1854 is born in Dublin, Ireland. He writes , , and other glittering comedies, before being laid low in a slander suit by the father of his male lover, who labels him a "somdomite" [sic]. Wilde claims that his greatest artwork was his own life.
1888 Another major playwright is born: , multiple Pulitzer winner and Nobel Prize winner, whose roster of majestically-titled dramas includes , , , , and .
1903 Birthday of , half of the dancing team of that hits stardom in vaudeville, then graduates to Broadway. Stage appearances include and the original cast of , in which he creates the role of Mingo (under the name Ford L. Buck).
1925 Five-time Tony Award winner is born. Her Broadway appearances include the original Broadway productions of , , , and .
1939 Acid-tongued New York Times theatre critic Alexander Woolcott is parodied in Kaufman and Hart's Broadway comedy , which stars and runs for 739 performances.
1945 A revival of 's starts a 531-performance run, making it one of Broadway's longest-running operettas.
1951 opens her legendary concert stand at the Palace Theatre, .
1966 directs in Henry Living's comedy Eh?, which opens at the Circle in the Square (downtown). A chaotic office staff is the subject of the show, which runs 232 performances.
1967 The first postage stamp honoring an American playwright is issued, as Eugene O'Neill's face adorns stamps all over the country.
1990 An Australian father is coming to terms with his gay son in the Cherry Lane Theatre production of The Sum of Us. The father and son are played by and , respectively. During the run of the show, 355 performances, the movie Ghost, starring Goldwyn, plays in theatres across the country.
1997 , a musical about the real-life conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, who became vaudeville and Follies stars, opens on Broadway. Though it runs only 91 performances, it attracts a small but dedicated cult of fans, many of whom see it again and again during its short run. and star as the twins, and receive a joint Tony nomination for their performance.
2001 's comedy opens at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, just a block from it's real-life setting, the Cafe Edison in Times Square. Despite the presence of stage veterans , , , , and , the show manages a run of just 73 performances.
2003 takes the hearts of the audience to Rio with , a musical biography of singer/songwriter , using Allen's own music to tell his life story. Jackman hosts the 2004 Tony Awards ceremony at which he wins the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for the role.
2005 Broadway's Virginia Theatre is renamed the Theatre for the playwright who died two weeks earlier. It opened in 1925 as the Guild Theatre, home of the American Theatre Guild, and was also known as the ANTA Theatre for many years.
2008 A revival of 鈥檚 1947 drama , the story of an aircraft parts manufacturer who carries a terrible wartime secret, opens on Broadway at the Schoenfeld Theatre. , , , and star in the production, directed by .
2014 A revival of the classic musical comedy opens on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre. , , and star as the sailors on 24-hour shore leave who take on the Big Apple, with , , and as the women who steal their hearts. It runs 368 performances.
More of Today's Birthdays: Suzanne Somers (b. 1946). Jeff McCarthy (b. 1954). Kenneth Lonergan (b. 1962). Drew Gehling (b. 1982).
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