1920 Birthday of , star of Broadway musicals , (Tony Award), , and .
1925 Birthday of , star of smart 1950s revues with her husband, ; later a reliable and beloved character actor in Broadway musicals including (as Agnes Gooch), , , and .
1952 The first (and unsuccessful) attempt to turn 's Aida into a Broadway musical. Called , the production is directed by , who also supplied lyrics for Verdi's music. The show runs 89 performances at the Winter Garden. A more successful adaption .
1954 gets her first star billing in 's drama, , as it opens at the Playhouse Theatre.
1962 The British revue opening at the John Golden Theatre is definitely . It runs 673 performances and stars , , , and , operating on the periphery of all things normal and straitlaced.
1964 returns to Broadway in the title role of , with a score by and . It runs 215 performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
1992 's second major solo show, Spic-O-Rama, opens at the Westside Theatre. His first show, Mambo Mouth, opened in 1991 and won him an Obie Award. The new show, in which he looks at his family from a childhood perspective, runs 80 performances.
1995 is host for a show that recounts African-American history through a tap dance revue. directs Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk in its pre-Broadway run downtown at the Public's Newman Theater. The show, conceived and choreographed by "tap dance kid" , in April 1996, where it wins a Tony Award for Best Choreography, and is nominated for Best Musical.
2005 co-stars and re-team for a revival of 's , which sells out its limited run and an extension.
2011 's , a comedy about an Ohio businessman selling his goods in China鈥攚here there is mutual misunderstanding of language and business etiquette鈥攐pens on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. The play, performed in English and Mandarin (with projected English supertitles), stars and .
2013 , , and star in a Broadway revival of 's , opening at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. directs the 14-week limited engagement.
2015 returns to Broadway as an outspoken pooch in 's comedy聽, opening at the Cort Theatre. The cast also includes , , and . It runs for 79 performances.
2016 A Broadway revival of and 's musical opens at the Walter Kerr Theatre. , , and star in the production directed by Lapine, who also directed the show's 1992 .
2019 Beautiful鈥擳he Carole King Musical, which opened on Broadway January 12, 2014, plays its final performance at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Upon closing, the musical charting the success of singer-songwriter Carole King played 60 previews and 2,418 regular performances, surpassing the original production of Annie and the 1998 revival of Cabaret to become the 27th longest-running musical in Broadway history.
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