1921 The of 1921 is the first production at the new , which opens on 45th Street. Included in the production's numbers are 's "Say It With Music"鈥攁nd Berlin himself is one of the performers. also stars as one of the "Eight Little Notes." The show runs through the season and well into the next. On this date, exactly two years later in 1923, . This one has 's rendition of "What'll I Do?" and a version of "Yes, We Have No Bananas."
1925 and team up for the first time for the new musical , which opens at the New Amsterdam Theatre. stars as the circus performer who stows away on an ocean liner to follow her lover back to America. The remainder of the all-star cast includes , , and . They all help the show run for over 507 performances. Kern and Hammerstein's next collaboration is the megahit .
1964 opens on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre. stars as milkman Tevye, opposite as Yente, as Golde, and as Motel. The and score includes such memorable songs as "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" and "Sunrise, Sunset." The production wins nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and runs for 3,242 performances.
1966 Already legends, married couple and arrive at the Martin Beck Theatre to co-star in by , which also stars and . The production goes on to win the Tony Award for Best Play of 1966 along with a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It runs 132 performances.
1998 The most controversial and talked-about play of the season, Corpus Christi, begins previews. 's drama, which depicts a gay Christ-like figure, had been withdrawn by in May 1998 after threats of violence, then reinstated after an outcry from the theatre community and a promise of special protection from the New York Police Department. There are no incidents, but the show is poorly received by most critics.
2005 The Tony Awards Administration Committee establishes guidelines for a new category to be added to the annual awards lineup: "Best Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Recreated Role," an award for replacement actors later in a show's run. No award is given in the category at the 2006 awards, and it is abolished a few weeks later.
2010 The Divine Sister, the comedy that takes a whack at pop-culture nuns鈥攆rom the singing to the socially-conscious鈥攐pens Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse. Directed by , the play stars Busch, , Amy Rutberg, , , and .
2019 The Flea Theater celebrates the world-premiere opening of Mac Wellman's The Invention of Tragedy. The play, directed by Meghan Finn, is part of The Flea's festival of Wellman works celebrating the three-time Obie Award-winning playwright and poet (as well as one of The Flea's co-founders).
Today's Birthdays: (1895-1967); (1902-1988); (1907-1983); (1915-1966); (1924-2008); (1925-2004); John Caird (b. 1948). (b. 1964); (b. 1966); (b. 1974); (b. 1981). Lauren Patten (b. 1992).
