1892 Birthday of playwright , author of many dramas including , , , , and the libretto to 's . He is also instrumental in the development of other playwrights' careers as co-producer of The Playwrights' Company.
1926 and her husband, , adapt her novel, , to the stage. stars in the comedy about a girl from Little Rock who collects wealthy men and costly gifts. It runs at the Times Square Theatre and then opens in London in 1928. In 1949, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes returns to Broadway as , starring .
1961 ' new comedy, , opens at the Cort Theatre. Davis himself stars in the production, which is the basis for the 1963 film, Gone are the Days, and the 1970 musical, . The comedy focuses on a young man from a small town in Georgia and his desire for the races to worship together in churches. Among Davis' co-stars are , , and . The production is directed by .
1961 Actor is born in Wayne, Michigan. His Broadway appearances include the original Broadway productions of and , and he wins a Tony Award for his performance in .
1977 'Tis the season to be Bram Stoker, as one of two adaptations of his novel Dracula opens in New York. The Passion of Dracula by Bob Hall and David Richmond haunts Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre, with vamping it up as the notorious Count. On October 20, takes on the role in a Broadway production of by and .
1982 and become the new co-artistic directors of the Actor's Studio, which began its first session October 5, 1947. Burstyn was also the president of Actors' Equity鈥攖he first woman elected to that post.
1999 Canadian theatregoers, fans, and headbangers with black-and-white painted faces unite as , the frontman for the rock band KISS, dons the mask of The Phantom of the Opera at Toronto's Pantages Theatre. The singer, reprising the role he played earlier in the year, closes out the production.
2005 Lily Rabe, Sarah Paulson, and Brian Murray star as a family dealing with the impending death of their matriarch, played by Judith Light, in MCC Theater鈥檚 Colder Than Here. Soho Theatre Company Artistic Director Abigail Morris stages the new Laura Wade play, which opens at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
2010 The Broadway premiere of , 's adaptation of 's stage and film romance, opens at Studio 54. The U.K.-originated staging, adapted and directed by , includes puppets, songs, incidental music, dance, melodrama, film projections, and comedy to create a hybrid.
2011 The NYC premiere of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig鈥檚 Lidless opens at WalkerSpace. The play follows a female interrogator who attempts to put her dark past at Guantanamo Bay behind her. Tea Alagi膰 directs with a cast including Danielle Skraastad, Laith Nakli, Thom Rivera, Maha Chehlaoui, and Emma Galvin.
2014 A revival of and 's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy opens on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. The cast includes , , , , , and , who wins a Tony Award for her performance as Essie.
2015 A two-hander musical Daddy Long Legs, by Tony-nominated composer-lyricist Paul Gordon and Tony-winning librettist-director John Caird, opens at the Davenport Theatre. Based on the 1912 novel by Jean Webster, the production stars Megan McGinnis and Paul Alexander Nolan.
2016 stars in the world premiere of 's solo play All The Ways To Say I Love You, opening Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Light plays a high school English teacher and guidance counselor in a long-time, loving marriage, who finds herself looking back at pivotal choices and moments in her life.
2019 Katsura Sunshine鈥檚 Rakugo, in which Canadian performer and recognized Rakugo master Katsura Sunshine brings the 400-year-old Japanese traditional art of comic storytelling to the New York stage, opens Off-Broadway at New World Stages.
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Watch highlights from the 2010 Broadway production of Brief Encounter:
