A clearer vision is transforming old eyesores by Maureen Dezell
Back in the days when the Theater District was dark and dreary, a tattered pylon and tacky ticket trailer stood outside the Wilbur Theatre, symbols of a neighborhood in decline.
Today is Tuesday, August 18, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Christian Slater Craig Bierko Adam Storke Patrick Swayze Marjory Edson Christopher Jones Lou Angel Barry Justice Robert Redford Gail Fisher Roman Polanski Olga Bielinska Grant Williams Matt Mattox Jean Eckart Shelley Winters Don Keefer Jeron Criswell Frieda Altman Alan Mowbray Jack Pickford Moffat Johnston Gus Edwards Otto Harbach Robert Buchanan Phillip Spaeth Pia Hamilton Stephen Endelman Reg E. Cathey Donn Simione Ellen March Leslie J. Stark Dudley Williams Gulzar Fisher Lynn Bernay Jules Perrot