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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: March 2
By Playbill Staff | 03/02/2021
Smokey
Joe
'
s
Cafe
, the musical revue saluting the songs of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, opens on this date in 1995.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: March 1
By Playbill Staff | 03/01/2021
In 1979, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's
Sweeney Todd
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 28
By Playbill Staff | 02/28/2021
Today's birthdays include Zero Mostel, Tommy Tune, and Bernadette Peters.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 27
By Playbill Staff | 02/27/2021
In 2003, Richard Greenberg's
Take Me Out
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 26
By Playbill Staff | 02/26/2021
In 1989,
Jerome Robbins' Broadway
opens at the Imperial Theatre.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 25
By Playbill Staff | 02/25/2021
In 1973,
A Little Night Music
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 24
By Playbill Staff | 02/24/2021
In 1955, Cole Porter's
Silk Stockings
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 23
By Playbill Staff | 02/23/2021
A revival of
Sunday in the Park With George
, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford, relights Broadway's Hudson Theatre on this date in 2017.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 22
By Playbill Staff | 02/22/2021
Today's birthdays include Lea Salonga, Ellen Greene, and Marni Nixon.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 21
By Playbill Staff | 02/21/2021
In 2002,
Elaine Stritch at Liberty
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 20
By Playbill Staff | 02/20/2021
In 2020, a revival of
West Side Story
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 19
By Playbill Staff | 02/19/2021
In 1992,
Crazy for You
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 18
By Playbill Staff | 02/18/2021
In 1982, Cher, Sandy Dennis, and Karen Black star in
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 17
By Playbill Staff | 02/17/2021
In 2015,
Hamilton
opens Off-Broadway at the Public Theater.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 16
By Playbill Staff | 02/16/2021
David Mamet's
American Buffalo
opens on Broadway on this date in 1977.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 15
By Playbill Staff | 02/15/2021
In 1950, Shirley Booth stars in
Come Back, Little Sheba.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 14
By Playbill Staff | 02/14/2021
In 1972,
Grease
opens in New York at the Eden Theatre.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 13
By Playbill Staff | 02/13/2021
In 1996,
Rent
opens Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 12
By Playbill Staff | 02/12/2021
In 1967, Michael Crawford, Lynn Redgrave, and Geraldine Page star in Peter Shaffer's
Black Comedy
.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 11
By Playbill Staff | 02/11/2021
In 1979, the musical
They're Playing Our Song
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 10
By Playbill Staff | 02/10/2021
In 1949, the original production of
Death of a Salesman
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 9
By Playbill Staff | 02/09/2021
Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera star in
The Rink
, opening on Broadway on this date in 1984.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 8
By Playbill Staff | 02/08/2021
In The Heights
opens Off-Broadway at Arts 37 in 2007.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 7
By Playbill Staff | 02/07/2021
Happy birthday,
Shuffle Along
-Composer Eubie Blake!
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 6
By Playbill Staff | 02/06/2021
In 1969, Angela Lansbury stars in
Dear World
on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 5
By Playbill Staff | 02/05/2021
In 1959, Gwen Verdon stars in
Redhead
on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 4
By Playbill Staff | 02/04/2021
In 1999, Roger Bart, Kristin Chenoweth, and more open in
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 3
By Playbill Staff | 02/03/2021
Happy birthday, Nathan Lane.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 2
By Playbill Staff | 02/02/2021
The Pulitzer Prize-winning
Rabbit Hole
opens on Broadway on this date in 2006.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 1
By Playbill Staff | 02/01/2021
In 2018, Terrence McNally's
Fire and Air
opens Off-Broadway in a world premiere production.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 31
By Playbill Staff | 01/31/2021
Happy birthday, Tallulah Bankhead.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 30
By Playbill Staff | 01/30/2021
Happy birthday to Norbert Leo Butz and Lena Hall.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 29
By Playbill Staff | 01/29/2021
In 1966, the musical
Sweet Charity
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 28
By Playbill Staff | 01/28/2021
Happy birthday, Alan Alda.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 27
By Playbill Staff | 01/27/2021
In 1991, Stephen Sondheim's
Assassins
opens Off-Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 26
By Playbill Staff | 01/26/2021
Andrew Lloyd Webber's
The Phantom of the Opera
opens on Broadway on this date in 1988.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 25
By Playbill Staff | 01/25/2021
In 2009, Mary-Louise Parker and Michael Cerveris star in a revival of
Hedda Gabler
.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 23
By Playbill Staff | 01/23/2021
Happy birthday, Chita Rivera.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 22
By Playbill Staff | 01/22/2021
Happy birthday to Tony winner Katie Finneran!
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 21
By Playbill Staff | 01/21/2021
Pulitzer Prize-winning
A Soldier's Play
makes its Broadway debut in 2020, starring Blair Underwood, David Alan Grier, and Jerry O'Connell.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 20
By Playbill Staff | 01/20/2021
In 2005, Harvey Fierstein begins performances as Tevye in
Fiddler on the Roof
on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 19
By Playbill Staff | 01/19/2021
August Wilson's
Jitney
opens on Broadway on this date in 2017, later winning the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 18
By Playbill Staff | 01/18/2021
In 1998, the original production of
Ragtime
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 15
By Playbill Staff | 01/15/2021
Today's birthdays include Andrea Martin, Jerry Mitchell, and Molière.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 13
By Playbill Staff | 01/13/2021
In 1925,
Sweet Charity
and
Chicago
star Gwen Verdon is born.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 12
By Playbill Staff | 01/12/2021
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
, starring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, opens on Broadway on this date in 2012.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 11
By Playbill Staff | 01/11/2021
In 1976, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's
Pacific Overtures
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 10
By Playbill Staff | 01/10/2021
In 2008, Disney's
The Little Mermaid
opens on Broadway.
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 9
By Playbill Staff | 01/09/2021
In 1978, Mary Martin has her final Broadway opening night in
Do You Turn Somersaults?
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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 8
By Playbill Staff | 01/08/2021
In 1981, Kevin Kline stars on Broadway in
The Pirates of Penzance
.
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