances.
1978 What are Porno Stars at Home like? 's play highlights a birthday party with imaginary guests from that industry. It runs two months Off-Broadway at the Courtyard Playhouse.
2000 In a collaboration, and the traveled to Laramie, Wyoming to interview folks about the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard. The resulting play, The Laramie Project, is presented in Laramie for the first time, following runs at the Denver Center Theatre Company and Off-Broadway's Union Square Theatre. Gay university student Shepard was beaten to death on the outskirts of town. The crime sparked outrage, debate, and mourning around the world. Many residents are represented in the show and are expected to show up to see how Kaufman, his co-writers, and actors present them.
2007 A settlement is reached in a 19-day stagehands鈥� strike against most Broadway shows, which is estimated to have cost the theatre industry and the New York economy nearly $40 million.
2012 My Name Is Asher Lev, Aaron Posner's play based on Chaim Potok's best-selling novel, opens at Off-Broadway's Westside Theatre. stars in the title role, opposite and as parents Aryeh and Rivkeh. The production runs for 341 performances.
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