Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 19
1872 Birthday of singer and actress Anna Held, future wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, and classic…
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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 8
In 2015, Helen Mirren starred in The audience on Broadway. 1920 Ziegfeld girls from 1920…
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 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: 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…
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 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 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 27
1906 Anna Held is The Parisian model who inherits money mysteriously. Harry B. Smith provides…
Today in Playbill Vault Theater History: 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 6
1854 Birthday party of John Philip Sousa, composer of countless marches, who also found time…
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 9
1893 Arthur Wing Pinero woos scandal with his play The second Mrs. Tanqueray, about a…
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 17
1879 Daly’s Theater opens on Broadway and Thirtieth Street in New York City.1894 Weapons and…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: September 14
1910 Birthday of Lehman Engel, the Tony-winning Broadway conductor who founded the BMI Musical Theater…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: September 13
1894 Birthday of British playwright JB Priestley, playwright An inspector calls, when we are married,…
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Damon Albarn performs an intimate solo concert at the Globe Theater in London.The Blur and…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: July 21
1951 Birthday of Lillias White, whose Broadway appearances include Effie White in Dream girls, Miss…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: June 21
1903 Cartoonist Al Hirschfeld was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His distinctive looping line art…
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: June 7
1909 Birthday of Broadway star Jessica Tandy, who has created many landmark roles including Blanche…
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 12
1905 Theater producer Sam S. Shubert dies in train crash. His brothers Lee and JJ…
Playbill Vault is Today in Theater History: May 10
1838 John Wilkes Booth, perhaps the most infamous actor in American history, was born. Son…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: May 2
1887 Anniversary of Vernon Castle who, along with his wife and dance partner Irene Castle,…
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 today in theater history: April 28
1900 Cho-Cho San and his passionate and tragic love light up David Belasco’s adaptation of…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: April 21
1925 Tallulah Bankhead and Edna Best are Fallen angels at the Globe Theater in London.…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 19
1872 Birthday of singer and actress Anna Held, future wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, and the…
Playbill Vault is 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 is in theater history today: March 8
1920 Ziegfeld Girls of 1920 enjoys a run at the New Amsterdam Roof Theater. This…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: March 8
1920 Ziegfeld girls from 1920 enjoys a run at the New Amsterdam Roof Theatre. This…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 11
1901 A man hugs his fiancee Quiet because his parents want him to finish Yale.…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 3
Happy birthday, Nathan Lane! 1938 A grandfather holds back death by chasing him into a…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: January 21
1903 Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion are seen on Broadway…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: January 28
1908 J. Lucifer Mephisto tempts a sculptor to be unfaithful to The kiss of the…
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’s Today in Theater History: 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 17
1926 Beatrice Lily and Charles Winner are featured in the musical review Oh please at…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 7
1904 The timeless anthem “Give My Regards to Broadway” is sung for the first time…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 6
1946 Mary Martin and Yul Brynner play a Chinese couple who break up when the…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: June 2
1954 Rodgers and Hammerstein Carousel is relaunched for a 10-week run in downtown New York.…
Playbill Vault is in theater history today: May 20
1919 Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse call him Time to kiss at the Winter Garden…
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: September 2
1918 A stage adaptation of Booth Tarkington’s popular Penrod stories proves a bust. Opening at…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: June 7
1909 Broadway star’s birthday Jessica Tandy, who created many notable roles including Blanche DuBois in…
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: December 7
1879 The composer Rudolf Friml was born in Prague. He emigrated to the United States…
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: January 28
Happy birthday, Alan Alda. 1908 J. Lucifer Mephisto tempts a sculptor to be unfaithful to…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: February 11
1901 A man marries his bride Quiet because his parents want him to finish Yale.…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: May 29
1951 Interpreter Fanny Brice dies in Hollywood at the age of 60. Her showbiz career…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: December 12
1902 There are two beginnings in Each man: Edith Wynne Matthison makes her American debut,…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: November 6
1854 Birthday of John Philip Sousa, composer of countless marches, who also found time to…
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: May 21
1929 Highlights of A night in Venice include Ted Healy’s wrestling bears and Busby Berkeley’s…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: June 2
1954 Rodgers and Hammerstein Carousel is relaunched for a 10-week run at the New York…
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: April 28
1900 Cho-Cho San and her passionate and tragic love illuminate David Belasco’s adaptation of John…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: June 21
1903 Cartoonist Al Hirschfeld was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His distinctive looping line drawings…
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theater History: May 12
1905 Theater producer Sam S. Shubert dies in a train accident. His brothers Lee and…