Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 20
1882 Birthday of Bela LugosiHungarian-born actor who played a variety of character roles before landing…
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Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: May 9
1860 Birthday of James M. Barrie, British author and playwright whose creations include What every…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: April 26
1926 Sex. It is a comedy. Mae West plays a Canadian woman who doesn’t have…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: December 6
1896 Birthday of Ira Gershwin, one of Broadway’s most brilliant lyricists, working mostly with his…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: December 31
1879 World premiere of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan The Penzance Pirates at the Fifth…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: December 31
1879 world premiere of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivanit is The Penzance Pirates at the…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: June 1
1914 The Ziegfeld follies of 1914 stars Ed Wynn. Leon Errol dances and co-directs with…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: September 1
1898 Birthday of one of Broadway’s most endearing performers of the 1920s, Marilyn Miller, whose…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: May 11
1903 In runaways, with a book by Addison Burkhardt and a score by Raymond Hubbell,…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: May 11
1903 In runawayswith a book of Addison Burkhardt and a note of Raymond Hubbell, the…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 24
1904 Birthday of foam deerBroadway playwright who writes or co-writes The man who came to…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: August 3
1921 Composer Birth of Richard Adler. Alongside Jerry Ross, he wrote two of the most…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 22
Playbill Vault Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 22 In 2018, Bernadette Peters took…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: May 20
1919 Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse call it Time to fuck at the Winter Garden…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: May 20
1919 Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse to call Time to fuck at the Winter Garden…
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A program and seating plan for the first Tony Awards. (Photo by Worth Point). Southwark…
It’s time for the solo musical show! Will document 100 years of musical theater history
UnsungMusicalsCo., the nonprofit production entity that celebrates the historical legacy and cultural impact of American…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 19
1872 Birthday of singer and actress Anna Held, future wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, and classic…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 15
In 1970, Purlie opens on Broadway with Melba Moore and Cleavon Little. 1926 at Sean…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 13
Playbill Vault Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 13 In 1947, Brigadoon premieres on…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 13
In 1947, Brigadoon premieres on Broadway. 1928 William Anthony McGuire directs his version of The…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 12
1928 playwright’s birthday Edward Albee, who writes Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; The goat or…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 12
1928 playwright’s birthday Edward Albee, who writes Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; The goat or…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 11
In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry A raisin in the sun opens on Broadway. 1954 The golden…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 11
Playbill Vault Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 11 In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry A…
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The interior of the Indianapolis Athenaeum. (Photo provided by the Athenaeum Foundation) March 1822 (200…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 8
In 2015, Helen Mirren starred in The audience on Broadway. 1920 Ziegfeld girls from 1920…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 6
Happy birthday to divine spell, Pippin appleand Bad composer Stephen Schwartz. 1933 Maxwell Anderson charged…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: December 19
1865 Birthday of Mary Augusta Davey, who acts as Minnie Maddern, Minnie Maddern Fiske and…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 19
In 1992, Crazy of you opens on Broadway. 1900 Stages of Irish Literary Theater The…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: August 2
1900 Birthday of the actor and singer Helen Morgan, who rose to fame as a…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 17
In 2015, hamilton opens Off-Broadway at the Public Theater. 1902 Joseph Hart’s Popular Musical foxy…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 17
Playbill Vault Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 17 In 2015, hamilton opens Off-Broadway…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 11
In 1997, Whoopi Goldberg reprized the role of Pseudolus in A funny thing happened on…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 13
1904 Set designer and costume designer Oliver Messel was born in London.1911 Ethel Barrymore given…
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The Native American Theater Ensemble. February 1857 (165 years ago) This month, William Wells Brown,…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 16
1889 Playwright and director George S. Kaufman was born in Pittsburgh. Former journalist, Kaufman makes…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 5
1900 The scandalous Sappho is staged at Wallack’s Theater in New York. Based on the…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 2
In 2006, winner of the Pulitzer Prize rabbit hole opens on Broadway. 1912 composer’s birthday…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 2
Playbill Vault Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 2 In 2006, winner of the…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: January 30
1911 Hugh Herbert Hipple was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After dropping two Hs, he becomes…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: January 24
In 2010, Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson play in Arthur Miller A view from the…
A Timeline of Warner Theater History
Here’s a timeline of events in the history of the Warner Theater in Erie, which…
Hecht sheds light on Chicago theater history in new book
Since the first theatrical performance in Chicago in 1834, Chicago’s theatrical community has encountered a…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 12
In 1979, the musical They play our song opens on Broadway. 1903 Broadway leader’s birthday…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 12
Playbill Vault Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 12 In 1979, the musical They…
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John Emery, Tallulah Bankhead and Donald Cook in “Foolish Notion” on Broadway in 1930. January…
Today in Playbill Vault Theater History: January 4
1905 Quivery voice actor Sterling Holloway was born in Cedartown, Georgia. It becomes a staple…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: December 29
1919 The Lafayette Players of New York open the new Dunbar Theater in Philadelphia with…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: December 26
