1924 Henry Oscar and Esme Biddle are the leads of Byron by Alice Law, at the Century Theatre in Bayswater, England. In a very small role is someone named .
1926 The Actors Theatre Company begins a revival of 's . The cast includes , , and .
1926 and 's , one of the last of the blockbuster operettas, opens. The mysterious and romantic Red Shadow and his rebel band ride over the dunes of North Africa in the musical, which runs 471 performances at the Casino Theatre and tours for much of the next two generations.
1937 W.P. Lipscomb's Thank You, Mr. Pepys! opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. This comedy is based on the biography of Samuel Pepys by Arthur Bryant. The cast includes Edmund Gwenn, Barry K. Barnes, and Marjorie Mars.
1939 Something not-quite-right is going on beneath the surface of 's subtle , seemingly a Norman Rockwell portrait of suburban life, which runs for only 44 performances at the Longacre Theatre. The play has more success in 1980, with that runs 564 performances.
1947 Birthday of playwright , who writes hard-bitten plays that capture the unique rhythms of speech of working people, including real estate salesmen (Pulitzer winner ), movie makers (), academics and feminists (), and small-time thieves ().
1952 Birthday of actor who creates a series of intense characters in musicals , , , and The Knife before turning to TV, and a concert and recording career.
1955 and Oscar Hammerstein II suffer a rare commercial failure with , based on 's story of life in a brothel. The show closes after 246 performances (R&H's shortest run) at the Shubert Theatre.
1964 featuring opens at the Plymouth Theatre. is co-producer of the play about people associated with murder and death. directs the 11-week run.
1972 takes on the Bible, retelling the story of Adam and Eve in his own terms in . But in this case, the flawed father is God, and even the presence of as Eve can't stop the show from closing after just 20 performances at the Shubert Theatre.
1988 Tonight's episode of Tattinger on NBC is titled "Barrymore's," with a cast that includes , , , , and cameos by and .
2000 Opening night for at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, and 's musical that combines many of the stories of children's author , including Horton Hears a Who, McElligot's Pool, and The Cat in the Hat into a single story.
2011 The Actors Fund and the present the New York premiere of and 's musical The Visit as a one-night-only benefit concert at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre. Tony Award winners and star as Claire Zachanassian and Anton Schell. The musical finally in 2015, with Rivera starring opposite .
2017 makes her Broadway debut in 's political drama , opening at the Hudson Theatre. , , , and co-star in the play about a Washington, D.C. power couple angling to secure a judicial post.
More of Today's Birthdays: (1835鈥�1910) Jules J. Levanthal (1888鈥�1949), (1920鈥�2005), (1918鈥�2014), (1927鈥�2017), David Hersey (b. 1939), Stephen Dillane (b. 1956), Jeff Still (b. 1959), David Auburn (b. 1969), Ryan Murphy (b. 1965), (b. 1969), Amy Ryan (b. 1969), Clay Aiken (b. 1978).
Watch highlights from the 2012 Broadway revival of David Mamet's , starring :
