1890 is born in New York. Under the nickname "Groucho," he and his brothers form one of the most enduring comedy acts ever, The Marx Brothers, rising from vaudeville to Broadway, and later recreating their Broadway hits on film, including and .
1893 ' farce premieres on Broadway at the Standard Theatre. It is later revived on Broadway five times鈥攊n , , , , and 鈥攁nd serves as the basis for and 's 1948 musical
1896 Birthday of , the "straight man" half of the comedy team Abbott and Costello. They appear together in one Broadway musical, , in 1939, but the team uses Burlesque as their route to film fame.
1933 , a rare comedy from , opens on Broadway at the Guild Theatre. Starring as Nat Miller, it runs for 35 weeks.
1953 , 's solo revue of jokes and piano virtuosity, opens on Broadway and runs for 849 performances, still a record for a solo musical revue.
1958 Eugene O'Neill is the posthumous toast of Broadway as his opens at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The cast, directed by , includes and , playing mother and daughter. Brooks Atkinson calls the two ladies "the two finest actresses of their respective generations." The play, about a 19th-century Irish family living in New England, runs 284 performances.
1981 and Rosemary Yorba are married. The two had been engaged in 1940, but since their families disapproved, they went on to marry others. Today they are together at last.
1994 The elaborate revival of opens at the Gershwin Theatre. , , and star.
1996 The adaptation of 's Rhinoceros gets an Off-Broadway revival at Theater Four. Directed by Michael Murray, it is the first major revival since .
2001 Richard Rodgers Production Award-winning musical The Spitfire Grill opens Off-Broadway. With music and book by James Valcq, the show's cast album is dedicated to the memory of lyricist/co-librettist Fred Alley, who died suddenly just as the show was being prepared for its initial reading.
2003 and star in a Broadway production of and 's musical , which ran for several years Off-Broadway in the 1980s, but only now makes its Broadway debut. The production runs 10 months at the Virginia Theatre.
2008 stars in a Broadway revival of 鈥檚 . Thomas recreates her performance as Arkadina that won her an Olivier Award when the production originated at the in London. The cast also includes as Trigorin, as Konstantin, and as Nina. directs 鈥檚 new translation of the drama about a master actor and the writers and artists who gather at her summer home.
2013 and play former vaudeville co-stars who must bury the hatchet when Hollywood calls in 's The Sunshine Boys, opening at 's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
2014 's production of ' opens on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. stars in the Chekhov-inspired drama about a family of actors who wrestle with fame, art, and each other.
2019 Following a hit, sold-out run downtown, opens on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. A blend of hip-hop, improvisational theatre, music, and vocal stylings, Freestyle Love Supreme is created by , , and Anthony Veneziale, and features a core nightly cast as well a number of guest stars throughout the run鈥攊ncluding Miranda, , Daveed Diggs, and .