1904 Maude Adams returns to Broadway with a JM Barrie cover The little minister. He…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: December 23
1893 dancer birthday Ann Pennington, who flaunts her legendary dimpled knee in numerous editions of…
Today in Playbill Vault Theater History: December 8
1903 Mam’selle Napoleon is Anna Held in the musical at the Knickerbocker Theater. Produced by…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: December 6
1896 Birthday of Ira Gershwin, one of Broadway’s brightest lyricists, mostly in collaboration with her…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: December 3
1888 One of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s greatest hits opens: Little Lord Fauntleroy, with Tommy Russell.…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: December 1
1907 Theater producer Herman Levin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1924 Fred and Adele Astaire star…
Playbill Vault Today in Theater History: November 30
1924 Henry Oscar and Esme Biddle are the protagonists of Byron by Alice Law, at…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 29
1895 Birthday of legendary film choreographer Busby Berkeley, whose career was launched by an explosion…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 27
1906 Anna Held is The Parisian model who inherits money mysteriously. Harry B. Smith provides…
Today in Playbill Vault Theater History: November 26
1864 Edwin Booth opens a four month booth at Hamlet at the old Winter Garden…
Own a piece of theater history as Adam Smith’s seats are auctioned off
A limited number of seats removed from the Kirkcaldy site as part of a £…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: November 24
1849 Birthday of writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of several Broadway plays in the early…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 23
1920 In Rollo’s wild oats, the main character rents a theater and hires actors to…
Midnight visit to mark Queensland theater history
The best-selling underground theatrical experience, Choose Your Own Adventure, A Midnight Visit, by Broad Encounters…
A midnight tour poised to make Queensland theater history
The hit underground theater experience, Choose Your Own Adventure, A Midnight Visit, from Broad Encounters…
Today in Playbill Vault Theater History: November 21
1694 Birthday of French writer François Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, whose satirical novel…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 20
1922 The lucky is the brother who doesn’t get the girl in AA Milne’s play.…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 19
1906 George Arliss and Mrs. Fiske star in The New York idea, the play by…
Playbill Vault Today in Theater History: November 16
1889 Playwright and director George S. Kaufman was born in Pittsburgh. Former journalist, Kaufman imposes…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 15
1875 British operetta titans WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan make their US debut with Jury…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: January 25
1915 It is 90 in the shade at the Knickerbocker Theater. Richard Carle and Marie…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 12
1874 Birthday of pioneering African-American artist-songwriter Bert Williams, who writes music for Broadway’s In Dahomey…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 10
1900 Opening night of the legendary musical Floradora at the Casino Theater for a series…
How to get your hands on a piece of Fife Theater history
How to get your hands on a piece of Fife Theater history Calendar An icon…
Today in Playbill Vault Theater History: November 9
1818 Playwright and novelist Ivan Turgenev was born in Russia. His most remarkable piece is…
Immerse yourself in the history of the Capri Theater this weekend during the Montgomery Film Festival
The host of the 12th edition of the Montgomery Film Festival this weekend is also…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 6
1854 Birthday party of John Philip Sousa, composer of countless marches, who also found time…
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Scene from the American Negro Theater’s Broadway production of “Anna Lucasta”, starring (left to right)…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 5
1895 Birthday of Charles MacArthur, journalist turned playwright, whose Savoyard work includes Front page, 20th…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 3
1916 A new play by a new playwright opens at the Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 2
1903 Daniel Frohman opens the New Lyceum Theater on West 45th Street in Manhattan with…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 1
1920 Opening night for Eugene O’Neill’s Emperor Jones, starring Charles S. Gilpin as a former…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 27
1920 Birthday of Nanette Fabraystar of Broadway musicals High Button Shoes, Love life (Tony Prize),…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 29
1882 Birth of the French playwright Jean Giraudoux, author of The madwoman of Chaillot, Ondine,…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 27
1920 birthday of Nanette Fabray, Broadway musical star High buttoned shoes, Love life (Tony Award),…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 27
1920 birthday of Nanette Fabray, Broadway Musical Star High buttoned shoes, Love life (Tony Award),…
Today in Playbill Vault Theater History: October 26
1844 Edward Harrigan, half of Harrigan and Hart’s iconic 1880s writing and performance team, was…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 23
1844 Actress Sarah Bernhardt was born. “La Divine Sarah” creates many memorable roles in French…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 22
1903 Birthday party for Jerome Lester Horwitz, better known by his stage name Curly Howard,…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 19
1907 Top ‘o the world, a musical extravaganza, opens on Broadway for an impressive series…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 17
1888 Broadway premiere of WS Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan’s operetta The Yeomen of the Guard.…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 17
1888 Broadway premiere of W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan operetta The Yeomen of the Guard.…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 17
1888 Operetta WS Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan Broadway Premiere The Yeomen of the Guard.1915 Arthur…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 10
1730 Birthday of Oliver Goldsmith, British author of She bends over to conquer.1900 One of…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 9
1893 Arthur Wing Pinero woos scandal with his play The second Mrs. Tanqueray, about a…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 8
1857 Edward Franklin Albee is born, who, along with BF Keith, controls one of the…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 6
1919 Hitchy-Koo 1919 turns out to be a minor hit for star Raymond Hitchcock, but…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 3
1859 Eleanora Duse was born in Italy. One of the main actors of his time,…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: October 2
1890 Julius Henry Marx was born in New York. Under the nickname “Groucho”, he and…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: September 29
1921 The operetta Flowering time opens on Broadway. With around twenty themes by Franz Schubert…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: September 25
1928 Chee-Chee, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s musical about castration in ancient China, opens with…