Since the first theatrical performance in Chicago in 1834, Chicago’s theatrical community has encountered a…

John Emery, Tallulah Bankhead and Donald Cook in “Foolish Notion” on Broadway in 1930. January…

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…

1896 Birthday of Ira Gershwin, one of Broadway’s brightest lyricists, mostly in collaboration with her…

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…

1895 Birthday of legendary film choreographer Busby Berkeley, whose career was launched by an explosion…