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1900<\/b> Composer Kurt Weill<\/a> is born in Dessau, Germany. He composes the scores for Bertolt Brecht<\/a>‘s Threepenny Opera<\/i> and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny<\/i>. His greatest Broadway success is the 1941 musical Lady in the Dark<\/i><\/a>, written with Moss Hart<\/a> and Ira Gershwin<\/a>, which runs 467 performances.<\/p>\n 1921<\/b> The Klaw Theatre<\/a> on West 45th Street opens with a production of Rachel Crothers<\/a>‘ Nice People<\/i><\/a>. Owned by theatrical producer Marc Klaw<\/a>, the house is renamed the Avon in 1929. Columbia Broadcasting System<\/a> takes it over for its radio studio in 1934. The theatre is demolished in 1954.<\/p>\n 1955<\/b> Harold Clurman<\/a> directs Bus Stop<\/i><\/a>. Kim Stanley<\/a> and Elaine Stritch<\/a> are two of the stranded passengers in the William Inge<\/a> play.<\/p>\n 1960<\/b> Don Ameche<\/a> stars in the memorable flop 13 Daughters<\/i><\/a>, with book, music, and lyrics by Eaton Magoon, Jr.<\/a> The show runs 28 performances at the 54th Street Theatre.<\/p>\n 1975<\/b> Did anyone guess the careers Gilda Radner<\/a>, John Belushi, and Bill Murray would have? All three appear in The National Lampoon Show<\/i> at the Palladium in New York. The revue, directed by Martin Charnin<\/a>, runs 23 weeks.<\/p>\n 1989<\/b> Ken Ludwig<\/a>‘s Lend Me a Tenor<\/a>,<\/i> starring Victor Garber<\/a>, Philip Bosco<\/a>, and Tovah Feldshuh<\/a>, opens on Broadway at the Royale Theatre. Bosco and director Jerry Zaks<\/a> win Tony Awards for their work.<\/p>\n 1995<\/b> Opening night for Smokey Joe’s Cafe<\/i><\/a>, the musical revue saluting the songs of Jerry Leiber<\/a> and Mike Stoller<\/a>. Directed by Jerry Zaks<\/a>, the show runs 2,036 performances at the Virginia Theatre, making it the longest-running revue in Broadway history, save Oh! Calcutta!<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n 2000<\/b> Susan Stroman<\/a> and John Weidman<\/a>‘s dance play Contact<\/i><\/a> starts performances at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The show, which sold out its Off-Broadway run at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, gains Broadway status (and Tony eligibility) in the move. It officially opens March 30, and wins the Tony Award for Best Musical, despite using an entirely pre-recorded score of jazz music and pop tunes.<\/p>\n 2014<\/b> The New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl<\/a>‘s romantic comedy Stage Kiss<\/i> opens Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons<\/a>. Jessica Hecht<\/a> and Dominic Fumusa<\/a> star as actors in a forgotten 1930s melodrama who quickly lose touch with reality as their onstage story follows them offstage.<\/p>\n 2017 <\/b>Joshua Harman<\/a>‘s Significant<\/i> Other<\/i><\/a> opens on Broadway at the Booth Theatre, following a successful Off-Broadway run. Gideon Glick<\/a> stars as a gay single 20-something New Yorker whose bond with his once-inseparable group of friends begins to fracture as the women in his life get married. The production runs 61 performances.<\/p>\n More of Today’s Birthdays:<\/b> Marc Blitzstein<\/a> 1905. Martin Ritt<\/a> 1914. Desi Arnaz<\/a> 1917. Eddie Lawrence<\/a> 1919. Lilo<\/a> 1925. John Cullum<\/a> 1930. Daniel Craig<\/a> 1968.<\/p>\n Watch Anika Noni Rose<\/a> and Ra\u00fal Esparza<\/a> rehearse for a 2013 production of Marc Blitzstein’s musical The Cradle Will Rock<\/i>:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n