1919 proves to be a minor success for star , but it produces the first hit song, "Old Fashioned Garden," for its 28-year-old composer, .
1921 Following his success in 's Sinbad, returns to Broadway with another Romberg hit, , but the show's biggest song hits are contributed by other composers, including "Toot Toot Tootsie," "April Showers," and "My Mammy."
1948 The original Broadway production of ' opens with as Alma Winemiller. It runs a disappointing 102 performances and is considered minor Williams鈥攗ntil a downtown production in the 1950s establishes the play's reputation, and that of its new star, , as well as helping to ignite the Off-Broadway movement.
1969 A New York Drama Desk symposium is held with defending the intentionally altered production of his play at the ANTA Theatre. , directed by in 1964, starring and , had taken certain creative liberties the playwright did not agree with. Director is in the audience when Albee's remark about changing the playwright's intentions in a production is made. "A fine line," Albee says, "exists between creative interpretation and usurpation."
1974 and give "two of the finest performances of the season," according to the Post, in the produced musical about the silent film era, . wrote songs and lyrics, staged, wrote the book, and stars Peters and Preston receive rave reviews. Despite all that, the production runs only 66 performances at the Majestic Theatre.
1977 by opens at the John Golden Theatre. The play, directed by , is about a frustrated couple鈥� and 鈥攊n a nursing home who find themselves playing a not-too-friendly game of cards. Tandy wins a Tony Award for her performance, and the play wins the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. After leaving the Broadway production, Cronyn and Tandy reprise their performances in a national tour and in London. The play has since been revived on Broadway twice, in with and , and in with and .
1998 's drama Wit opens its Off-Broadway run at the . The play, which focuses on a woman's struggle with fourth-stage ovarian cancer, wins the year's Pulitzer Prize Award for Drama. Derek Anson Jones directs star in the show that runs at the theatre through December 13, before moving to the Union Square Theatre on January 7, 1999. The production runs a total of 75 performances at MCC and 545 performances at the Union Square. The play in 2012, in a production starring .
2009 's dark and wintry production of 鈥攄irected by and starring as the Prince of Denmark鈥攐pens on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre.
2010 's American classic The Great Gatsby is brought to life as Elevator Repair Service's Gatz opens at . The office-set theatrical marathon presents the entire novel鈥攚ord-for-word鈥攐ver the course of six-and-a-half hours.
2013 and 's musical , a father-and-son tale based on the 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace and the subsequent 2003 film by August, opens at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre. Directed and choreographed by , it stars , , and . Reviews are mixed, and it closes after 98 performances.
2015 and star in a Broadway revival of 's , opening at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre.
2016 opens on Broadway at Studio 54. , , , , and star in the musical inspired by the classic 1942 film. The show features over 20 classic songs, including "Steppin' Out With My Baby," "Shaking the Blues Away," "Easter Parade," "Cheek to Cheek," and "Heatwave."
2019 Jeremy O. Harris' Slave Play, directed by Robert O'Hara, opens at The Golden Theatre. The new drama (seen Off-Broadway the previous season) follows three couples as they navigate the complexities of race, history, gender, and sexuality in 21st-century America. The cast includes Joaquina Kalukango, Ato Blankson-Wood, James Cusati-Moyer, Sullivan Jones, Chalia La Tour, Irene Sofia Lucio, Annie McNamara, and Paul Alexander Nolan.
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