Tuesday, November 5, 2013
1895 Birthday of Charles MacArthur (1895-1956), newsman-turned-playwright, whose wisecracking oeuvre includes The Front Page, Twentieth Century (the play on which the musical On the Twentiet…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, November 4, 2013
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SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PM1787 Birthday of British actor Edmund Kean (1787-1833), considered one of the finest actors of the early 18th century. Among his greatest roles was Shakespeare's Richard III. He will be …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, November 3, 2013
1916 A new play by a new playwright opens at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York's Greenwich Village, far from Broadway and Times Square, but the play and the author will soon revolut…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, November 2, 2013
1903 Daniel Frohman opens the New Lyceum Theatre on Manhattan's West 45th Street with E. H. Sothern in The Proud Prince. Designed by Herts & Tallant, the theatre was later rechristen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, November 1, 2013
1920 Opening night for Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones, starring Charles S. Gilpin as a onetime railway porter who goes to Africa and rises to become the corrupt head of a new empire ther…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, October 31, 2013
1896 Birthday of Ethel Waters (1896-1977), Broadway star of musicals and plays including The Member of the Wedding, As Thousands Cheer, Cabin in the Sky and Lew Leslie's Blackbirds.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, October 30, 2013
1896 Birthday of Ruth Gordon, later to star on Broadway in dozens of plays, including Ethan Frome, The Country Wife and her own Years Ago; also in Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker (sour…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, October 29, 2013
The New York production of the international hit musical Wicked celebrates its 10th anniversary on Broadway Oct. 30. The Playbill.com staff had a little fun and "greenified" a handful of pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PM1882 Birth of French playwright Jean Giraudoux, author of The Madwoman of Chaillot, Ondine, Intermezzo, Tiger at the Gates and Amphitryon 38. He lives to 1944.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, October 28, 2013
1928 Six-time Tony-winning costume designer Florence Klotz is born today. Her designs will be worn by the original casts of Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, On the Twentieth…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, October 22, 2013
On Oct. 21 Our Time – a non-profit organization that has been helping children who stutter for over a decade – held its 2nd Annual Bowling Benefit, hosted by actor Paul Rudd, at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PMOn Oct. 21 Our Time – a non-profit organization that has been helping children who stutter for over a decade – held its 2nd Annual Bowling Benefit, hosted by actor Paul Rudd, at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PMNeal Huff, Marin Hinkle and Okieriete Onaodowan star in the LCT3 world premiere of JC Lee's Luce, which officially opened Off-Broadway Oct. 21 at the Claire Tow Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMMonday, October 21, 2013
Nothing to Hide, the live theatrical production created by magicians Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães, and directed by Neil Patrick Harris, will play a limited New York City run t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PMAaron Tveit celebrates his 30th birthday Oct. 21. In honor fo the occasion, Playbill.com is taking a look at his career. Happy birthday, Aaron!
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMTony Award-winning songwriter Marc Shaiman (Hairspray, "Smash") joined Joe Iconis & Family for the October 18 performance at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMSunday, October 13, 2013
1903 Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland opens on Broadway, introducing the songs "I Can't Do the Sum," "Go To Sleep," "Toyland" and "The March of th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, October 12, 2013
1914 Broadway premiere of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle. The drama will serve as the basis of the 1956 musical My Fair Lady.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, September 23, 2013
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SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PMFriday, September 20, 2013
1886 Birthday of writer/director John Murray Anderson (1886-1954), whose work for revues Ziegfeld Follies, Greenwich Village Follies and John Murray Anderson's Almanac helped launch and furt…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, September 16, 2013
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SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMThursday, September 5, 2013
1881 Birthday of B. Iden Payne (1881-1976) a producer and playwright, who, as a professor at the University of Texas, inspired three generations of Broadway artists, including Tommy Tune and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, July 30, 2013
1983 Broadway lyricist Howard Dietz dies today at age 87. With composer Arthur Schwartz, Dietz wrote the score for The Band Wagon. Other songs by the duo include "Dancing in the Dark,&q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, July 19, 2013
1938 Stage and film actor Burgess Meredith divorces Margaret Perry today. Perry, an actress, is the daughter of Antoinette Perry, after whom the Tony Awards are named. The union was rather s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, July 1, 2013
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SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMTuesday, May 21, 2013
1929 Some of the highlights of A Night in Venice are Ted Healy wrestling bears and the choreography of Busby Berkeley. This revue will run at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway for 22 weeks.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, April 2, 2013
1923 There's trouble At Mrs. Beam's this boardinghouse keeper thinks one of her guests is a killer. There will be 280 performances at London's Royalty Theatre of this C. K. Mu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, April 1, 2013
1918 Actor-manager Henry Miller opens his theatre in New York City. It's designed to seat 1,000 spectators and capable of handling the latest staging innovations. In 1998 the theatre is …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02AMSunday, March 31, 2013
1922 Birthday of actor Richard Kiley (1922-1999), who will create memorable roles in mid-20th century musicals, including Kismet, Redhead, No Strings and his signature role, the title charac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, March 30, 2013
1858 Birthday of DeWolf Hopper (1858-1935), vaudeville comedian and musical comedy star, who was featured in Wang, Hoity-Toity and many early Gilbert & Sullivan productions. His signatur…
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