Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 11
In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry A raisin in the sun opens on Broadway. 1954 The golden…
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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 2
In 2006, winner of the Pulitzer Prize rabbit hole opens on Broadway. 1912 composer’s birthday…
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 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 19
1906 George Arliss and Mrs. Fiske star in The New York idea, the play by…
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…
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BANNER ELK – Lees-McRae Theater Arts will bring Hildegard von Bingen’s origin story to life…
Lees-McRae Theater Arts to Present Groundbreaking Musical “In the Green” November 10-13
Lees-McRae Theater Arts will bring Hildegard von Bingen’s origin story to life by performing “In…
Today in Playbill Vault Theater History: November 9
1818 Playwright and novelist Ivan Turgenev was born in Russia. His most remarkable piece is…
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 29
1882 Birth of the French playwright Jean Giraudoux, author of The madwoman of Chaillot, Ondine,…
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 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 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…
Today in Playbill Vault Theater History: September 19
1904 Julian Eltinge, the famous female impersonator, makes her Broadway debut in Mr. Wix from…
Today in Playbill Vault Theater History: September 17
1879 Daly’s Theater opens on Broadway and Thirtieth Street in New York City.1894 Weapons and…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: September 13
1894 Birthday of British playwright JB Priestley, playwright An inspector calls, when we are married,…
Playbill Vault is Today in Theater History: September 8
1914 A prank on the sale of soap called It pays to advertise, by King…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: August 31
1897 John Drew and Billie Burke (in her Broadway debut) star in the new play,…
Playbill Vault is today in theater history: August 14
1888 Comedian DeWolf Hopper begins his dramatic recitation of the poem Bat casey at the…
Playbill Vault is Today in Theater History: August 9
1967 Playwright Joe Orton is found dead in his London apartment. His companion, writer and…
Playbill Vault is today in theater history: August 8
1975 Liza Minnelli to the rescue! With just six days to learn the role of…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: August 3
1921 Composer Richard Adler was born. Alongside Jerry Ross, he wrote two of the most…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: August 1
1921 Opening night of the popular farce Obtain Gertie’s Garter about a man who gives…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: July 15
1905 Birthday of the lyricist and librettist Dorothy Champs, daughter of the vaudeville star Lew…
Playbill Vault is Today in Theater History: July 12
1895 Birthday of Oscar Hammerstein II, descendant of a notable theater family who became their…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: June 15
1894 Birthday of Robert Russell Bennett, orchestrator of Broadway classics including the original Sunny, Show…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: May 31
1946 Orson Welles takes the stage in Around the world, musical he adapted from Jules…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: May 19
1924 The star of the Marx Brothers in I will say that she is at…
Playbill Vault is 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 7
1915 Among the dead after the sinking of the Lusitania were director-producer Charles Frohman and…
Playbill Vault is Today in Theater History: May 3
1917 Birthday of Betty Comden, lyricist and Broadway librettist, mainly in collaboration with Adolph Green.…
Playbill Vault is Today in Theater History: May 3
1917 birthday of Betty Comden, Broadway lyricist and librettist, mainly in collaboration with Adolph Green.…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: April 30
1924 Birthday of Sheldon Harnick, who writes lyrics for musicals including Fiorello !, She loves…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: April 26
1926 Sex. It is a comedy. Mae West plays a Canadian who doesn’t have time…
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 is Today in Theater History: March 12
1928 Birthday of playwright Edward Albee, who writes Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The goat…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 7
1812 Author’s birthday Charles Dickens, whose A Christmas Carol has been adapted for the stage…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: January 27
1885 Birthday of Master Mechanic Jerome Kern, who writes sheet music for many Broadway shows,…
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: 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: September 16
1892 Songwriter and producer Earl Carroll was born. His best-known contribution to the theater is…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: September 16
1892 Songwriter and producer Earl Carroll was born. His best remembered contribution to theater is…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: May 13
1907 The writer and playwright Daphné du Maurier was born from the actors Gérald and…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: March 30
1858 Birthday of DeWolf Hopper, vaudeville comedian and musical star, who appeared in Wang, Hoity-Toity,…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: December 10
1901 Sadie Martinot, Guy Bates Post and Junius Brutus Booth play The marriage game. The…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: August 31
1897 John Drew and Billie Burke (in her Broadway debut) star in the new play,…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: June 15
1894 Birthday of Robert Russell Bennett, orchestrator of Broadway classics, including the original Sunny, Show…
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: October 29
1882 Birth of the French playwright Jean Giraudoux, author of La Folle de Chaillot, Ondine,…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: May 14
1931 Playwright and producer David Belasco dies in New York. He began his theatrical life…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 24
1849 Birthday of writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of several Broadway plays in the early…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: May 28
1940 Victor Moore, William Gaxton and Vera Zorina star in Purchase in Louisiana. The musical…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: January 23
Happy birthday, Chita Rivera! 1922 It’s alcohol, jazz and The National anthem. J. Hartley Manners’…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 10
1925 Ernest Truex is The fell guy for a group of dealers. The James Gleason-George…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: April 28
1900 Cho-Cho San and her passionate and tragic love illuminate David Belasco’s adaptation of John…