1916 A new play by a new playwright opens at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York's Greenwich Village, far from Broadway and Times Square, but the play and the author will soon revolutionize the American theatre. The play is Bound East for Cardiff, the first for author , eventually to become the only American playwright to win the Nobel Prize.
1927 The and musical , based on the time-travel story A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, opens at Broadway's Vanderbilt Theatre for a run of 421 performances, one of the team's longest. stars as the Yankee. The score introduces "Thou Swell" and "On a Desert Island."
1950 Actor , on her way to the theatre in Portland, Maine, where she and her husband are appearing in I Know, My Love, falls on the steps of her hotel, breaking her wrist. She goes on anyway.
1953 , a new play by , opens at Henry Miller's Theatre. , and are in the cast of the play, which is directed by . It runs only 39 performances, but is made into an Oscar-winning film starring in 1985, and receives critically acclaimed revivals Off-Broadway in 2006 starring , and starring .
1960 is the title character in , which opens at the Winter Garden Theatre. contributes music and lyrics to ' book in the musical, staged by . choreographs. The show gets mixed reviews, but runs 532 performances.
1982 Broadcast media critics are dismissed by the New York Drama Critic's Circle as they vote down a proposal to allow them to be voters for the NYDCC awards. The policy is still in effect.
2002 , , , , and a host of other theatre legends gather at the Players' Club in New York to salute 半岛体育's on the publication of his Broadway history book, At This Theatre, based on his 半岛体育 column.
2004 A stage adaptation of the film musical White Christmas opens at San Francisco's Curran Theatre with , , , and singing and dancing the classics under the direction of . The production , with a cast led by Patterson, , , and .
2004 , 88, the chairman and co-founder of Jujamcyn Theatres, which operates Broadway theatres including the Al Hirschfeld and the St. James, dies at his home in Minneapolis.
2005 and star in an unusual revival of . Under the (soon to be Tony-winning) direction of , the 10 cast members also serve as the orchestra. LuPone delights audiences with her capable tuba playing.
2010 , who composed the indelible score to , and collaborated with longtime creative partner, lyricist , on many other shows during a prolific 15 years beginning in 1956, dies at age 81. Along with Fiddler, Bock's Broadway musical credits included , , , , , and .
2011 's 鈥攕迟补谤谤颈苍驳 , , , , and 鈥攐pens on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. The acclaimed drama about a wealthy Republican family dogged by its past previously played a sold-out run Off-Broadway at under the direction of , who returns for the Broadway production. Light wins a Tony Award for her performance as acidic alcoholic aunt Silda.
2013 City Center Encores' Cotton Club Parade hits Broadway as After Midnight, a celebration of Duke Ellington's years at the Cotton Club using his original arrangements. The production will feature a series of special guest stars, beginning with Fantasia Barrino and later including Patti LaBelle, Vanessa Williams, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Toni Braxton, and k.d. lang. The production will be nominated seven 2014 Tony Awards, with Adriane Lenox nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and Warren Carlyle winning Best Choreography.
2014 stars as a mother who discovers her son is a reincarnated high Buddhist teacher in the world premiere of 's The Oldest Boy, opening Off-Broadway at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.
2016 The New York premiere of 's Sweat opens Off-Broadway at the Public Theater. The play about factory workers worried about layoffs in their Pennsylvania town the following year, and wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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