On This Day in New York Theater: New Year's Eve from the 1920's through the 1940's
By: Samuel L. Leiter (No. 20 in the series) December 31, 2020: For this column's last entry in the horrific year of the pandemic, I thought it might be interesting to see what opened on New York's stages on New Year's Eve, December 31, during the three decades covered in this series. What with all the tumult normally associated with that date in the theatre district, it would seem an unlikely time to venture …