1896 Birthday of , later to star on Broadway in dozens of plays, including , , and her own ; also in 's (source of ), and in many films including Rosemary's Baby (earning an Academy Award) and Where's Poppa?. She marries playwright .
1922 Broadway premiere of 's influential surrealist drama , with .
1934 earns stardom in by and , which opens at the 46th Street Theatre for 104 performances.
1940 knocks 'em dead in Cole Porter's , which opens at the 46th Street Theatre for a 501-performance run that introduces the standard "Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please."
1949 A new musical based on 's novel Cry, the Beloved Country opens at the Music Box Theatre. provides the music for , with book and lyrics by . The story follows black suffering in South Africa and stars , , , and . Though the musical deals with racism, the theatre actually has a "no coloreds downstairs" policy, meaning blacks aren't even allowed to sit in the orchestra section. Receiving a wide variety of reviews鈥攚ith some critics loving it, and others called it "artful artlessness"鈥攖he show runs 281 performances.
1956 A revival of 's opens at the Martin Beck Theatre. directs the star-studded cast, which includes , , , and . The revival runs 29 weeks, racking up 232 performances.
1963 by opens at the Martin Beck Theatre. John Chapman, critic for the Daily News, calls the show "magnificent theatre." , , and co-star in the production, directed by . Albee's inspiration is the ' story of the same name. The show runs for 123 performances.
1975 's opens at the Barrymore Theatre. Running 156 performances, it stars and . It focuses on notables like James Joyce and Lenin passing through Zurich in 1917.
2001 Off-Broadway's hosts the New York premiere of The Glory of Living by the prolific playwright Rebecca Gilman, directed by , and starring .
2001 A Halloween Eve resurrection for Broadway's , which had suspended performances September 23, in the wake of the World Trade Center terrorist attack. The campy musical goes to to play another two months, finally closing January 6, 2002.
2003 The untold story of the witches of The Wizard of Oz lands on Broadway as opens at the Gershwin Theatre. (who wins a Tony Award for her performance) and play the witches, with veteran hoofing as the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The production also welcomes back to Broadway composer .
2012 Due to the severe damage caused by Hurricane Sandy and the resulting suspension of New York City's public transportation, all Broadway shows are canceled. Performances were also canceled on October 28 and 29. Most Broadway shows resume on October 31.
2014 and make their Broadway debuts in 's revival of Tom Stoppard's , opening at the American Airlines Theatre. The -directed production also stars and .
2016 and star in a Broadway revival of 's . The production, directed by , was first seen at London's in 2015 with McTeer starring opposite .
2018 Cuban-American playwright , the recipient of nine Obie Awards and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, dies at age 88. Known to many as 鈥淢other Avant-Garde,鈥� she wrote and directed over 40 plays throughout her prolific career, was an inspirational teacher to many, and the director of the Hispanic Playwrights-in-Residence Laboratory at INTAR in New York City. Her plays included Letters From Cuba, Fefu and Her Friends, And What of the Night?, and The Office.
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