Wednesday, February 4, 2015
1938 Thornton Wilder turns the spotlight on the simple trials and tribulations of Our Town. Martha Scott and Frank Craven are among the cast at the Henry Miller Theatre. The production will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, February 3, 2015
1938 When a grandfather holds off Death (by chasing him up a tree) so he can be sure his grandson will be taken care of, he's working On Borrowed Time. This comedy was adapted by Paul Os…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, February 2, 2015
1912 Birthday of composer Burton Lane (1912-1997), who will go on to write On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Hold on to Your Hats, Laffing Room Only and his great hit, Finian's Ra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28AMSunday, February 1, 2015
1859 Birthday of Victor Herbert (1859-1924), Broadway's operetta king, composer of Babes in Toyland, The Red Mill, Mlle. Modiste, Naughty Marietta, Sweethearts and numerous editions …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, January 31, 2015
1903 Future actress Tallulah Bankhead, who can count two U.S. Senators and a Congressman in her family, is born today.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 30, 2015
The Vineyard Theatre announced Jan. 30 that the first preview of world-premiere musical Brooklynite, created by Peter Lerman and Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, would be canceled due to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:26PMThe Vineyard Theatre's world-premiere musical Brooklynite, created by Peter Lerman and Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, begins Off-Broadway previews Jan. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, January 29, 2015
1911 Hugh Herbert Hipple is born today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After dropping two H's, he will become suave actor Hugh Marlowe. In 1940 he will appear in Elmer Rice's Flight T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59PM1860 Birthday of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), one of the fathers of modern drama, whose comparatively small oeuvre includes classics The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters, The Seagull and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMClassic Stage Company's A Month in the Country, starring "Game of Thrones" actor Peter Dinklage and "Orange is the New Black" star Taylor Schilling, officially opens …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, January 28, 2015
1908 J. Lucifer Mephisto tempts a sculptor to be unfaithful in The Soul Kiss. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, this musical comedy stars Ralph Herz, Adeline Genee, and Cecil Lean. Harry B. Smit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, January 27, 2015
1885 Birthday of master tunesmith Jerome Kern (1885-1945), who will write scores to many Broadway shows, including classics, Show Boat, Sally, Very Good Eddie and Roberta. His songs will…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, January 26, 2015
Stage and screen actor who played Reggie Perrin’s long-suffering wife in the television comedy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AM1925 Birthday of actor Paul Newman, who will star on Broadway in Picnic, The Sweet Bird of Youth and The Desperate Hours before going to Hollywood and becoming a film star. He will make a la…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, January 25, 2015
1915 It'll be 90 in the Shade for only 40 performances. The unpaid actors will refuse to go on in this musical with a Jerome Kern score and book by Guy Bolton. Richard Carle and Marie Ca…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, January 24, 2015
1776 Birthday of E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), whose stories formed the basis of the ballets Coppelia and The Nutcracker.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 23, 2015
1922 It's booze, jazz and The National Anthem. J. Hartley Manners' work showcases his wife, Laurette Taylor, and Ralph Morgan. This drama will run at the Henry Miller Theatre for 114…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, January 22, 2015
1912 Stop in at the Liberty Theatre in New York and see just what it takes when you're Elevating a Husband. Edward Everett Horton, Conway Tearle and Jessie Carter are among the cast of t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, January 21, 2015
1903 Dorothy, The Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion are first seen on Broadway today in the original musical The Wizard of Oz, with music by Paul Tietjens and book and lyrics by L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, January 20, 2015
Shortly before his bittersweet comedy was revived at the Donmar in 2014, the playwright Kevin Elyot died aged 62. As it transfers to the West End, Stephen Daldry, Hugh Bonneville and Lindsay…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM1896 Say good morning, George. Actually it was "Nathan" then — Nathan Birnbaum born today. As George Burns, he and Gracie Allen will become headliners of vaudeville. Together the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, January 19, 2015
1887 Birthday of Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943), actor, author, radio personality, theatre critic of The New York Times, and one of the original members of the Algonquin Round Table is …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, January 18, 2015
1882 Birthday of A. A. Milne (1882-1956), best-known as creator of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, but also a prolific Broadway playwright, author of Mr. Pim Passes By, The Truth …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, January 17, 2015
1911 Love is never easy, especially when a woman is the object of affection for The Scarecrow. Percy MacKaye used "Feathertop," Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale as a starting point f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, January 15, 2015
1622 Birthday of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by the nom de plume Moliere (1622-1673), one of France's greatest playwrights, who will go on to write Tartuffe, School for Wives, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, January 14, 2015
1903 Opening night of The Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett play about a child, much in the same vein as her The Secret Garden. Little Princess will run just 34 performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, January 13, 2015
Last week, New York Post columnist Michael Riedel broke news about Jennifer Hudson’s impending Broadway debut in a revival of The Color Purple — a musical neither he nor other New Yo…
SOURCE: Medium at 08:24AM1925 Birthday of one of Broadway's all-time greatest leading ladies, Gwen Verdon (1925-2000). She was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Actress or Featured Actress in a Musica…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, January 12, 2015
1878 Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952) is born today in Budapest. He will write The Good Fairy, The Play's the Thing, The Guardsman, The Swan and Liliom, the latter of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, January 11, 2015
1899 "I would rather play Ibsen than eat — and that's often what it amounts to," said Eva Le Gallienne, born in London today. Her determination and drive will lead her to a s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, January 10, 2015
1820 Birthday of Louisa Lane Drew, matriarch of the Drew and Barrymore acting dynasty that would eventually include John Drew, Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore and today'…
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