
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 19
1872 Birthday of singer and actress Anna Held, future wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, and classic…
1872 Birthday of singer and actress Anna Held, future wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, and classic…
Open March 9 at the Auditorium de la Trinité Sam Repp, ECHO Photo Editor, and…
1865 Birthday of Mary Augusta Davey, who acts as Minnie Maddern, Minnie Maddern Fiske and…
In 2015, hamilton opens Off-Broadway at the Public Theater. 1902 Joseph Hart’s Popular Musical foxy…
1889 Playwright and director George S. Kaufman was born in Pittsburgh. Former journalist, Kaufman makes…
In 2006, winner of the Pulitzer Prize rabbit hole opens on Broadway. 1912 composer’s birthday…
1911 Hugh Herbert Hipple was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After dropping two Hs, he becomes…
Mendocino College’s Department of Theater Arts will present William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” February…
Mendocino College’s Department of Theater Arts will present William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” February…
In 1979, the musical They play our song opens on Broadway. 1903 Broadway leader’s birthday…
1905 Quivery voice actor Sterling Holloway was born in Cedartown, Georgia. It becomes a staple…
1904 Maude Adams returns to Broadway with a JM Barrie cover The little minister. He…
1903 Mam’selle Napoleon is Anna Held in the musical at the Knickerbocker Theater. Produced by…
The opening of the piece will take place this Friday, December 3 at the Jamaica…
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…
1920 In Rollo’s wild oats, the main character rents a theater and hires actors to…
1922 The lucky is the brother who doesn’t get the girl in AA Milne’s play.…
1889 Playwright and director George S. Kaufman was born in Pittsburgh. Former journalist, Kaufman imposes…
1874 Birthday of pioneering African-American artist-songwriter Bert Williams, who writes music for Broadway’s In Dahomey…
1900 Opening night of the legendary musical Floradora at the Casino Theater for a series…
1818 Playwright and novelist Ivan Turgenev was born in Russia. His most remarkable piece is…
1854 Birthday party of John Philip Sousa, composer of countless marches, who also found time…
1903 Daniel Frohman opens the New Lyceum Theater on West 45th Street in Manhattan with…
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…
1907 Top ‘o the world, a musical extravaganza, opens on Broadway for an impressive series…
The company will perform Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” from October 15th. The American River College…
1730 Birthday of Oliver Goldsmith, British author of She bends over to conquer.1900 One of…
SEQUIM – The Olympic Theater Arts Centre’s comedy production “A Facility for Living” by Katie…
The Department of Theater Arts at Furman University has announced its 2021-2022 season featuring a…
1912 Jane Cowl becomes a star playing in In law by Bayard Veiller. The play…
Market Street in downtown Lewisburg is home to a combination of modern retailers and restaurants…
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…
1921 Opening night of the popular farce Obtain Gertie’s Garter about a man who gives…
1951 Birthday of Lillias White, whose Broadway appearances include Effie White in Dream girls, Miss…
Illuminarium From live theater and major exhibitions to films and festivals, the arts scene is…
Bruce Springsteen ended Broadway’s long shutdown against Covid-19 on Saturday night by launching a 30-date…
1887 Birthday of legendary director George Abbott, whose long life (107 years) and colossal catalog…
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…
I became a fan of John Cullum when I saw him in Shenandoah and then…
1912 Karl Malden was born in Chicago, Illinois. He appears in numerous Broadway productions, most…
1912 Karl Malden was born in Chicago, Illinois. He appears in numerous Broadway productions, most…
1872 Birthday of singer and actress Anna Held, future wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, and the…
1900 Composer Kurt Weill was born in Dessau, Germany. He composed the scores of Bertolt…
Happy birthday, Nathan Lane! 1938 A grandfather holds back death by chasing him into a…
1885 Birthday of Master Mechanic Jerome Kern, who writes sheet music for many Broadway shows,…
1903 Daniel Frohman opens the New Lyceum Theater on West 45th Street in Manhattan with…
1926 Beatrice Lily and Charles Winner are featured in the musical review Oh please at…
1901 Birthday of actor/director/producer/teacher/coach Lee Strasberg in Austria-Hungary. As the founder of the Group Theater…
1904 The timeless anthem “Give My Regards to Broadway” is sung for the first time…
1901 Sadie Martinot, Guy Bates Post and Junius Brutus Booth play The marriage game. The…
1900 Composer Kurt Weill was born in Dessau, Germany. He composes the scores of Bertolt…
DLO musical theater: the first 60 yearsby Ron McDanielupdated by Andrew PetersIn early October 1955,…
The University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Department of Theater Arts is proud to present…
The festival season is in full swing and this weekend is the Fringe Festival, the…
1897 John Drew and Billie Burke (in her Broadway debut) star in the new play,…
1903 Opening night of The little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s play about a child, in…
1903 In runaways, with a book by Addison Burkhardt and a score by Raymond Hubbell,…
1889 Playwright and director George S. Kaufman was born in Pittsburgh. Former journalist, Kaufman makes…
1768 Birthday of John Durang, identified by scholars as one of the first American-born professional…
1904 Maude Adams returns to Broadway with a revival of JM Barrie The little minister.…
1882 Birth of the French playwright Jean Giraudoux, author of La Folle de Chaillot, Ondine,…
In 1966, Gwen Verdon plays in Sweet Charityopening at the Palace Theater on Broadway. 1860…
1849 Birthday of writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of several Broadway plays in the early…
1905 Shaky-voiced actor Sterling Holloway was born in Cedartown, Georgia. It becomes a Broadway staple…
1907 In The Comet, Alla Nazimova plays a woman who falls in love with her…
1900 Opening night of the legendary musical Floradora at the Casino Theater for a run…
1874 Birthday of pioneering African-American singer-songwriter Bert Williams, who wrote music for Broadway In Dahomey…
1887 Anniversary of legendary director George Abbott, whose long life (107 years) and colossal catalog…