
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 11
In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry A raisin in the sun opens on Broadway. 1954 The golden…
In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry A raisin in the sun opens on Broadway. 1954 The golden…
1865 Birthday of Mary Augusta Davey, who acts as Minnie Maddern, Minnie Maddern Fiske and…
In 2006, winner of the Pulitzer Prize rabbit hole opens on Broadway. 1912 composer’s birthday…
1888 One of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s greatest hits opens: Little Lord Fauntleroy, with Tommy Russell.…
1907 Theater producer Herman Levin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1924 Fred and Adele Astaire star…
1924 Henry Oscar and Esme Biddle are the protagonists of Byron by Alice Law, at…
1849 Birthday of writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of several Broadway plays in the early…
1906 George Arliss and Mrs. Fiske star in The New York idea, the play by…
1875 British operetta titans WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan make their US debut with Jury…
1915 It is 90 in the shade at the Knickerbocker Theater. Richard Carle and Marie…
BANNER ELK – Lees-McRae Theater Arts will bring Hildegard von Bingen’s origin story to life…
BANNER ELK – Lees-McRae Theater Arts will bring Hildegard von Bingen’s origin story to life…
Lees-McRae Theater Arts will bring Hildegard von Bingen’s origin story to life by performing “In…
1818 Playwright and novelist Ivan Turgenev was born in Russia. His most remarkable piece is…
1920 Opening night for Eugene O’Neill’s Emperor Jones, starring Charles S. Gilpin as a former…
1882 Birth of the French playwright Jean Giraudoux, author of The madwoman of Chaillot, Ondine,…
1844 Edward Harrigan, half of Harrigan and Hart’s iconic 1880s writing and performance team, was…
1844 Actress Sarah Bernhardt was born. “La Divine Sarah” creates many memorable roles in French…
1903 Birthday party for Jerome Lester Horwitz, better known by his stage name Curly Howard,…
1907 Top ‘o the world, a musical extravaganza, opens on Broadway for an impressive series…
1730 Birthday of Oliver Goldsmith, British author of She bends over to conquer.1900 One of…
1893 Arthur Wing Pinero woos scandal with his play The second Mrs. Tanqueray, about a…
1857 Edward Franklin Albee is born, who, along with BF Keith, controls one of the…
1859 Eleanora Duse was born in Italy. One of the main actors of his time,…
1890 Julius Henry Marx was born in New York. Under the nickname “Groucho”, he and…
1904 Julian Eltinge, the famous female impersonator, makes her Broadway debut in Mr. Wix from…
1879 Daly’s Theater opens on Broadway and Thirtieth Street in New York City.1894 Weapons and…
1894 Birthday of British playwright JB Priestley, playwright An inspector calls, when we are married,…
1914 A prank on the sale of soap called It pays to advertise, by King…
1897 John Drew and Billie Burke (in her Broadway debut) star in the new play,…
1888 Comedian DeWolf Hopper begins his dramatic recitation of the poem Bat casey at the…
1967 Playwright Joe Orton is found dead in his London apartment. His companion, writer and…
1975 Liza Minnelli to the rescue! With just six days to learn the role of…
1921 Composer Richard Adler was born. Alongside Jerry Ross, he wrote two of the most…
1921 Opening night of the popular farce Obtain Gertie’s Garter about a man who gives…
1905 Birthday of the lyricist and librettist Dorothy Champs, daughter of the vaudeville star Lew…
1895 Birthday of Oscar Hammerstein II, descendant of a notable theater family who became their…
1894 Birthday of Robert Russell Bennett, orchestrator of Broadway classics including the original Sunny, Show…
1946 Orson Welles takes the stage in Around the world, musical he adapted from Jules…
1924 The star of the Marx Brothers in I will say that she is at…
1903 In Runaways, with a book by Addison Burkhardt and a score by Raymond Hubbell,…
1915 Among the dead after the sinking of the Lusitania were director-producer Charles Frohman and…
1917 Birthday of Betty Comden, lyricist and Broadway librettist, mainly in collaboration with Adolph Green.…
1917 birthday of Betty Comden, Broadway lyricist and librettist, mainly in collaboration with Adolph Green.…
1924 Birthday of Sheldon Harnick, who writes lyrics for musicals including Fiorello !, She loves…
1926 Sex. It is a comedy. Mae West plays a Canadian who doesn’t have time…
1926 Sex. It is a comedy. Mae West plays a Canadian woman who doesn’t have…
1928 Birthday of playwright Edward Albee, who writes Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The goat…
1812 Author’s birthday Charles Dickens, whose A Christmas Carol has been adapted for the stage…
1885 Birthday of Master Mechanic Jerome Kern, who writes sheet music for many Broadway shows,…
1915 It is 90 in the shade at the Knickerbocker Theater. Richard Carle and Marie…
1888 One of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s greatest hits opens: Little Lord Fauntleroy, with Tommy Russell.…
1892 Songwriter and producer Earl Carroll was born. His best-known contribution to the theater is…
1892 Songwriter and producer Earl Carroll was born. His best remembered contribution to theater is…
1907 The writer and playwright Daphné du Maurier was born from the actors Gérald and…
1858 Birthday of DeWolf Hopper, vaudeville comedian and musical star, who appeared in Wang, Hoity-Toity,…
1901 Sadie Martinot, Guy Bates Post and Junius Brutus Booth play The marriage game. The…
1897 John Drew and Billie Burke (in her Broadway debut) star in the new play,…
1894 Birthday of Robert Russell Bennett, orchestrator of Broadway classics, including the original Sunny, Show…
1903 In runaways, with a book by Addison Burkhardt and a score by Raymond Hubbell,…
1882 Birth of the French playwright Jean Giraudoux, author of La Folle de Chaillot, Ondine,…
1931 Playwright and producer David Belasco dies in New York. He began his theatrical life…
1849 Birthday of writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of several Broadway plays in the early…
1940 Victor Moore, William Gaxton and Vera Zorina star in Purchase in Louisiana. The musical…
Happy birthday, Chita Rivera! 1922 It’s alcohol, jazz and The National anthem. J. Hartley Manners’…
1925 Ernest Truex is The fell guy for a group of dealers. The James Gleason-George…
1900 Cho-Cho San and her passionate and tragic love illuminate David Belasco’s adaptation of John…