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Saturday, November 29, 2014

PLAYBILL VAULT’S Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 29 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Steve Luber and Anne Bradley

1895 Birthday of legendary film choreographer Busby Berkeley (1895-1976), whose career will be launched with a 12-show burst of creativity on Broadway between the end of 1926 and the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, November 28, 2014

PLAYBILL VAULT’S Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 28 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Steve Luber and Anne Bradley

1923 Lionel Barrymore stars in David Belasco's Laugh, Clown, Laugh!, the Pagliacci-like story of a middle-aged clown who adopts a young girl, but later, as she grows into womanho…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, November 21, 2014

PLAYBILL VAULT’S Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 21 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Steve Luber, Anne Bradley and Sam Maher

1694 Birthday of French author François Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire (1694-1778) whose satirical novel "Candide" served as source material for the 1956 Leo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, November 29, 2013

PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 29 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Steve Luber and Anne Bradley

1895 Birthday of legendary film choreographer Busby Berkeley (1895-1976), whose career will be launched with a 12-show burst of creativity on Broadway between the end of 1926 and the beginni…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 21 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Steve Luber, Anne Bradley and Sam Maher

1694 Birthday of French author François Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire (1694-1778) whose satirical novel "Candide" served as source material for the 1956 Leonard Ber…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM