Saturday, June 16, 2012
1888 Birthday of Broadway comedian Bobby Clark (1888-1960), best known for his drawn-on eyeglasses and slapstick comedy style, often in tandem with sidekick Paul McCullough. Clark's resu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, June 15, 2012
1894 Birthday of Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), orchestrator of Broadway classics including the original Sunny; Show Boat; Anything Goes; Oklahoma!; Annie Get Your Gun; Kiss Me, Kate; T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, June 14, 2012
1929 Birthday of Broadway composer Cy Coleman, (1929-2004) whose multidextrous scores for shows like Sweet Charity, I Love My Wife, On the Twentieth Century, The Will Rogers Follies, The Lif…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, June 11, 2012
Disney's Newsies is beaten to best musical and British comic actor James Corden wins best actor in a playOnce, the intimate and melancholy bar-room musical that has charmed Broadway audience…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:13AMThe 2012 Tony Awards were presented at New York City's Beacon Theater on Sunday, June 10, and broadcast live on CBS.
Once won big taking home eight awards including Best Musical.
Act…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMSunday, June 10, 2012
The 2012 Tony Awards are currently being presented at New York City's Beacon Theater, and broadcast live on CBS.
This is the fourth in a series of photo flashes of the Tony Awards red …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32PMThe 2012 Tony Awards are currently being presented at New York City's Beacon Theater, and broadcast live on CBS.
This is the third in a series of photo flashes of the Tony Awards red c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:53PMThe 2012 Tony Awards are currently being presented at New York City's Beacon Theater, and broadcast live on CBS.
This is the second in a series of photo flashes of the Tony Awards red …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:22PMThe 2012 Tony Awards are currently being presented at New York City's Beacon Theater, and broadcast live on CBS.
Neil Patrick Harris hosts the ceremony and walked the red carpet with p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:14PMThursday, June 7, 2012
1909 Birthday of Broadway star Jessica Tandy (1909-1994), who created many landmark roles including Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Agnes in A Delicate Balance and Fonsia in The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, June 6, 2012
1954 Playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein is born today. Fierstein will win Tony Awards for writing and performing in his play Torch Song Trilogy, as well as for his book for the musical La…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, June 5, 2012
1939 Actor James Barton, a star of the Broadway hit Tobacco Road, returns to the show today after having been fired the previous February after quarreling with his co-stars backstage. Box of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, June 4, 2012
1968 Stage and screen actress Dorothy Gish dies today in Rapallo, Italy. Her first New York stage appearance was in 1903 in East Lynne. She began her film career in 1912, but resumed her sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, June 3, 2012
The 57th annual Drama Desk Awards were presented Sunday, June 3 at The Town Hall.
Once won for Outstanding Musical, while Tribes won for Outstanding Play. Acting winners included Tracie Be…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50PMThe 57th annual Drama Desk Awards were presented Sunday, June 3 at The Town Hall.
This is the third in a series of photo flashes of Drama Desk arrivals. Featured are Christopher Ashley, Ch…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:10PMThe 57th annual Drama Desk Awards are being presented tonight, Sunday, June 3 at The Town Hall, and streamed live on the Internet. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE AWARDS CEREMONY LIVE!
This is the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54PMThe 57th annual Drama Desk Awards are being presented tonight, Sunday, June 3 at The Town Hall, and streamed live on the Internet. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE AWARDS CEREMONY LIVE!
This is the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30PM1866 Birthday of playwright and producer George Broadhurst (1866-1952), responsible for dozens of plays and musicals, including the first stage adaptation of Tarzan of the Apes. Also, namesa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, June 1, 2012
1914 The Ziegfeld Follies of 1914 stars Ed Wynn. Leon Errol dances and co-directs with Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. There will be 112 performances at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, May 27, 2012
1953 John Mills is The Uninvited Guest at London's St. James's Theatre. Written by his wife, Mary Hayley Bell, and co-starring Cathleen Nesbitt and Joan Greenwood, this story of a ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, May 22, 2012
1907 Birthday of Laurence Olivier (1907-1989), preeminent British actor of his generation. His dozens of notable appearances included Romeo and Juliet, The Entertainer, Becket, Private Lives…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, May 18, 2012
1923 Sweet Nell of Old Drury runs beyond the season at the 48th Street Theatre in New York. Alfred Lunt stars as Charles II and Laurette Taylor is his mistress Nell Gwynne. Lynn Fontanne and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, May 16, 2012
Lynn Ahrens, Jon Robin Baitz, Julia Brownell, Evan Cabnet, David Cromer, Christopher Durang, Željko Ivanek, Greta Lee, Joe Mantello, Greg Pierce, Paul Rudnick, Bartlett Sher, Sam Watersto…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06PMTuesday, May 15, 2012
1922 Father and son playwriting team J.C. and Elliott Nugent come up with Kempy. They also star in this comedy of mixed-up lovers, staged by Augustin Duncan. Performances will run at Broadwa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, May 13, 2012
1907 Writer-playwright Daphne du Maurier is born to actor Gerald and actress Muriel du Maurier. Daphne will later adapt her novel Rebecca into a play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, May 11, 2012
1903 In The Runaways with a book by Addison Brukhardt and a score by Raymond Hubbell, the hero is transported to a tropical island and will be made a king. The catch? He must marry the queen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, May 9, 2012
1860 Birthday of James M. Barrie (1860-1937), British author and playwright whose creations will include What Every Woman Knows, The Little Minister, The Admirable Crichton and the work that…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, May 8, 2012
1892 Birthday of opera singer Ezio Pinza (1892-1957) who made two memorable Broadway appearances, in Fanny and South Pacific, the latter creating the role of Emile deBecque and singing "…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, May 7, 2012
1915 Among the dead after the sinking of the Lusitania are producer-manager Charles Frohman and playwright Charles Klein. Frohman's first success was Shenandoah. In 1893 he opened the Em…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, May 6, 2012
1912 Richard Le Gallienne's Orestes stars Edyth Olive and Rathmel Wilson. It plays at London's Boudoir Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, May 4, 2012
1859 Birthday of A.L. Erlanger (1859-1930), who, as half of the team of Klaw and Erlanger, produced dozens of Broadway shows during the first three decades of the 20th century, including Dra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
